Patrick O’Hara
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Ph.D. Public
Administration,
M.P.A.
B.B.A.
Professor of Public Administration, Department of Public
Management, John Jay
Assistant Professor of Public Administration, Department of Government/Public Administration, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York, 1980-1986; Associate Professor of Public Administration, Department of Public Management, 1987-2006
Responsibilities include teaching graduate courses in organization and management, administering the MPA comprehensive examinations (1984-2003), advising students, developing undergraduate and graduate curricula, and participating in the institutional governance of the department, college and university. Responsibilities as an Assistant Professor included teaching graduate and undergraduate courses in organization and management, public finance and computer applications. Tenure granted in 1987.
Academic Director, NYPD Certificate Program,
Developed, administered and participated in the classroom delivery of a college-based management and community relations curricula to uniformed members of the New York City Police Department. The program, offering both undergraduate and graduate components, has awarded college credits to over 2500 officers and commanders since its inception. Primary responsibilities included curriculum development, teaching and advisement for management classes as well as general program administration in concert with two co-directors.
Director, Master of Public Administration Program, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York, 1986-1990
Responsibilities included faculty recruitment, student advisement, assessment of applicants and the scheduling and staffing of courses; Responsible for directing the accreditation review that achieved the MPA Program’s initial accreditation from the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration (NASPAA); The position entailed ex-officio membership on the Graduate Studies Committee, the Departmental Personnel and Budget Committee and extensive liaison work with ancillary offices, academic committees, college officials and professional organizations.
Principal Representative of
Responsible for the
interface of the college with the national body that exercises review and
oversight over undergraduate, graduate and doctoral programs in public
administration and public policy throughout the United States; Helped insure that
the college played a prominent role in the Association and kept in compliance
with evolving accreditation standards related to the Master of Public
Administration Program.
Director, Master of Public Administration—Inspector General Program (1984-1986)
Responsible for curriculum development, staffing and policy creation in a start-up degree program combining the management and public policy focus of the MPA degree, John Jay College's investigative/legal curriculum and the accounting and auditing strengths of City University's Baruch College.
Associate Director, National Center for Public Productivity, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York, 1984-1986
Sat on the policy-making
board of the Center, which promotes public management improvement through
publications, conferences, consultancies and management training; Served on the
editorial board of Public Productivity Review, participated in Center-sponsored conferences,
performed needs assessments for public agencies, and delivered management
training to city, state and federal organizations..
Instructor, Department of Public Administration,
Responsibilities included
teaching introductory public administration course and student advisement.
Teaching Assistant, Department of Public Administration,
Responsible for
curriculum development, select lectures and course management in “Executive
Leadership and Policy Politics,” the capstone course for Master of Public
Administration students; Served as voting student representative on the
departmental personnel committee, proctored and graded exams and assisted with
alumni relations, including newsletter preparation.
Researcher, Department of Public Administration,
Edited systems management
training manual; analyzed school district demographics; surveyed public
administration literature pursuant to planned book proposal.
Graduate Fellow, United Nations, 1976
Interned full-time in the
Office of Administration of the United Nations’ Institute for Training and
Research and also in the Secretariat’s Office of Public Information;
Participated in seminars concerning United Nations administrative and policy
activity; Interviewed United Nations delegates from member nations and from
officially-recognized national groups such as the Palestinian Liberation
Organization (PLO).
Special Assistant to the Chairman and Executive Director,
Advised the Chairperson
concerning administrative policy, public outreach and jurisdictional issues
affecting the newly chartered Board; Put in place and managed a system for
reviewing, classifying, assigning and tracking the work of the agency.
Represented the Board before social, educational and business organizations;
Insured that public correspondence was timely and consonant with Board policy.
Staff Assistant, New York City Department of Consumer Affairs, 1969-1970
Assisted the Commissioner
and Associate Commissioner in formulating and implementing administrative
policy in the newly created department; Monitored the editorial and policy
content of all documents signed by the Commissioner and Associate Commissioner;
Prepared and broadcast daily consumer radio show on WNYC. Interviewed and
evaluated job applicants; Coordinated student
work-study programs and internships.
Publications,
Papers, Presentations and Research Projects
Books
Why Law Enforcement Organizations Fail.
First-Time Manager.
Start in die Karriere.
Public Administration: Organizations, People and Public
Policy.
Books on Audiotape
First-Time Manager: How to Master the Essential Skills
of Management.
Articles in Peer Reviewed Journals and Books
“Diversity, Economics and Crime in
“The Community Legitimacy of Law Enforcement.” Security Journal 9 (1997)
“Teaching Biopolitics in a Professional Curriculum.” Politics and the Life Sciences 5 (1986)
“Can Ethology Bring Lucidity to
the Study of Organizations.” In Eliot White and Joseph Losco
(eds.), Biology and Bureaucracy: Public Administration and Public Policy
from the Perspective of Evolutionary, Genetic and Neurobiological Theory.
“Productivity in Law Enforcement?” Public Productivity Review 8 (1984)
“Symposium on Law Enforcement Productivity.” Public Productivity Review (1984)
“Social Capital in the City.” Journal of Planning, Education and Research (in
press, Spring 2007).
Review Essay,
“A Criminal Comparison: The Birth of Britain’s Answer to the
FBI Should Be Greeted with Wariness Rather Than
Celebration.” The Guardian.
“Why Law Enforcement Organizations Fail: Mapping the Organizational Fault Lines in Policing.” Crime and Justice International 22 (March/April 2006)
“A Study in Black and White: Daring to Ask a Very Touchy
Question.” Law Enforcement News 29
(July 2003). Review of Heather
MacDonald’s Are Cops Racist?
“Speaking His Mind, Whether You Like It or Not.” Law Enforcement News 27 (November
2001). Review of Anthony V. Bouza’s Police Unbound: Corruption, Abuse and Heroism by
the Boys in Blue.
“Bill Bratton: The Bruce Springsteen of Policing.” Law
Enforcement News 24 (June 1998). Review
of William Bratton’s Turnaround: How
“Harnessing the Power of the Budget.” Working Woman (August 1986). Co-authored with Joan Iaconetti
“NASA’s
State of the Union Logic.” Newsday,
“Stress on the Job: How to Control It.” Glamour (January 1986). Co-authored with Joan Iaconetti
“The Dos and Don’ts of Delegating.” Cosmopolitan (November 1985). Co-authored with Joan Iaconetti
“Politics and Society.” Politics and the Life Sciences 2 (1983)
“Doing More With Less.” Public Productivity Review 8 (1983)
“Productivity and Accountability.” In W.T. Bonacum,
S.N. Fein and M.F. Horn (eds.). Crime
and Justice in
Cogitative Rationality Theories of Administrative
Behavior and Bureaucratic Structure: A Critique Informed by the Emerging
Evidence for a Biologic Foundation for Hierarchy in Human Groups.
Housing and Sub-regional Population Movements: An
Analysis of Shifting Demographic Patterns in the
“”311—The
“Why Law Enforcement Organizations Fail: Diagnosing
Organizational Dysfunction in Policing.”
2004. Paper presented at the
Annual Conference of the
“A Writing Intensive Gateway to the MPA Program: Boot Camp, Rehab and Socratic Dialogues about Public Administration.” 2003. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration “Education for Leadership.”
2003. Presentation at the Annual Conference
of the
“The Structured Socratic Syllabus: Empowering Police Officers to Know Themselves.” 2002. Presentation at the Biennial Conference on International Perspectives on Crime, Justice and Public Order
“The Socratic Syllabus.” 2001. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the New York State Political Science Association. (Co-authored with Judy-Lynne Peters)
“Treating Bureaupathology.” 2000. Presentation. Institute of the Association of Inspectors General
“An Organizational Perspective on
Administrative Corruption in
“Diversity,
Economics and Crime in
“Strengthening the Community Legitimacy of Law Enforcement.” 1996. Paper presented at the Biennial Conference on International Perspectives on Crime, Justice and Public Order
“Capturing Administrative and Policy Change Via Metaphor: Exploring Pendulum Heuristics.” 1995.
Presentation at the Annual Conference of the
“Temporary and Cyclical Workers—Does Public Administration Know, or Care, What it is in for?” 1994. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the New York State Political Science Association. (Co-authored with Flora Rothman)
“The Death of Legitimacy of Public Administration.” 1994. Paper presented at the Annual Training Conference of the American Society for Public Administration
“Utter Failure: Sufficient Impetus for Organizational Reform?” 1993. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the New York State Political Science Association
“Analyzing Failure in a High Technology Government Endeavor: Academe Looks at the Space Shuttle Challenger Accident.” 1992. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the New York State Political Science Association
“The Fit or Misfit of Female Biology and Society of
Organizational Management: What Are the Answers and Is This the Question?” 1987.
Presentation at the Annual Conference of the
“Teaching Bio-politics as a Component of Courses.” 1985. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the New York State Political Science Association
“Struggle in the Executive Ranks: A Biological Perspective
on the Irrational Firm.” 1985. Presentation for the
“Productivity in Criminal Justice: A View from the Trenches.” 1983. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the American Society for Public Administration
“Reflection and Reflex-ion in the Making of Foreign Policy.” 1982. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Northeast Political Science Association
“Sociobiology and Politics.” 1982.
Presentation at the
“Budget Making Bureaucrats in
Perspective.” 1982. Presentation at the Annual Institute of the
“Dominance-Seeking by Bureaucrats.” 1981. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the American Society for Public Administration
“Whatever Happened to the New Public Administration?” 1980. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the New York State Political Science Association
“Urban Administration.” 1979. Paper presented at the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR)
“Seminar in Executive Management.” 2007. Port Authority Police
Department, Port Authority of
“Police Ethics and Police Organization.” 2006.
International Commanders Programme.
“The View from
“The Managerial Impacts of COMPSTAT: The NYPD Experience.”
2006. Partnership and Performance
Seminar for Senior British Police Executives.
“The Coming Police Reorganization in the
“Enhancing Your Course on the Web.”
2001. Workshop Presentation. Faculty Development Day Seminar.
“The Decision to Contract: Do Techniques Employed Make a Difference?” 2001. Panel Moderator. Annual Conference of the American Society for Public Administration
“Enhancing Feedback to Students.” 1999.
Better Teaching Seminar Presentation.
“Comparative International Economic Development.” 1997. Panel Moderator. Annual Conference of the American Society for Public Administration
Program Chair, National Conference on Criminal Justice Education. 1996
Program Chair, Annual Conference,
DEA/State Department Seminar on Contemporary
Police Management. 1995. Developed and helped teach an intensive,
week-long seminar in
“Budgetary Policy-Making and Management. 1982.
Panel Moderator. Annual Institute
of the
NYPD Certificate Program. 2001-2005. Developed, in conjunction with Professors Maki Haberfeld and Jannette Domingo, a college-based management and community relations curriculum for NYPD personnel that has been funded by City Council, endorsed by the Mayor and has brought $5,000,000 in funding to John Jay.
Patricia Roberts Harris Fellowships. 1989-1991. Developed grant proposal and
directed a full scholarship program, funded by the U.S. Department of
Education, which afforded minority students an opportunity to obtain a graduate
degree at
Why Organizations Fail. 2003. Fellowship Award from John Jay College of Criminal Justice that supported the development and refinement of a conceptual framework for understanding organizational dysfunction which then became the basis for Why Law Enforcement Organizations Fail.
Sloan Foundation Distance Learning Initiative. 1999-2001. Selected as a member of the initial cadre of CUNY faculty trained to use course management software and charged with the responsibility of offering pilot distance learning courses and diffusing an understanding of the Blackboard learning environment to faculty colleagues.
The Voices of NASA’s Organizational Culture. 1992-1993. PSC-CUNY grant supporting an inquiry into the social life of NASA by analyzing the extensive audio and video testimony of a broad cross-section of NASA and contractor employees who played a role in the Space Shuttle Challenger accident.
A Micro-Analysis of Diversity in Public Administration Research. 1991-1992. PSC-CUNY grant supporting the examination of methodologies used by social scientists in examining the Space Shuttle Challenger accident.
“First-Time Manager.” 1989. Developed, authored workbook and delivered the pilot offerings of this day-long management seminar that continues to be offered nationwide by CareerTrack under the title “Excelling as a First-Time Supervisor.”
“Delegation Skills.” 1987. Developed, authored workbook and delivered training sessions on delegation techniques for the New York City Department of Personnel.
“Executive Management and Supervision.” 1986.
Developed, authored workbook and delivered training sessions for the
State of
“Project Management.” 1983.
Writer and on-screen narrator for a training video developed by the
“Program Planning and Evaluation.” 1983.
Developed, authored workbook and delivered planning and evaluation
training managers in the New York State Department of Social Services.
“Public Finance and Budgeting." 1983. Developed, authored workbook and delivered budgeting training for managers in the New York State Department of Social Services.
Ph.D. Faculty in
Criminal Justice,
John Jay/Bramshill
Exchange Professor. 2006.
Chancellor’s
Certificate of Recognition. 2005. Presented by the City University of New York
to faculty recipients of major institutional grants for public service,
specifically for bringing the New York State Law Enforcement Executive
Institute to
Letter of Commendation. 2002. Presented by the President of John Jay College of Criminal Justice in recognition of the development and implementation of the NYPD Certificate Program.
Distinguished
Service Award. 1996.
Certificate of Recognition/Appreciation. 1996. Presented by the Faculty Senate of John Jay College of Criminal Justice in recognition of service as Chair of the National Conference on Criminal Justice Education.
Excellence
in Teaching Award. 1995.
Presented by the Student Government of
Outstanding
Academic Award. 1990.
Award
for Excellence in Teaching and Leadership. 1986.
Students of
Chair, Task Force on Distance Education,
Coordinator, National Conference on Criminal Justice Education, 1996
President,
Vice-President/Program Chair,
Chair, Section on Public Administration,
American Society for Public Administration, 1977 - Present