Section One Hot Topics 3
Unit One Globalization 3
READING 3
LISTENING 9
SPEAKING 11
WRITING 13
Key 13
Unit Two Concepts of Leadership 17
READING 17
LISTENING 27
SPEAKING 29
WRITING 30
Key 31
Unit Three Cross-Culture Issues 37
READING 37
LISTENING 46
SPEAKING 47
WRITING 50
Key 50
Unit Four Choice of Two Futures 55
READING 55
LISTENING 63
SPEAKING 64
WRITING 65
Key 65
Unit Five Breaking Barriers to eGovernment 70
READING 70
LISTENING 78
SPEAKING 79
WRITING 80
Key 80
Unit Six Ups and Downs：The Financial Crisis 84
READING 84
LISTENING 92
SPEAKING 93
WRITING 94
Key 95
Unit Seven Strategic Management in the Public Sector 98
READING 98
LISTENING 107
SPEAKING 108
WRITING 109
Key 109
Unit Eight Low-Cost and Energy Efficiency 114
READING 114
LISTENING 123
SPEAKING 124
WRITING 125
Key 125
Unit Nine Income Tax 131
READING 131
LISTENING 139
SPEAKING 140
WRITING 141
Key 141
Unit Ten Brain Trust and Think Tank 146
READING 146
LISTENING 156
SPEAKING 157
WRITING 160
Key 160
Unit Eleven Healthy Employees and Sustainable Business 165
READING 165
LISTENING 173
SPEAKING 175
WRITING 176
Key 177
Unit Twelve Liberal Education 183
READING 183
LISTENING 191
SPEAKING 193
WRITING 195
Key 195
Section Two MPA-Related Topics 203
Unit Thirteen What is Public Administration？ 203
Unit Fourteen Watergate：Implications for Responsible Government 215
Unit Fifteen The Hawthorne Experiments 229
Unit Sixteen But No Cigar：How a Rescue Mission Failed,Just Barely,in Orange County 239
Unit Seventeen Wichita Confronts Contamination 251
Appendix Ⅰ Expressions Used in Group Discussions 265
Appendix Ⅱ Making Effective Oral Presentations 271