Kuye, Jerry O.2007-11-082007-11-082005-12Kuye, JO 2005, 'The state of research and scholarship in public administration', Journal of Public Administration, vol. 40, no. 4.1, pp. 525-537. [http://www.saapam.co.za/]0036-0767http://hdl.handle.net/2263/3883This paper argues that Schools of Public Management and Administration must re-align curricula content to meet the test of academic and professional innovation. Academic innovations must re-live the currency of practice and academic decorum. This paper argues that the re-alignment of curricula details is the best recipe to test the efficacy of programme development and discipline stability.170986 bytesapplication/pdfenSouth African Association for Public Administration and ManagementSchools of Public Management and AdministrationAcademic innovationProgramme development efficacyCurricula re-alignmentDiscipline stabilityPublic administration -- ResearchPublic administration -- Study and teachingArticle