Journalists, politicians, watchdog institutions, and public administration scholars devote considerable energy to identifying and dissecting failures in government. Studies and case-studies of policy, organizational, and institutional failures in the public sector figure prominently in public administration curriculums and classrooms. Such a focus on failures provides students with cautionary tales and theoretical tools for understanding how things can go badly wrong. However, students are provided with less insights and tools when it comes to identifying and understanding instances of success. To address this imbalance, this article offers students a framework to systematically identify, comprehensively assess and carefully interpret instances of successful public governance. The three-stage design of the funnel introduces students to relevant debates and literatures about meaningful public outcomes, the prudent use of public power, and the ability to sustain performance over time. The articles also discuss how this framework can be used effectively in classroom settings, helping teachers to stimulate reflection on the key challenges of assessing and learning from successes.

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识别和解释政府的成功：课堂使用的评估工具

记者、政治家、监督机构和公共行政学者投入了大量精力来识别和剖析政府的失败。公共部门的政策、组织和制度失败的研究和案例研究在公共管理课程和课堂中占有重要地位。这种对失败的关注为学生提供了警示故事和理论工具，以了解事情如何可能会出现严重错误。但是，在识别和理解成功实例方面，为学生提供的见解和工具较少。为了解决这种不平衡，本文为学生提供了一个框架，可以系统地识别、全面评估和仔细解释成功的公共治理实例。漏斗的三阶段设计向学生介绍了有关有意义的公共成果、谨慎使用公共权力以及长期维持绩效的能力的相关辩论和文献。文章还讨论了如何在课堂环境中有效地使用该框架，帮助教师激发对评估和学习成功的关键挑战的反思。