2024 National Public Administration Student Case Competition

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2024 National Public Administration Student Case Competition

The 2024 National Public Administration Case Competition was hosted by Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy and held virtually on February 14 to 24, 2024. The case concerned contracting problems.

The case presented will require teams to go through the stages of case study review:

The overall policy and operational effects of this series of events to define the problem and issues.
The risks inherent in responding and in not responding.
Strategic options with preferred approach.
Suggestions for the process for moving towards the strategic approach.
Implementation issues and suggested course of action (including financial implications).
Issues related to communication, collaboration, stakeholders, and suggested courses of action.

Judges

The competition was judged by:

Mark MacDonald: Head judge, Partner – EY
Patrick Comtois: Director General of Enterprise IT Procurement at Shared Services Canada (SSC)
Michele McCutcheon: Director of the Benefits Delivery Modernization Procurement Directorate in the Procurement Branch at Public Services and Procurement Canada
Ron Morrow: Executive Director – Supervision — at the Bank of Canada
Donna Smith: Director of evaluation at Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
Philippe Thompson: Chief Finance, Results and Delivery Officer at Indigenous Services Canada

Thank you to all of the judges for sharing their experience, wisdom, and time with the students and their coaches!