Foundations of Public Service: E Pluribus Unum

ISBN-13: 9781032110066 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 550 str.

Douglas F. Morgan; Richard T. Green; Craig W. Shinn

Opis

Designed to serve as a basic text for introductory courses in public administration, this pioneering work provides students with a clear-eyed understanding of the vital management functions covered in most standard textbooks with two important differences.

Spis treści

1. A Constitutional and Political Approach to Public Administration Part I. Public Organizations and Democratic Governance 2. The Challenges and Opportunities of Public Service 3. Administrative Discretion: Issues and Conflicts 4. Democracy and Administration 5. The Historical Development of American Public Administration: Using our Institutional Legacies to Improve the Public Good 6. The American Political Economy and its Implications for Local Public Administration 7. Administrative Ethics and Responsibility Part II. Designing and Managing Organizational Systems 8. Organizations and Organizing: Exploring Structure, Function and Behavior 9. A Political History of Public Personnel Administration 10. Contemporary Human Resources Management 11. Public Budgeting and Financial Management Part III. Strategic Management of Public Organizations 12. Public Administration and Policy Process, Analysis and Advocacy 13. Policy Implementation: Accountability and Administrative Law 14. Public Service Leadership in a Changing World 15. Sizing up the Context of Public Service: Drivers of Change in the 21^st Century