Public Administration and Public Affairs

ISBN-13: 9781138693524 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 534 str.

Nicholas Henry

Opis

Public Administration and Public Affairs demonstrates how to govern efficiently, effectively, and responsibly in an age of political corruption and crises in public finance. Providing a comprehensive, accessible and humorous introduction to the field of Public Administration, this text is designed specifically for those with little to no background in the field. Now in its 13^th edition, this beloved book includes:

• Engaging, timely new sections designed to make students think, such as -Why Are So Many Leaders Losers?- and -Even Terrorists Like Good Government-
• Comparisons throughout of the challenges and opportunities found in the nonprofit sector vs. the public sector (sections such as -The Dissatisfied Bureaucrat, the Satisfied Nonprofit Professional?-)
• Extensive new material on e-governance, performance management, HRM, intersectoral and intergovernmental administration, government contracting, public budgeting, and ethics.

The 13^th edition is complete with an Instructor's Manual, Testbank, and PowerPoint slides for instructors, as well as Learning Objectives and Self-test Questions for students, making it the ideal primer for public administration/management, public affairs, and nonprofit management courses.

Spis treści

Part 1. In Defense of Governing Well  1. Big Democracy, Big Bureaucracy  2. Paradigms of Public Administration  Part 2. Public and Nonprofit Organizations  3. The Threads of Organizations: Theories  4. The Fabric of Organizations: Forces  5. The Fibres of Organizations: People  Part 3. Public Management: Curbing Corruption, Enhancing Efficiency  6. Clarifying Complexity: The Public’s Information Resource  7. The Constant Quest: Effective and Efficient Governance  8. The Public Trough: Financing and Budgeting Governments  9. Managing Human Capital in the Public and Nonprofit Sectors  Part 4. Implementing Public Policy  10. Understanding and Improving Public Policy  11. Intersectoral Administration  12. Intergovernmental Administration  13. Toward a Bureaucratic Ethic

O autorze

Nicholas Henry is Professor Emeritus of Public Administration and President Emeritus at Georgia Southern University, USA.