Public Administration in Theory and Practice

ISBN-13: 9780137393848 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 320 str.

Raymond W. Cox; Betty N. Morgan; Susan J. Buck

Opis

This book focuses on the interaction between the constitutionally mandated institutions and the bureaucracy.

Spis treści

I. NORMATIVE FUNCTIONS.1. History of Public Administration as an Academic Discipline.2. Ethics in Public Administration.3. Normative Foundations of Public Administration.II. PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AS MANAGEMENT.4. A Conceptual History of the Budget Process.5. A Conceptual History of Public Personnel Management.6. A Conceptual History of Administrative Law.7. A Conceptual History of Policy Analysis. III. PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AS ORGANIZATION THEORY. 8. Organization Theory as a Problem of Structure.9. Organization Theory as a Problem of Human Behavior.10. Organization Theory as a Problem of Democracy. IV. PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AS PLANNED CHANGE.11. Theory and Practice of Planned Change.12. Public Sector Strategic Management.13. Theory and Practice of Organization Development. V. POLITICS AND ADMINISTRATION. 14. The Legislature in Administrative and Organizational Perspective.15. Administration in Comparative Perspective.16. Politics and Administration: American Political Theory and Bureaucracy.

O autorze

Cox III, Raymond W