Defining Public Administration : Selections From the International
Encyclopedia of Public Policy and Administration/edited by Jay M. Shafritz. Reprint.
New
Delhi, Rawat Pub., 2007, x, 454 p., figs., ISBN 81-316-0142-0.
Defining Public Administration : Selections From the International
Encyclopedia of Public Policy and Administration/edited by Jay M. Shafritz. Reprint.
New
Delhi, Rawat Pub., 2007, x, 454 p., figs., ISBN 81-316-0142-0.
Contents: Preface. I. Overviews of public administration: 1. Public administration/Frank Marini. 2. American administrative tradition/Nicholas Henry. 3. Feminist theory of public administration/Camilla Stivers. II. Policy making: 4. Policy/William H. Park. 5. Policy leadership/Jeffrey S. Luke. 6. Policy network/Charles J. Fox and Hugh T. Miller. 7. Rule/Cornelius M. Kerwin. III. Intergovernmental relations: 8. Intergovernmental relations/Dale Krane and Deil S. Wright. 9. Mandates/Jeffrey D. Straussaman. 10. Government corporation/Jerry Mitchell. IV. Bureaucracy: 11. Bureaucracy/Ralph P. Hummel. 12. Bureaucrat Bashing/Charles T. Goodsell. 13. Bureaupathology/Ruth Hoogland DeHoog. V. Organization behavior: 14. Organizational culture/Dvora Yanow and Guy B. Adams. 15. Groupthink/Robert T. Golembiewski. 16. Miles's law/Jeffery K. Guiler. 17. Parkinson's law/Peter Foot. 18. Peter principle/Susan C. Paddock. VI. Public management: 19. Public management/Mary E. Guy. 20. Scientific management/Judith A. Merkle. 21. Management science/Dorothy Olshfski and Michele Collins. 22. Entrepreneurial public administration/Carl J. Bellone. VII. Strategic management: 23. Leadership/Frederick W. Gibson and Fred E. Fiedler. 24. Strategic planning/John M. Bryson. 25. Mission statement/Kevin P. Kearns. VIII. Performance management: 26. Productivity/Marc Holzer. 27. Reengineering/Albert C. Hyde. 28. Quality circles/Ann-Marie Rizzo. 29. Public enterprise/Roger Wettenhall. IX. Human resources management: 30. Public personnel administration/Ronald D. Sylvia. 31. Mentoring/Steven W. Hays. 32. Pay-for-performance/Dennis M. Daley. 33. Workforce Diversity/Donald E. Klingner. 34. Glass ceiling/Katherine C. Naff. X. Financial management: 35. Financial administration/John L. Mikesell. 36. Congressional budget process/Philip G. Joyce. Target-based budgeting/Irene S. Rubin. XI. Auditing and accountability: 38. Audit/Ira Sharkansky. 39. Accountability/Barbara S. Romzek and Melvin J. Dubnick. 40. Stewardship/Douglas F. Morgan. XII. Ethics: 41. Administrative morality/Willa Marie Bruce. 42. Standards of conduct/April Hejka-Ekins. 43. Regime values/John A. Rohr. 44. Lying with statistics/Claire Felbinger. 45. Whistelblower/Deborah D. Goldman and David H. Rosenbloom. Appendix. Index.
"Defining Public Administration is designed to stir the imaginations of readers concerned with public policy and administration. The forty-five articles included in the text are all reprinted from the International Encyclopaedia of Public Policy and Administration. These accessible, interesting articles have been assembled to cover an overview of public administration, policymaking, intergovernmental relations, bureaucracy, organization behaviour, public management, strategic management, performance management, human resources management, financial management, auditing and accountability, and ethics. The articles provide definitions of the vocabulary of public policy and administrations as it is used throughout the world-- from the smallest towns to the largest national bureaucracies." (jacket)