The Craft Of Public Administration - Brossura

Rouse, John E.; Berkley, George E

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0697385906 ISBN 13: 9780697385901

Casa editrice: McGraw-Hill Higher Education, 1999

Riassunto

This concise text, for an undergraduate Public Administration course, seeks to introduce and interest students in the dynamics of the public sector with a down-to-earth style and a focus to the scope of material and literature explored.

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Contenuti

Chapter One: The Administrative Craft

The Heart of the Matter

First Encounters of the Bureaucratic Kind Art, Science, or Craft?

Partisan Politics, Policy Politics, and System Politics Legalism

The Craft and the American Political System

Behaviors, Institutions, Processes and Policices

Chapter 2: The Ecology of the Administrative Craft

Our Organized Society

Equality and Efficiency

The Synergistic Environment

Ebbs and Flows of Government Expansions, Constraints, and Prospects

The Growth of Public Bureaucracy

Comparing Public and Private Administration Nuances

Interest Groups and Public Bureaucracy

Chapter 3: The Anatomy of Public Organization

The Basis of Organization

Points about Pyramids

Line and Staff

Centralization and Decentralization

The Craft and Political Culture

Chapter 4: The Physiology of Organization

Democracy in Bureaucracy

Baseline Originals in Organizational Life

Neoclassical Theories

Human Relations Theories

Chapter 5: People and Personnel

Conflicting Doctrines in American Public Administration

Procedures and Policies

Employee Recruitment

The Postrecruitment Phase

Promotion

The Challenges of Public Personnel Administration

The Changing Demographics of the Federal Workforce

Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action

Reverse Discrimination

Declining Importance of Affirmative Action

Efforts to Remove Federal Personnel System

Performance Ratings

Position Classifications

Chapter 6: Public Sector Labor-Management Relations

Decline, Transformation, or Reformation?

Major Issues in State and Local Government Labor Relations

The Bargaining Process

When Collective Bargaining Fails

Collective Bargaining for Federal Employees

Conflicts in State Civil Service and Collective Bargaining Systems

Impacts of Labor Laws on Public Sector Labor Relations

Searching for Solutions

Future of Government Unions: Stagnation or Growth?

Chapter 7: Leadership

An Overview of Leadership

Leadership Qualities

Qualities in Question

Leadership and Charisma

Max Weber's Charisma Types and Power Centers

Charismatic Leader Behaviors

Historical Conditions Favoring Charisma

Institutionalizing the American Presidency

Ways of Enhancing the Effectiveness of Managers

Delegation

Participation

Education and Rotation

The Limits of Leadership

Chapter 8: Communication

Background on Administrative Communication

The Politics of Greeting

Formal and Informal Communication

The Advantages of Formal Communication

The Disadvantages of Formal Communication

The Information Highway

Informal Communication

Grapevines

The Other Organization

The Informal Balance Sheet

Whose Rules?

The Small Group

Up, Down, and Across

Unplugging the Upward Flow

Communicating Downward

Cross Communication

Chapter 9: Taxing, Budgeting, and Spending

Introduction to Public Budgeting

Context of American Budgeting

Traditional Budgeting

Cycles in Congressional Budgeting

Stages of the Budget Cycle

Budgets and Political Strategies

Economic Growth, Taxes, and Savings

Roots of the Deficit Problem

Capital Budgets

Expense Budgets

Budget Reforms and Techniques

Decrementalism and Cutback Budgeting

Federal Spending in the States

Changes in State Budgeting since the 1970s

Chapter 10: The Productivity Challenge: Working Smarter while Doing More with Less

Public Sector Productivity as Excellence

Efficiency and/or Effectiveness

Governments Performance Perceptions

Democracy is Messy

Government Takes a Bum Rap

Government Must Shape Up

The Country Must Shape Up

A Case for Public Bureaucracy?

Bureaucracy as Stereotype

Bureaucracy as Discriminator

Bureaucracy as Bungler

Comparative Bureaucracies

Privatization of the Public Sector

Barriers to Government Productivity Improvements

Federal Productivity Improvement Progress

Ways of Measuring Government Operations

Reinventing Governments

Enhancing Morale and Work Satisfaction

Program Evaluation and Policy Development

Management by Objectives

Policy Development

Chapter 11: Administrative Law and Control

The Impact of Administrative Growth on Democratic Ideals and Administrative Law

Traditional and Contemporary Cornerstones of American Administrative Law

What is Administrative Law?

Administrative Discretion and its Limits

Opening up the Government

The Expanding Role of Administrative Law Judges

Internal and External Administrative Controls

Internal Controls

External Controls

The Emergence of the Whistle Blower

Law and Control: How Much is Enough?

Chapter 12: Government Regulations and Regulatory Behaviors

Effective Clientele

Evolution of Administrative Regulations

Economic, Social, and Subsidiary Regulations

Economic Regulations

Social Regulations

Subsidiary Regulations

Administrative Rules and Rule-Making

Regulation and Deregulation

The Administrative Procedure Act

The Federal Register and The Code of Federal Regulations

The Stages of Rule-Making

Administrative Responsibility: Professionalism, Participation, and Publicity

Index

Product Description

Book by Berkley George E Rouse John

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: McGraw-Hill Higher Education
• Data di pubblicazione: 1999
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0697385906
• ISBN 13: 9780697385901
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 432
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile