Agendas and Decisions : How State Government Executives and Middle Managers Make and Administer Policy

by Olshfski, Dorothy F.; Cunningham, Robert B.

• ISBN13: 9780791473238
• ISBN10: 0791473236
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-02-07
• Publisher: State Univ of New York Pr

Summary

Studies how state-level public executives and managers in Tennessee decide and implement policy.

Author Biography

Dorothy F. Olshfski is Associate Professor of Public Administration at Rutgers University at Newark and coeditor (with Kathe Callahan and Erwin Schwella) of Global Public Management: Cases and Comments Robert B. Cunningham is Professor of Political Science at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville and coauthor (with Yasin K. Sarayrah) of WASTA: The Hidden Force in Middle Eastern Society

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
The Decision Process Model, the Cultural Environment, and Density	p. 9
Problem Identification	p. 27
Considering Alternatives and Making the Decision	p. 51
Implementation	p. 73
Evaluation	p. 93
Conclusion	p. 115
Appendix	p. 127
Notes	p. 139
Bibliography	p. 143
Index	p. 151
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