Handbook of Organization Theory and Management: The Philosophical Approach, Second Edition

by Lynch; Thomas D.

• ISBN13: 9780849338342
• ISBN10: 0849338344
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-11-01
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

The second edition of the popular Handbook of Organizational Theory and Management continues with the original premise of presenting a philosophical, chronological view of major issues in public and government organization. It starts with a discussion of the influence of both Plato and Jesus on public administration theory, and credits Machiavelli with creating the modern concept of public administration. It goes on to detail the effects of mercantilism on governance and examines the contributions of Locke and Hume, among others. The authors then examine contemporary issues with a look at the progressive reform era and the bureau movement and conclude with a consideration of 21st century alternatives.

Table of Contents

Premodern
Plato and the Invention of Political Science	p. 3
Aristotle, MacIntyre, and Virtue Ethics	p. 55
What Jesus Says to Public Administration	p. 75
The Hebrew Bible and Public Administration	p. 101
Modernist Defined
The English Legacy of Public Administration	p. 143
Niccolo Machiavelli: Moving through the Future as We Learn from the Past	p. 173
Mercantilism and the Future: The Future Lives of an Old Philosophy	p. 183
Jeremy Bentham: On Organizational Theory and Decision Making, Public Policy Analysis, and Administrative Management	p. 195
John Locke's Continuing INfluence on Organization Theory and Behavior Entering the 21st Century	p. 211
Invisible Hand and Visible Management	p. 227
Early Loyal Opposition to the Modernist
The Legacy of David Hume for American Public Administration: Empiricism, Skepticism, and Constitutionalism	p. 261
Moral Conscience in Burkean Thought: Implication of Diversity and Tolerance in Public Administration	p. 283
American Modernist Influence
Classical Pragmatism, the American Experiment, and Public Administration	p. 301
Making Democracy Safe for the World: Public Administration in the Political Thought of Woodrow Wilson	p. 323
Enduring Narratives from Progressivism	p. 353
The Bureau Movement: Seedbed of Modern Public Administration	p. 375
Positively No Proverbs Need Apply: Revisiting the Legacy of Herbert A. Simon	p. 395
Mary Parker Follett: Lost and Found - Again, and Again, and Again	p. 417
Administrative Statesman, Philosopher, Explorer: The Life, Landscape, and Legacy of Dwight Waldo	p. 437
Later Modernist Opposition
Modernity, Administrative Evil, and the Contribution of Eric Voegelin	p. 449
Marshall Dimock's Deflective Organizational Theory	p. 469
Phenomenology and Public Administration	p. 487
The Existentialist Public Administrator	p. 511
John Rawls and Public Administration	p. 529
Rise of Postmodernism
From Positivism to Postpositivism: An Unfinished Journey	p. 555
On the Language of Bureaucracy: Postmodernism, Plain English, and Wittgenstein	p. 595
Postmodern Philosophy, Postmodernity, and Public Organization Theory	p. 631
Twenty-First-Century Alternatives
Neoliberal Economics, Public Domains, and Organizations: Is There Any Organizational Design after Privatization?	p. 667
Public Entrepreneurism: A New Paradigm for Public Administration?	p. 729
The Multicratic Organization: A Model for Management of Functional Interdependence	p. 759
Virtual Program Evaluation: A Twenty-First Century Approach	p. 777
Twenty-First-Century Philosophy and Public Administration: Refocusing the Lens	p. 801
Index	p. 825
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