Public Administration Scenarios In Public Management

by Lerner, Allan W.; Wanat, John

• ISBN13: 9780137390465
• ISBN10: 0137390467
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1993-01-02
• Publisher: Pearson

Summary

The 16 original, fictional scenarios in this volume describe public management situations -- problems as well as opportunities -- which call for a response from the reader. The reader-interactive aspects of the scenarios include activities like completing budget forms, drafting memos on policy issues described in the narratives, making choices among decision options -- with alternative endings for the scenarios depending on the choice made by the reader. For public administration managers and all those interested in public administration issues.

Table of Contents

Public Sector Issues and Private Sector Contrasts

Public-Private Joint Ventures: Coordinating the Organized Anarchy

Ethics and an Incentive Program

Professionalism and Organizational Values

Recruiting the Ideal Assistant: Conflicting Models and Motivations

Job Changes: Personnel Mobility

Disciplining Professionals in the Public Agency

Organizational Analysis and Budget Formats

Implementing a Budget Decision

"Rational" Quantitative Analysis and Political Realities

Setting Revenue Rates: Yield and Impact

The Distinction Between Leadership and Management

Clients: Sorting Through Layers of Entitlement and Expectation

Organizational Politics and Decision Making

Promulgating a Controversial Administrative Order: Administrative Law in the Making

Lawsuits, Ethics, and Administrative Procedure

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