The Public Administration Workbook

by Dresang, Dennis L.; Huddleston, Mark W

• ISBN13: 9780205607396
• ISBN10: 020560739X
• Edition: 6th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-01-01
• Publisher: Longman

Summary

This unique workbook engages students in the study of public administration and helps them gain a deeper understanding of the field by providing hands-on exercises that expose them to a wide range of practical applications. Connecting theory to practice, a brief theoretical introduction precedes each exercise, explaining why the technique is important and how it is relevant to the study and practice of public administration.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Overview of The Public Administration Workbook

Theory and Technique in Public Administration

Decision Making

Administrators And The Policy Process

Further Reading

Exercise

Rational Decision Making

What Is Rationality?

Cost Benefit And Cost Effectiveness Analysis

Further Reading

Overview Of Exercise

Instructions

Exercise

Policy Evaluation

The Importance Of Policy Evaluation

Policy As Theory

Evaluation Procedures

Further Reading

Overview Of Exercise

Instructions

Exercise

Organizational Design

Approaching Organizational Design

Three Models Of Organization

Which Model Is Best

Further Reading

Overview Of Exercise

Instructions

Exercise

Administrative Ethics

Ethics And American Government

What Are Ethics?

What Are Administrative Ethics?

Further Reading

Overview Of Exercise

Instructions

Public Management

What Is Public Management?

Further Reading

Exercise

Organizational Communications: The Administrative Memo

An Important Telephone Conversation

The Abcs Of Good Administrative Writing: Accuracy, Brevity, And Clarity

Further Reading

Overview Of Exercise

Instructions

Exercise

Operational Management: Total Quality Management

Toward Quality In Public Administration

Total Quality Management

Qm Techniques

Further Reading

Overview Of Exercise

Instructions

Exercise

Project Management: Critical Path Method

What Is Special About Managing Projects?

Critical Path Method

Further Reading

Overview Of Exercise

Instructions

Exercise

Contract Management: Privatization

Development Of Contracting

Why Contract?

Concerns With Contracting

The Process Of Contracting

Administering Contracts

Further Reading

Overview Of Exercise

Instructions

Exercise

Regulatory Management: Administrative Law

What Is Administrative Law?

Status Of Administrative Law

The Administrative Procedures Act

Further Reading

Overview Of Exercise

Instructions

Exercise

Emergency Management: Tabletop Exercise

The Special Concerns Of Emergency Management

Development Of Emergency Management

Key Steps In Emergency Management

Further Reading

Overview Of Exercise

Instructions

Human Resource Management

What Is Human Resource Management?

Rank-In-Job Versus Rank-In-Person

Why Rank-in-Job?

Further Reading

Exercise

Job Analysis and the Job Description

A Short Fable

The Moral

What Is Job Analysis?

How Are Job Analyses Done?

Further Reading

Overview of Exercise

Instructions for Out-of-Class Exercise

Instructions for In-Class Exercise

Exercise

Performance Evaluation

Performance Evaluation: What, Why, and How?

Two Approaches to Performance Evaluation

Further Reading

Overview of Exercise

Instructions

Exercise

Succession Planning

Retirement Fallout

Succession Planning

Individual Career Planning

Further Reading

Overview of Exercise

Instructions

Exercise

Recruitment and Selection

Angst and the Job Interview: A One-Half-Act Play

Types of Selection Devices

Certification and Veterans Preference Points: The Short List

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