The Public Administration Workbook
Routledge (Verlag)
978-0-205-60739-6 (ISBN)
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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.
Introduction
Overview of The Public Administration Workbook
Theory and Technique in Public Administration
PART ONE - DECISION MAKING
ADMINISTRATORS AND THE POLICY PROCESS
Further Reading
Exercise 1
RATIONAL DECISION MAKING
WHAT IS RATIONALITY?
COST BENEFIT AND COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS
Further Reading
Overview of Exercise
Instructions
Exercise 2
POLICY EVALUATION
THE IMPORTANCE OF POLICY EVALUATION
POLICY AS THEORY
EVALUATION PROCEDURES
Further Reading
Overview of Exercise
Instructions
Exercise 3
ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGN
APPROACHING ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGN
THREE MODELS OF ORGANIZATION
WHICH MODEL IS BEST
Further Reading
Overview of Exercise
Instructions
Exercise 4
ADMINISTRATIVE ETHICS
eTHICS AND AMERICAN GOVERNMENT
wHAT ARE ETHICS?
wHAT ARE ADMINISTRATIVE ETHICS?
Further Reading
Overview of Exercise
Instructions
PART TWO
PUBLIC MANAGEMENT
WHAT IS PUBLIC MANAGEMENT?
FURTHER READING
Exercise 5
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 6
OPERATIONAL MANAGEMENT: TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT
tOWARD QUALITY IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT
QM TECHNIQUES
Further Reading
Overview of Exercise
Instructions
Exercise 7
PROJECT MANAGEMENT: CRITICAL PATH METHOD
WHAT IS SPECIAL ABOUT MANAGING PROJECTS?
CRITICAL PATH METHOD
Further Reading
Overview of Exercise
Instructions
Exercise 8
CONTRACT MANAGEMENT: PRIVATIZATION
DEVELOPMENT OF CONTRACTING
WHY CONTRACT?
CONCERNS WITH CONTRACTING
THE PROCESS OF CONTRACTING
ADMINISTERING CONTRACTS
Further Reading
Overview of Exercise
Instructions
Exercise 9
REGULATORY MANAGEMENT: ADMINISTRATIVE LAW
WHAT IS ADMINISTRATIVE LAW?
STATUS OF ADMINISTRATIVE LAW
THE ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES ACT
Further Reading
Overview of Exercise
Instructions
Exercise 10
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
PART THREE
HuMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
What is HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT?
Rank-in-Job Versus Rank-in-Person
Why Rank-in-Job?
Further Reading
Exercise 11
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 12
Performance Evaluation
Performance Evaluation: What, Why, and How?
Two Approaches to Performance Evaluation
Further Reading
Overview of Exercise
Instructions
Exercise 13
Succession Planning
Retirement Fallout
Succession Planning
Individual Career Planning
Further Reading
Overview of Exercise
Instructions
Exercise 14
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
THE INTERVIEW: THE ONE-HALF ACT PLAY RESUMED
PROBATION: ENCORE
Further Reading
Overview of Exercise
Instructions
Exercise 15
Collective Bargaining
Bilateralism and Public Management
The Rise of Public Employee Unions
The Bargaining Process
Impasse Resolution Procedures
Further Reading
Overview of Exercise
Instructions
PART FOUR
Public Budgeting
What Is a Budget?
Why do we Budget?
How do we Budget?
Further Reading
Exercise 16
Line-Item Budgeting
Budgeting for Control
Further Reading
Overview of Exercise
Instructions
Exercise 17
Performance Budgeting
Budgeting for Efficiency
Classifying Activities
Further Reading
Overview of Exercise
Instructions
Exercise 18
Program Budgeting
Budgeting for Purpose
Further Reading
Overview of Exercise
Instructions
Exercise 19
Zero-Base and Outcome-Based Budgeting
Budgeting for Priorities
Decision Units and Decision Packages
Ranking Decision Packages
Outcome-Based Budgeting
Further Reading
Overview of Exercise
Instructions
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 24.4.2008 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 276 x 212 mm |
| Gewicht | 776 g |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Staat / Verwaltung |
| ISBN-10 | 0-205-60739-X / 020560739X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-205-60739-6 / 9780205607396 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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