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作者:Moynihan, Donald P.; Landuyt, Noel
作者单位:University of Wisconsin System; University of Wisconsin Madison; University of Texas System; University of Texas Austin
摘要:How do public organizations learn? The organizational learning literature suggests distinct cultural and structural routes to learning. However, such categorizations oversimplify. Leaders seeking to foster learning should recognize that most relevant organizational variables combine structural and cultural aspects, which are mutually dependent on one another. The strongest influences are the existence of work groups that are purpose driven and incorporate the views of all members, including di...
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作者:Grandy, Christopher
作者单位:University of Hawaii System; University of Hawaii Manoa
摘要:The New Public Management movement was only the latest demand that public organizations promote efficiency by adopting business methods. There again followed reactions from those arguing that other values, such as equity, citizen participation, and democracy, are as important as efficiency. This article suggests that an economic rather than business perspective on efficiency may usefully contribute to the scholarly conversation. It also suggests that it is efficient to identify the public valu...
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作者:Bowornwathana, Bidhya
作者单位:Chulalongkorn University
摘要:Most scholars would agree that we are in an age of rapid globalization. The phenomenon of globalization is well documented and thoroughly discussed by many. What is missing among scholarly work is a clear statement as to what needs to be done in terms of public administration in order to meet the challenges of rapid globalization. What should the new public administration for the twenty-first century look like?.
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作者:Kapucu, Naim
作者单位:State University System of Florida; University of Central Florida
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作者:Farazmand, Ali
作者单位:State University System of Florida; Florida Atlantic University
摘要:The twenty-first century is characterized by rapid change, globalization, hyper-competition, and hyper-uncertainty. Traditional models of governance and public administration are no match for the challenges of this chaotic environment. This essay argues for building new administrative capacity in response to these serious governance dilemmas. Offered as a modest prescription, this new administrative capacity is proposed to cope more effectively with an increasingly unknowable world. The articl...
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作者:Su, Xuhong; Bozeman, Barry
作者单位:University System of Georgia; University of Georgia
摘要:Policy makers and public managers emphasize the importance of bringing private sector experience and skills into the public and nonprofit sectors. One result is an increased focus on privatization and contracting out, developments to which researchers have been attentive. However, the long-standing practice of hiring people with industrial experience into the public and nonprofit sectors has received remarkably little attention. This study, based on questionnaire responses from mid- and upper-...
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作者:Svara, James H.
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作者:Eikenberry, Angela M.
作者单位:University of Nebraska System
摘要:ASPA's future is intertwined with institutional trends in public administration, shaped especially by the directions of today's network governance. The implications for the future of ASPA and of other public administration professional associations are significant. In the author's view, ASPA must hold on to its unique generalist niche, but she counsels that ASPA should pay closer attention to advancing democratic and social equity issues throughout government.
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作者:Jos, Philip H.; Tompkins, Mark E.
作者单位:College of Charleston; University of South Carolina System; University of South Carolina Columbia
摘要:Notwithstanding the persistence and proliferation of calls to serve customers, these relationships incorporate distinctively public priorities and performance expectations-priorities and expectations often shaped by a desire to reduce customer vulnerabilities and prevent seller strategies that are deemed unacceptable. The authors examine these distinctively public relationships-between professionals and clients, guardians and wards, facilitators and citizens, and regulators and subjects. By ac...
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作者:Jung, Tobias; Scott, Tim; Davies, Huw T. O.; Bower, Peter; Whalley, Diane; McNally, Rosalind; Mannion, Russell
作者单位:City St Georges, University of London; University of St Andrews; University of Manchester; University of York - UK
摘要:Organizational culture is widely considered to be one of the most significant factors in reforming and modernizing public administration and service delivery. This article documents the findings of a literature review of existing qualitative and quantitative instruments for the exploration of organizational culture. Seventy instruments are identified, of which 48 could be submitted to psychometric assessment. The majority of these are at a preliminary stage of development. The study's conclusi...