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作者:Eikenberry, AM; Kluver, JD
作者单位:University of Nebraska System
摘要:The public sector has increasingly adopted the methods and values of the market to guide policy creation and management. Several public administration scholars in the United States have pointed out the problems with this, especially in relation to the impact on democracy and citizenship. Similarly, nonprofit organizations are adopting the approaches and values of the private market, which may harm democracy and citizenship because of its impact on nonprofit organizations' ability to create and...
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作者:Potoski, M; Prakash, A
作者单位:Iowa State University; University of Washington; University of Washington Seattle
摘要:Across the United States and around the world, businesses have joined voluntary governmental and nongovernmental environmental regulations. Such codes often require firms to establish internal environmental management systems to improve their environmental performance and regulatory compliance. Meanwhile, governments have been offering incentives to businesses that self-police their regulatory compliance and promptly report and correct violations. This article examines how governmental regulat...
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作者:Waterman, RW
作者单位:University of Kentucky
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作者:Watson, DJ; Hassett, WL
作者单位:University of Texas System; University of Texas Dallas
摘要:What are the typical career paths of city managers serving in the nation's largest cities? This article examines the career paths of 113 city managers in council-manager cities with populations over 100,000. The authors identify four distinct career paths for city managers-long servers, lateral movers, ladder climbers, and-single city careerists-and find that city managers in the largest council-manager cities are commonly ladder climbers or single-city careerists. This research shows the ster...
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作者:Reed, CM; Meyer, KP
作者单位:University of Nebraska System; University of Nebraska System; University of Nebraska Medical Center
摘要:Over the past decade, much has been written about the results of reinventing government. Most research has examined the effects of executive or managerial perspectives. Using David Rosenbloom's competing perspectives model, we examine Medicaid managed care programs for children with special health care needs to illustrate the influence of legislative and judicial institutional perspectives on the reinvention movement. Legislative and judicial responses to the reinvention of Medicaid managed ca...
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作者:Waterman, RW
作者单位:University of Kentucky
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作者:Waterman, RW
作者单位:University of Kentucky
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作者:Cornia, GC; Nelson, RD; Wilko, A
作者单位:Brigham Young University; Brigham Young University
摘要:Revenue forecasts play an important role in the state government budget and policy process. These forecasts are generally reported to executive and legislative leaders as point estimates, with no acknowledgment of their corresponding risk and uncertainty. The revenue semaphores proposed in this article outline procedures by which revenue uncertainty directly influences the planning process. The goal is not to make forecasts more accurate, but to make discussions of budget and revenue alternati...