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作者：VanWart, M
摘要：What was the value in changing ASPA's Code of Ethics? Until recently, the Code of Ethics of the American Society for Public Administration symbolized the confusion in the field rather than its insights. The fine content of the former code was lost in numerous, unequal categories and discursive language The new code has five principles or decision-making sources upon which public administrators should draw. This article demonstrates how the five sources are prominently discussed in the literatu...
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作者：Pollitt, C
摘要：British public administration has endured radical anti-state reforms since 1979. This essay outlines the three phases of these administrative reforms, their sources of support, underlying rationales, basic institutional elements, as well as their limitations. As a result of profound administrative changes, U.K. academic administrative sciences have undergone a redefinition and relabelling. Yet, there is still not a distinctive British School of public administration, nor a pronounced shift to ...
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作者：Kravchuk, RS; Schack, RW
摘要：What are the challenges posed for public sector decision makers by the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 (GPRA)! And what can be done to enhance the possibility of effective performance measurement! The GPRA calls for a vigorous implementation of performance measurement across federal agencies by 1999. Measures will be employed far both strategic management (planning) and evaluation of results (scorekeeping). A more formal use of performance measurement will surely bring many bene...
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作者：Morgan, D; Bacon, KG; Bunch, R; Cameron, CD; Deis, R
摘要：Can we afford to eliminate middle managers in local government? Douglas Morgan and colleagues argue that middle managers play distinctive roles as ''keepers of two functions'' that are essential to the health of our democratic polity: helping to define ''acceptable service'' and making the delivery of public services accountable. The authors contend that current efforts to eliminate layers of middle management through contracting out for services, privatizing, reinventing government, and other...
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作者：Rago, WV
摘要：Working in an organization whose culture is changing? Thinking about implementing TQM but are unsure of the barriers you will discover or the pressures it can impose on the organization? Have you heard the expression ''begin at the top'' associated with organizational change and wondered what it actually means in practice! This care study describes the efforts undertaken and lessons learned by the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation as it began the transformation of its ag...
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作者：Rosenbloom, DH
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作者：Daley, D
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作者：Kirlin, JJ
摘要：What are the big questions which should concern practitioners and students of public administration? Behn recently offered three big questions of public management, involving micromanagement, motivation, and measurement. Kirlin argues that the big questions of public administration in a democracy are different from those of public management and develops four criteria by which to judge big questions. Seven big questions of public administration in a democracy are offered, concerning: tools of ...
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作者：deHavenSmith, L; Wodraska, JR
摘要：Can consensus-building techniques be effectively applied in the resources planning process? The authors describe a consensus-building process used by the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California in developing an Integrated Resources Plan for the region. The process was a modification of that used by the American Assembly, The modifications included establishing a steering committee to set the agenda and decide other details; holding a series of assemblies rather than just one; and co...
