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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...
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作者：DUPONTMORALES, M
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作者：BERRY, FS; WECHSLER, B
作者单位：University of Illinois System; University of Illinois Chicago; University of Illinois Chicago Hospital; University of Illinois System; University of Illinois Chicago; University of Illinois Chicago Hospital
摘要：Strategic planning has been touted as one of the ''hot'' management innovations in the public sector promising managers the benefits of a highly structured future-oriented management technique taken directly from the best-run business corporations. Little has been known, however about the actual experience of public agencies with strategic planning. Frances Berry and Barton Wechsler conducted a national survey of state agencies to determine rates of utilization, types of strategic planning pro...
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作者：SHMAKER, M
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作者：LEWIS, GB; DURST, SL
作者单位：University of North Texas System; University of North Texas Denton
摘要：Do differences in the competitiveness of local labor markets affect the government's ability to recruit and retain federal workers? The Federal Employee Pay Comparability Act of 1990 (FEPCA) assumes that they do. FEPCA replaces a uniform national salary schedule for white-collar workers with a system of locality pay, which will remunerate the same work move highly in San Francisco than in Santa Fe. The authors examine the logic underlying locality pay by testing hypotheses about recruitment an...
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作者：MCCURDY, HE
摘要：What is the role of fiction and imagination in public sector management? It is time to consider the possibility that fiction and other forms of imagination play a larger role in public administration than previously imagined The author suggests that fiction and imagination influence the choice of public policies and the methods for carrying them out Fiction and imagination may even affect the meaning of ''good'' administration. This article examines the role of fiction and imagination in creat...
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作者：ROBERTSON, PJ; SENEVIRATNE, SJ
摘要：Can planned organizational change efforts in public sector organizations be as successful as those in private organizations? Prior theory and research reflect some ambiguity regarding this question. Literature regarding traditional differences between the public and private sectors suggests that basic characteristics of public organizations may impede the success of planned change interventions. However, growing recognition of the fact that distinctions between the two sectors are becoming blu...
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作者：MANI, BG
摘要：Doer Total Quality Management (TQM) simply redefine and consolidate principles and techniques that have been studied and applied by public administrators since the inception of the field? Should bureaucracies discard the philosophy as costly duplication or should bureaucracies adopt the philosophy because benefits, such as improvements in productivity and customer service, outweigh the costs of TQM implementation? The author presents a case study with empirical data describing the impact of TQ...
