Public sector management

• Other Authors: Areson, Todd W. (Editor), Whicker, Marcia Lynn (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: New York Praeger 1990
• Subjects: Administrative agencies > Management > United States; Public administration
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• Item Description: Introduction / Todd W. Areson and Marcia Lynn Whicker -- The functions and structure of the federal bureaucracy / Marcia Lynn Whicker -- The functions and structures of state and local governments / Nelson Wikstrom --Intergovernment relations / Marcia Lynn Whicker -- Budgeting, taxes, and financial management / Marcia Lynn Whicker -- Policy analysis / Ralph S. Hambrick, Jr. -- Progrm evaluation / Gary T. Henry -- Organization and management theory / Gilbert W. Fairholm -- Leadership / Gilbert W. Fairholm -- Personnel administration / Husain M. Mustafa -- Marketing public services / Thomas A. Myers -- Comparative administration : hierarchical goals and national development / Marcia Lynn Whicker and Anne T. Sloan -- Public administration : past, present, and future paradigms / F. William Heiss.
• Physical Description: xvii, 273 pages 24 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 0275933814; 9780275933814

Intended as a text for master's level students in public administration and public policy, this volume provides an introductory survey of the field that focuses on the structures of operation, management, and environments of modern governments. The contributors address federal, state, and local governments as well as intergovernmental relations, discussing such topics as fiscal management, policy analysis, program evaluation, management and administration, marketing, and the developmental progress of national governments. Their aim throughout is to distill for the reader a solid base of current knowledge about the field of public administration and the challenges it offers to practitioners as we move into the 1990s.