Publisher's Synopsis
As a public administration textbook that is both interesting to students and rigorous, this book combines recent public management thinking and research with examples of how organizations apply these ideas. It is a comprehensive, balanced, and systematic introduction to the field that blends theory with practice, helping students understand the often abstract and distant world of public management. This text is intended for introduction to public administration, or introduction to public management courses offered at the junior-senior level in departments of political science or at the graduate level in schools of public administration of public affairs. Features: * Generous coverage of state and local government and nonprofit organizations offers a broad perspective of the field. * "Working Profiles" of leading public executives appear in every chapter. * Innovative "Talking Shop" boxes provide a no-nonsense discussion of how experienced practitioners would handle selected management issues.;New to this edition: * New topics include reinventing and rethinking government, process reengineering, strategic management in the information revolution, the team approach to organizations, the quest for tax reform, and much more. * Public administration is viewed from a global perspective throughout the book and in features called "Global Perspective". * Ten new cases offer insights into contemporary issues, such as the new Denver International Airport, outlaw engineers at NASA, the Waco tragedy, and more.
