Nicholas Henry

Public Administration and Public Affairs

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This text demonstrates how to govern efficiently, effectively, and responsibly in an age of political corruption and crises in public finance. Providing a comprehensive, accessible and humorous introduction to the field of Public Administration, this text is designed specifically for those with little to no background in the field.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jenny Stanford Publishing
• 13th edition
• Seitenzahl: 514
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. September 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 191mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 912g
• ISBN-13: 9781138693524
• ISBN-10: 1138693529
• Artikelnr.: 49152016

Autorenporträt

Nicholas Henry is Professor Emeritus of Public Administration and President Emeritus at Georgia Southern University, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1. In Defense of Governing Well 1. Big Democracy, Big Bureaucracy 2.
Paradigms of Public Administration Part 2. Public and Nonprofit
Organizations 3. The Threads of Organizations: Theories 4. The Fabric of
Organizations: Forces 5. The Fibres of Organizations: People Part 3. Public
Management: Curbing Corruption, Enhancing Efficiency 6. Clarifying
Complexity: The Public's Information Resource 7. The Constant Quest:
Effective and Efficient Governance 8. The Public Trough: Financing and
Budgeting Governments 9. Managing Human Capital in the Public and Nonprofit
Sectors Part 4. Implementing Public Policy 10. Understanding and Improving
Public Policy 11. Intersectoral Administration 12. Intergovernmental
Administration 13. Toward a Bureaucratic Ethic