The article discusses the influence of academics on management practice in the US One
group of scholars believes that certain academic theories, particularly agency theory, have …

Little did we know when Sara Rynes first asked us to organize a special research forum on
public policy and management research that it would appear at a time of such great need …

The author discusses the state of public management in the US in 2005, and suggests two
improvements. First, the relatively small cohort of scholars active in studying public …

JONEL. PEARCE University of California, Irvine ow do governments matter in management
and organization? Certainly the power of governments is implicit in the great attention most …

The author expands on his belief that management scholars should have greater
involvement in both public and private policy matters, and identifies five issues that should …

The article discusses four initiatives that could help bridge the gap between management-
organizational scholarship and public policy. First, the author suggests enriching research …

The preceding commentators were unanimous in their belief that management scholars
should" mat ter more" to how organizations operate, whether in the private or the public …

The article discusses effective management in the public sector. As the US government's
response to Hurricane Katrina revealed, the cost of poor management can be high. As …

This review essay should be read with the following two caveats in mind. First, I am not an
expert in public management nor do I read that literature extensively. Therefore, my …

The date was the November 4, 2008. A group of scholars gathered in the library of the
Department of Public Administration and Policy at the University of Georgia. The global …