R Behn - Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 1996 - academic.oup.com
The study of public management ought not to attempt to imitate—as do many disciplines in the social sciences—the research paradigm of the natural sciences. But neither should …
B Bozeman - Public Administration Review, 1993 - search.proquest.com
Hal Rainey's Understanding and Managing Public Organizations is a masterful textbook, as well as an important and original contribution to the public organization theory literature …
Past approaches to public administration, the diminishing distinctions between foreign and domestic policy, the role of the public administrator, and leadership qualities are discussed …
RP McGowan - The American Review of Public …, 1982 - journals.sagepub.com
A recent survey conducted in the US Navy found that the public sector executive Shares a number Of Characteristics not unlike those Of his or her counterpart in the private sector …
BM Yoon - Academy of Management Journal, 1968 - journals.aom.org
The circumferences of an academic discipline as artificial constructions must be treated as tentative and provisional. A survey of relevant literature suggests that management in the …
RJ Stupak, JE Moore - International Journal of Public …, 1987 - Taylor & Francis
This article examines some of the questions that have been raised by many scholars, consultants, and managers regarding the relevance of organization development (OD) to …
LE Lynn Jr - Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 1987 - Wiley Online Library
The field of public management draws on a rich and varied trove of intellectual resources. Applying scholarship and imagination, its students can recognize, interpret, and predict the …
In today's society, the slight mention of the term management may cause someone to sub divide the concept into the roles of management, such as information, marketing, operations …