Public management research grapples with a number of difficult issues. It is a new field, with
developing norms and approaches to research, and there has been little examination of the …

The article discusses the disparate state of the field of management studies, which is
characterized as fragmented and practically limited. The author argues that a serious …

The article reviews several books related to management, including “The History of
Management Thought,” by Claude George,“The Evolution of Management Thought,” by …

In an effort to respond to concerns regarding academic rigor expressed in the 1950s,
management researchers turned to more established disciplines to help develop a stronger …

Both popular and academic commentary has recently pointed out the failure of most
graduate programs in business adminis-tration adequately to address the personal and …

THIS is an important book. It is superficial, pontifical, and as full of unsupported as-
sumptions as a country dog is full of burrs. But no administrator in public or private en …

Linda Kaboolian, Harvard University eform movements in the public sector, codi-R fied as
the" New Public Management" by cholars, provide an opportunity for the adherents of public …

Since the early days of the field, public administration research has been a work in progress.
Many authors have struggled to find the proper role of research in the field. Interest in the …

This note is a follow‐up on one published in 1987. A sample of tenured business policy
scholars, with significant track records in publishing, rated key management journals with …