Vice President Al Gore's National Performance Review (NPR) set out in 1993 to transform
the basic culture of federal organizations to make them more performance based and …

Change is sweeping the globe, and at the government level, operational changes are
prompting many public administrators to develop new management styles and ways of …

What are the factors that lead to desirable organizational characteristics? This article
examines this question by proposing a model to explain the ability of some organizations to …

In the past 20 years or so, there has been a grow ing emphasis on public management and
ad ministrative reform. The literature on management in the public sector has reflected this …

Research in the field of public administration has changed and advanced significantly in
recent years. These advancements concern both how we engage in research—such as the …

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 …

Public administration finds itself in an era of government by performance management,
which is reflected in the widespread assumption that management is a key determinant of …

What's missing in the study of American public administration? Two things. First, a
recognition of the importance of research on the subject of administrative development. And …

The ninth edition of Public Administration: Understanding Management, Politics, and Law in
the Public Sector grounds students in the fundamentals of public administration while …