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- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Foreword
- Preface
- Intended Audiences
- Overview of the Contents
- The Editors
- The Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Part 1: Governing for Collective Action
- Chapter 1: Governing in an Age of Transformation
- The Changing Environment
- Transformation
- From the Administrative State to Stateless Administration
- Summary
- Chapter 2: The Changing Character of the American Intergovernmental System
- Knowledge about Effective Practice
- Implications
- Summary
- Notes
- Chapter 3: Governance in an Era of Partnerships
- Clarifying Terms
- The Environment and Its Effects on Collaborations
- Environmental Effects on a Collaboration’s Governance Processes and Structures
- Implications
- Summary
- Chapter 4: Governing in a Global Context
- Organizational Responses to Globalization
- Public Administration in the Age of Globalization
- Implications of Transnational Organization Design for Public Administration and Management
- Summary
- Notes
- Part 2: Building Infrastructures for Accountability
- Chapter 5: Understanding How Public Law Reinforces Administrative Responsibility
- Contemporary Challenges and Classic Issues
- Classic Conceptions and Contemporary Governance
- Public Law Responsibility in Different Forms in Today’s Context
- Law’s Meaning at Two Critically Important Levels: Effective Practice and Legitimacy
- Summary
- Note
- Chapter 6: Advancing Good Government through Fighting Corruption
- Definition, Forms, and Consequences of Corruption
- Theories of Corruption
- Empirical Evidence on Corruption
- Strategies for Reducing Corruption
- Summary
- Chapter 7: Using Transparency to Reinforce Responsibility and Responsiveness
- Knowledge about Effective Practice
- Research Findings and Evidence about Effective Practice
- Judgments about Effective Practice Grounded in Administrative Experience
- Implications
- Summary
- Chapter 8: Using Public Participation to Enhance Citizen Voice and Promote Accountability
- Understanding Accountability
- Understanding Public Participation
- Summary
- Part 3: Implementing Policy Using Tools of Collective Action
- Chapter 9: Developing Effective Relations with Legislatures
- The Context of Legislative Liaison Work
- Structural and Procedural Elements of Managing Legislative Relations
- Strategic and Tactical Elements of Managing Legislative Initiatives: No Surprises
- Summary
- Chapter 10: Designing Effective Programs
- Components of Public Policy and Effective Program Design
- Policy Programs and Policy Design: A Short History
- Principles for Designing Programs: Policy-Program Linkages (I)
- Principles for Designing Programs: Program-Measure Linkages (II)
- Summary
- Chapter 11: Using Grants to Achieve Public Purposes
- Scope and Mechanisms of the Grant-in-Aid System
- The Politics of Grant Distribution
- Managing Federal Grants-in-Aid
- Summary
- Notes
- Chapter 12: Contracting in Pursuit of Public Purposes
- Fundamentals
- Outlook
- Conclusion
- Summary
- Chapter 13: Coproducing Public Services with Service Users, Communities, and the Third Sector
- What We Know about Effective Practice in Coproduction
- Implications
- Summary
- Chapter 14: Advancing Public Good through Entrepreneurship
- Knowledge about Effective Practice
- Research Findings
- Implications
- Summary
- Part 4: Managing for Public Performance
- Chapter 15: Leading Public Organizations Strategically
- Knowledge about Effective Strategy Content Practices
- Research Findings
- Implications
- Summary
- Chapter 16: Managing Effective Collaborations
- Collaborative Public Management
- Managing Awareness
- Managing Boundaries
- Managing Constraints
- Managing Deliberations
- Managing External Constituencies
- Summary
- Chapter 17: Tracking the Quality of Services
- The Brief History and Limitations of Service Quality Measurement
- Need for Multiple Types of Performance Indicators
- Sources of Data and Data Collection Procedures
- Improving the Usefulness of Performance Measurement Systems
- Uses for Service Quality Information
- Problems in Performance Measurement
- Role of Ad Hoc Program Evaluations
- Summary
- Notes
- Chapter 18: Evaluating the Performance of Public Programs
- Context for Evaluation of Government Performance
- Evaluation Practice in the Twentieth-First Century
- Using Evaluation to Improve Performance
- Summary
- Chapter 19: Motivating Employees Using Public Service
- Theories and Evidence about Public Service Motivation
- Research Findings and Evidence
- Implications and Application: Harnessing the Power of Public Service Motivation
- Summary
- Note
- Chapter 20: Realizing the Promise of Diversity
- Defining and Understanding Organizational Diversity
- Frameworks for Understanding Organizational Diversity and Work Outcomes
- Strategies for Managing Organizational Diversity
- Evolving Research on Diversity and Inclusion
- Future Directions for Research and Practice
- Summary
- Chapter 21: Understanding and Overcoming Resistance to Organizational Change
- Resistance to Change
- Sources of Resistance to Change
- Overcoming Resistance to Change
- Summary
- Part 5: Developing Effective Administrative Systems
- Chapter 22: Performance Budgeting: Lessons from Worldwide Diverse Practices
- Performance Budgeting Practices around the World
- Institutional and Organizational Constraints on Performance Budgeting Practices
- Implications for Performance Budgeting Design and Practices
- Summary
- Chapter 23: Designing and Administering Revenue Systems
- Government Revenues
- Reliable Revenue Systems
- Patterns and Trends of Revenue Systems
- Evaluation Criteria of Revenue Systems
- Recent Research and Empirical Evidence about the Criteria
- Revenue System Administration
- Improving Current Systems
- Summary
- Notes
- Chapter 24: Managing E-Government
- Advances in Theories and E-Government Studies
- Advances in E-Government Practice
- Moving toward E-Governance for Open, Collaborative, and Integrative Government
- Critical Success Factors for the Management of E-Government
- Summary
- Notes
- Chapter 25: Designing Social Media Strategies and Policies
- Distinguishing Types of Social Media Tools
- Current Social Media Practices in the Public Sector
- Designing a Social Media Strategy and Policy
- Managerial Challenges for Implementing Social Media in the Public Sector
- Summary
- Chapter 26: Compensating Public Sector Employees
- The Unique Context of Public Sector Compensation
- The Case of the US Federal Government
- Challenges for Practice and Research
- Practical Guidance for Public Managers and Policymakers
- Summary
- Part 6: Sharpening the Public Administrator’s Skill Set
- Chapter 27: Enacting Collective Leadership in a Shared-Power World
- Collective Leadership and Democratic Governance: What We Know
- Enacting Collective Leadership: What Research Tells Us
- Enacting Collective Leadership inside Organizations
- Enacting Collective Leadership in Complex, Shared-Power Environments
- Enacting Collective Leadership in Large Collaborative Networks
- Implications: Convergences and Cornerstones of Collective Leadership
- Summary
- Chapter 28: Negotiating for the Public Good
- What to Negotiate: Problems and Context
- When to Negotiate and When Not To
- Why Negotiate: Empirical Evidence on Practice
- How to Negotiate: Tools and Skills to Prepare for and Initiate Negotiation
- Principled or Interest-Based Negotiation and Positional or Hard Bargaining
- How Not to Negotiate and How to Recognize Hard Bargaining
- Summary
- Chapter 29: Becoming and Being an Effective Collaborator
- Knowledge about Effective Practice
- Common Themes in the Literature
- Implications for Applying This Knowledge to Public Administration Practice
- Summary
- Chapter 30: Communicating Effectively
- Applying Knowledge about Effective Communication Practice
- Implications and Lessons from Hard Knocks Experience
- Summary
- Chapter 31: Developing Intrapersonal Skills
- Intrapersonal and Interpersonal Skills
- Developing Intrapersonal Skills
- Practical Advice for Developing Intrapersonal Skills
- Summary
- Part 7: Professionalizing Public Administration Practice
- Chapter 32: Embracing Ethical Principles for Public Action
- Reexamining the Historical Meaning of Public Service
- How Best to Guard the Guardians?
- Emerging Opportunities to Embrace Ethical Principles in Public Action: A View from Below
- Out of Darkness and into the Light: Implications for Consistent Ethical Actions
- Conclusion
- Summary
- Chapter 33: Understanding the Obligations of Codes of Ethics
- Codes of Ethics as Markers of Public Administration Professional Identity
- Measuring the Effectiveness of Codes of Ethics in Public Administration
- Assessing the Effective Implementation of Codes of Ethics in Public Administration
- Comparative Analysis of Codes of Ethics Implementation Efforts
- Summary
- Notes
- Chapter 34: Understanding Your Liability as a Public Administrator
- Knowledge about Effective Practice
- Implications
- Summary
- Note
- Chapter 35: Effective Governance, Effective Administrators
- What Distinguishes Effective Governance?
- What Makes an Effective Public Administrator?
- Public Administration as a Profession
- Reference
- Reference
- Index
- End User License Agreement
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