Defining public administration
Subtitle: selections from the International encyclopedia of public policy and administration
By: Jay M. Shafritz, editor in chief.
Contributors: Shafritz, Jay M.
Publisher: Westview Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Boulder, Colo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 454
Subjects: Public administration; Policy sciences
Other titles: International encyclopedia of public policy and administration.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.

Gift of anonymous donor.
Table of contents: title: Part 1:; title: Overviews of public administration.; title: Public administration -- Frank Marini; title: American administrative tradition -- Nicholas Henry; title: Feminist theory of public administration -- Camilla Stivers. -- Part 2:; title: Policy making.; title: Policy -- William H. Park; title: Policy leadership -- Jeffrey S. Luke; title: Policy network -- Charles J. Fox and Hugh T. Miller; title: Rule -- Cornelius M. Kerwin. -- Part 3:; title: Intergovernmental regulations.; title: Intergovernmental relations -- Dale Krane and Deil S. Wright; title: Mandates -- Jeffrey D. Straussman; title: Government corporation -- Jerry Mitchell. -- Part 4: Bureaucracy.; title: Bureaucracy -- Ralph P. Hummel; title: Bureaucrat bashing -- Charles T. Goodsell; title: Bureaupathology -- Ruth Hoogland DeHoog. -- Part 5: Organization behavior.; title: Organizational culture -- Dvora Yanow and Guy B. Adams; title: Groupthink -- Robert T. Golembiewski; title: Miles's Law -- Jeffery K. Guiler; title: Parkinson's Law -- Peter Foot; title: Peter Principle -- Susan C. Paddock. -- Part 6: Public management.; title: Public management -- Mary E. Guy; title: Scientific management -- Judith A. Merkle; title: Management science -- Dorothy Olshfski and Michele Collins; title: Entrepreneurial public administration -- Carl J. Bellone. -- Part 7:; title: Strategic management.; title: Leadership -- Frederick W. Gibson and Fred E. Fiedler; title: Strategic planning -- John M. Bryson; title: Mission statement -- Kevin P. Kearns. -- Part 8:; title: Performance management.; title: Productivity -- Marc Holzer; title: Reengineering -- Albert C. Hyde; title: Quality circles -- Ann-Marie Rizzo; title: Public enterprise -- Roger Wettenhall. -- Part 9:; title: Human resources management.; title: Public personnel administration -- Ronald D. Sylvia; title: Mentoring -- Steven W. Hays; title: Pay-for-performance -- Dennis M. Daley; title: Workforce diversity -- Donald E. Klingner; title: Glass ceiling -- Katherine C. Naff. -- Part 10:; title: Financial management.; title: Financial administration -- John L. Mikesell; title: Congressional budget process -- Philip G. Joyce; title: Target-based budgeting -- Irene S. Rubin. -- Part 11:; title: Auditing and accountability.; title: Audit -- Ira Sharkansky; title: Accountability -- Barbara S. Romzek and Melvin J. Dubnick; title: Stewardship -- Douglas F. Morgan. -- Part 12:; title: Ethics.; title: Administrative morality -- Willa Marie Bruce; title: Standards of conduct -- April Hejka-Ekins; title: Regime values -- John A. Rohr; title: Lying with statistics -- Claire Felbinger; title: Whistleblower-- Deborah D. Goldman and David H. Rosenbloom.