American public administration
Subtitle: public service for civil society the 21st century
By: Robert Cropf.
Publisher: Pearson Longman
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 438
ISBN-13: 9780321096913
Subjects: Public administration -- United States; Administrative agencies -- United States -- Management; Executive departments -- United States -- Management; Leadership -- United States; United States -- Politics and government
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Public service in the twenty-first century; title: The growth of government and administration; title: Ethics and public administration; title: The political ecology of public administration; title: Fderalism and public administration; title: Civil society and public administration; title: Theories of organization and public administration; title: The organizational dimensions of public administration; title: Motivation, decision making, and organizational culture; title: Leadership in public administration; title: The policy process; title: Privatization and public administration; title: Public budgeting and finance; title: Human resource administration in public organizations; title: Managing information resources in public organizations.