Synopses & Reviews
"An essential reference for students and practitioners of public administration."
--Public Administration ReviewSponsored by the American Society for Public Administration, this completely revised and expanded edition reflects both the ever-evolving changes in public administration and the continuity of practice. Written by experts from diverse areas of public administration--including law, politics, personnel, and operations--the book has been substantially updated to reflect the most current developments and research. An entirely new section focuses on leadership, negotiation, communication, and interpersonal skills.
Review
"The book is serious, worthy, and its aim is laudable."
"This book is thought-provoking and practice-informing testimony that the idea of `meaning-making' is not only alive and well in psychotherapy, but a generative meeting ground for a richly diverse set of clinical orientations. Any therapist, student, or teacher of therapy will feel well rewarded by this stimulating and challenging collection." --Robert Kegan, Harvard University and the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology and author of The Evolving Self and In Over Our Heads
"This is the best overview of current thinking in constructivist thought currently available. Social constructivism finally gets the attention it deserves, including women's issues and interesting work from an Eastern perspective. I recommAnd this book for the serious professional library." --Allen Ivey, distinguished university professor, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
"In this volume, Rosen and Kuehlwein have collected a distinguished panel of scholar-practitioners who trailblaze in this still somewhat uncharted domain of meaning-making psychotherapies. Between them, they construct a landscape of new places to go in the conduct of the therapeutic process--places that all psychotherapists of whatever persuasion will find provocative and evocative in their own practices." --John Shotter, professor of interpersonal relations, Department of Communication, University of New Hampshire
"This book celebrates the many ways in which meanings are created (not discovered) and what these changes in the way we see the world signify for therapists and their clients. The contributors to this volume bring new ways of understanding the roles of narrative and language, the many meanings of knowing and telling, and breathe new life into the once-discredited idols of reason. Richly rewarding and highly recommAnded." --Donald P. Spence, professor of psychiatry, UMDNJ, New Jersey's University of the Health Sciences, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
"Many readers will find the solid base of philosophy refreshing in a time when conceptual clarity seems secondary to practical concerns. I highly recommAnd it to those clinicians seeking a foundation for their own personal and theraputic realities." --J. Phillip Stanberry, Ph.D. School of Family and Consumer Sciences, U of Southern Mississippi, Readings: A Journal of Reviews and Commentary in Mental Health
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"Brings together in one volume a compAndium of experience, research, and practical suggestions unique in public administration literature." (Elmer B. Staats, former Controller General of the United States, Praise for the first edition)
"A set of succint guides to practice in various administrative fuctions." (Policy Studies Review, Praise for the first edition)
"Should become a standard reference for those in the field...Both editor and the contributors deserve considerable credit for achievingsuch a balanced and even presentation of materials...An essential reference for students and practitioners of public administration. Perry and his colleagues should be congratulated for a job quite well done!" (Public Administration Review, Praise for the First Edition)
Synopsis
An insightful, provocative collection that will enrich your work with new vitality, meaning, and direction. Offers timely perspectives on the theory and practice of psychotherapy as reflected in the themes of narrative, constructivism, social constructionism, postmodernism, epistemology, developmental constructivism, language, and social discourse.
Synopsis
Constructing Realities is an insightful look at meaning making in psychotherapy--from the perspective of the leading scholar-practitioners in the field. They offer their views on the theory and practice of psychotherapy as reflected in the themes of narrative, constructivism, social constructionism, postmodernism, epistemology, developmental constructivism, language, and social discourse.
About the Author
HUGH ROSEN is professor and interim chairperson in the Department of Mental Health Sciences, School of Health Sciences and Humanities, at the Medical College of Pennsylvania and Hahnemann University. He is the author of Piagetian Dimensions of Clinical Relevance (1985) and the coeditor of Constructivist Perspectives on Developmental Psychopathology and Atypical Development (1991) with Daniel P. Keating. KEVIN T. KUEHLWEIN is a staff psychologist and clinical associate at the Center for Cognitive Therapy at the University of Pennsylvania. He served as the first clinical coordinator of the Beck Institute for Cognitive Therapy and Research in suburban Philadelphia. His is, with Hugh Rosen, the coeditor of Cognitive Therapies in Action (1993) a Jossey-Bass publication.
Table of Contents
THE CHALLENGE OF MANAGING THE CHANGING PUBLIC SECTOR.
Governing the Millenium (D. Kettl).
The National Government in Transition (C. Newland).
Engines of Change: Leading from the States (C. Stenberg).
Adjusting to Changing Expectations at the Local Level (B. Cigler).
The Cahnging Character of the Public Sector (H. Milward).
THE KEYSTONES OF ACCOUNTABILITY AND RESPONSIVENESS.
Enhancing Accountability (B. Romzek).
Understanding What the Law Says About Administrative Responsibility (P. Cooper).
Achieving High Performance in Public Organizations.
Building an Effective Organizational Culture (H. Rainey).
SHAPING AND IMPLEMENTING POLICY--FROM POLITICAL ARENAS TO PROGRAM DELIVERY.
Developing Effective Relations with Legislatures (A. Khademian).
Empowering Citizens (J. Parr & D. Lampe).
Managing Intergovernmental Processes (R. Agranoff).
Designing effective Programs (C. Eoyang & P. Spencer).
Implementing Public Programs (L. O'Toole).
Managing Contracts and Grants (R. O'Leary).
EFFECTIVE BUDGETING AND FISCAL ADMINISTRATION.
Strategies for the New Budgeting (I. Rubin).
Budgeting for Public Programs (G. Cope).
Designing and Administering Governmnet Revenue Systems (J. Mikesell).
Measuring and Reporting Financial Condition (R. Berne).
Administering Public Debt (C. Johnson).
MANAGING HUMAN RESOURCES.
Evolving Public Service Systems (P. Ingraham).
Enhancing Employee Performance (L. Wise).
Compensating Public Employees (C. Pounian & J. Fuller).
Training and Development for Organizational Performance (M. Budd & M. Broad).
Realizing the Promise of Diversity (S. Ospina).
Managing Relations with Organized Employees (R. Kearney)
TOOLS AND METHODS TO PROMOTE EFFECTIVENESS.
Strategic Planning Options for the Public Sector (J. Bryson & W. Roering).
Leading and Managing Strategic Change (D. Eadie).
Facilitating Organizational Development and Change (R. Golembiewski).
Listening to Customers (M. Barzelay & C. Moukheibir).
Tracking the Quality of Services (H. Hatry).
Evaluating Public Programs (K. Newcomer).
Managing Information Systems (K. Kraemer).
Designing and Managing the Procurement Process (S. Macmanus).
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION SKILLS.
Leading in a Shared-Power World (B. Crosby).
Managing Conflicts Creatively (S. Faerman).
Negotiating for the Public Good (L. Bingham).
Communicating Effectively (J. Garnett).
Developing Intrapersonal Skills (R. Denhardt & M. Aristigueta).
THE PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION.
Professional Standard and Ethics (C. Lewis & B. Catron).
Understanding Your Liability as a Public Administrator (C. Wise).
Effective Enterprises, Effective Administrators (J. Perry).