Synopses & Reviews
The Craft of Public Administration is not just a textbook; it is a pedagogical gathering of pertinent yet limited literature, assembled to inform and interest college students in the dynamics of the public, or government, sector in the United States. The four pedagogical segments of this textbook federalism, public personnel administration, budgets, and government regulations succinctly organize the study of partisan, policy, and system politics and government bureaucracies.
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1: The Administrative Craft
Chapter 2: The Ecology of the Administrative Craft
Chapter 3: The Anatomy of Public Organizations
Chapter 4: The Physiology of Public Organizations
Chapter 5: People and Personnel
Chapter 6: Public Sector Labor-Management Relations
Chapter 7: Communication and Leadership
Chapter 8: Taxing, Budgeting, and Spending
Chapter 9: The Productivity Challenge: Working Smarter While Doing More with Less
Chapter 10: Administrative Law and Government Regulations
Appendix: Web Sites
Credits
Index