How Public Organizations Work Learning from Experience

Name: How Public Organizations Work Learning from Experience
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ISBN: 9780275933913

ISBN-10: 0275933911

ISBN-13: 9780275933913

Edition: 1990

Authors: Christopher Bellavita

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Designed as a text for upper-level undergraduate-and graduate-level courses in public administration, public management, public policy, organizational behavior, this book looks at how people work effectively in public organizations. Written entirely by experienced practitioners, the text is unique in that it addresses throughout both the practical concerns of the working administrator and those of the theorist. By using their own on-the-job experiences as illustrative samples, the contributors clearly demonstrate how theory can improve practice and how practice can be used to generate theories. Following an introductory chapter by the editor on the role of practitioners in the intellectual…

Book details

Copyright year: 1990
Publisher: ABC-CLIO, LLC
Publication date: 10/5/1990
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English



Preface


The Role of Practitioners in the Intellectual Development of Public Administration



The Individual and Public Organizations Managers Are Learners and Teachers



Contemplation and Administrations: An Alternative Paradigm



The Hero's Journey in Public Administration



Other People and Public Organizations Organizational Learning and the Environment of Evaluation



Organizational Evil: Concepts and Practices



Integrating Interests to Control Conflict: A Critique of Federal Sector Labor Relations



Structure and Public Organizations Influencing Structure: From Hierarchy to Chaos



A Learning Model of Organization



Archetypes in Organizations



The Structure of Power in Public Organizations



Skills and Public Organizations Understanding Effective Management



In Search of the One-Minute Megatrend: Theory and Practice in Management Development



The Transforming Power of Public Leaders



Learning from Experience



Bibliography


Index