Theories of Public Organization

Robert B. Denhardt is Professor of Leadership in the Sol Price School at the University of Southern California, Regents Professor Emeritus at Arizona State University, and Distinguished Visiting Scholar at the University of Delaware. Dr. Denhardt is a past president of the American Society for Public Administration and a member of the National Academy of Public Administration. Dr. Denhardt has published a dozen books, including Managing Human Behavior in Public and Nonprofit Organizations, The Dance of Leadership; The New Public Service, Theories of Public Organization; Public Administration: An Action Orientation; In the Shadow of Organization; and The Pursuit of Significance.

Thomas J. Catlaw is Assistant Porfessor at Arizona State University. He received his PhD in Public Administration at The George Washington University in 2003. His areas of research and study include organizational behavior and theory; administrative theory; histroy and the foundations of public administration; civil society and community building; and social and political theory. He is the editor of Administrative Theory & Praxis and author of Fabricating the People: Politics and Administration in the Biopolitical State