A bestseller throughout the world, this timely new edition of Classics of Organization Theory will be as popular as ever with Political Science students. A collection of the most important works on the subject, written by the most influential authors in the field, Classics tells the history of organization theory through the words of the great ...
A reader in public administration, this collection traces, in chronological order, the principal writers and the most important ideas that have motivated the practice of public administration in modern society.
Shafritz, Russell, and Borick cover the most important issues in public administration with a witty writing style and examples drawn from different disciplines and modern culture. This approach will captivate students and encourage them to think critically about the nature of public administration today. Introducing Public Administration provides ...
Provides students with an understanding of the diversity of approaches to the study of international relations and an appreciation of the key concepts and frameworks. The readings are organised by the familiar themes of peace and war, conflict and cooperation, independence and interdependence.
Offering more than 40 works representative of the many contributions to the field of organizational behaviour, this work provides the framework for understanding the articles' place in the history of the field and the impact that particular articles have had on current developments in the field of organizational behaviour. The readings are ...
This anthology contains a classic collection of readings, recognized for their relevance to the major themes of American government. Each section of this useful text highlights some aspect of the American government that continues to be of value to future generations.
The Dictionary of Public Policy and Administration offers definitions of all the terms, concepts, processes and practices of contemporary public policy and administration. Included are brief biographies of major scholars and influential practitioners, summaries of major rulings by the U.S. Supreme Court, overviews of significant laws, descriptions ...
Human resources represents one of the largest shares of government budgets at every level. The management of people who carry out the government's work is therefore a critical issue to politicians and government managers and leaders, as well as citizens. Regardless of which administration is in office or which reforms are being touted as necessary ...
Thousands of entries define and describe Supreme Court cases, laws, political slang, federal agencies, and terms from such related fields as sociology, history, and economics in an easy-to-use dictionary format. Appendices include The Declaration of Independence, The Constitution of the United States, and How to Use This Book.
With more than 6,000 entries, organized alphabetically by theme, Words on War is destined to become a standard reference in the field of military history, and is sure to capture the public's fascination as no other single volume on the bookshelves has.
William Shakespeare's contributions to literature have long been acknowledge. But his contributions to business and management have been all but ignored--until now. Capitalizing on the recent wave of enthusiasm for Shakespeare, this indispensable business book provides Shakespeare's ruminations on 56 of the most popular topics in business, from ...
A comprehensive guide, this book covers employee relations and the legacy of quality and reengineering, and discussions on the growth of public personnel management in state and local sectors. The authors discuss affirmative action and equal opportunity case law, work and family issues, the Volcker Commission findings, an analysis of federal pay ...
This is the second volume of a four-volume encyclopaedia which combines public administration and policy, and contains approximately 900 articles by over 300 specialists. It covers all of the core concepts, terms and processes of applied behavioural science, budgeting, comparative public administration, development administration, industrial ...
Public administration--the implementation side of government--is becoming an increasingly international discipline. Public policy--the decisionmaking side of modern government--has often been segregated f
This well-researched and clearly written book tells the story of the complications involved in NASA's selection of astronauts. The Real Stuff is the history of NASA's astronaut recruitment and selection process from 1959-1984.
Public administration--the implementation side of government--is becoming an increasingly international discipline. Public policy--the decisionmaking side of modern government--has often been segregated f
This is the fourth volume of a four-volume encyclopaedia which combines public administration and policy, and contains approximately 900 articles by over 300 specialists. It covers all of the core concepts, terms and processes of applied behavioural science, budgeting, comparative public administration, development administration, industrial ...
This anthology, Defining Public Administration, is designed to assist beginning and intermediate level students of public policy, and to stir the imaginations of readers concerned with public policy and administration. The forty-five articles included in the text are all reprinted from the International Encyclopedia of Public Policy and ...
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