Management handbook for public administrators / ed. by J.W. Sutherland [and] A. Legasto
Imprint
New York : Van Nostrand, [c1978]
Descript
viii, 931 p. : ill., charts, tables ; 24 cm
CONTENT
Part I. Components of a public administration strategy : Organizational patterning analysis: An instrument for structuring complex systems -- Organic problem-solving in public administration: systems methodology -- Systematizing management functions: A staged model for public administration -- The socioeconmic functions of governemnt: A system dynamice approach -- The public management of private interest -- Part II. Ideological and ethical considerations : Ideologic essentials of public administration -- Symbolization and values in social and economic thought -- Organizational ethics: Rules, creativity and idealism -- The management of interdisciplinary, policy-related research -- Enriching policy premises for an ambiguous -- Monopolization and exclusion in the scientific community: An alert for public executives -- Part IV. Planning and policy formulation : Developing an adaptive planning capability in public enterprise and government agencies -- Planning and policy analysis for public administrators -- Global models: Their usefulness to public policy-makers -- The future of Paris: A systems study in strategic urban planning -- On the role of structure in policy analysis and decision-making -- Part V. Control and accountability : Has decision theory a future? -- Productivity and effectiveness in government -- Conceptual and technical considerations in cost-benefit analysis -- Accountability in public enterprise -- PPB and the marketing contribution: Implications for the management of public enterpriese -- Part VI. Organizational and human relations concerns : Managing behavioral factors in human service organizations -- Managerial involvement in the design of adaptive systems -- The containment and control of organizational crises -- Multilateral bargaining in the public sector: Causes, effects and accommodations