This book was written for the undergraduate course in business, government, and can also be used for graduate-level courses in business and public policy.It includes an integrating model of business performance and another model for social change and control of business that complement one another.
One major purpose of this book is to account for the policies adopted by African governments. We assume throughout that politcal action is purposeful behavior, and that among the major purposes of governments are the pursuit of certain social objectives and the resources needed to achieve them.
Looking forward to the decade of the 1990s, twenty-two of the thirty-two articles included here are new to this edition of Current Issues in Public Administration. To begin with, a new chapter has been added dealing with the relation between business and public administration. The article on computers and technology takes a unique approach, projecting the impact of these dramatic changes on man…
This book about policy analysts in the federal government in Washington. There are three reasons for writing it: to improve the effectiveness of analytical activities by exploring the political and bureaucratic dimensions of the policy analyst at work; to extend our knowledge about bureaucracy; to develop teaching material for schools of public policy and public administration, such as my own, …
Memangkas birokrasi memberi peta pandu bagi para pembaru dan pemikir politik untuk melalkukan pembaruan organisasi pemerintah menuju pemerintahan wirausaha. Pembaruan (reinvention) bukan sekedar kata lain dari reinformasi, juga tidak bersinonim dengan kata perampingan, swastanisasi, atau sekedar menekan pemborosan dan kecurangan. Pembaruan adalah merubah DNA organisasi pemerintah sehingga memil…