Handbook of Public Management Practice and Reform

Kuo-Tsai Liou

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2019
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• eBook ISBN:
  9781040222171
• Subtopic: Operations
• Index: Politics & International Relations

Outlining the origins, motivations, strategies, implementations, and effectiveness of reform policies and programs, Handbook of Public Management Practice and Reform examines changes and challenges in major areas of public administration, including budgeting, finance, human resources, and organizational management, reviews the lessons of reform, and addresses new ideas and emerging issues. Discussing the development and contribution of public administration education, research, and professional associations, the book covers decentralization and deregulation, institutional arrangement and support, and cooperation between public and nonprofit organizations.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Frontmatter
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Preface
• Table of Contents
• Contributors
• Introduction
• 1 Politics, Paradox, and the “Ecology of Public Administration: Challenges, Choices, and Opportunities for a New Century
• 2 Global Economic Changes and Public Management
• 3 Society s Values and Public Management
• 4 Technology and Public Administration
• 5 Reforming American Government Accounting in the 20th Century
• 6 Unfinished Agenda in Public Financial Management
• 7 Changes and Administrative Reforms in Local Government Budgeting
• 8 Changes and Reforms in Tax and Public Revenue Systems
• 9 Human Resource Management Change in State and Local Government
• 10 Changing Roles and Duties Within Government s Human
• 11 Changes and Reforms in Public Labor Management Relations
• 12 Developmental Performance Appraisal: Feedback, Interview, and Disciplinary Techniques
• 13  Using Strategic Planning to Manage Strategically in the Public Sector
• 14 Productivity Improvement and Public Management
• 15 Measuring Government Performance
• 16 Ethics and Public Management
• 17 Win-Win Public Management
• 18 Privatization Policy and Public Management
• 19 Economic Development Policy and Public Management
• 20 Deregulation Policy and Public Management
• 21 Looking Back, Looking Forward: What Did Reinvention Do?
• 22 Reforming Public Administration: Including Citizens
• 23  Downsizing in the Public Sector: Implications for Public Administration
• 24 Four Models of Public Sector Change
• 25 The New Public Management and Reform
• 26  Service Contracting and Alternative Service Delivery: Theory and Practice
• 27 The Impact of the New Public Management on Nonprofit Organizations
• 28 Public Policy and the Continuous Improvement Paradigm:
• 29 Rumbling Doubt About Managerial Effectiveness and a Turn Toward Discourse
• 30 NGOs and Grass Roots Organizations in Developing Countries
• 31 Changes and Reforms in Public Administration Education
• 32 Issues in Doctoral Education
• 33 The American Society for Public Administration and the
• 34 A Recent History of NASPAA
• 35 Recognizing Excellence in Public Administration and Affairs Education and Practice: Pi Alpha Alpha
• Index