Товч агуулга:Public Administration and Public Affairs demonstrates how to govern efficiently, effectively, and responsibly in an age of political corruption and crises in public finance. Providing a comprehensive, accessible and humorous introduction to the field of Public Administration, this text is designed specifically for those with little to no background in the field. Now in its 13th edition, this beloved book includes: Engaging, timely new sections designed to make students think, such as "Why Are So Many Leaders Losers?" and "Even Terrorists Like Good Government" Comparisons throughout of the challenges and opportunities found in the nonprofit sector vs. the public sector (sections such as "The Dissatisfied Bureaucrat, the Satisfied Nonprofit Professional?") Extensive new material on e-governance, performance management, HRM, intersectoral and intergovernmental administration, government contracting, public budgeting, and ethics. Big democracy, big bureaucracy -- Public administration's century in a quandary paradigms of public administration -- The threads of organization: theories -- The fabric of organizations: forces -- The fibers of organizations: people -- Clarifying complexity: the public's information resource knowledge management -- Public productivity: corruption's consequence, the constant quest: efficient and effective governance -- The public trough: financing and budgeting governments -- Managing human resources capital in the public sector and nonprofit sectors -- Understanding and improving public policy -- Intersectoral administration -- Intergovernmental administration -- Toward a bureaucratic ethic.
