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534603408 |
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351 |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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Denhardt, Robert B and Denhardt Janet V |
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19945 |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT |
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Public Administration |
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An Action Orientation |
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DENHARDT, ROBERT B. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
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5th |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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Thomson Wadsworth |
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United States of America |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
2006 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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XXII, 487 |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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Preface.<br/>1. Personal Action in Public Organizations.<br/>2. The Political Context of Public Administration.<br/>3. The Interorganizational Context of Public Administration.<br/>4. Planning, Implementation, and Evaluation.<br/>5. Budgeting and Financial Management.<br/>6. The Management of Human Resources.<br/>7. The Ethics of Public Service.<br/>8. Designing and Managing Organizations.<br/>9. Leadership and Management Skills in Public Organizations.<br/>10. Administrative Reform and Technology.<br/>11. The Future of the Public Service. |
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Issuing a call to action, PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION: AN ACTION ORIENTATION, International Edition, encourages students to become active participants in public administration and equips them with the tools to do it effectively. Robert B. Denhardt, Janet V. Denhardt, and Tara A. Blanc teach readers how to influence the operations of public agencies—helping them learn to get involved and effect positive changes, regardless of whether they are working outside the agency as citizens or within the agency as managers. With a strong emphasis on ethics, the text introduces the theories and scholarly literature of the field while reflecting the latest trends and issues. Packed with hands-on applications, it helps students develop such practical skills as personal management, communication, delegation, motivation, and decision making. Key topics like nonprofit management, the global dimensions of public administration, and organizational theory are covered thoroughly throughout. In addition, CourseReader (available as a bundle option) integrates primary and secondary sources to give students a well-rounded perspective.<br/><br/>Features<br/><br/>Though content is completely up to date, chapter organization in PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, 7e remains the same as the previous edition to allow for easy transition.<br/>Helping maximize your course success, the Student Companion Website offers tutorial quizzes for individual chapters so students can test their comprehension of chapter content.<br/>The Seventh Edition provides a thorough overview of the field of public administration in a clear, concise, and engaging manner, effectively covering essential theory and history while maintaining a consistent emphasis on practical applications and skills students can use in their own lives.<br/>PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION introduces students to concepts in an easy-to-digest way. The first two chapters examine the public administration from a big picture point of view. The text also defines key terms and offers study questions at the end of each chapter.<br/>Abundant study questions, case studies, and activities integrated throughout the text provide strong support for students to master and apply course material.<br/>The text features substantial coverage of ethics and conflicting values, agencies and nonprofits, the interorganizational context of public administration, the role and impact of technology, and other current topics of interest and importance in this dynamic field.<br/>Exploring the daily activities and practical realities of public administration, the authors equip students with a detailed understanding of how agencies, nonprofits, and other organizations function in the real world--including insight into how to influence their decisions and impact. |
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PUBLIC ADMINSTRATION, UNITED STATES |
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19946 |
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