Handbook of Public Management Practice and Reform (Public Administration and Public Policy)

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. Booknews Containing 35 articles presented by Liou (public administration, U. of Central Florida), this work examines changes and challenges in major areas of public administration, including budgeting, finance, human resources, and organizational management. Major topics include decentralization and deregulation, institutional arrangement and support, and cooperation between public and nonprofit organizations. The material is organized into eight parts which separately provide information about environmental changes and their impact on administration, focus on public budgeting and financial management, cover major changes in public human resource management, identify important issues and changes that relate to organization and general public management, look at selected policy issues and their impact on management, examine past reform efforts, address new ideas and emerging markets in public management, and explore challenges to public administration education and changes in professional associations. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) In his classic Reflections on Public Administration (1947), John Gaus wrote perceptively of the "ecology" of public administration and its relationship to the rise of the administrative state (Waldo, 1948).