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Readings

Most of the course readings are contained in the following books that can be purchased at local book stores or through vendors on the internet:

   

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Starling, Grover. 2011. Managing the Public Sector. Ninth Edition. Cengage Learning.

   

Reserve Readings

The following readings are on reserve in the library:

  

Reserve #1

Allison, Graham T., Jr.. 1980. "Public and Private Management: Are They Fundamentally Alike in All Unimportant Respects." in Frederick S. Lane (ed) Current Issues in Public Administration.  Fifth Edition. New York, NY: St Martin's Press (1994). pp.  16 - 32.

  

Reserve #2

 Hebert, F. Ted, Deil S. Wright, and Jeffrey I. Brudney. 1994. "Challenges to State Governments: Policy and Administrative Leadership in the 1990s." in Frederick S. Lane (ed) Current Issues in Public Administration.  Fifth Edition. New York, NY: St Martin's Press. pp.  93 - 110. 

   

Reserve #3

Romzek, Barbara S. and Melvin J. Dubnick. 1994. "Accountability in the Public Sector: Lessons from the Challenger Tragedy." Frederick S. Lane (ed.) Current Issues in Public Administration. Fifth Edition. New York, NY: St. Martins Press. pp. 158 - 176 

     

Reserve #4

Palumbo, Denise and Steven Maynard-Moody. 1991. Contemporary Public Administration. White Plains, NY: Longman Publishing Group. pp. 135 - 153.

    

Reserve #5 

Cole Blease Graham. Jr. and Steven W. Hays. 1993. "3: Organizing" in Managing the Public Organization. Second Edition. Washington, DC: Congressional Quarterly Press. pp. 69 - 106.

   

Reserve #6

Cole Blease Graham. Jr. and Steven W. Hays. 1993. "5: Leadership" in Managing the Public Organization. Second Edition Washington, DC: Congressional Quarterly Press. pp. 155 - 203.

     

Reserve #7

Garnett, James L. 1996. "Communicating Effectively." in James L. Perry (ed.) Handbook of Public Administration. Second Edition San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. pp. 665 - 681.

    

Reserve #8

Faerman, Sue R. 1996. "Managing Conflicts Creatively." in James L. Perry (ed.) Handbook of Public Administration. Second Edition. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass. pp. 632 - 646.

    

Reserve #9

Johnson, William C.. 1996. "Chapter 15: Administrative Accountability." in Public Administration: Policy, Politics, and Practice. Dubuque, IA: Brown and Benchmark Publishers. pp. 431 - 460.

     

Reserve #10

Waldo, Dwight. 1994. "Public Administration and Ethics." in Frederick S. Lane (ed) Current Issues in Public Administration.  Fifth Edition. New York, NY: St Martin's Press. pp.  176 - 190.

   

Reserve #11

Bonczek, Stephen and Donald Menzel. 1996. "Achieving the Ethical Workplace." in Howard R. Balanoff (ed) Public Administration Fourth Edition. Guilford, CT: Dushkin/McGraw-Hill. pp. 24 - 28.

  

Reserve #12

E. S. Savas. 1994. "On Privatization" in Frederick S. Lane (ed.) Current Issues in Public Administration. Fifth Edition New York, NY: St Martin's Press. pp. 404 - 413. 

   

Reserve #13

David Osborne and Ted Gaebler. 1994. "Reinventing Government." in Frederick S. Lane (ed.) Current Issues in Public Administration. Fifth Edition. New York, NY: St Martin's Press. pp. 438 - 449.

   

Reserve #14

Barzelay, Michael (with the collaboration of Babak J. Armajani). 1994. "The Post-Bureaucratic Paradigm in Historical Perspective." in in Frederick S. Lane (ed.) Current Issues in Public Administration. Fifth Edition New York, NY: St Martin's Press. pp. 449 - 467.

 

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