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Significant Issues Within Public Administration

Significant Issues Within Public Administration

As populations continue to increase globally, issues within public administration will likely develop and persist enough to create discussion. The question is whether it will specifically address all significant issues.…

It’s Time for Project Earth

It’s Time for Project Earth

As a topic for discussion and policymaking, climate change and its consequences have moved from abstract science in the 1970s to the brink of desperation in the 2010s. Rising sea…

Urban Management: Succeeding in the 21st Century

Urban Management: Succeeding in the 21st Century

Public management of urban cities is contingent upon many factors including government type, policymaking structures in place and how the success of established city programs are evaluated. There are a…

From Lemons to Lemonade: Lemonade in PA

My hope, in offering Lemonade in PA, is to introduce (for some) and expand (for others) an array of texts, theorists and critical insights for consideration alongside public administration’s traditional…

Overcoming Barriers to Improved Employee Engagement (Part 2)

Overcoming Barriers to Improved Employee Engagement (Part 2)

Improving employee engagement can be a powerful tool to improve individual and organizational performance – if done strategically and authentically. As one public sector official put it, “If you don’t…

A Need to Exercise Caution in Reaction to Violent Extremism

A Need to Exercise Caution in Reaction to Violent Extremism

Hardly a week goes by without the media reporting an act of extreme violence. The term violent extremist has worked its way into the vocabulary of homes, schools, political talking…

Do Voters Make Policy?

Do Voters Make Policy?

Does anyone think that the Brexit election constituted anything remotely resembling a “policy” verdict on European Union (EU) membership? Think of the vast and complex policy implications of Brexit. It…

Beyond the Basics

Beyond the Basics

Philadelphia has some innovative food programs. Thanks in part to nonprofits, those who are on food stamps can purchase items at the farmers market. This past week, I was in…

Nuzzling Citizens as Public Policy: Reviewing Room’s Agile Actors on Complex Terrains

Nuzzling Citizens as Public Policy: Reviewing Room’s Agile Actors on Complex Terrains

In 2011, Dr. Graham Room released his seminal work on applying complexity theory to public policy analysis. This book greatly influenced my work as policy practitioner in the U.S. federal…

Stand, Kneel, Sit or Just Lay Down

Stand, Kneel, Sit or Just Lay Down

In this column, I express my humble but considered opinion on the political flap of San Francisco 49er Colin Kaepernick's not standing for our national anthem at National Football League…

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