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Human Resource Management in Greece
Making Human Resource Management Agile & Effective By Petros Katsimardos & Konstantinos Bouas Reforming Human Resource Management (HRM) policy is probably the most important challenge for Greek public administration. The…
Political Competition & Foreign Aid
The Impact of US-based Foreign Aid and Public Administration in the Caribbean By V. Graham Political competition is an institutionalized aspect of Anglophone Caribbean public administration and directly impacts these…
Race in America: The Content of our Character
By Lorenda Naylor This month marks the 50th anniversary of the Birmingham church bombing. On September 15, 1963, four young black girls (Addie Mae Collings, Denise McNair, Carole Robertson, and…
How to Turn the Budget into a Good Management Tool
By Scott Lazenby Decades of research have confirmed the importance of delegating both authority and responsibility, of empowering employees, and of ensuring that staff members have the resources they need…
The 21st Century Direct Support Workforce in the United States
By Julie Ann Racino The Direct Support Workforce in the United States is considered to be one of the fastest growing sectors of the 21st century economy. This is in…
Emergency Communication Challenges: New Technologies Address Obstacles
By Federal Signal Corporation In the past decade, a number of large scale natural disasters have struck the United States, continuously revealing issues within emergency communications around the country. Those…
PA TIMES Online Columnist Wins Teaching Award
PA TIMES Online columnist David Schultz was selected the 2013 Leslie A. Whittington Excellence in Teaching Award by NASPAA, formerly the National Association for Schools of Public Affairs and Administration.…
Community & Disability: DeInstitutionalization
By Julie Ann Racino In political science, the term de-institutionalization is defined as “the downsizing and closure of government-run facilities for persons with ‘mental’ disabilities” and the “reallocation of some…
Regional Development Agencies: An Innovative Development Management Model in Turkey
By Dr. Mehmet Yesilbas, PhD, MPA, LL.B The new models and approaches emerging within public administration are focused on effectiveness and efficiency. The main functions of such approaches include quick…
Border Checkpoint: Crossing the Different Human Resources Frontiers of Global Public Service
By Horace Blake Global public service continues to take on new meaning as well as creating a variety of challenges for human resources managers. Although borders seem to be muted…
Cultural Toxicology & Indigenous Populations
By Joe Sarcone According to the World Health Organization (WHO) chronic diseases such as heart disease, cancer and diabetes are the leading cause of mortality in the world. Out of…
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