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A Dream Deferred? Part II
In last month’s column, I discussed the parallel experiences of Black people in the 1960s and 2015 noting the eerily similar aesthetic makeup of communities: blight, disinvestment, crime, police brutality…
Public Bureaucracies on TV: “The Americans”
“The Americans,” a critically-acclaimed show, exposes viewers to the competing bureaucracies of the Cold War during the 1980s in and around Washington, D.C. through the lives of front line agents.…
Toward A Comparative Public Administration: The Brazilian Experience
The current breakthroughs in information and communication technologies have created tremendous opportunities for sharing information on a global scale. This increasingly comparative focus has prompted Brazilian public administration scholars and…
Don’t Waste a Disaster
Many public administrators are averse to engaging on disaster. They may be cognizant of resource limitations or feel constrained by limited authorities. But many times a public administrator can act…
A Matter of Ethics
Ask any experienced HR manager will tell you that, beyond the weighty responsibilities of maintaining a quality workforce are the ever present ethical issues. Because the HR manager deals directly…
Moving Beyond Simple Thinking
The world we work in has become increasingly complex, but it is also brimming with new opportunities. In a recent survey of 120 government/nonprofit leaders, I asked them to self-report…
Compliance Monitoring: A Failed Approach For Building Ethical Public Service Organizations
The ASPA Code of Ethics espouses eight principles that administrators should advance. They represent good practice in theory. But holding those in public service accountable for failing to advance and…
The 21st Century Worker: Gender Equity and Public Policy
One word that comes to mind when discussing gender equity, public policy and the modern worker: globalization. Globalization has increased access to economic opportunities and promoted egalitarian attitudes. However, more…
Managing the 21st Century Workforce
People are living and working longer, which has led to a new reality — the multi-generation workforce. Generational differences can impact everything from talent acquisition, to team building, to organizational…
Rookie Review: Why Diversity Is Still Exciting
Diversity, inclusion, tolerance and multiculturalism—these are words we have all heard before. But when you hear these words too often, they can lose their potency. What they don’t lose, though,…
Boomers, GenXers and Millennials: How Are They Different and Does It Matter?
Inter-generational differences in work values have become fashionable among HR management professionals and consultants. The theory is that each generation shares particular life experiences that subsequently affect their values and…