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Public Administration in the Post-truth Era: Workplace Management Challenges

Public Administration in the Post-truth Era: Workplace Management Challenges

In the last few years, we have seen the emergence of the post-truth environment. The term post-truth refers to a socio-political environment characterized by the increased effectiveness of emotional, values-based…

A Representative Democracy Requires a Representative Bureaucracy

A Representative Democracy Requires a Representative Bureaucracy

As the United States pushes for greater demographic diversity of its political representatives, it must also recognize the value of having diverse agencies. Through public elections and the delegation of…

Transforming the Government Human Resources Office

In 2017, the International Public Management Association for Human Resources (IPMA-HR) concluded an intense study of public sector human resources management. IPMA-HR performed the study because government human resource departments…

Public Service – Music To Our Ears

Public Service – Music To Our Ears

The public relies on us and we rely on ourselves to make a spiritual difference in the lives of the people we help to change each day. When we reach…

Thoughts about Decision Making in Government

Thoughts about Decision Making in Government

Public administrators go through a two-step process in making decisions. First, they determine what the applicable law requires. If they have discretion, they make decisions pretty much like everyone else.…

Academic Inequality in the Urban School Setting: Funding Disparities that Lead to Educational Disadvantages

Academic Inequality in the Urban School Setting: Funding Disparities that Lead to Educational Disadvantages

Education is key in the formation of a well-educated society where dreams are met, goals are achieved and the economic systems of our country flourish as students’ graduate college and…

Public Administrators Leading a Multi-Generational Workforce

Public Administrators Leading a Multi-Generational Workforce

Effective leadership cannot afford to have unconscious bias affecting the goals of the organization and the cohesiveness of teams within the organization.…

Enterprise Risk Management and the Public Sector

Enterprise Risk Management and the Public Sector

The use of Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) in the public sector is increasing. ERM is a methodology designed to assist management in identifying and mitigating risks that adversely impact the…

Lagging and Leading Indicators of Government Performance Management

Lagging and Leading Indicators of Government Performance Management

All performance indicators can be broadly divided into two categories – lagging indicators and leading indicators. Lagging indicators measure the current results of our past efforts, whereas leading indicators measure…

Practicing Public Service Values: Inclusion and Diversity in the Classroom

Practicing Public Service Values: Inclusion and Diversity in the Classroom

As public service educators, it is increasingly important we exemplify and embody those key public values that we seek to instill in our students. While concepts like accountability and ethics…