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Health Care Costs: Enough To Make You Sick!
The complicated morass of how health care prices are determined and how care is paid is far too complex to support good decision making by individuals or the public administration…
Mental Health as a Dimension of Inclusion
Unacknowledged intersectionality makes it easier to put people with mental disorders in the “other” category. Defining people by their “otherness” creates opportunities to let fear get in the way of seeing…
What Is Your Return on Meetings?
Time is a more valuable resource than money and should be treated as such. Before scheduling that meeting, consider if the benefits of the meeting outweigh the costs. …
Community-oriented Policing: A Public Management Paradigm Shift in Law Enforcement
Only a shift in how this nation approaches law enforcement can prevent future murders of citizens, and in turn, public administrators need to make criminal justice policy reform a priority.…
Public Administration and Critical Race Theory
If we, as public administrators, cannot discuss where our communities are and how we arrived here in an objective, critical manner, how are we to lead our communities into a…
MPA Degree Program: Promoting Social Justice and Equity in Teaching and Learning
Equity is not “sameness”, it is a fair and impartial coverage of a subject matter that allows the student to engage and navigate within an organization without the feeling of…
Dimensions of Relational Leadership
Often, leaders can become so narrowly focused on strategic performance and decision making that the relational aspects become blurred and even overlooked.…
Should the United States Adopt the VAT To Deal With Federal Budget Deficits?
Given current economic uncertainties in the United States, particularly inflation for certain goods and services, and disruption of the supply chain, now may not be the right time to implement…
Leadership Resolutions for the New Year
Be real. Nobody has all the answers, and everyone has fears and doubts. Resolve to share yours with your team. Showing vulnerability is not a sign of weakness; it is…
Plastic Recycling vs. Climate Change: Part 4 – Seduced by Greenwashing
How are municipal governments going to sell their constituents on the sacrifices necessary to turn the corner on climate change? One start would be for an honest accounting of the…
“Just in Case” Thinking: Lessons From a Public Agency Embezzlement Scandal
Having internal controls and other policies designed to prevent and detect wrongdoing is the organizational equivalent of a parachute. However, also critical are the messages leaders send about the importance…
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