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Organizational Core Values: Ignore at Your Own Risk
A significant part of the answer is the failure by leadership at all levels to take the steps necessary to not only develop meaningful core values, but also to integrate…
Ten Notable Resources for State Elected Officials Involved in Cross-sector Collaboration
Here we present resources for state elected officials involved in cross-sector collaboration — tools, articles and reports about topics ranging from governors’ involvement in education to enacting legislation for transportation…
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
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…
Police Relations and Services in Town-Gown Cities are Changing in a Positive Way Throughout America
The public services provided by Police Departments to citizens and students in our nation’s town-gown cities are changing rapidly. This is due to the changing ethnic composition of our cities,…
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
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
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
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
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…
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