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The Social Side of Cooperation
Elected officials are often insular people. In particular, mayors worry about the loss of their city’s autonomy and control. In trying to abolish the city classifications in Kentucky, an important…
Priorities for New Local Government Leaders
In August, I wrote about priorities for when a local government leader leaves his or her position, whether to retire or take another job. This column will focus on the…
Nine Tips for Building Network Capacity
As organizational members, we spend an increasing amount of time working in inter-organizational networks. These networks may be called task forces, coalitions, collaboratives or have a catchy name all their…
The Role of the New Paradigm in Developing Countries
A central government with a strict hierarchical bureaucracy has been used as the chief mechanism for public policymaking and service delivery in developing countries for the past century. The main…
The Audacity of Stealing Hope
Lotteries don’t work for poor people. In most cases, lotteries are designed to take their money. In every case, lotteries are designed to take away something more important than the…
Learning More About Small MPA Programs
According to the Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs and Administration (NASPAA), there are numerous Master of Public Administration (MPA) programs with 100 students or less. Based on data…
The Power of One (or Two…or Three)
Years ago (more than I care to count!) I was involved in a study of team teaching. At the end of several years of intense data collection, we discovered an…
Program Performance Measures: A Basic Primer
This month’s column provides a basic primer on program performance measures. It will discuss some of the frequently used terms frequently used and highlight resources designed specifically for public sector…
Data Insights Lead to Better Public Administration
Big data and data analytics have been widely embraced in public administration. Many public administration programs have added more data analysis classes with some schools offering concentrations, certifications or degrees…
The Syrian Refugee Crisis: A Perspective from Jordan
The Syrian refugee crisis is nothing short of a growing humanitarian emergency in the Middle East, and its impact on Jordan has been especially difficult. It estimated that 9 million…
Thoughts for Recent MPAs
Many government jobs do not require a particular degree. For these jobs, MPAs will compete against people with MBAs, math and engineering degrees, computer science degrees, as well as people…