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Adaptive Strategies for Administrators—Part 3
The rapid changes taking place in the public sector make the understanding of problems a more complex task. There is often a gap between the principles of public administration and…
Managing Risks With Highway Public-Private Partnerships
Public-private partnership allow for the sharing of risk in exchange for provision of services and investment in assets. Globally, governments and policy makers have adopted public-private partnerships as an innovative…
Legal Landmines and Demographic Diversity
As the workplace evolves to meet global needs of private and public organizations, human resource policies should adapt to ensure effective management of our workforce. Changing demographics, ethnicity and expanding…
Where You Work
The workplace is different from what it was 10 years ago. There are at least three ways that the workplace has changed or is changing: architecture, technology and community. As…
Texas Local Governments May Be Flooded With Obstacles
May was a shocking weather month, as tornadoes left debris-scattered paths across the Midwest and record rainfall brought astonishing floods to Texas and Oklahoma. Local governments are facing hard times…
Is Civics Dead?
There is overwhelming evidence of decreased social capital. Voter turnout is low. Civics education testing is required in only nine states. But do these examples define the condition of our…
Community Development in MPA Classrooms
Community development, an important part of public administration, should be taught in classrooms by balancing theory and practice. I’ve argued that instruction should be rooted in the assets model of…
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.…
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…