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The Need for Reflective Management in Community Development
By William Hatcher The start of a New Year brings a time for reflection. It is a time to make personal resolutions, and as many do, break them by February.…
The Dichotomy of Organizational Culture Education
How MPA Programs Can Better Prepare Students to Succeed as Public Agency Leaders By Troy Holt Graduate public administration programs turn out well educated and technically skilled members of the…
One Person, One Moment, One Conversation: Improving the Perception of Public Institutions
By Laree Kiely Recently in an airport lounge, I witnessed a problem that I see all too often–a failure to see how one’s work efforts fit into a larger context.…
Strategies for Higher Level Brainpower in the Public Sector
By Troy Holt Anti-government critics often ask why public agencies can’t run like a business. While there are many reasons, from transparency to social justice, there is an area where…
Can Operating Managers Really Manage Budgets?
By Scott Lazenby In previous columns, we considered ways to adapt governmental budget systems to modern management principles of delegation, empowerment and alignment of organizational goals. One of the key…
Attracting and Retaining Public School Teachers: Challenges for Today’s HR Manager
By Joseph G. Jarret When pondering public budgeting from the public administrator’s perspective, it is interesting to note that education of our nation’s children is an expensive, people-intensive process that…
Arts-Based Development
By William Hatcher It is often said that the soul of a community is its art— music, festivals, paintings, literature and other forms of creative expression. These activities and artisans…
A Softer, Gentler Future for City Managers and the Data that Support Them
By Thomas I. Miller Let’s turn back the clock to 1994. That’s only 20 years, or as biologists refer to it, a generation. I want to challenge you to remember…
Promoting Community Employment Options: The Media Engagement Strategy
By Horace Blake In any local community, the key to citizen engagement is the ability to collaborate with a variety of stakeholders through available information whether it is internet technology…
The Makings of Disaster: Collaboration – Realizing Separation is Only Two Degrees
By Stacey Mann On the afternoon of April 27, 2011, an EF-4 tornado with estimated maximum wind speed of 190 mph traveled through Greene, Tuscaloosa and Jefferson Counties in Alabama. In…
The Constitution and Corporations: Do Businesses Have a Right to Free Exercise of Religion?
By David Schultz Are corporations religious? Do they believe in God? Can they pray? Silly questions perhaps, but they lie at the heart of Hobby Lobby v. Sebelius (Hobby Lobby).…