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T.R.U.S.T: The Real Understanding of Social Trust
Valued-based care models aim to enrich patient-centered care and health outcomes while also reducing health costs in the United States healthcare delivery system. …
Asking Hard Questions, Softly—but Persistently: a Key Skill in Collaboration
Collaborative efforts demand trust that partners will share resources in working toward shared goals. Asking hard questions in the right tone, at the right time, can be a leadership contribution…
Profiles of Excellence
Heather Boushey, president, CEO and co-founder of the Washington Center for Equitable Growth, lends us insights into her policy work.…
Civic Engagement, Community Visioning and Public Service Motivation: Upholding the Constitution
Policies that limit rights and liberties in the constitution threaten public trust in the institution, rather than build toward a greater good.…
From Mindfulness to Meaningfulness
Bringing mindfulness into the challenges we encounter as public administrators is important. But mindfulness also needs to be complemented and augmented by another concept—meaningfulness.…
Regulation as More than a Dirty Word
The results of rulemaking—the associated government regulations—do more than merely improve consumer safety; they also impact how citizens experience government as it is tacitly interwoven into daily life.…
Navigating a Low Unemployment Labor Market for Public Sector Organizations
By communicating their strengths and improving their weaknesses, public sector organizations can find the people they need to truly make themselves employers of choice.…
The Civics Education and Social Justice Imperative
At no time in the modern era have we been in greater need of civics education and social justice awareness. Three groups of street-level bureaucrats lead the current effort: K-12…
The Big Questions Facing Public Administration in 2020
2019 was an eventful year for the public administration field. The next year promises to be even more impactful. Michael Ford urges us to ponder five big questions as we…
Sternberg’s Theory of Organizational Change —What Minerals Are Government Agencies?
What makes an organizational change effort successful? How should governments approach the change process?…
If You Need Me, I’ll Be At Home
Telecommuting is a perk and a benefit that should not be viewed as an employee entitlement. Rather, it is a tool to help the organization.…
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