Widgetized Section
Go to Admin » Appearance » Widgets » and move Gabfire Widget: Social into that MastheadOverlay zone
Home » Archives by category » Commentary (Page 196)
Signing in Instead of Walking in: The New Normal of Education
A computer, internet connection, username and password are all you need to tap into your college education. As such, college instructors are forced to change their ways. No more dry…
Performance Foundations of Public Administrators: Service Beyond the Job Description
The formal performance review has become an embedded part of measuring public service. It can be administered annually, quarterly or monthly. Initially, it is connected with a probationary period and…
Are Government Managers Less Concerned with Efficiency than Private Sector Managers?
We often hear that government is not efficient, that there is just not the same pressure on government managers to achieve efficiency as there is in the private sector. I…
State Governments and City Revenues: The Amount Given by States to Their Cities Varies Greatly from State-to-State
In the states throughout our nation, our state legislators should help the public officials in their local governments to diversify their revenue sources, so they can decrease their reliance on…
Part III: Implementing Employee Perspectives
Research suggests that effective leaders don’t just pay lip service to the concerns of employees but rather implement employee perspectives. Today’s article offers suggestions for doing just that — implementing…
Translating Research into Policy Requires Relationship Building
Academic institutions aspire not only to create new knowledge, but also hope that the new insights generated by the thousands of highly trained researchers will improve life for the broad…
Public Administration Education
Internships have become increasingly common in master of public administration (MPA) programs and have many benefits for graduate students. Graduate programs are using service learning opportunities like internships to provide…
When Money Can’t “Buy” Diversity: Experience of Google and the U.S. Department of State
Both in the public and private sectors, employers spend millions of dollars on diversity initiatives, including spending resources on diversity training, creating offices of equal employment, hiring Chief Diversity Officers…
Public Administration and Health Care… Examining This Complex Collaboration
The massive economic footprint of the health care industry is fundamentally dependent upon the public sector. So why are we arguing about public spending on health care? Our debate should…
The Ecosystem of Vibrancy
You get what you believe when it comes to the future of your community. Like anything, it takes a vision to face the future, picture the change and have the…
Communication Constitutes Public Organizations? Communication’s Role in Public Administration
My purpose in this article is to advocate using another research perspective to understand better how public policy is formed and implemented through communication. the communicative constitution of organization (CCO)…
August 17, 20181 CommentRead More