Public Administration: An Action Orientation

As its title implies, PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION: AN ACTION ORIENTATION encourages students to take action in and become participants in public administration. Robert and Janet Denhardt instruct readers on how to influence the operations of public agencies--helping them learn to affect positive changes, regardless of whether they are working outside the agency as citizens or within the agency as managers. With a strong emphasis on ethics, PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION introduces the theories and scholarly literature of the field. In addition, it increases students' chances of being effective by developing such personal and interpersonal skills as personal management, communication, delegation, motivation, and decision making. Important topics such as nonprofit management, the global dimensions of public administration as well as organizational theory are covered thoroughly in this book.Robert B. Denhardt is the author of 'Public Administration: An Action Orientation', published 2005 under ISBN 9780534603403 and ISBN 0534603408.