Opis: Adaptive Administration - Cheryl Mitchell, Ferd Mitchell

Adaptive Administration: Practice Strategies for Dealing with Constant Change in Public Administration and Policy interprets the critical issues facing the field of public administration today and describes how new approaches to theory and practice have the potential to redesign the field. It will provide you with new strategies for understanding and adapting to the constant change taking place today in public administration and policy. Features: * Supports faculty in presenting in their classes new approaches to the field * Helps students better understand the concepts and relevance of the field they are studying * Provides a means for practitioners to apply more effective approaches to real-world problem solving * Enables theory developers to explore new avenues of study * Assists professionals from many different fields in better understanding the significance and value of public administration This book develops a unified approach to theory and practice in the field. A new approach is taken to theory development based on applying recent studies by several authors in the areas of qualitative analysis and typologies. As illustrated throughout, many of the existing limited-scope theories in public administration may be extended and generalized for use in today's environment by the studies explored in this volume.Section I: Introduction and Background Issues in Public Administration and Policy Today Overview Theory and Practice in Public Administration and Policy Changes in Public Administration Administrative-Practice Theory Theory Generators Adaptive Administration Potential Uses of Big Data Frustration and Stress in Public Administration Today Practice Dilemmas Being Faced by Public Administration and Policy Knowledge Base for Adaptive Administration: Selected Topics and Strategies Overview Knowledge Base: Selected Topics and Strategies Organizational Concepts Organizational Performance Role of Experience Cooperation and Conflict Rigidity and Flexibility: Responding to Change Rigidity and Flexibility: Combined Approaches Planning Strategies Personnel Strategies Financial Strategies Leadership Strategies for Public Organizations Knowledge Base for Adaptive Administration: Selected Risks, Constraints, and Challenges Overview Knowledge Base: Selected Risks, Constraints, and Challenges Public-Sector Risk Analysis Constraints: Operational Tradeoffs Constraints: Limits to Quantitative Analysis Constraints: Physical Working Arrangements Challenges: Uses of Big Data Challenges: Productive Uses of Technology Challenges: Uses of Theory Generators Challenges: Alienation and Change Challenges: Legal Issues Challenges: Ethical Issues Section II: Resources for a Transition to Adaptive Administration Organizational Methods as a Resource Overview Organizational Concepts: Introduction Defining an Organization Reactions to Outside Actions Concepts Based on Physical Descriptors Concepts Based on Individual Descriptors Defining "Types" of Organizations Contrasting Viewpoints of Organizations Organizational Study of the Affordable Care Act Protocol for Similar Theory Generators Big Data Methods as a Resource Overview Need for an Adaptive Knowledge Base for Public Administration Application of Big Data Concepts Big Data in the Private Sector Big Data in Politics Application of Big Data Concepts to Public Administration Theory Generators and Qualitative Modeling Qualitative Analysis and Typological Theory Big Data and Theory Generators in Public Administration Section III: Potential Impact of Adaptive Administration on Public-Sector Organizations Impact on Organizational Cooperation and Conflict Overview How Administrators Experience Cooperation and Conflict Fictional Scenario: Cooperation Leading to Conflict Fictional Scenario: Descriptive Paragraphs Fictional Scenario: Action-Reaction Combinations Fictional Scenario: Development of a Strategy Cooperation and Conflict: General Treatment Approaches Interagency Cooperation and Adaptive Administration Impact on Organizational Leadership Overview Leadership in Public Administration: Introduction Leadership Concepts Office of Personnel Management Center for Leadership Development Concepts for Adaptive Leadership Impact on Organizational Performance Overview Improving Organizational Performance Perspectives on Performance Performance Demands, Stress, and Job Survival Balanced Scorecard Approach to Performance Management Adaptive Administration Approach to Performance Management Impact on Organizational Rigidity Overview Rigidity and Flexibility in Organizations Basic Features of Rigidity and Flexibility Example: Organizations Based on Extreme Rigidity Example: Intervention Impact on Organizational Planning and Budgeting Overview Adaptive Planning Strategies Widespread Change Impacts All Planning Efforts Adaptive Administration and Flexible Planning Standard Federal and State Strategic Planning Section IV: Issues Involved in a Transition to Adaptive Administration Issues Related to Acceptance of Adaptive Administration Overview Adaptive Administration as a Change Strategy for Public Administration Acceptance and Rejection of Change Possible Change Strategies Involving Adaptive Administration Dealing with Acceptance and Rejection Issues Related to Risk Overview Public-Sector Risk Analysis Types of Risk Analysis A Risk Analysis Procedure for Public Organizations Risk Management and Adaptive Administration Methods for Dealing with Risk and Risk Management Issues Relating to Theory Generators Overview Use of Theory Generators in Public Administration Action-Reaction Theory Generators Theory Generator Example: The Affordable Care Act Affordable Care Act Example: Impact of Exchange Statute on Providers Affordable Care Act Example: Impact of Mandate on Large Employers Affordable Care Act Example: Impact of Exchange Statute on Federal Agencies Theory Generator Example: County Government Theory Generator Example: Combined Medical School-Teaching Hospital Study Other Approaches to Theory Generators Theory Generators Based on Needs: Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs Theory Generators Based on Conditioned Responses: Skinner's Operant Conditioning Theory Generators Based on Task Performance: Taylor's Time-and-Motion Studies Transition Strategies Overview Adaptive Administration During a Transition Period Organizational Measures for Transition Use Toward the Future References Index

Szczegóły: Adaptive Administration - Cheryl Mitchell, Ferd Mitchell

Tytuł: Adaptive Administration
Autor: Cheryl Mitchell, Ferd Mitchell
Producent: Productivity Press Inc
ISBN: 9781498737555
Rok produkcji: 2015
Ilość stron: 256
Oprawa: Twarda
Waga: 0.51 kg

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