Unit 1 Public Administration in General 1
Text A Art,Science,or Craft? 2
Text B Public Administration and Gardening 10
Unit 2 Management of Organizations 13
Text A Points about Pyramids 13
Text B Bureaucracy among the Ancients 22
Unit 3 Leadership 24
Text A Overview of Leadership 24
Text B Getting Leadership in Public Administration Straight 36
Unit 4 Leadership Training 40
Text A Leadership Training Improves Teamwork 41
Text B Leadership in the Communication Revolution 51
Unit 5 People and Personnel 54
Text A Procedures and Policies 55
Text B Sick Leave Abuse:A Chronic Workplace Ⅲ? 69
Unit 6 Pay for Performance 73
Text A Pay for Results:The Brave New World of Pay for Performance 74
Text B Does Performance-Base Pay Motivate?Maybe,or Maybe Not 82
Unit 7 Public Budgeting and Financial Management 85
Text A Budgets and Political strategies 86
Text B Task Force to Study Problems of Campaign Finance Reform 96
Unit 8 Public Administration and Politics 99
Text A Politics and Administration 100
Text B Seesaw Politics and Public Administration 107
Unit 9 Environmental Management 113
Text A Part of the Business of Government 114
Text B Let's Remember the Context of Environmental Decision Making 124
Unit 10 Management of Natural Resources 128
Text A The Ethical Dilemma of the Public Natural Resources Manager 129
Text B A New Governance Paradigm 141
Unit 11 E-government 146
Text A The Neglected Potential of E-government 147
Text B E-government:For Better or Worse 153
Unit 12 Administrative Law and Control 156
Text A Development of Administrative Law in America 157
Text B Ethical Issues in Conducting Public-Private Competitions 166
Unit 13 Anti-Terrorism 169
Text A The Next Public Administration Revolution 170
Text B International Relations and National Agendas After September 11,2001 180
Unit 14 American Public Administration in a Globalizing World 184
Text A American Public Administration in a Globalizing World 185
Text B The Need for a Global Society 192
Unit 15 Future of Public Administration 195
Text A Why Good Students Don't Work for Government 196
Text B Images of Public Administration 202
Key to the Exercises 205