Doing public administration : exercises, essays, and cases /
Nicholas Henry
- Second Edition
- Boston, Massachusetts : Allyn and Bacon Inc., c1982
- xv, 318 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
Part One. Doing organization building: problems in the public bureaucracy -- Part Two. Doing public personnel administration: problems with public bureaucrats -- Part Three. Doing public budgeting and finance: problems with public money -- Part Four. Doing public program evaluation: problems in public decision making -- Part Five. Doing public policy: problems in planning and policy formation.
In 1978, when the first edition of Doing Public Administration appeared, I observed that the book was "an experiment." It was not only the first, but also the only workbook in public administration.