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Public Administration and Epistemology

Author : Arthur J Sementelli
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000328414
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Public Administration and Epistemology written by Arthur J Sementelli and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-12-28 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Knowledge does not happen in a vacuum, yet scholars and other professionals tend to engage in management scholarship focused on their specific niche often without knowing if or how their work might relate to other research streams. Further exacerbating things, people within specific disciplines, including management, tend not to communicate regularly outside of their relatively homogeneous audiences. If we were able to bridge communication among these groups, scholars, and practitioners, we might be able to better understand one another in a way that is contextually informed by each other’s experiences. Sementelli argues that understanding concepts of power, agency, and experience can provide such tools to orient management theories and practices relative to one another. Using critical management thought to frame a discussion of ontology and how knowledge emerges from it enables the development of an orienting "sandbox" that works both practically and intellectually. Such a "sandbox" enables us not just to communicate one’s organizational priorities but also reveal some underlying reasons for those priorities and areas of inquiry. This monograph focuses on public administration in particular as a special case of critical management research. This book also examines the complexity of experiences (of being) using Karl Jaspers as a basis. The sandbox that emerges can be used as a way to organize and orient management thought, especially in the public sector. It contributes both to administrative thought and applied inquiry into philosophy and will be of interest to researchers, academics, and students in the fields of critical management studies, organizational studies, and public administration.

Public Administration and Epistemology

Author : Arthur J. Sementelli
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 9781003006053
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Public Administration and Epistemology written by Arthur J. Sementelli and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Knowledge does not happen in a vacuum, yet scholars and other professionals tend to engage in management scholarship focused on their specific niche often without knowing if or how their work might relate to other research streams. Further exacerbating things, people within specific disciplines, including management, tend not to communicate regularly outside of their relatively homogeneous audiences. If we were able to bridge communication among these groups, scholars, and practitioners we might be able to better understand one another in a way that is contextually informed by each other's experiences. Sementelli argues that understanding concepts of power, agency, and experience can provide such tools to orient management theories and practices relative to one another. Using critical management thought to frame a discussion of ontology and how knowledge emerges from it enables the development of an orienting 'sandbox' that works both practically and intellectually. Such a 'sandbox' enables us not just to communicate one's organizational priorities, but also reveals some underlying reasons for those priorities and areas of inquiry. This monograph focuses on public administration in particular as a special case of critical management research. This book also examines the complexity of experiences (of being) using Karl Jaspers' as a basis. The sandbox that emerges can be used as a way to organize and orient management thought, especially in the public sector. It contributes both to administrative thought and applied inquiry into philosophy and will be of interest to researchers, academics, and students in the fields of critical management studies, organizational studies, and public administration"--

Philosophy and Public Administration

Author : Edoardo Ongaro
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1839100346
Total Pages : 349 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book Philosophy and Public Administration written by Edoardo Ongaro and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2020-07-31 with total page 349 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Philosophy and Public Administration provides a systematic and comprehensive introduction to the philosophical foundations of the study and practice of public administration. In this revised second edition, Edoardo Ongaro offers an accessible guide for improving public administration, exploring connections between basic ontological and epistemological stances and public governance, while offering insights for researching and teaching philosophy for public administration in university programmes.

The Epistemology of Public Administration

Author : Alexander Thomson Kurz
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (514 download)

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Download or read book The Epistemology of Public Administration written by Alexander Thomson Kurz and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Public Administration

Author : Norma M. Riccucci
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
ISBN 13 : 1589016173
Total Pages : 175 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Public Administration written by Norma M. Riccucci and published by Georgetown University Press. This book was released on 2010-06-16 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is public administration an art or a science? This question of whether the field is driven by values or facts will never be definitively answered due to a lack of consensus among scholars. The resulting divide has produced many heated debates; however, in this pioneering volume, Norma Riccucci embraces the diversity of research methods rather than suggesting that there is one best way to conduct research in public administration. Public Administration examines the intellectual origins and identity of the discipline of public administration, its diverse research traditions, and how public administration research is conducted today. The book’s intended purpose is to engage reasonable-minded public administration scholars and professionals in a dialogue on the importance of heterogeneity in epistemic traditions, and to deepen the field’s understanding and acceptance of its epistemological scope. This important book will provide a necessary overview of the discipline for graduate students and scholars.

Ethics in Public Administration

Author : Patrick J. Sheeran
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313369518
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (133 download)

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Download or read book Ethics in Public Administration written by Patrick J. Sheeran and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1993-04-30 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ethics in Public Administration provides public administrators with a theoretical knowledge of ethical principles and a practical framework for applying them. Sheeran reviews the place of ethics in philosophy, links it to political and administrative theory and practice, and analyzes the ethical theories and concepts from which ethical principles are derived. Before delving into ethics as part of philosophy, Sheeran provides the reader with a brief overview of philosophy and its principal subjects, including ontology, epistemology, and psychology. He offers several definitions of ethics, and discusses both the objectivist (absolutist) and interpretivist (situation ethics) perspectives. Sheeran focuses on the subject matter of ethics, human actions, and their morality, exploring Natural Law, man-made law, and conscience as sources for determining the morality of human action. In later chapters, he applies his discussion of ethics to such controversial policy issues as suicide, murder, abortion, sterilization, capital punishment, war, lying, and strikes. Recommended for graduate and upper division undergraduate courses in public administration, public policy, management, and administrative behavior.

Philosophy and Public Administration

Author : Edoardo Ongaro
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1784718440
Total Pages : 419 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (847 download)

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Download or read book Philosophy and Public Administration written by Edoardo Ongaro and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2017 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a systematic introduction to the philosophical foundations of the study and the practice of public administration. It reviews all the main philosophical streams, from ancient Greek philosophy to the contemporary strands, and discusses their significance for public governance and public management. Ontological and epistemological issues are brought to the fore in discussing contemporary conceptions of the nature of public administration. The quest for justification and legitimacy of public governance is examined, and 'Common Good', 'Social contract' and 'Personalism' arguments vetted. The works of thinkers like Thomas More and Niccolò Machiavelli are revisited and the implications for contemporary public administration are drawn.

Public Administration, Ethics and Epistemology

Author : Norton E. Long
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 10 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (196 download)

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Download or read book Public Administration, Ethics and Epistemology written by Norton E. Long and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

What to Believe Now

Author : David Coady
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1405199938
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book What to Believe Now written by David Coady and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-04-16 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What can we know and what should we believe about today's world? What to Believe Now: Applying Epistemology to Contemporary Issues applies the concerns and techniques of epistemology to a wide variety of contemporary issues. Questions about what we can know-and what we should believe-are first addressed through an explicit consideration of the practicalities of working these issues out at the dawn of the twenty-first century. Coady calls for an 'applied turn' in epistemology, a process he likens to the applied turn that transformed the study of ethics in the early 1970s. Subjects dealt with include: Experts-how can we recognize them? And when should we trust them? Rumors-should they ever be believed? And can they, in fact, be a source of knowledge? Conspiracy theories-when, if ever, should they be believed, and can they be known to be true? The blogosphere-how does it compare with traditional media as a source of knowledge and justified belief? Timely, thought provoking, and controversial, What to Believe Now offers a wealth of insights into a branch of philosophy of growing importance-and increasing relevance-in the twenty-first century.

Public Administration in Perspective

Author : David John Farmer
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317461908
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (174 download)

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Download or read book Public Administration in Perspective written by David John Farmer and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-01-30 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout its history, public administration has used a number of different perspectives for analyzing the discipline's theory and practice, and both mainstream and alternative lenses have produced valuable insights and prescriptions. At the same time, an individual way of looking at PA can be misleading. Alone, a solitary lens can miss critical aspects and often gives only part of the picture. Public Administration in Perspective has been specifically crafted to give new life to public administration theory and practice by helping readers view the discipline through a variety of perspectives. Designed for the capstone course in public administration programs, as well as a fresh approach for courses in PA theory and organizational theory, this unique book provides a culminating experience--bringing together what has been learned in previous MPA courses without simply rehashing old content. It offers a comprehensive guide to eleven major approaches to PA, and synthesizes them to deepen our understanding of the discipline. Each chapter in Part I describes the key features of the selected perspective--history, content, and proponents--and discusses the strengths and weaknesses related to PA theory and practice. Part II synthesizes the various perpectives, with specific implications for PA management and practice. Part III concludes with a complete overview, identifying ways in which readers can think more creatively and productively about PA, putting the perspectives themselves into perspective.

Understanding Management Research

Author : Phil Johnson
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 9780761969181
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (691 download)

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Download or read book Understanding Management Research written by Phil Johnson and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2000-12-08 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'These sections represent the clearest rendition yet of these subjects, with difficult concepts introduced in a digestible form for the neophytic (or not so neophytic) researcher. Whilst in a book this size not every argument can be presented, there is ample extra material to be found to encourage further engagement... At the end of each chapter, there is a very useful Further Reading section provided by the authors, which gives useful guidelines. I believe to be an extremely useful text, which addresses what has until now been a significant gap in the market. This book will be my first choice in the future for introducing doctoral students of management-related subject to the philosophical underpinning they require for their studies. There is no other text which covers this area so clearly, so succinctly and in language that is readily accessible to a wide range of researcher back-grounds. I can enviSAGE this being a valuable source book to which researchers return again and again in order to deepen their understanding as research projects progress; it certainly provoked some new questions for me. To conclude, an excellent buy' - International Journal of Entrepreneurship and Innovation This is an invaluable introduction for all students and researchers of management confronting a new research project. Understanding Management Research provides an overview of the principal epistemological debates in social science and how these lead to and are expressed in different ways of conceiving and undertaking organizational research. For researchers and students who are increasingly expected to adopt a reflexive understanding of their own epistemological position, the authors present a concise, accessible guide to the different perspectives available and their implications for research output. All students undertaking empirical research for theses and dissertations will find this book helps them comprehend the key ongoing debates and engage with their own pre-understandings when trying to make sense of management and organizations.

Authority and Democracy

Author : Christopher McMahon
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400887461
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book Authority and Democracy written by Christopher McMahon and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2017-03-14 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Should the democratic exercise of authority that we take for granted in the realm of government be extended to the managerial sphere? Exploring this question, Christopher McMahon develops a theory of government and management as two components of an integrated system of social authority that is essentially political in nature. He then considers where in this structure democratic decision making is appropriate. McMahon examines the main varieties of authority: the authority of experts, authority grounded in a promise to obey, and authority justified as facilitating mutually beneficial cooperation. He also discusses the phenomenon of managerial authority, the authority that guides nongovernmental organization, and argues that managerial authority is best regarded not as the authority of a principal over an agent, but rather as authority that facilitates mutually beneficial cooperation among employees with different moral aims. Viewed in this way, there is a presumption that managerial authority should be democratically exercised by employees. Originally published in 1994. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Action Theory for Public Administration

Author : Michael M. Harmon
Publisher : Longman Publishing Group
ISBN 13 : 9780582282551
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (825 download)

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Download or read book Action Theory for Public Administration written by Michael M. Harmon and published by Longman Publishing Group. This book was released on 1981-01-01 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Public Administration

Author : Norma M. Riccucci
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781589017047
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Public Administration written by Norma M. Riccucci and published by Georgetown University Press. This book was released on 2010-06-18 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is public administration an art or a science? This question of whether the field is driven by values or facts will never be definitively answered due to a lack of consensus among scholars. The resulting divide has produced many heated debates; however, in this pioneering volume, Norma Riccucci embraces the diversity of research methods rather than suggesting that there is one best way to conduct research in public administration. Public Administration examines the intellectual origins and identity of the discipline of public administration, its diverse research traditions, and how public administration research is conducted today. The bookâ€™s intended purpose is to engage reasonable-minded public administration scholars and professionals in a dialogue on the importance of heterogeneity in epistemic traditions, and to deepen the fieldâ€™s understanding and acceptance of its epistemological scope. This important book will provide a necessary overview of the discipline for graduate students and scholars.

Handbook of Research Methods in Public Administration, Second Edition

Author : Gerald J. Miller
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 9780824702137
Total Pages : 680 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (21 download)

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Download or read book Handbook of Research Methods in Public Administration, Second Edition written by Gerald J. Miller and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1998-10-15 with total page 680 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive handbook covers a wide variety of quantitative methods used for research in public administration, public policy, and nonprofit management, including theory-building and testing, increasing the readers awareness and command of analytical tools critical to the resolution of complex problems. Providing bibliographic citations and over 370 tables, equations, and drawings, the book compares the function of quantitative techniques in past and present public administration literature and practices, furnishes information for visualizing, planning, and implementing research projects, and explores potential applications of quantitative public administration.

Public Service Improvement

Author : Rachel E. Ashworth
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0199545480
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (995 download)

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Download or read book Public Service Improvement written by Rachel E. Ashworth and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2010-04-29 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The performance of public services is a matter of concern in many countries. Issues of public service efficiency, cost, and effectiveness have moved to the forefront of political debate. This book applies the latest thinking from Management and Organization Studies to public organizations to examine how the public sector can perform better.

Voicing Dissent

Author : Casey Rebecca Johnson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351721569
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (517 download)

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Download or read book Voicing Dissent written by Casey Rebecca Johnson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-02-01 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Disagreement is, for better or worse, pervasive in our society. Not only do we form beliefs that differ from those around us, but increasingly we have platforms and opportunities to voice those disagreements and make them public. In light of the public nature of many of our most important disagreements, a key question emerges: How does public disagreement affect what we know? This volume collects original essays from a number of prominent scholars—including Catherine Elgin, Sanford Goldberg, Jennifer Lackey, Michael Patrick Lynch, and Duncan Pritchard, among others—to address this question in its diverse forms. The book is organized by thematic sections, in which individual chapters address the epistemic, ethical, and political dimensions of dissent. The individual contributions address important issues such as the value of disagreement, the nature of conversational disagreement, when dissent is epistemically rational, when one is obligated to voice disagreement or to object, the relation of silence and resistance to dissent, and when political dissent is justified. Voicing Dissent offers a new approach to the study of disagreement that will appeal to social epistemologists and ethicists interested in this growing area of epistemology.