The Public Administrator′s Companion: A Practical Guide

by Sandra Emerson, Kathy Van Ness, Royce Menkus

<!-- AddThis Button BEGIN --> <!-- AddThis Button END --> Help your students make the leap from theory to practice. This handy guide emphasizes application with straightforward instruction and abundant case material. It provides brief, tested steps for addressing management, resource, and operational needs, encouraging students to develop and hone crucial skills. Each chapter includes "Practicing Public Administration" exercises that range from preparing a sample budget to designing a flowchart to doing a SWOT analysis. With a particular focus on ethics, students are not only prepared to address daily tasks, but also to think through sticky moral dilemmas.

408 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2010