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Gawthrop, Louis C. – American Behavioral Scientist, 1978
Maintains that the quality of the American political system depends in large part on the extent to which public administration and public administrators preserve a balance between democratic values and technological advancement. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Career Education, Educational Improvement, Educational Needs, Futures (of Society)
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Harrison, Bennett – Social Policy, 1972
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Employment Patterns, Employment Programs, Federal Aid
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Prottas, Jeffrey Manditch – Urban Affairs Quarterly, 1978
This paper analyzes the distribution of power in street-level bureaucracies that deliver public services and critically examines the sources of this power. The mechanisms and political environment which allow street-level bureaucrats to make public policy are discussed in detail. (EB)
Descriptors: Bureaucracy, Community Organizations, Governmental Structure, Political Influences
Hochbaum, Godfrey M. – Health Education (Washington D.C.), 1976
Health educators in the future will have to become more active in political and economic processes, and serve also as planners, administrators, and consultants to other health-related professions. (JD)
Descriptors: Behavioral Sciences, Community Health Services, Consumer Education, Cooperative Planning
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Sigelman, Lee; Karnig, Albert K. – Social Science Quarterly, 1977
Analyzes the linkage between education and black bureaucratic employment. Findings indicate that black bureaucratic employment is dependent on complex sociopolitical factors, of which black educational attainment is a byproduct. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Black Students, Bureaucracy, Education, Educational Background
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Daniels, Harry; Warmington, Paul – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2007
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to describe how Engestrom's "third generation" activity theory, with its emphasis on developing conceptual tools to understand dialogues, multiple perspectives and networks of interacting activity systems, has informed research into professional learning in multiagency service settings in England.…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Foreign Countries, Research Methodology, Interpersonal Communication
Starr, Paul – 1988
Transferring public services and public assets to private ownership is not an entirely new idea. Governments at all levels in the United States have for years contracted out many services. However, under the recently coined label "privatization," such policies now come recommended as a more comprehensive approach to the problems of…
Descriptors: Adults, Bureaucracy, Federal Government, Government Employees
Kleeman, Rosslyn S. – 1989
Many studies have pointed out the increasing intellectual sophistication and skill levels government work will require and the resulting need for bright, capable employees to enter the federal service. In this environment, the federal government must ensure that it is in a competitive position to get its fair share of talented graduates.…
Descriptors: College Students, Comparable Worth, Entry Workers, Federal Government
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. General Government Div. – 1987
This fact sheet reports findings of an investigation of the reported difficulties experienced by federal agencies in retaining career members of the Senior Executive Service (SES). These responses to a mailed questionnaire are highlighted: (1) the most important reasons for leaving are agency-specific (dissatisfaction with top management,…
Descriptors: Administrators, Adults, Career Education, Government Employees
Manpower, 1974
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Programs, Community Services, Economic Change
Craft, James – Manpower, 1974
The Vermont Employment Service has developed a Federally funded program of subsidized public service jobs leading to regular non-subsidized employment, frequently by absorption into employers' regular work forces. (BP)
Descriptors: Career Ladders, Demonstration Programs, Employment Programs, Federal Programs
WARNER, KENNETH O. – 1967
COLLECTIVE BARGAINING IS BEING USED INCREASINGLY TO RESOLVE PROBLEMS OF PUBLIC SERVICE EMPLOYMENT. THIS DEVELOPMENT, ESPECIALLY IN THE FIELD OF EDUCATION, IS MARKED AT BOTH STATE AND LOCAL LEVELS BY COMPETITION BETWEEN UNIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS FOR DOMINANCE IN THE BARGAINING PROCESS ON BEHALF OF TEACHERS. THE NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION (NEA) IS…
Descriptors: Administration, Budgeting, Collective Bargaining, Conflict
Besse, Art – 1980
This study argues for the use of public service employment (PSE) as a portion of an anti-recessionary fiscal policy package to include public works and tax cuts. Keynesian economics, deficit spending in this case, serves as the study's underpinnings. Chapter 1 reviews public service employment's current low status as an anti-recessionary measure.…
Descriptors: Employment Programs, Federal Programs, Financial Policy, Financial Support
Gwinnett County Schools, GA. – 1977
Part of a course designed to acquaint high school students with basic information concerning careers in community service, this teacher's manual is one of nine (each with accompanying student guide) which constitute a course entitled "Orientation to Public Service." Focus in the units covered by the manual is on resources management, one…
Descriptors: Administration, Career Exploration, Curriculum Guides, High Schools
Gwinnett County Schools, GA. – 1977
Part of a course designed to acquaint high school students with basic information concerning careers in community service, this student guide is one of nine (each with accompanying teacher's manual) which constitute a course entitled "Orientation to Public Service." Focus in the units covered by the guide is on government agency…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrative Agencies, Career Exploration, Government (Administrative Body)
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