Mastering Public Administration
From Max Weber to Dwight Waldo
Published on 1. October 1989
Book
Paperback/Softback
352 pages
978-0-934540-56-8 (ISBN)
Description
A comprehensive summary of the work and contributions of the leading theorists in public administration. Fry's original essays focus on the pioneers in the field whose work largely shaped its current contours. They include: Max Weber, Frederick Taylor, Luther Gulick, Mary Parker Follett, Elton Mayo, Chester Barnard, Herbert Simon and Dwight Waldo. The introductory chapter traces the contribution of each of these authors to the development of the field of public administration. The book is designed primarily for use in introductory courses in public administration at both graduate and undergraduate levels: however, it should be useful in other courses in public administration - as well as in related fields.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Washington
United States
Publishing group
SAGE Publications Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-934540-56-8 (9780934540568)
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Content
Max Weber: the processes of rationalization; life; Weber's sociology; Weber's methodology; the role of science; processes of rationalization; domination based on constellations of interests; domination based on authority; Weber's political perspectives; Frederick W. Taylor: the man, the method, the movement; life - the method - the movement; Luther H. Gulick - the integrated executive; life; the role of government in society; the role of administration in government; science and administration; administrative organization; from principles to particulars; Mary Parker Follett - the group process; life; the group process; the state and social life; group processes and the industrial organization; Elton Mayo - the human relations approach; life; Mayo's social, political and philosophical perspective; Mayo's empirical studies - Mayo's critics - assessment and conclusion; Chester Barnard - organizations as systems of exchange; life; the origins and development of organizations; organizational dynamics; executive functions; Herbert A. Simon - a decision-making perspective; life; a science of administration; individual decision making; decision making in an organizational environment; Dwight Waldo - an eclectic view of public administration; life; Waldo on the classical approach to public administration; contemporary public administration; Waldo's world of public administration.