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February 2017 | Some Principles of Strategic Thinking, By John M. Bryson

PMRA (Public Management Research Association)

Well, authentic and virtuous public purposes typically emerge from deliberative argumentation. Drawing on Michael Barzelay and Fred Thompson (2010), we can say that deliberative argumentation consists of engaging with others in: Careful observation, analysis, and synthesis. Making Public Administration a Design Science.

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One Working Capital Management Strategic Tool: Interfund Transfers

Death and Taxes

We test this hypothesis using a sample of all 159 counties in the state of Georgia from 2010 through 2017 and find this to be indeed the case. Lofton is an assistant professor in the Department of Public Administration and Policy at the School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Georgia.

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I saw first-hand how communities are impacted by these types of events while living in Haiti in 2010,” shared Andrés Meira, founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of Grillo. Mexico-based seismic network company and AWS Partner, Grillo , is on a mission to make EEW systems more accessible. “I

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From " Design Thinking ," American Libraries, 2008 I used action planning concepts when I did a pedestrian and bicycle plan for Baltimore County (" Best practice bicycle planning for suburban settings using the "action planning" method ," 2010).

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28 September 2017 | Rebuilding after the storms: The constitutional foundation, By Robert K. Christensen*

PMRA (Public Management Research Association)

6:34 AM – Sep 8, 2017. 6:37 AM – Sep 8, 2017. 5:57 PM – 7 Sep 2017. 7:23 PM – 19 Sep 2017. My call to be more vigilant in our awareness and valuation of public administration is, admittedly, not particularly novel. Our incredible U.S. Irma could be even tougher. will be there to help!

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