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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

For example, a public manager can use interfund transfers to move money from the General Fund, the primary fund used for government activity, to a Capital Project Fund to help pay for the construction of a new government administrative building.

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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. Public Administration Review , 73 (2), 278-289. [vi] Addressing the citizenship and democratic deficits: The potential of deliberative democracy for public administration. Our incredible U.S.

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