PMRA (Public Management Research Association)

OCTOBER 22, 2017

As public management scholars, we invest a lot of energy in doing research on public organizations, and most of us need answers to a very simple question: Why? Why should we use so much time to do public management research? How can public management research then actually contribute to solve real world problems?

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PMRA (Public Management Research Association)

JANUARY 19, 2017

This blog post is an attempt to begin a dialogue among public management researchers about how we might begin to design research that would capture the life-cycle of a network using methods that allow the researcher to capture exit and entry of organizations, new governance schemes, and shifts in the task or purpose of the network over time.

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ASPA National Weblog

OCTOBER 11, 2016

Photo Credit: Professor Astronomy blog. In today’s job market, when hiring decisions are made, employees may receive a brief computer-generated email and not a paper letter: “Thank you for your interest in XYZ company. We have selected a more qualified applicant for this position. Best of luck in your future endeavors.”.

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ASPA National Weblog

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

I’m not sure if it’s because I am a millennial and tend to “overshare” on the internet or if it’s because after several blog posts I feel like we know each other, but I wanted to share that this past weekend I got married! I have a very understanding wife, so we settled in to watch the debate.

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PMRA (Public Management Research Association)

AUGUST 20, 2017

Bureaucracy ” in the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory. In this blog post, we will highlight the article’s main conclusions, as well as our indebtedness to a wonderful mentor and scholar who enabled this project. Partisan Alignment and Delegation to the U.S.

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Public Policy Blog

JUNE 16, 2013

This dichotomy and more importantly what tasks fall into which category of the dichotomy, has created a complex history of competing interpretations of the politics – administration dichotomy, noting that as, originally framed, it was intended to detach partisan politics and patronage from sound public management.

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