The fourth edition of Research Methods in Public Administration and Nonprofit Management offers enhanced clarity and accessibility, making it a favorite among students and professors. It combines quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods, providing updated guidance on statistical software like Excel and SPSS. The revisions ensure that readers receive the most current and practical instruction in research methodologies relevant to the fields of public administration and nonprofit management.
Designed to help students and non-profit managers gain a working knowledge of
the principles and practices of conducting qualitative case study research in
public organizations. It includes examples of case studies in a wide range of
topics in public admi
The book explores the ongoing transformations in government and nonprofit organizations across federal, state, and local levels. It highlights the impact of strategic management, enterprise architecture, and technology in creating cost-effective, performance-driven entities. Designed for current and aspiring public administrators, it features a practical survey to identify organizational imbalances, serving as a foundational tool for initiating transformational change.
Focusing on knowledge management techniques within government agencies, this book serves as a guide for public management students and administrators in the nonprofit sector. It explores essential concepts such as the collection, categorization, processing, distribution, and archiving of vital organizational data and information, equipping readers with practical skills to enhance decision-making and operational efficiency in their respective fields.
Quantitative, Qualitative and Mixed Method Approaches
464pages
17 heures de lecture
Focusing on an engaging and accessible approach, this third edition equips students with essential research skills in political science. It emphasizes understanding the purpose and methodology of research while presenting statistical methods in a conversational tone to alleviate anxiety around mathematics. Classroom-tested and highly readable, the text aims to foster confidence and competence in conducting research.
This book comprehensively explores the many different forms of collaboration in government, both formal and informal, including strategic alliances, intergovernmental networks, and public-private partnerships. Contemporary US governmental and public organizations are changing to better cope after several decades of pressures to downsize, as well as to deliver new services with declining resources and, in many cases, decaying infrastructure. To meet these challenges, public managers are developing new networks, partnerships, collaborations, alliances and coalitions to deliver government services. Collaboration in Government is designed to help public organizations parse the new and emerging forms of public partnerships and to develop the skills needed to manage them. Each chapter offers examples of how each type has been used in real public organizations, providing the reader with an understanding of how these partnerships may be applied in a variety of contexts, as well as lessons that may be gleaned from the successes (and failures) of these collaborative models. This book will be of interest to public servants who collaborate in their daily work, as well as students of public administration and public policy.
10 Creating the Iraq Nation -- 11 The Role of Oil in Forming Iraq -- 12 From a British Mandate to Independence -- Afterword: Britain's Long Struggle for an Iraq Policy -- Appendix A: Timeline of Selected Events in Ottoman History -- Appendix B: The Mandate Covenant -- Appendix C: The Treaty of Lausanne -- Bibliographic Notes and Author Information -- Bibliography -- Index
