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Download full textRose, Bruce J.; Mohapatra, Manindra K. – 1993
This study examined the perceptions of Master of Public Administration (MPA) graduates about public administration curriculum and their political acuity. Using data from a national survey on MPA graduate attitudes, it focused on the perceptions of 1,428 MPA graduates who were state administrators, 351 state administrators with bachelor of arts…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Bachelors Degrees, Educational Attainment, Educational Background
Mohapatra, Manindra K.; And Others – 1993
This study identified the views of state administrators from seven midwestern states about cultural diversity and workforce 2000. A survey of 500 high level state public administrators from Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin was conducted in Spring 1993. Respondents (n=125) were 66 percent male, 77 percent white, 98…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Effectiveness, Administrator Responsibility
Mohapatra, Manindra K.; McDowell, James L. – 1993
This final report describes a Cultural Diversity Innovation project implemented in 1992-93 at Indiana State University (ISU). The central objective of the project was to enrich cultural diversity elements in the Masters in Public Administration (MPA) curriculum at ISU through the presentations of visiting faculty from historically black colleges…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Blacks, College Faculty, Cultural Differences
Mohapatra, Manindra K.; El-Houcin, Chaqra – 1995
Following an assessment of need among state and local public administrators in Indiana, Internet workshops were organized at Indiana State University and offered to state administrators, judges, and legislators. Each workshop began Friday morning and included a lecture-demonstration on the Internet System. After lunch participants each worked at a…
Descriptors: Administrators, Higher Education, Institutes (Training Programs), Internet
African American Public Administrators and Cultural Diversity Management: Findings of a Pilot Study.
Mohapatra, Manindra K.; And Others – 1996
This paper presents the results of a pilot study of African American public administrators' attitudes toward cultural diversity management in the Fall of 1995. It is based on an open-ended national survey that was mailed to 394 federal, state, and local African American public administrators. The study asked respondents about the special knowledge…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role, Blacks, Cultural Awareness
Mohapatra, Manindra K.; And Others – 1990
A study was conducted to determine whether data from a 1988-89 Kentucky survey measured differences in the value level held by minority and women administrators and their respective counterparts (majority and male administrators). The sample included 1,500 public service managers who had received inservice training and 1,500 who had not. The 1,471…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Characteristics, Adult Education, Minority Groups
Mohapatra, Manindra K.; And Others – 1994
A study was done to test four hypotheses on the orientation of American Urban Administrators toward cultural diversity management in the public sector workplace. The study sought to test: (1) the extent of familiarity with the literature on cultural diversity; (2) relative ranking of cultural diversity management capabilities; (3) how women and…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Responsibility, Competence
Mohapatra, Manindra K. – 1990
The project's objectives included strengthening the research capability of Kentucky State University, a historically black institution, allowing faculty to participate in professional development workshops, and aiding public administration graduate students with data from which to write theses. Four hypotheses were tested: that public managers…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Business Administration Education, Education Work Relationship, Faculty Development
Mohapatra, Manindra K.; McDowell, James L. – 1992
A program was developed to enhance collaboration and exchange between the Masters in Public Administration (MPA) programs at historically black colleges and universities (HBCU) and Indiana State University (ISU). The program sought to promote communications between faculties, develop an awareness about public policy issues associated with the…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Black Community, Black Studies, Blacks
