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Hjelte, George; Shivers, Jay S. – 1978
Oriented toward a consideration of administration from the standpoint of departmental problems, this textbook deals with administrative techniques and practices pertaining to public administration of recreational services. It covers organization, operation, planning, development, and managerial procedures, and also describes the basic elements of…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrative Organization, Administrative Policy, Administrative Principles
PDF pending restorationLeonard, David K.; Prewitt, Kenneth – 1971
This essay presents some of the possibilities for doing systematic quantitative research in the field of African public administration and reviews some of the methodological problems involved. The authors argue that quantitative research is especially desirable because of the gains to be achieved in precision, reliability, comparability, and new…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrators, Developing Nations, Field Studies
Bergerson, Peter J., Ed. – 1991
The 16 chapters of this book offer innovative instructional techniques used to train public managers. It presents public management concepts along with such subtopics as organizational theory and ethics, research skills, program evaluation, financial management, computers and communication skills in public administration, comparative public…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Business Administration Education, College Curriculum, Computer Literacy
Kearney, Mary-Louise, Ed.; Ronning, Anne Holden, Ed. – 1996
This collection of 15 essays focuses on the role of women in higher education around the world, analyzing the gender dimension of the university curriculum in light of the United Nations' World Conference on Women held in Beijing, China, in 1995. The essays include: (1) "Women, Higher Education, and Development" (Mary-Louise Kearney); (2) "The…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Agronomy, Allied Health Occupations Education, College Curriculum
Jones, Alan H., Ed. – 1985
This seminar discussed the civic preparation that educators themselves need to enable them to better prepare elementary and secondary students to become more effective and responsible citizens. The proceedings began with a paper on "Civil Learning for Teachers: Capstone for Educational Reform," by R. Freeman Butts. Following this, the five general…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Citizen Participation, Citizenship Education, Citizenship Responsibility
Bowman, James, Ed.; Menzel, Donald, Ed. – 1998
The 17 chapters in this book consider innovations, teaching strategies, and issues in ethics instruction for professional and graduate programs in public affairs/administration. Following an introductory chapter which summarizes data reported in a 1995 national survey of 138 graduate departments of public affairs/administration, chapter titles…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Administrative Principles, Administrator Guides, Business Administration Education
