Organizational effectiveness depends upon the organization's ability to accomplish the following aims: to achieve its goals, to maintain itself internally, and to adapt to its environment. These aims summarize the nature of human resource management in local government and the role of an effective personnel manager. (Author/MW)

A group-learning approach has been identified as suitable for dealing with large classes in a graduate public administration course to encourage student participation and to personalize the learning experience. (Author/KM)

The stated objective of this paper is to keep the Black administrator out of court by creating an awareness of legal pitfalls: the discussion is divided into four sections--a brief overview of some of the functions of administrators and administrative agencies, sharing information with the public, the use of discretion, and limitations of the…

Summarized are responses to questionnaires prepared by the United States General Accounting Office (GAO) and mailed to state-level environmental agency administrators. Also included in this survey are state program directors responsible for administering the Clean Air Act; the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act; the Clean Water…

Identified and discussed in this report are the major obstacles administrators of state environmental programs perceive they face when implementing federal environmental laws. These findings are based upon a survey conducted by the United States General Accounting Office (GAO) in 1978. According to state officials, the greatest barriers to…

This report of the Master Plan Committee on Public Administration is part of Phase III of the Illinois Statewide Master Plan for Higher Education. Chapter I summarizes the Committee's 14 recommendations. Chapter II is the introduction. Chapter III describes in some detail the nature of the public service's present and projected needs for persons…

This publication is a "Design for Action" of the Institute for Local Self Government to re-direct the vocational-technical local government education and training programs through the community colleges to provide urban government manpower. The community college is uniquely qualified to provide significant continuing education and…

This handbook is designed as a guide for persons engaged in planning, improving or managing programs and operations of schools and institutes of administration which offer academic degree and nondegree programs, research, and advisory services. It focuses on public, development, municipal and business administration. Although the handbook is…

Describes and identifies U.S. labor market areas (LMAs) and focuses on relationships between rural LMAs and local resources. Includes graph comparing labor-force educational levels of rural LMAs. Two U.S. maps identify rural LMA by industry, including resource (e.g. mining, agriculture), manufacturing, and public education/administration. (TES)

Discusses the intent and consequences of family law codes decreed in Soviet Union between 1917 and 1945, examining whether postrevolutionary government intended to destroy the family. Notes that Soviet policymakers did not achieve consensus on the issue of the family's role in socialist state, and legislation did not successfully alter citizens'…

A questionnaire survey of 106 master's programs in public affairs/administration are to a significant degree conducting more computer training than are programs within political science departments. (Author/CT)

Interview with George Keyworth, former White House science advisor. Presents his views on conservatism, social policy, strategic defense initiative, and global politics. (JM)

Examines the role of policy evaluation research and the influences on such research of political regime shifts. Using data from a number of western countries, the authors conclude that conservative or liberal shifts in political regimes do influence the nature of policy evaluation research. (JDH)

One of the principal challenges in public administration is adapting to needs derived from the application of new technologies that impact directly on managing as well as transmitting information and in supplying it accurately to the citizens. The Bangemann Report calls attention to the important role played in the development of the information…

This report presents the findings of the state legislature's Management Audit Committee's review of the structure and governance of community colleges in Wyoming, as requested by the Legislature's Management Council in September 1998. In trying to answer questions about the structure of community college governance, the tensions present in the…