The Master of Public Administration program at West Virginia University has adopted a portfolio approach to connect program experience more effectively to professional preparation and career development. Although the portfolio is intended to enhance the learning experience, it also assists in assessment of curriculum and program needs. Form,…

Public administration has always been under constant review. Such reviews were mostly parochial, incremental, initiated or driven by low-key staff and often ended as fads. From the end of the 1970s to the 1990s, however, governments around the world were engaged in widespread and sustained reforms of their public administration. These reforms were…

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…

The volume is one of a series of six listing language-related legislation around the world. It contains the texts, in French, of laws of Algeria, Austria, China, Denmark, Finland, Hungary, Malta, Morocco, Norway, New Zealand, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Tunisia, Turkey, and the former Soviet Union. The laws concern official languages,…

Recommendations to help student interns in administrative positions maximize their educational opportunities vis-a-vis the "real world" and to also help them avoid certain placement-associated problems. The suggestions may be helpful to both new and established internship directors as well. Attention is focused on governmental administrative…

The presentations included in this collection were made in 1988 at the second Hagerstown Junior College seminar on ethics. The seminar was conducted to raise the level of awareness of breaches of ethics in the professions and to encourage improvements in ethical practice. Seminar participants included college personnel, business personnel, and…

Past approaches to public administration, the diminishing distinctions between foreign and domestic policy, the role of the public administrator, and leadership qualities are discussed. As a relatively young discipline, public administration first focused on scientific management (1920's). It then shifted to the art and science of getting things…

The stated purpose of this paper is to attempt to look at financial management from a black perspective; four main sections are included--the legacy of black financial management, the nature and need of a common financial management system, the primacy of the dollar in public management programming, and some special problem areas. (Author/JM)

A working group composed of representatives from ten European countries and Nigeria was convened by the World Health Organization because of a recognition of the accelerating rate of change in the character and range of public health problems throughout the world. The program for the working group was designed to explore the major aspects of…

This instructor's manual comprises part of one module in the National Training and Development Service Urban Management Curriculum Development Project. This module focuses on the middle-level line manager working in state or local government. The module provides undergraduate, graduate, and in-service students with a means for exploring questions…

This training package represents a portion of the National Training and Development Service Urban Management Curriculum Development Project. The package is designed for use by city managers to familiarize themselves with public purchasing systems. The first manual in this package introduces the concepts to be addressed and gives an overview of the…

The guidelines and standards for professional masters degree programs in public affairs and public administration are designed to provide criteria for evaluating educational and training programs as well as for measuring the competencies of public managers. The applicability, objectives, and program content of the guidelines are stated in the…

Readings summarize presentations made at seminars conducted by the Continuing Education Center for the Public Service at Syracuse University. They cover: personal communication skills, kinds of information needed by a public official, and information retrieval system; how to persuade, sell, listen, argue in everyday public relations; organization…

Examines the advantages and disadvantages of diversification as a strategy for economic development. In particular, rural economies that specialize in government and education tend to perform well. Includes map of U.S. labor market areas (LMAs), graphs and table comparing rural and urban LMAs' income and employment rates. (TES)

This study surveys directors of organized university programs designed to assist public officials and two groups of practitioners--state government officials and local government managers. The study examines the extent to which these practitioner groups use these university services and their judgment of the quality as compared with services from…