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Nicol, Fred, Jr.; Bruce, Louis – 1988
This report to Congress by the National Advisory Council on Indian Education (NACIE) includes an explanation of NACIE's history and current operation, ongoing programs, and recommendations for future work. NACIE, which reports to the Department of Education, is the sole Indian organization designated as an executive agency of the federal…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indians, Annual Reports, Demonstration Programs
Col, Jeanne-Marie – 1984
Designed to encourage governments to promote the increased employment of professional women in public administration and management, this document provides facts and trends of employment, current policy initiatives, an analysis of barriers and successes, and a list of seminars and training sessions designed to improve opportunities for women to…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Change Strategies, Employed Women, Employment Opportunities
Rogers, Jean L.; Howard, Lawrence C. – 1976
This instructional package represents a portion of the National Training and Development Service Urban Management Curriculum Development Project. The purpose of this package is to provide a general understanding of public personnel administration. It is intended to introduce the beginning student to the purposes, goals, and function of personnel…
Descriptors: Autoinstructional Aids, Human Resources, Independent Study, Labor Force Development
Thomas, Theodore H. – 1976
This module represents one portion of the National Training and Development Service Urban Management Curriculum Development Project. It focuses on the issue of ethics in urban management performance and is designed to demonstrate that ethical dilemmas are a personal, complex, everyday managerial problem, and to enlarge the range of ethical options…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Ethical Instruction, Ethics, Inservice Education
Newland, Kathleen – 1980
This report discusses the growth of urbanization throughout the world with focus on the problems faced by poor city dwellers. The first section presents population data that show the great increases in urban populations around the globe during this century. Urban food supplies are discussed in the second section. Energy constraints on city growth…
Descriptors: Demography, Employment Opportunities, Energy, Population Trends
Stuart, Robert C. – 1977
This packet contains the materials necessary for presentation of the first of ten modules which comprise a portion of the National Training and Development Service Urban Management Curriculum Development Project. This module introduces strategic planning which is a process for reducing the uncertainty under which systems operate. Its primary…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Government (Administrative Body), Government Employees, Inservice Education
Mosher, Frederick C. – 1968
Professional and technical fields are the fastest growing occupational sectors in the US. More than one-third of all professional and technical workers are employed by government, particularly in administrative positions, and exert an increasing influence on public policy. But, with the exception of city managers, many of these employees regard…
Descriptors: Administrators, Government (Administrative Body), Government Employees, Governmental Structure
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Silbergeld, Israel; Reginiano-Peterson, Naomi – Online Review, 1987
A project involving selection procedures for choosing full-text information retrieval software for government administration-oriented applications and users was undertaken by an Israeli government-owned computer company. A case study and comparison of six software systems were done and a list of 27 selection criteria compiled. (Author/EM)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Computer Software, Evaluation Criteria
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Durant, Robert F.; Taggart, William A. – Public Administration Review, 1985
A study of preservice MPA (Masters of Public Administration) students is explored. An analytical framework summarizing the preservice/mid-careerist interaction process is offered to provide a preliminary mapping of the MPA educational experience. The study concludes by delineating the implications of the findings for MPA instructional and program…
Descriptors: Career Planning, Classroom Environment, Educational Experience, Graduate Study
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Howe, Richard D. – 1999
This report, covering 6,489 faculty in political science and government, is part of an annual national survey of faculty salaries. The survey is in two parts one covering public and one covering private four-year colleges and universities. Data for the l995-96 baseline year and 1998-99 trend year were collected for full-time teaching faculty in 53…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education, Intellectual Disciplines
Mackenzie, Calvin G. – Political Science Teacher, 1989
Discusses the problems new political administrations encounter trying to staff the executive branch of the U.S. government. Identifies three major problems: (1) not enough time and too many appointments; (2) recruiting talented appointees; and (3) delays in start up. Suggests options for dealing with problems. Expounds on the George Bush…
Descriptors: Federal Government, Government (Administrative Body), Government Employees, Higher Education
Hy, Ronald John; Hughes, Linda – Teaching Political Science, 1988
Describes a team teaching approach to statistics in public administration programs. Discusses a format requiring that students combine skills of critical inquiry and understanding of numerical data with the literacy skills public administrators need in order to communicate with government officials, managers, and staff. Suggests applications for…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Cooperative Planning, Government (Administrative Body), Higher Education
Halachmi, Arie, Ed.; Bouckaert, Geert, Ed. – 1995
This book addresses in different ways the prospect of improving the performance of government and nonprofit organizations. The chapters are clustered around enduring management challenges that may influence productivity in the public sector. Fifteen chapters discuss the challenges to productivity posed by immediate and distant changes in the…
Descriptors: Agencies, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Government (Administrative Body)
Wong, Kenneth K. – 1990
It is argued that both economic concerns and political factors can be synthesized within a new framework to improve city policymaking. This approach is based on a systematic empirical study of policymaking in Milwaukee (Wisconsin) and Baltimore (Maryland) in the 1970s and early 1980s. Numerous government documents and extensive interviews with…
Descriptors: Developmental Programs, Economic Factors, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Programs
Bray, Mark, Ed. – 1991
Case studies on ministries of education were sought from states with populations under 1.5 million and displaying a wide range of economic, geographic, and cultural diversity. The introduction has six main sections: (1) information on definitions and the contents of the book; (2) an account of other Commonwealth Secretariat initiatives on…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Administration, Educational Development, Elementary Secondary Education
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