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In: Journal of public administration research and theory, Band 20, S. NP-c
ISSN: 1053-1858
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In: Journal of public administration research and theory, Band 20, S. NP-c
ISSN: 1053-1858
In: Public administration review: PAR, Band 62, Heft s1, S. 33-43
ISSN: 1540-6210
The events of September 11, 2001, have raised troubling questions regarding the reliability and security of American commercial air travel. This article applies the concepts and logic of high–reliability organizations to airport security operations. Contemporary decision theory is built on the logic of limited or buffered rationability and is based on the study of error–tolerant organizations. The concept of high–reliability organizations is based on the study of nearly error–free operations. For commercial air travel to be highly secure, there must be very high levels of technical competence and sustained performance; regular training; structure redundancy; collegial, decentralized authority patterns; processes that reward error discovery and correction; adequate and reliable funding; high mission valence; reliable and timely information; and protection from external interference in operations. These concepts are used to inform early–stage issues being faced by both local airports and the newly established Transportation Security Administration.
In: Urban affairs review, Band 36, Heft 6, S. 872-884
ISSN: 1552-8332
Almost all U.S. cities are established by state charter as either mayor-council or council-manager cities. For decades, these two legal-statutory categories have been used by researchers as dichotomous variables in descriptions of city government form and in statistical equations. This study indicates that the mayor-council and council-manager categories, although legally based, mask several important empirical characteristics of U.S. city government. Using a large data set, the authors indicate that the structures of U.S. cities are surprisingly dynamic. Cities tend to change their structures incrementally. Over time, cities with mayor-council statutory platforms will incrementally adapt many of the characteristics of council-manager form cities to improve their management and productivity capabilities. Over time, cities with council-manager statutory platforms will adopt features of mayor-council form cities to increase their political responsiveness, leadership, and accounting capabilities. Because each of the two legal forms of cities adopts primary features of the other, these cities now constitute a third form of the U.S. city—the adapted city.
In: Public administration review: PAR, Band 61, Heft 1, S. 2-8
ISSN: 0033-3352
In: Public administration review: PAR, Band 61, Heft 1, S. 2-8
ISSN: 1540-6210
In: Public personnel management, Band 28, Heft 4, S. 501-504
ISSN: 1945-7421
In: Public personnel management, Band 28, Heft 4, S. 501-686
ISSN: 0091-0260
In: The annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Band 537, S. 163-172
ISSN: 0002-7162
To explain negative perceptions of government ethics, particularly the ethics of public administrators, the paradox of distance & the absence of role differentiation are employed. In the paradox of distance, the public holds negative views of government generally & public administrators in the abstract, but they have favorable to very favorable views of governmental programs with which they interact & favorable views of the bureaucrats whom they encounter. Much of the negative perception of government ethics & the ethics of public officials is based on public observations of the misdeeds of those who are elected or politically appointed. These negative perceptions are well founded. Unfortunately, the public holds similarly negative views of merit civil servants, although these public officials are much less often associated with corruption or unethical behavior. It is suggested that several contemporary governmental reforms will, in the long run, result in more rather than less government corruption. Adapted from the source document.
In: The annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Band 537, Heft 1, S. 163-172
ISSN: 1552-3349
To explain negative perceptions of government ethics, and particularly of the ethics of public administrators, the authors use the paradox of distance and the absence of role differentiation. In the paradox of distance, the public holds negative views of government generally and public administrators in the abstract, but they have favorable to very favorable views of governmental programs with which they interact and favorable views of the bureaucrats whom they encounter. Much of the negative perception of government ethics and the ethics of public officials is based on public observations of the misdeeds of those who are elected or politically appointed. These negative perceptions are well founded. Unfortunately, the public holds similarly negative views of merit civil servants, although these public officials are much less often associated with corruption or unethical behavior. Finally, the authors suggest that several contemporary governmental reforms will, in the long run, result in more rather than less government corruption.
In: Public administration review: PAR, Band 49, S. 95-227
ISSN: 0033-3352
In: Public administration review: PAR, Band 45, Heft 5, S. 547
ISSN: 1540-6210
In: Public administration review: PAR, Band 44, S. 99-206
ISSN: 0033-3352
In: Policy studies journal: the journal of the Policy Studies Organization, Band 5, Heft 1, S. 4-8
ISSN: 1541-0072
In: Policy studies journal: an international journal of public policy, Band 5, S. 4-113
ISSN: 0190-292X
In: National civic review: promoting civic engagement and effective local governance for more than 100 years, Band 63, Heft 7, S. 357-362
ISSN: 1542-7811