Managing Administration

1. Auflage 1984
ISBN: 978-0-8247-7096-9
Verlag: CRC Press

Buch, Englisch, 299 Seiten, Format (B × H): 158 mm x 232 mm, Gewicht: 558 g

Reihe: Public Administration and Public Policy

Managing Administration represents the only introductory text covering management in every occupational setting. This matchless single-source provides the conceptual framework vital to comprehension of the whole system. offers the foundation for resource deployment-crucial in day-to-day organizational function and problem solving. and presents a basis for asking pertinent questions, necessary to make the fullest use of specialists within the system.

Managing Administration tackles the subject in four logical sections. The first addresses the ad­ministrative setting, and sets up a conceptual framework. Next, the section on information re­sources in administration explores key research tools. The third unit examines human resources in administration, highlighting organizational change and labor relations. Finally, the section on financial resources delves into financial management, decision making, and budgeting.

Managing Administration truly is a unique addition to the literature. It is the ideal text for grad­uate as well as undergraduate students of public administration, personnel administration, busi­ness management, organization theory, information systems management, and political science. Moreover, any practicing management personnel will find this insightful work indispensable as a reference.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rabin, Jack

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Literatur für Manager

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction I. THE SETTING OF ADMINISTRATION 1. Organization Theory: Individual Discretion and Organizational Control 2. The External Dynamics of Administration: The Impact of Pluralist 3. Economic and Legal Dynamics of Administration H. INFORMATION RESOURCES IN ADMINISTRATION 4. Information Systems Management 5. Research Tools for Administrative Decision Making III. HUMAN RESOURCES IN ADMINISTRATION 6. Organization Change and Development 7. Personnel Administration and Labor Relations IV. FINANCIAL RESOURCES EM ADMINISTRATION 8. Financial Management 9. Decision Making 10. Organizational Budgeting

Über Autor(innen)

JACK RABIN is an Associate Professor of Administration and Chairman of the Graduate Pro­gram for Administrators at Rider College, Lawrenceville, New Jersey. He serves as editor/co­editor of several academic journals, including the International Journal of Public Administra­tion (Marcel Dekker, Inc.). He has authored or edited numerous books in the field.