Shafritz Classics of Public Administration 4e - Softcover

Shafritz, Jay

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0030193826 ISBN 13: 9780030193828

Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc, 1996

Synopsis

Students have relied on CLASSICS OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION for over twenty years. This collection offers works from the discipline's most significant writers, providing a historical focus that examines readings that have contributed lasting value to public administration studies. This collection gives students a sense of the continuity of public administration, and shows how the writers and themes have built upon each other during the evolution of the field.

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Review:

1. Introduction to Cognitive Psychology. 2. Cognition and the Brain: Basic Principles. 3. Perception. 4. Attention. 5. Short-Term and Working Memory. 6. Long-Term Memory: Basic Principles. 7. Everyday Memory and Memory Errors. 8. Knowledge. 9. Visual Imagery. 10. Language. 11. Problem Solving. 12. Reasoning and Decision Making.

About the Author:

Albert C. Hyde is Senior Scholar in Residence in the Department of Public Administration and Policy School of Public Affairs at American University. He has been an advisory consultant for the U.S. Department of Interior and U.S. Forest Service on federal policy and strategy development. From 1992 to 2008, he was a senior consultant for the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C.. His academic experience includes directing public administration programs at San Francisco State University and the University of Pittsburgh. He holds an MPA and a PhD from the State University of New York at Albany. Jay M. Shafritz is professor emeritus of Public and International Affairs at the University of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania. He is the author, co-author, or editor of more than 40 textbooks and reference books on business and public administration. He holds a doctorate from Temple University and an MPA from the Baruch College of the City University of New York.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0030193826
• ISBN 13: 9780030193828
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 606