1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911148768303321

Autore

Radin Beryl A. <1936->

Titolo

Federal management reform in a world of contradictions / / Beryl A. Radin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC, : Georgetown University Press, c2012

ISBN

9781589018938

1589018931

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (216 p.)

Collana

Public management and change series

Disciplina

352.3/670973

352.3670973

Soggetti

Administrative agencies - United States - Management

Civil service reform - United States

Public administration - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- The background -- Public/private management relationships -- Political structures matter -- Contracting out: A-76 -- Personnel policy reform -- Reorganization as reform -- Budgeting as reform -- Federalism and intergovernmental relations -- Performance measurement -- Living with contradictions.

Sommario/riassunto

Proposals for reform have dotted the federal management landscape in the United States for more than 50 years. Yet these efforts by public management professionals have frequently failed to produce lasting results. In her new book, Federal Management Reform in a World of Contradictions , renowned public administration scholar Beryl A. Radin reveals what may lie behind the failure of so many efforts at government management reform. To spur new thinking about this problem, Radin examines three basic sets of contradictions between the strategies of the reformers and the reality of the US federal



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Record Nr.

UNINA9911144936703321

Titolo

Defects and diffusion studied using PAC spectroscopy / / edited by Herbert Jaeger, Matthew O. Zacate

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Zurich-Durnten, Switzerland : , : Trans Tech Publications, , [2011]

©2011

ISBN

3-03813-516-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (185 p.)

Collana

Defect and diffusion forum, , 1012-0386 ; ; v. 311

Altri autori (Persone)

JaegerHerbert

ZacateMatthew O

Disciplina

660.294

Soggetti

Solids - Defects

Diffusion

Angular correlations (Nuclear physics)

Perturbation (Quantum dynamics)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Special topic volume with invited peer reviewed papers only."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Defects and Diffusion Studied Using PAC Spectroscopy; Preface; Table of Contents; 1. Review Articles; Perturbed Angular Correlation Spectroscopy - A Tool for the Study of Defects and Diffusion at the Atomic Scale; Impurities in Magnetic Materials Studied by PAC Spectroscopy; Impurity Centers in Oxides Investigated by γ-γ Perturbed Angular Correlation Spectroscopy and Ab Initio Calculations; Can PAC Measurements be Used to Investigate Defects in Nano-Structures?; 2. Current Research Articles

TiO2 Nanomaterials Studied by 44Ti(EC)44Sc Time Differential Perturbed Angular Correlations: Volume and Surface PropertiesComparison of Jump Frequencies of 111In/Cd Tracer Atoms in Sn3R and In3R Phases Having the L12 Structure (R = Rare-Earth); Implanted Impurities in Wide Band Gap Semiconductors; Keywords Index; Authors Index

Sommario/riassunto

The motivation for this special-topic volume was two-fold. Among the various techniques for probing material properties at the atomic scale, PAC is a somewhat hidden gem. This is partly because PAC requires the use of radioisotopes; thus rendering it almost useless as a non-



destructive characterization method. Moreover, there are relatively few PAC isotopes available; so it is not always possible to apply PAC to the most technologically pressing problems. Thus, PAC studies of materials are often more fundamental, and less applied, in nature. One of the goals of this volume was to raise the pro