02796nam 2200625 450 991045269320332120200520144314.00-7618-5166-6(CKB)2550000001107219(EBL)1318827(OCoLC)854520863(SSID)ssj0001414843(PQKBManifestationID)11734187(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001414843(PQKBWorkID)11439816(PQKB)11606047(MiAaPQ)EBC1318827(Au-PeEL)EBL1318827(CaPaEBR)ebr10928818(CaONFJC)MIL507589(EXLCZ)99255000000110721920140922h20112011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrRational gridlock /Patrick B. EdgarLanham, Maryland ;Plymouth, England :University Press of America, Inc.,2011.©20111 online resource (180 p.)Includes index.0-7618-5165-8 1-299-76338-3 Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Preface; Chapter 1: Public Disconnectedness; Chapter 2: Overview of the Rational Model and Its Influence on Administrative Strategies; Chapter 3: The Organizational Level; Chapter 4: Moving to Outcome-Based Strategies; Chapter 5: Locus of Control, Procedures, and Human Service Outcomes; Chapter 6: Outcome-Based Models and Public Administration; Chapter7: The Human Sacrifices to Rationalism: The Decay of Community, Responsibility, and Reason; Chapter 8: Various Attempts at Reform Within RationalismChapter 9: An Emerging Paradigm: Chaos TheoryChapter 10: Applying the New Paradigm; Index; BiographyThis book describes how rationality undermines bureaucracy's ability to solve problems or to gain the confidence of the general public. The author suggests ways to change the bureaucratic environment into one that appreciates the creative abilities of all its members, without the false premise of operating government like a business.Public administrationUnited StatesAdministrative agenciesUnited StatesManagementBureaucracyUnited StatesAdministrative agenciesUnited StatesElectronic books.Public administrationAdministrative agenciesManagement.BureaucracyAdministrative agencies351.73Edgar Patrick B.918278MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452693203321Rational gridlock2058929UNINA