LEADER 02796nam 2200625 450 001 9910452693203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-7618-5166-6 035 $a(CKB)2550000001107219 035 $a(EBL)1318827 035 $a(OCoLC)854520863 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001414843 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11734187 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001414843 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11439816 035 $a(PQKB)11606047 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1318827 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1318827 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10928818 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL507589 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001107219 100 $a20140922h20112011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aRational gridlock /$fPatrick B. Edgar 210 1$aLanham, Maryland ;$aPlymouth, England :$cUniversity Press of America, Inc.,$d2011. 210 4$dİ2011 215 $a1 online resource (180 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a0-7618-5165-8 311 $a1-299-76338-3 327 $aCover 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 Rationalism 327 $aChapter 9: An Emerging Paradigm: Chaos TheoryChapter 10: Applying the New Paradigm; Index; Biography 330 $aThis 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. 606 $aPublic administration$zUnited States 606 $aAdministrative agencies$zUnited States$xManagement 606 $aBureaucracy$zUnited States 606 $aAdministrative agencies$zUnited States 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPublic administration 615 0$aAdministrative agencies$xManagement. 615 0$aBureaucracy 615 0$aAdministrative agencies 676 $a351.73 700 $aEdgar$b Patrick B.$0918278 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910452693203321 996 $aRational gridlock$92058929 997 $aUNINA