‘What insights do fitness landscape models provide for theory and practice in public administration?’

2020 ◽  
pp. 49-64
Author(s):  
Mary Lee Rhodes ◽  
Conor Dowling
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Fitness Landscape ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Landscape Models

Public Administration in Perspective: Theory and Practice through Multiple Lenses

Public Voices ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 133
Author(s):  
Breena E. Coates
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Perspective Theory

Reviewed by Breena E. Coates

Microbrook, Mesobrook, Macrobrook

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 245-253 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sebastian Jilke ◽  
Asmus Leth Olsen ◽  
William Resh ◽  
Saba Siddiki
Keyword(s):  
Problem Solving ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Levels Of Analysis ◽  
Explicit Characterization ◽  
Methodological Perspective ◽  
Level Of Analysis ◽  
Effective Problem

Abstract This article assesses the field of public administration from a conceptual and methodological perspective. We urge public administration scholars to resolve the ambiguities that mire our scholarship due to the inadequate treatment of levels of analysis in our research. Overall, we encourage methodological accountability through a more explicit characterization of one’s research by the level of analysis to which it relates. We argue that this particular form of accountability is critical for effective problem solving for advancing theory and practice.

Assessing the capacity for public value creation within leadership theories: Raising the argument

2017 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 479-518 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexandru V. Roman ◽  
Thomas McWeeney
Keyword(s):  
Public Choice ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Value Creation ◽  
Public Interest ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Trust In Government ◽  
Leadership Theories ◽  
Public Value ◽  
Leadership Perspectives ◽  
The Creation

AbstractIn recent years, public administration has been targeted by multiple reform efforts. In multiple instances, such initiatives have been ideologically couched in public-choice perspectives and entrenched beliefs that government is the problem. One unavoidable consequence of this continued bout of criticism is the fact that government currently has a noticeably decreased capacity of boosting creation of public value. Within this context, there certainly is an important need for approaches that would counterbalance the loss of public value induced by market fundamentalism. This article suggests that leadership, as a concept of theory and practice, due to its partial immunity to the private-public dichotomy, can provide a pragmatic avenue for nurturing public interest and public value within the devolution of governance, a declining trust in government and a diminished governmental capacity to propagate the creation of public value. While this article critically examines and assesses the capacity of different leadership perspectives in terms of creating and maximizing public value, its primary scope is not the provision of definite answers but rather the instigation of a much necessary discussion.

scholarly journals LIFELONG LEARNING AS A PRIORITY OF DEVELOPMENT OF EUROPEAN EDUCATIONAL PARTNERSHIP

10.23856/4322 ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 43 (6) ◽  
pp. 172-179
Author(s):  
Dmytro Dzvinchuk ◽  
Oleksandra Kachmar
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Lifelong Learning ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Social Stability ◽  
Investment Efficiency ◽  
University Staff ◽  
The Third ◽  
Educational Partnership ◽  
Key Competencies

The article explores the phenomenon of lifelong learning as one of the key priorities for the development of a European educational partnership. The importance of lifelong learning as a recognized theory and practice of the concept, which is the benchmark of broad modernization processes in the European Higher Education Area, is demonstrated. The main interrelated areas of action (defining strategic priorities for development, outlining key competencies of lifelong learning, identifying forms of lifelong learning, funding and investment efficiency) are considered.The potential of lifelong learning a mechanism for promoting social stability and cultural convergence at the beginning of the third millennium is conceptualized. Productive links between lifelong learning and the processes of building a knowledge economy have been demonstrated. The methodological basis of the study was the analysis of the European Commission’s educational policy (conceptual, regulatory and programmatic documents) in the field of lifelong learning. The results obtained in the study may be useful to both domestic researchers and practitioners in the field of public administration of higher education, university staff, involved in international cooperation.

scholarly journals The Wickedness of Rittel and Webber’s Dilemmas

2020 ◽  
Vol 52 (6) ◽  
pp. 960-979
Author(s):  
Udo Pesch ◽  
Pieter E. Vermaas
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Wicked Problems ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Opportunities To Learn

Rittel and Webber connected their notion of “wicked problems” to three fundamental planning dilemmas. Many approaches within public administration theory have explicitly addressed wicked problems yet hardly paid attention to the dilemmas. We revisit the planning dilemmas to find out their potential relevance for current administration theory and practice. We argue that the dilemmas evolve out of the current institutional setup, meaning that wicked problems cannot be resolved by better administrative frameworks or methods. Rather societal matters are to be included in decision-making, for instance, by seeing societal opposition as opportunities to learn to deal with the planning dilemmas.

Of rhizomes and pointillism: David john farmerʼs influence, method and art in the field

2016 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 30-44
Author(s):  
Richard Huff ◽  
Cynthia Cors ◽  
Jinzhou Song ◽  
Yali Pang
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Practical Application ◽  
Vast Array ◽  
The Public

The work of David John Farmer has been recognized as critical to the Public Policy and Administration canon. Its impact has been far-reaching both geographically because of its international application and theoretically because of the vast array of public administration challenges it can help resolve. This paper uses the concepts of rhizomatic thinking and reflexive interpretation to describe Farmerʼs work. And because a critical piece of Farmerʼs work is a bridging of the gap between theory and practice, it formally introduces Farmerʼs research approach as Farmerʼs Method. This article is intended to serve as a useful tool for students, practitioners, and theorists in understanding the vast contributions of David John Farmer and the practical application of his work.

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