Handbook of Federal Government Leadership and Administration

<p>Public management is context dependent rather than generic. That may sound obvious but in the late 1920s through the 1930s a dominant strand of thought considered public administration to be a single process wherever practiced. Today by contrast federal administration is distinguished from private enterprise nonprofit management and state and local governmental practices by the combined effects of its scope and scale; the constitutional separation of powers federalism and protection of individual rights; and administrative law requirements for stakeholder participation representation transparency privacy due process and other democratic-constitutional values. <i>The Handbook of Federal Leadership and Administration </i>is a state-of-the art guide to the unique features of federal administration informed by the latest theoretical developments research and practical applications and the leadership and management of federal agencies. </p><p>Written by pracademics with federal practitioners specifically in mind the handbook is designed to bridge the gap between academic and applied public administration by identifying what resonates with practitioners as they search for usable theories and research findings to improve performance. Combining rigor and relevance in the study and practice of federal administration it includes chapters on theory history reform initiatives leadership necessary skill sets budgeting power and influence political embeddedness change management separated and shared executive legislative and judicial powers effective communication ethics and emerging concepts and challenges. It will be essential reading for federal practitioners scholars and pracademics alike.</p>