Essentials of Public Service is the most accessible, student-friendly introductory Public Administration text on the market. The book prepares students for careers in today's public service, whether in government or nonprofits. Each chapter teaches the public service context, essential public service skills, and what it takes to do the job, whether managing or providing direct service. The book is written for both today's and tomorrow's public service. In addition to standard chapters on leading, organizing, budgeting, and staffing, this book offers chapters on contracting, financial management in government as well as nonprofits, legal issues, digital democracy, and public integrity, all within a constitutional frame of reference. In our interconnected system of government, nonprofits, and public/private partnerships, students will learn how all the parts fit together.

Essentials of Public Service

Mary E. Guy

Melvin & Leigh, Publishers

Social Equity is an imperative of public administration. Using the most up-to-date information available, and with chapters written by rising experts in the field, Achieving Social Equity offers a go-to guide on what administrators really need to know about social equity—definitions, major equity issues facing the field, future concerns, and ways public service professionals can take responsibility for and achieve social equity.\nThe goal of Achieving Social Equity is to sensitize public service professionals to the challenges that equity issues raise. The book goes beyond “admiring the problem” to suggesting implementable solutions.\nPraise for Achieving Social Equity:\n“Social Equity, while recognized as the fourth pillar of public administration, remains underexamined. This book fills a much-needed gap in our teachings and scholarship of social equity by addressing a wide array of policy issues from public transportation to homelessness to environmental challenges. The co-editors have done an excellent job at identifying these pressing issues and utilizing a social equity lens to address them.” (Meghna Sabharwal, University of Texas at Dallas)

ACHIEVING SOCIAL EQUITY

Sean A. McCandless

Written for today’s public service environment, this text explains human resource management in government and nonprofit organizations. Designed to teach the importance of a well-built HRM infrastructure, each chapter connects mission, public service values, and outcomes by using a three-dimensional framework of people, process, and performance. Both government and nonprofit sectors are covered extensively so that students learning about HR will be prepared for careers in both contexts.\nChapters include cases that ground the topic in practice and demonstrate the reality of everyday challenges. Case law is also provided in each chapter to show the legal dimension to HR practice, and all processes are discussed in regard to social equity considerations.

Human Resource Essentials for Public Service.

Jessica E. Sowa

The Second Edition of Essentials of Public Service prepares readers for careers in today’s public service, whether in government or nonprofits. Each chapter teaches the public service context, essential public service skills, and what it takes to do the job, whether managing or providing direct service.\nIn addition to standard chapters on leading, organizing, budgeting, and staffing, this book offers chapters on contracting, financial management in government as well as nonprofits, legal issues, digital democracy, and public integrity, all within a constitutional frame of reference. In our interconnected system of government, nonprofits, and public/private partnerships, readers will learn how all the parts fit together.\nCases, discussion questions, and exercises bring the subject matter to life. A unique Skillbox at the end of each chapter provides step-by-step instructions on how to perform tasks expected of public administrators, from writing a memo to hiring the right person to presenting data using spreadsheets.

ESSENTIALS OF PUBLIC SERVICE

Todd L. Ely

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Essentials of Public Service

ACHIEVING SOCIAL EQUITY

Human Resource Essentials for Public Service.

ESSENTIALS OF PUBLIC SERVICE