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Public Management Needs Help

Steven Kelman
- 01 Jan 2006 - 
- Vol. 7, Iss: 1, pp 1-5
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The authors discusses the state of public management in the U.S. in 2005, and suggests two improvements: (1) a relatively small cohort of scholars active in studying public administration need...
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The author discusses the state of public management in the U.S. in 2005, and suggests two improvements. First, the relatively small cohort of scholars active in studying public administration need ...

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