States are the key to contemporary government reform efforts in the United States, but we know very little about their relative effectiveness at resource allocation and their actual capacity to absorb
While secondarily presenting ideas about the Japanese race ( jinshu ), ethnic group ( minzoku ), or culture ( bunka ), Morris-Suzuki (Japanese history, Australian National U.) probes categories of tho
States are the key to contemporary government reform efforts in the United States, but we know very little about their relative effectiveness at resource allocation and their actual capacity to absorb
Everyone has trouble with bureaucracy. Citizens and politicians have trouble controlling the runaway bureaucratic machine. Managers have trouble managing it. Employees dislike working in it. Clients c
Sams recounts the public heath reforms he accomplished in the two countries as chief of the Public Health and Welfare Section of the Supreme Command of Allied Powers in East Asia, and their significan
Public Service Values is written for both graduate and undergraduate courses in public affairs. It should be valuable reading in any course where discussion of public service values will enrich the le
"Here are Japanese women in infinite and fascinating variety -- ardent lovers, lonely single women, political activists, betrayed wives, loyal wives, protective mothers, embittered mothers, d
Unlike other works on the topic, this book fully develops the concept of organizational evil, conceptually weaving the interchange between evil individuals (the micro-level) who ultimately create an o
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Evidence-based management (EBMgt) derives principles of good management from scientific research, meta-analysis, literature reviews, and case studies, and then translates them into practice. This book
This history of the major US financial scandals at the opening of the 21st century by Markham (law, Florida International U. at Miami) narrates its topic with detailed coverage of the market transacti
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Hundreds of ready-to-use model letters for handling various sales situations. Aimed at the busy sales rep, each letter can be used as it is or can be quickly modified to suit. The chapters follow the
Thorougly revised and updated, the new Fifth Edition of Ralph P. Hummel's classic text maintains that, despite all the feel-good rhetoric from proponents of total quality management, corporate reengi
Designed as an introduction to emergency management, this book includes pieces on: social, political, and fiscal aspects of risk management; land-use planning and building code enforcement regulations
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