Remove 2017 Remove Implementation Remove Public Administration
article thumbnail

Incrementalism as a concept of iterative improvement in government project development no longer a legitimate public administration theory

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Incrementalism is a public administration theory proposed in the 1950s by Charles Lindblom. He said that incremental project development is much more likely than the creation and implementation of big projects based on a formal rational decision making process. So for 12 years, and now longer, no Bergen County section.

article thumbnail

26 July 2017 | The Creation of Perspectives on Public Management and Governance, By Ken Meier

PMRA (Public Management Research Association)

The Public Management Research Association—through its flagship journal, the Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory ( JPART )—has always stressed building knowledge through theoretically informed analysis. JPART is clearly a success by all measures. What is unique about what we do as a profession?

article thumbnail

One Working Capital Management Strategic Tool: Interfund Transfers

Death and Taxes

Yet, little academic research on governments has evaluated the process for selecting different tools, the policies governments have in place to implement them, and the consequences of using one tool over another. In our research study, we evaluate one working capital management strategic tool: interfund transfers.

article thumbnail

Rampant management failure #2: DC area Metrorail (Washington Area Metropolitan Transit Authority)

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

The director then, Mark R. Aesch, later wrote a book about his experience there, Driving Excellence: Transform Your Organization's Culture -- And Achieve Revolutionary Results. It's an asset and risk management failure of massive proportions.

article thumbnail

Why Washington County, Wis. Chose to Pursue Priority Based Budgeting

PBB Center for Priority Based Budgeting

"Priority based budgeting is something that we believe will greatly benefit our County for the next decade ” - County Administrator Joshua Schoemann Among Priority Based Budgeting implementers, there is an evolution underway. Administrator ). Administrator ).

article thumbnail

Building resilience: Using technology to prepare for, respond to, and recover from the unexpected

AWS Public Sector Blog

After a similar experience in Mexico in 2016, I wanted to find a way to help developing countries implement affordable solutions to help predict and prepare for earthquakes, which is why I founded Grillo.”. At the time, some 300,000 people were injured , and 1.5 million became homeless during the 35-second-long tremor.

article thumbnail

10 March 2017 | Expertise, Advice Seeking, and the President, By Michael Siciliano

PMRA (Public Management Research Association)

In this instance, the ban appears to have been developed by the White House in isolation, with limited input from experts or from the agencies tasked with implementation. Ignoring the Experts: Networks and Organizational Learning in the Public Sector. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory , 27 (1): 104-119.