Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

FEBRUARY 5, 2025

In a forthcoming book, I define performance management as a continuous and cyclical process of making data-informed decisions to improve organizational outcomes. In North Carolina, community development is a municipal function for some local governments and a county function for others.

Community Development 52

Community Development Parks And Recreation Development Management 52

PMRA (Public Management Research Association)

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

To many scholars in the field of public administration and public management, the study of nonprofit organizations is viewed as a narrow niche, a handful of people working at the margins of the field on topics that largely sit outside of mainstream concerns for public managers.

Nonprofit 40

Nonprofit Government Fundraising Economic Development 40

PMRA (Public Management Research Association)

JULY 26, 2017

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. Continued empirical progress, however, needs significant theoretical development.

Public Management 40

Public Management Management Public Administration Government 40

PMRA (Public Management Research Association)

JANUARY 31, 2017

Public affairs programs across the country are developing undergraduate certificates, concentrations, minors, and majors in public administration, affairs, policy, and service. Here, I outline some of the challenges and opportunities we face as we work to develop top-notch undergraduate programs that advance public service.

Public Affairs 40

Public Affairs Education Public Administration Public Service 40

PMRA (Public Management Research Association)

FEBRUARY 23, 2017

For the next several months I’ll be concentrating on writing the fifth edition of Strategic Planning for Public and Nonprofit Organizations. Indeed, if public leaders and managers find that a planning approach gets in the way of strategic thinking, acting, and learning, they should drop the approach and try a different one.

Strategic Planning 40

Strategic Planning Public Administration Nonprofit Engagement 40

Barrett & Greene

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

He served for two years in the army at the White Sand Proving Grounds in New Mexico after which he became part of the then Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara’s Whiz kids; a group which advised McNamara in his efforts to turn around the management of the Department of Defense in the 1960s.

Management 52

Management Public Administration Parks And Recreation Public Policy 52