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)

JANUARY 31, 2017

The second, and potentially bigger pay off is a pipeline to graduate programs – enabling us to attract students from a variety of undergraduate majors to public service. Third, we have the opportunity to engage the community in ways that are not done by traditional political science programs. The Challenge.

Public Affairs 40

Public Affairs Education Public Administration Public Service 40

PMRA (Public Management Research Association)

JANUARY 19, 2017

2010), the typical network paper sent to JPART is a study of one or a small number of public and nonprofit networks over a short span of time–typically the length of time it took the researcher to conduct the network survey.

Public Administration 40

Public Administration Nonprofit Public Management Engagement 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

PMRA (Public Management Research Association)

MARCH 23, 2017

Certainly there is a time to engage in political activism, and as citizens who genuinely care about the future of our country and protecting the public interest, we can and should feel empowered to speak out. How can we make a difference in our profession? Should we close our laptops and take to the streets instead?

Public Affairs 40

Public Affairs Implementation Engagement Nonprofit 40