Herbert Kaufman: The Forest Ranger

Cover: 9781933115276 | The Forest Ranger | A Study in Administrative Behavior | Kaufman

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Beschreibung

First Published in 2006. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Über den Autor

Herbert Kaufman, now retired, was a professor of political science at Yale University and a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. His other books include The Administrative Behavior of Federal Bureau Chiefs; Red Tape: Its Origins, Uses, and Abuses; Are Government Organizations Immortal?; and The Limits of Organizational Change.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

INTRODUCTION
Chapter I: Subject and Approach
The Rangers and Their Districts
Method of Study
The Plan of the Book
PART ONE: Tendencies Toward Fragmentation
Chapter II: The Size and Complexity of the Forest Service Job
A Profile of the Forest Service
The Pivotal Role of the Rangers: Executives, Planners, and Woodsmen
The Thrust toward Disunity
Chapter III: Challenges to Unity
Problems of Internal Communication
Behavioral Norms of Face-to-Face Work Groups
'Capture' of Field Officers by Local Populations
Personal Preferences of Field Officers
The Ideology of Decentralization
Conclusion: The Impulse toward Disintegration
PART TWO: Techniques of Integration
Chapter IV: Procedural Devices for Preforming Decisions
Authorization, Direction, and Prohibition
Clearance and Dispute Settlement
Financial and Workload Planning
The Problem of Deviation from Preformed Decisions
Chapter V: Detecting and Discouraging Deviation
Reporting
Official Diaries
Furnishing Overhead Services
Inspection
Hearing Appeals by the Public
Movement of Personnel
Sanctions
Feedback and Correction
Chapter VI: Developing the Will and Capacity of Conform
Selecting Men Who Fit
Post-entry Training
Building Identification with the Forest Service
The Result: Voluntary Conformity
CONCLUSION
Chapter VII: Attainments and Dilemmas
The Conquest of Centrifugal Tendencies
The Strategies of Conquest
The Hazards of Managerial Success
Fragmentation, Integration, and the Study of Administration

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2006
Genre:	Importe , Soziologie
Rubrik:	Wissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13:	9781933115276
ISBN-10:	1933115270
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Kaufman, Herbert
Auflage:	Special Reprint edition
Hersteller:	Taylor & Francis
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	208 x 136 x 19 mm
Von/Mit:	Herbert Kaufman
Erscheinungsdatum:	04.01.2006
Gewicht:	0,404 kg