Public Administration and Nonprofit Management in Practice
A Case Study Collection
Marc Holzer editor Aimee L Williamson editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
Publishing:21st Oct '25
£41.99
This title is due to be published on 21st October, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
This insightful text, written by two renowned experts, provides students of public administration and nonprofit management with a collection of relevant, global case studies and corresponding activities.
The chapters are structured around common themes and concepts across the field, including the foundations of public administration, managing people and administering public services, and improving efficiency and efficacy. The cases, which derive from countries around the world, focus on building the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed by public and nonprofit administrators globally, providing a much-needed supplement to many of the introductory texts in public administration. Each case is contextualised by a short synopsis, reflective questions, references, further reading and learning activities. The compact case format helps students focus on a specific area of public management, with organization by chapter giving instructors choices among cases and the ability to group related topics. The discussion questions in the cases will develop students’ analytical thinking of real scenarios for the application of course content.
Public Administration and Nonprofit Management in Practice should be used as either core or recommended reading for courses on public and nonprofit management at both the undergraduate and graduate level, including Master of Public Administration (MPA) courses, and related degree programmes.
Online, instructors will find comprehensive teaching notes to support this case-based approach to learning.
"This timely case book is great! Its cases are truly real-life and practical, challenging readers to develop actionable solutions. Just the right detail, great questions, often paradoxical, and a full range of topics on governance and public administration - finance, social services, managing crises and scandals, parks, and much more. I will definitely use it in my classes!”
Evan Berman,Professor Titular, São Paulo School of Business Administration (EAESP), Fundação Getúlio Vargas (São Paulo, Brazil)
“I cannot think of a time when this edited volume is more relevant than ever before given the present onslaught on the federal bureaucracy and attempts to dismantle the administrative state. The case studies compiled in this compendium offer thoughtful strategies to leading, managing and working through real world problems on behalf of a diverse public in the United States and abroad. More compelling is that these cases represent a broad swath of what comprises the public sector – government and nonprofit organizations – at various jurisdictional levels written from both the academic and practitioner points of view. And, for instructors and students alike, these scenarios, along with learning objectives and reflection questions to explore, are a goldmine as they depict challenges that as public servants, they will no doubt confront. This book is a must have companion in one’s library for deploying case studies in the classroom.”
G.L.A. Harris,Professor of Global Affairs and former Senior Associate Dean of the Faculty and Administration, Thunderbird School of Global Management, Arizona State University, USA
ISBN: 9781032426204
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158 pages