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The Public Manager archives from September 1994
Appraising the NPR: executive summary. (National Performance Review)(includes related articles)
September 22, 1994... Vice President Al Gore's National Performance Review (NPR), with a report issued in September 1993, promised nothing less than a revolutionary reinvention of the federal government. Critics dismissed it as hollow rhetoric, and some scholars...
It's getting the word out, stupid! (reinventing government)
September 22, 1994... There is a continuing need to communicate effectively the message of reinventing government throughout the federal workforce.
Vice President Al Gore's initiative to reinvent the federal government has called for a dramatic culture change in...
Diversity: fact not fashion forum introduction.
September 22, 1994... Not just another forum that explains why it is right and politically correct to value differences, manage diversity
No, this is not just another Managing/Valuing Diversity forum of The Public Manager that explains why it is right and...
Sensitivity: attributes for managers and supervisors.
September 22, 1994... To manage diversity effectively, management must consciously exhibit behavior and enact policies that are sensitive to the makeup of the people who work for them.
Valuing differences/managing diversity has come of age relatively quickly as a...
Wakeup call for white males. (workplace multiculturalism)
September 22, 1994... Maybe 30 years from now, if we get with it, women and minorities might be willing to let us assimilate into their world.
When that loud, obnoxious alarm clock goes off at 6:00 a.m. on Monday morning, all of us are faced with difficult...
Black men: connections and disconnections. (workplace multiculturalism)
September 22, 1994... The experiences of these men who identify as African American and blacks in America highlight the importance of understanding the need for connection in forming an identity.
Diversity is a fact of life. It influences the recruitment,...
Cultural diversity: an organizational asset.
September 22, 1994... Cultural diversity in the workplace is not only the right thing to do, it is the expeditious thing to do. It ensures responsiveness and responsiveness is synonymous with survival.
Diversity in the workplace is important because of its...
Myths and realities of the model minority. (Asian American workers)
September 22, 1994... The image of Asian Americans as a model minority camouflages both the diversitites of their community and the discrimination they continue to face.
Although high levels of schooling and occupational achievement suggest that Asian Americans...
Latinos/Latinas at work: cultural considerations.
September 22, 1994... Can we afford to live without managerial multicultural competencies? Those who acquire these important skills will be in a greater position to succeed.
As the US labor force becomes increasingly diverse and multicultural in the public and...
Managing diversity: a unique quality opportunity.
September 22, 1994... Before managers and employees can improve quality to external customers they must understand and address the requirements of their internal customers.
The National Performance Review (NPR) report seeks to change the federal government into a...
A framework for enlarging the reform agenda.
September 22, 1994... Our present course of action in the United States has been to proscribe certain kinds of unacceptable behavior through law and regulation.
In the last decade much has been done to improve the ethical climate of government. Both the executive...
Internet in the public interest.
September 22, 1994... The Internet provides both a means for connecting "islands of information" and a model for service to citizens.
Vice President Gore has identified information as the key to future American competitiveness, and this administration has...
Setting the pace on the information superhighway.
September 22, 1994... The federal government is the pace car on the information superhighway; young professionals not wedded to the old ways are in a good position to navigate the ride.
Buckle your seatbelt; release the parking brake; and step on it as hard as...
Creating a positive press.
September 22, 1994... You were reinventing government before anyone was talking about it. Why isn't your story told?
Tired of hearing or reading only negative comments about public employees on the radio or TV or in the newspaper? You are a public employee and...
The Case for Bureaucracy: A Public Administration Polemic.
September 22, 1994... A Restorative Tonic
WHEN DAVID E. ROSENBAUM predicts in the September 11, 1994 New York Times that one party will block passage of any meaningful federal legislation to erode the other party's election chances this year, one unexpected...
The Seamless Organization: Reengineering in the Public Sector.
September 22, 1994... GOVERNMENT MANAGERS and executives now have that single, comprehensive volume introducing reengineering and providing guidelines for them to make the rhetoric of "reinventing government" a reality (see The Public Manager, Winter 1993-94, pp....
