Public Administration - (Third Edition)

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Publish Date: 2005-02-01
Features: This book is designed to meet the needs of introductory or survey courses, focusing more on introducing the fundamental theories and basic content of public administration. Its structure and content include:
(1) Public Administration and the Study of Public Administration, exploring the object, content, and characteristics of public administration, its origins and development, as well as the foundation and principles of building a socialist public administration with Chinese characteristics;
(2) Administrative Environment, examining the administrative environment and its necessity for public administration, the interaction between the two, and the characteristics of China's current administrative environment;
(3) Administrative Functions, studying the system of administrative functions and the evolution of administrative functions in Western countries and China during the transition period;
(4) Administrative Organization, exploring administrative organization theory and the management of organizational staffing;
(5) Personnel Administration, investigating human resource development, personnel management, and personnel administration, as well as the theory of the state civil servant system and the management system of civil servants;
(6) Administrative Leadership, studying the position, authority, and responsibility of administrative leadership, the system, methods, styles, and art of administrative leadership, the qualities of administrative leaders, and the optimization of their structure;
(7) Administrative Legislation, researching the system, procedures, and effectiveness of administrative legislation;
(8) Administrative Culture, exploring administrative psychology, ethics, and spirit;
(9) Financial Administration, studying government budget and final account management, budget accounting, and auditing;
(10) Administrative Decision-Making and Administrative Goals, Administrative Planning, researching the procedures, methods, functions, management, and systems of decision-making, goals, and plans;
(11) Administrative Execution, studying the prerequisites, means, methods, power safeguards, and power control of administrative execution;
(12) Administrative Information and Administrative Consultation, examining the management of information and consultation, as well as the development of e-government;
(13) Administrative Public Relations and Administrative Coordination, studying the tasks, functions, and practical examples of public relations and coordination;
(14) Administrative Supervision, researching China's current administrative supervision system and the system of administrative relief supervision;
(15) Office Management and Logistics Management, exploring the nature, tasks, scientific and modernization of office management, as well as the content and system reform of logistics management;
(16) Administrative Efficiency, studying the principles, standards, approaches, and methods of measuring and improving administrative efficiency;
(17) Administrative Reform, researching the trends, characteristics, experiences, and challenges of administrative reform in contemporary Western countries and China.
This book is suitable as a textbook for majors such as public administration, public management, political science, economics, management, sociology, philosophy, history, and law in universities. It can also be used as a reference for civil servants and various types of leaders and managers. Additionally, the "Case Studies in Public Administration," edited by Professor and Doctoral Supervisor Chen Ruilian, can be used as a supplementary text for this book.