Public Administration (Third Edition)

Author: Xia Shuzhang
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: This book is written to meet the needs of introductory or survey courses, focusing more on introducing the basic theoretical knowledge and fundamental content of administrative management. Its structure and content include:
(1) Administration and Administrative Management, studying the object, content, and characteristics of administrative management, its origin and development, as well as the foundation and principles of establishing a socialist administrative management with Chinese characteristics;
(2) Administrative Environment, studying the administrative environment and its necessity for administrative management, the interaction between the two, and the characteristics of China's current administrative environment;
(3) Administrative Functions, studying the administrative function system and the evolution of administrative functions in Western countries and China during the transition period;
(4) Administrative Organization, studying administrative organization theory and the management of organizational staffing;
(5) Personnel Administration, studying 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, administrative leadership systems, methods, styles, and skills, as well as the qualities and structural optimization of administrative leadership;
(7) Administrative Legislation, studying the system, procedures, and effectiveness of administrative legislation;
(8) Administrative Culture, studying 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, studying 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, studying 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, studying China's current administrative supervision system and administrative relief supervision system;
(15) Office Management and Logistics Management, studying the nature, tasks, scientific and modern aspects 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, studying the trends, characteristics, experiences, and difficulties of administrative reform in contemporary Western countries and China.
This book is suitable as a textbook for majors such as Administrative Management, 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 book "Administrative Case Analysis," edited by Professor and Doctoral Supervisor Chen Ruilian, can be used as a supplementary text.