Ralph Clark Chandler
Biographic Data
| ID | 1487809 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ralph Clark Chandler |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ralph Clark |
| FAMILY NAME | Chandler |
| SIGNATURE | CHANDLER R C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Western Michigan University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Religion in the Public Square
The Leadership Role of Public Administration
The Myth of Private Sector Superiority in Personnel Administration
This article addresses the assumption that private sector management is more efficient than public sector management. It identifies the ways in which public and private sector personnel management are alike, and the ways in which they are different. The differences help the reader understand the reasons for the myth o f private sector superiority. This essay argues that, given the purposes of government employment which have littlet do with manag…
Civil Servants and Second-Class Citizens
racy. Rather than trying to eliminate or fix the paradox, why don't we just find a way to live with it? Our discussion displays a bias for intellectual rationality. We speak of improving citizenship by the verbal articulation of intellectual rationality. There is also emotional rationality, you know. Feelings have legitimacy, too, and there is a process of non-verbal articulation we need to be aware of. I submit that citizens are much better at e…
The Public Administrator as Representative Citizen: A New Role for the New Century
We must have magistrates, for without their prudence and watchful care a state cannot exist. In fact the whole character of a republic is determined by its arrangements in regard to magistrates. Not only must we inform them of the limits of their administrative authority, we must also instruct the citizens of the extent of their obligation to obey them. For the man who rules efficiently must have obeyed others in the past, and the man who obeys d…
The Problem of Moral Reasoning in American Public Administration: The Case for a Code of Ethics
This essay categorizes and analyzes the arguments for and against a code of ethics for the American Society for Public Administration. The arguments against a code are said to be from practicality, procedure, and administrative theory. The arguments for a code are said to be from objectivism, community, and courage. The negative argument from practicality is based on the founders' call for moderation in moral matters. The negative argument from p…
Correct Conclusion
The Problem of Moral Illiteracy in Professional Discourse: The Case of the Statement of Principles of the American Society for Public Administration
The Problem of Moral Illiteracy in Professional Discourse: The Case of the Statement of Principles of the American Society for Public Administration
Religion in the Public Square
The Myth of Private Sector Superiority in Personnel Administration
This article addresses the assumption that private sector management is more efficient than public sector management. It identifies the ways in which public and private sector personnel management are alike, and the ways in which they are different. The differences help the reader understand the reasons for the myth o f private sector superiority. This essay argues that, given the purposes of government employment which have littlet do with manag…
The Problem of Moral Illiteracy in Professional Discourse: The Case of the Statement of Principles of the American Society for Public Administration
The Problem of Moral Reasoning in American Public Administration: The Case for a Code of Ethics
This essay categorizes and analyzes the arguments for and against a code of ethics for the American Society for Public Administration. The arguments against a code are said to be from practicality, procedure, and administrative theory. The arguments for a code are said to be from objectivism, community, and courage. The negative argument from practicality is based on the founders' call for moderation in moral matters. The negative argument from p…
Correct Conclusion
Civil Servants and Second-Class Citizens
racy. Rather than trying to eliminate or fix the paradox, why don't we just find a way to live with it? Our discussion displays a bias for intellectual rationality. We speak of improving citizenship by the verbal articulation of intellectual rationality. There is also emotional rationality, you know. Feelings have legitimacy, too, and there is a process of non-verbal articulation we need to be aware of. I submit that citizens are much better at e…
The Public Administrator as Representative Citizen: A New Role for the New Century
We must have magistrates, for without their prudence and watchful care a state cannot exist. In fact the whole character of a republic is determined by its arrangements in regard to magistrates. Not only must we inform them of the limits of their administrative authority, we must also instruct the citizens of the extent of their obligation to obey them. For the man who rules efficiently must have obeyed others in the past, and the man who obeys d…
The Myth of Private Sector Superiority in Personnel Administration
This article addresses the assumption that private sector management is more efficient than public sector management. It identifies the ways in which public and private sector personnel management are alike, and the ways in which they are different. The differences help the reader understand the reasons for the myth o f private sector superiority. This essay argues that, given the purposes of government employment which have littlet do with manag…
The Leadership Role of Public Administration
Religion in the Public Square
Political science (8 works) · Law (5 works) · Public Administration (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Public Administration (4 works) · Administration (probate law (2 works) · American Constitutional Law and Politics (2 works) · Business (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Legal Education and Practice Innovations (2 works)