Larry M Lane
Biographic Data
| ID | 4392482 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Larry M Lane |
| GIVEN NAMES | Larry M |
| FAMILY NAME | Lane |
| SIGNATURE | LANE L M |
| AFFILIATIONS | American University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Reassessing the Human Resource Crisis in the Public Service, 1987-2002
In the late 1980s, a number of studies began to document serious problems with the federal public service employment system. In the 1st years of the new millennium, similar studies are again documenting major problems. At the beginning of the period, the Volcker Commission began work on recommendations for solutions. In 2002, another Volcker Commission is being formed to seek solutions. This article investigates the events occurring between the t…
To Politicize is not to Control: The Pathologies of Control in Federal Emergency Management
One of the most significant problems of bureaucracy in a democratic polity is how to achieve a tolerable coexistence between political and managerial control. When these aspects of control get out of balance, certain pathologies occur. This paper seeks to draw lessons from a study of the Federal Emergency Management Agency that show that the politicization of the administrative mechanisms of government, in the name of controlling bureaucracy and …
Donald Devine: Reagan's Blunt Instrument
The Challenge of Public Service: Dilemmas, Prospects, and Options
The Columbian Patriot: Mercy Otis Warren and the Constitution
The name of Mercy Otis Warren is generally not included among those of the founders of the American republic. Yet there were few individuals of her day who were more consistently dedicated in both deeds and words to the proposition that the new nation should be founded on republican principles. She deserves a preeminent position among the active participants in the American Revolution. She was a significant force in the debates leading to the rat…
More Ubiquitous Anomie
Individualism, Civic Virtue, and Public Administration: The Implications of American Habits of the Heart
The increasing intensity of American individualism and the corresponding decline of a sense of community have been documented by Robert Bellah and four associates in the important new book Habits of the Heart. One striking implication of this trend is that public administration is becoming lost in the wilderness of individualism. The regime values of modern American politics dictate an emphasis on power and on the clash of individual interests, t…
The Administration and Politics of Reform: The Office of Personnel Management
Karl Weick's Organizing: The Problem of Purpose and the Search for Excellence
Karl Weick's creative approach to organizing is gaining increasing influence in the academic world. Additionally, with the great success of In Search of Excellence, which was heavily influenced by Weick's ideas, his concepts are receiving prominent attention at managerial levels throughout the private and public sectors of the economy. Because of this prominence, Weick's theorizing requires critical review, particularly with regard to his subordi…
Reassessing the Human Resource Crisis in the Public Service, 1987-2002
In the late 1980s, a number of studies began to document serious problems with the federal public service employment system. In the 1st years of the new millennium, similar studies are again documenting major problems. At the beginning of the period, the Volcker Commission began work on recommendations for solutions. In 2002, another Volcker Commission is being formed to seek solutions. This article investigates the events occurring between the t…
To Politicize is not to Control: The Pathologies of Control in Federal Emergency Management
One of the most significant problems of bureaucracy in a democratic polity is how to achieve a tolerable coexistence between political and managerial control. When these aspects of control get out of balance, certain pathologies occur. This paper seeks to draw lessons from a study of the Federal Emergency Management Agency that show that the politicization of the administrative mechanisms of government, in the name of controlling bureaucracy and …
Individualism, Civic Virtue, and Public Administration: The Implications of American Habits of the Heart
The increasing intensity of American individualism and the corresponding decline of a sense of community have been documented by Robert Bellah and four associates in the important new book Habits of the Heart. One striking implication of this trend is that public administration is becoming lost in the wilderness of individualism. The regime values of modern American politics dictate an emphasis on power and on the clash of individual interests, t…
The Challenge of Public Service: Dilemmas, Prospects, and Options
The Columbian Patriot: Mercy Otis Warren and the Constitution
The name of Mercy Otis Warren is generally not included among those of the founders of the American republic. Yet there were few individuals of her day who were more consistently dedicated in both deeds and words to the proposition that the new nation should be founded on republican principles. She deserves a preeminent position among the active participants in the American Revolution. She was a significant force in the debates leading to the rat…
Karl Weick's Organizing: The Problem of Purpose and the Search for Excellence
Karl Weick's creative approach to organizing is gaining increasing influence in the academic world. Additionally, with the great success of In Search of Excellence, which was heavily influenced by Weick's ideas, his concepts are receiving prominent attention at managerial levels throughout the private and public sectors of the economy. Because of this prominence, Weick's theorizing requires critical review, particularly with regard to his subordi…
Individualism, Civic Virtue, and Public Administration: The Implications of American Habits of the Heart
The increasing intensity of American individualism and the corresponding decline of a sense of community have been documented by Robert Bellah and four associates in the important new book Habits of the Heart. One striking implication of this trend is that public administration is becoming lost in the wilderness of individualism. The regime values of modern American politics dictate an emphasis on power and on the clash of individual interests, t…
The Administration and Politics of Reform: The Office of Personnel Management
More Ubiquitous Anomie
The Columbian Patriot: Mercy Otis Warren and the Constitution
The name of Mercy Otis Warren is generally not included among those of the founders of the American republic. Yet there were few individuals of her day who were more consistently dedicated in both deeds and words to the proposition that the new nation should be founded on republican principles. She deserves a preeminent position among the active participants in the American Revolution. She was a significant force in the debates leading to the rat…
The Challenge of Public Service: Dilemmas, Prospects, and Options
Donald Devine: Reagan's Blunt Instrument
To Politicize is not to Control: The Pathologies of Control in Federal Emergency Management
One of the most significant problems of bureaucracy in a democratic polity is how to achieve a tolerable coexistence between political and managerial control. When these aspects of control get out of balance, certain pathologies occur. This paper seeks to draw lessons from a study of the Federal Emergency Management Agency that show that the politicization of the administrative mechanisms of government, in the name of controlling bureaucracy and …
Reassessing the Human Resource Crisis in the Public Service, 1987-2002
In the late 1980s, a number of studies began to document serious problems with the federal public service employment system. In the 1st years of the new millennium, similar studies are again documenting major problems. At the beginning of the period, the Volcker Commission began work on recommendations for solutions. In 2002, another Volcker Commission is being formed to seek solutions. This article investigates the events occurring between the t…
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