James F Wolf
Biographic Data
| ID | 4398335 |
|---|---|
| NAME | James F Wolf |
| GIVEN NAMES | James F |
| FAMILY NAME | Wolf |
| SIGNATURE | WOLF J F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Virginia Tech |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1981 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Understanding Business Improvement Districts
What is the current state of research on business improvement districts (BIDs)? What is an appropriate framework for analysis? What are key questions for advancing future BID research? BIDs can be understood best within a network governance framework. The research shows, first, a blurring of the line between the public and private spheres as a result of BIDs; second, BIDs are increasingly important actors in urban governance; third, BIDs engage i…
Regional Transportation Planning and Metropolitan Governance
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…
Foundation under Renovation
Deming's Total Quality Management Movement and the Baskin Robbins Problem
W. Edwards Deming' philosophy of total quality management (TQM) constitutes more than an approach to management. It is also a full-fledged theory of organization and a theory of society and politics that holds important implications for relations between nation-states in the emerging "new world order." When examined in this light, it appears that TQM is not collectivist or Marxist in the way that it is sometimes understood, but that it does stand…
(Re)Founding the Field
Greying at the Temples
Changing societal, occupational, and organizational trends are powerful pressures affecting public sector management. This article explores the effects of these trends, particularly the demographic composition of the workplace, through a study of a local government occupation-public welfare agency workers. Workforce trends of seven local welfare agencies are presented along with the significance of these findings for local governments, welfare ad…
Public Management Careers-Understanding and Options
Career Plateauing in the Public Service
watchful. In certain situations, they will be better off leaving, both to protect their reputations (which suffer from association) and to achieve more useful and meaningful career opportunities. While hunkering down has become a common survival principle in government, there are times when such a strategy is inappropriate and potentially damaging to one's career and ego. For others, a reasonable future for career civil servants exists, despite t…
Coaching
Public managers and executives frequently find themselves in go it alone situations. They are expected to survive by their own wits with little support from superiors or peers; the result is significant role isolation. Support is hard to seek or find. When executives decide to seek help, they may place themselves at risk if the helping person makes judgments about future roles for them. They may be interpreted as admitting that they are not capab…
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…
Deming's Total Quality Management Movement and the Baskin Robbins Problem
W. Edwards Deming' philosophy of total quality management (TQM) constitutes more than an approach to management. It is also a full-fledged theory of organization and a theory of society and politics that holds important implications for relations between nation-states in the emerging "new world order." When examined in this light, it appears that TQM is not collectivist or Marxist in the way that it is sometimes understood, but that it does stand…
(Re)Founding the Field
Greying at the Temples
Changing societal, occupational, and organizational trends are powerful pressures affecting public sector management. This article explores the effects of these trends, particularly the demographic composition of the workplace, through a study of a local government occupation-public welfare agency workers. Workforce trends of seven local welfare agencies are presented along with the significance of these findings for local governments, welfare ad…
Coaching
Public managers and executives frequently find themselves in go it alone situations. They are expected to survive by their own wits with little support from superiors or peers; the result is significant role isolation. Support is hard to seek or find. When executives decide to seek help, they may place themselves at risk if the helping person makes judgments about future roles for them. They may be interpreted as admitting that they are not capab…
Public Management Careers-Understanding and Options
Career Plateauing in the Public Service
watchful. In certain situations, they will be better off leaving, both to protect their reputations (which suffer from association) and to achieve more useful and meaningful career opportunities. While hunkering down has become a common survival principle in government, there are times when such a strategy is inappropriate and potentially damaging to one's career and ego. For others, a reasonable future for career civil servants exists, despite t…
Greying at the Temples
Changing societal, occupational, and organizational trends are powerful pressures affecting public sector management. This article explores the effects of these trends, particularly the demographic composition of the workplace, through a study of a local government occupation-public welfare agency workers. Workforce trends of seven local welfare agencies are presented along with the significance of these findings for local governments, welfare ad…
(Re)Founding the Field
Deming's Total Quality Management Movement and the Baskin Robbins Problem
W. Edwards Deming' philosophy of total quality management (TQM) constitutes more than an approach to management. It is also a full-fledged theory of organization and a theory of society and politics that holds important implications for relations between nation-states in the emerging "new world order." When examined in this light, it appears that TQM is not collectivist or Marxist in the way that it is sometimes understood, but that it does stand…
Foundation under Renovation
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…
Regional Transportation Planning and Metropolitan Governance
Understanding Business Improvement Districts
What is the current state of research on business improvement districts (BIDs)? What is an appropriate framework for analysis? What are key questions for advancing future BID research? BIDs can be understood best within a network governance framework. The research shows, first, a blurring of the line between the public and private spheres as a result of BIDs; second, BIDs are increasingly important actors in urban governance; third, BIDs engage i…
Political science (10 works) · Business (6 works) · Economics (5 works) · Public Administration (5 works) · Public Administration (5 works) · Public Policy and Administration Research (5 works) · Public relations (5 works) · Engineering (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Law (4 works)