| 000 -LEADER |
|---|
| fixed length control field |
01199pab a2200169 454500 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
|---|
| fixed length control field |
180718b1998 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
|---|
| Personal name |
Shangraw, Ralph F., Jr. |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT |
|---|
| Title |
Public administration as a design science |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
|---|
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. |
1998 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
|---|
| Extent |
p.1059-077 |
| 362 ## - DATES OF PUBLICATION AND/OR SEQUENTIAL DESIGNATION |
|---|
| Dates of publication and/or sequential designation |
Jun-Aug |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
|---|
| Summary, etc. |
This article examines Herbert Simon's notion of a "design" science and discusses its applicability to the field of public administration. Public administration, as a design science, exists at the nexus between the inner and outer environments of public organizations. As such, it integrates and synthesizes theories and propositions from other disciplines including the behavioral sciences, the system sciences, and the natural sciences. In addition to being concerned with descriptive aspects of the field, public administration scholars must be willing to prescribe, to design, and to redesign public sector systems. A framework for assessing design opportunities is developed, and the questions raised by this approach are addressed. - Reproduced |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
|---|
| Topical term or geographic name entry element |
Public administration |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
|---|
| Personal name |
Crow, Michael M. |
| 773 ## - HOST ITEM ENTRY |
|---|
| Main entry heading |
International Journal of Public Administration |
| 909 ## - |
|---|
| -- |
38053 |
