00911pab a2200145 454500008004000000100002300040245005700063260000900120300001400129362001200143520052400155650002600679700002700705773003300732180718b2003   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aFarmer, David John  aThe reflective practitioner and the uses of rhetoric  c2003  ap.105-15.  aJan-Feb  aThis essay invites reflection on four practical uses of rhetoric: as a way to provide persuasive emphasis in administrative communication; as a technique of analysis to improve public administration and expand its limits; as a resource in identifying individual administrative signature; and as a vehicle for reevaluating public administration's group signature. It reflects on the authors' experiences and considers possibilities for change toward more conscious and effective group self-representations. - Reproduced.  aPublic administration  aPatterson, Patricia M.  aPublic Administration Review