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100			_aShangraw, Ralph F., Jr.
245			_aPublic administration as a design science
260			_c1998
300			_ap.1059-077
362			_aJun-Aug
520			_aThis 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			_aPublic administration
700			_aCrow, Michael M.
773			_aInternational Journal of Public Administration
909			_a38053
999			_c38053 _d38053