The Forest Ranger - A Study in Administrative Behavior

Zusatztext 'The best single account of forestry management remains Herbert Kaufman's The Forest Ranger: A Study in Administrative Behavior.'John J. DiIulio! Jr.! University of Pennsylvania Informationen zum Autor Herbert Kaufman, now retired, was a professor of political science at Yale University and a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution. His other books include The Administrative Behavior of Federal Bureau Chiefs; Red Tape: Its Origins, Uses, and Abuses; Are Government Organizations Immortal?; and The Limits of Organizational Change. Klappentext First Published in 2006. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Zusammenfassung Suitable for professionals and scholars in forestry, public administration, and organizational behavior who are interested in the administration of public lands and how the top managers of a large, dispersed organization with multiple objectives like the Forest Service shape the behavior of its field officers into a coherent, unified program. Inhaltsverzeichnis INTRODUCTION Chapter I: Subject and Approach The Rangers and Their Districts Method of Study The Plan of the Book PART ONE: Tendencies Toward Fragmentation Chapter II: The Size and Complexity of the Forest Service Job A Profile of the Forest Service The Pivotal Role of the Rangers: Executives, Planners, and Woodsmen The Thrust toward Disunity Chapter III: Challenges to Unity Problems of Internal Communication Behavioral Norms of Face-to-Face Work Groups 'Capture' of Field Officers by Local Populations Personal Preferences of Field Officers The Ideology of Decentralization Conclusion: The Impulse toward Disintegration PART TWO: Techniques of Integration Chapter IV: Procedural Devices for Preforming Decisions Authorization, Direction, and Prohibition Clearance and Dispute Settlement Financial and Workload Planning The Problem of Deviation from Preformed Decisions Chapter V: Detecting and Discouraging Deviation Reporting Official Diaries Furnishing Overhead Services Inspection Hearing Appeals by the Public Movement of Personnel Sanctions Feedback and Correction Chapter VI: Developing the Will and Capacity of Conform Selecting Men Who Fit Post-entry Training Building Identification with the Forest Service The Result: Voluntary Conformity CONCLUSION Chapter VII: Attainments and Dilemmas The Conquest of Centrifugal Tendencies The Strategies of Conquest The Hazards of Managerial Success Fragmentation, Integration, and the Study of Administration ...

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INTRODUCTIONChapter I: Subject and ApproachThe Rangers and Their DistrictsMethod of StudyThe Plan of the BookPART ONE: Tendencies Toward FragmentationChapter II: The Size and Complexity of the Forest Service JobA Profile of the Forest ServiceThe Pivotal Role of the Rangers: Executives, Planners, and WoodsmenThe Thrust toward DisunityChapter III: Challenges to UnityProblems of Internal CommunicationBehavioral Norms of Face-to-Face Work Groups'Capture' of Field Officers by Local PopulationsPersonal Preferences of Field OfficersThe Ideology of DecentralizationConclusion: The Impulse toward DisintegrationPART TWO: Techniques of IntegrationChapter IV: Procedural Devices for Preforming DecisionsAuthorization, Direction, and ProhibitionClearance and Dispute SettlementFinancial and Workload PlanningThe Problem of Deviation from Preformed DecisionsChapter V: Detecting and Discouraging DeviationReportingOfficial DiariesFurnishing Overhead ServicesInspectionHearing Appeals by the PublicMovement of PersonnelSanctionsFeedback and CorrectionChapter VI: Developing the Will and Capacity of ConformSelecting Men Who FitPost-entry TrainingBuilding Identification with the Forest ServiceThe Result: Voluntary ConformityCONCLUSIONChapter VII: Attainments and DilemmasThe Conquest of Centrifugal TendenciesThe Strategies of ConquestThe Hazards of Managerial SuccessFragmentation, Integration, and the Study of Administration

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'The best single account of forestry management remains Herbert Kaufman's The Forest Ranger: A Study in Administrative Behavior.' John J. DiIulio, Jr., University of Pennsylvania

Product details

• Authors: Herbert Kaufman
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.02.2006
• EAN: 9781933115276
• ISBN: 978-1-933115-27-6
• No. of pages: 269
• Dimensions: 133 mm x 203 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Applied psychology; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories