Public Administration & Nonprofit Management in Practice: A Case Study Collection
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This insightful text provides a collection of high quality case studies and corresponding activities to help learners build the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed by public and nonprofit administrators globally. Intended to be used as a stand alone text or as a complementary text for other introductory PA texts, chapters are structured around common themes and concepts across the field, including the foundations of public administration, managing people and administering public services, and improving efficiency and efficacy. Password protected instructor site is available with extensive Teaching Notes for each case.
Research
Journal Articles
Williamson, A. L. & Wang, I.G. (Forthcoming). Redesigning a course evaluation instrument: Experience, practical guidance, and lessons learned. Journal of Management Education.
Wang, G. & Williamson, A. (2022). Course evaluation scores: Valid measures for teaching effectiveness or rewards for lenient grading? Teaching in Higher Education, 27(3), 297-318.
Douglas, M., Holtzen, S., Ruane, S., Sherman, K., & Williamson, A. (2021). Abrupt policy reversal amid Black Lives Matter: Starbucks’ grande employee dress code problem. The CASE Journal, 17(5): 673-690.
Dumas, C., Foley, S., Hunt, P., Weisman, M. & Williamson, A. (2015). Accelerating collaboration to find a cure: A nonprofit’s evolving business model. The CASE Journal, 11(1): 58-95.
Snow, D. & Williamson, A. (2015). Accountability and micromanagement: Decentralized budgeting in Massachusetts school districts. Public Administration Quarterly, 39(2):220-258.
Williamson, A. & Bond, B. (2014). Making Boston strong: Social capital, collaboration, and accountability lessons for public administrators in the twenty-first century. Public Administration Review, 74(6): 693-695.
Williamson, A. & Snow, D. (2014). From accountability to decision-making? Budgeting with mandated performance measures. International Journal of Public Administration, 37(4): 202-214.
Williamson, A. & Snow, D. (2013). Bridging theory and practice: The landscape of public management reforms in local school district budgeting. Public Performance and Management Review, 37(1): 154-187.
Williamson, A. (2011). Assessing the Core and Dimensional Approaches: Human Resource Management in Public, Private, and Charter Schools. Public Performance and Management Review, 35(2): 251-280.
Williamson, A., Burke, B., and Beinecke, R. (2011). Public Service and Social Responsibility: A Role for Public Affairs in Undergraduate Business Education. Journal of Public Affairs Education, 17(3): 367-384.
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Book Chapters
Williamson, A., Silveira, M. B. (2020). School Choice. In Kelly Foster and Rich Clark (Ed.), Polling America: An Encyclopedia of Public Opinion. Santa Barbara, CA: Greenwood Press.
Williamson, A., and Teske, P. (2009). Education Policy. In Michael A. Genovese and Lori Cox Han (Ed.), Encyclopedia of American Government and Civics. New York: Facts on File, 778-782.
Teske, P., Williamson, A. (2006). Entrepreneurs at Work. In Frederick Hess (Ed.), Educational Entrepreneurship: Realities, Challenges, Possibilities. Cambridge: Harvard Education Press, 45-62.
Williamson, A., Teske, P. (2005). School Choice. In Samuel J. Best and Benjamin Radcliff (Ed.), Polling America: An Encyclopedia of Public Opinion. Westport: Greenwood Press, 732-737.
