Subject(s): Ethics -- Political theory -- Normative functions : History of public administration as an academic discipline, first/ second new public administration, generic management, state of discipline -- Ethics in public administration, types of public morality, normative foundations of public administration, bureaucracy in founding period, informal constitution amendments, legitimating administration -- Public administration as management : Conceptual history of budget process, budgeting as management subprocess, macro/ micro budget perspectives -- Conceptual history of public personnel management : Personnel practice in founding period, spoils system, introduction of merit systems, personnel practice -- Conceptual history of administrative law, Sick chicken case, conceptual history of policy analysis -- Public administration as organization theory, organization theory as a problem of structure, development of early bureaucracy, scientific management, structure in modern organizations, organization theory as problem of human behavior, pioneer views- Follett and Hawthorn experiments, sociology of organizations, psychology of organization, social psychology of organization, organization theory as a problem of democracy -- Public administration as planned change : Theory and practice of planned change, government action, public sector strategic management, public management environment, advantages and disadvantages of strategic management, strategic management process, strategic management in practice, theory and practice of organization development in public sector -- Politics and administration, legislative in administrative and organizational perspective, legislative decision making, structure and control, administration in comparative perspective , political culture and public administration, personnel practice in comparative perspective, policy making in comparative perspective, interest groups and bureaucracy, political and administration - American political theory and bureaucracy, representative government and bureaucracy