Subject(s): Public administration. -- . Administration Public -- Public administration in New Era : Challenges confronting public administrators, evolving role of federal government, growing importance of state government, trends affecting local administration, explosion of technology, shifting demographic and social realities, coping with global interdependence -- Effective administrative and organizational system : Legal tools for accomplishing administrative responsibilities, governance structures for enhancing accountability and responsiveness, managing intergovernmental processe, designing effective organizational system, building capacity for strategic management -- Strengthening relationships with legislature, elected and appointed officials and citizens : Developing effective relations with legislature , responding to elected and appointed officials, empowering and involving citizens -- Establishing successful policies and programs : Public administrators role in setting the policy agenda, effective policy analysis, implementing public programs, evaluating public programs -- effective budgeting and fiscal administration : Budgeting methods for public programs, strategies for achieving budgetary goals, accounting for public programs, revenue administration, acquiring and repaying debt -- Managing human resources : Managing within civil service systems, compensating public employees, appraising employees performance, rewarding successful performance, managing poor performers, developing executive and managerial talents, managing relations with organized employees, enhancing equal employment opportunity -- Improving operations and services : Determining effectiveness of government services, designing and managing the procurement process, managing government cooperation's and enterprises, using coproduction to delivery services, managing information system, effective communications in government, managing cycles of growth and decline -- Professional practice of public administration : Balancing competing values, liability of public administration, guide to ethics for public servants, effective public administration