Includes index. Denhardt, R. B., & Catlaw, T. J. (2015). Theories of public organization (7th ed.). Stamford, CT: Cengage Learning.

Learning and public organizations -- The acquisition of knowledge -- Different approaches -- Formal theories of public organization -- Building theories of public organization -- Mapping previous approaches to public organization -- Other constraints on theory -- Democratic public organizations -- The intellectual heritage: Marx, Weber, and Freud -- Karl Marx -- Max Weber -- Sigmund Freud -- What can we learn? -- The political heritage: from Wilson to Waldo -- Beginnings of public administration theory -- Politics-administrations -- The lingering influence of politics-administration -- Adopting business management techniques -- Scientific approaches to management -- Administrative management and organizational structure -- Centralization and integration -- Efficiency: the key measure of success -- Democratic administration -- The rational model of organization -- A science of human behavior -- The generic approach to administration -- The proverbs of administration -- The rational model of administration -- Decision making and policy formulation -- Closed systems versus open systems -- Contemporary developments -- Organizational humanism and the new public administration -- Themes in organizational humanism -- Personality and organization -- Postscript on motivation and organizational humanism -- Organization development in the public sector -- The new public administration -- The policy emphasis and the new public management -- Development of the new public policy orientation -- Responsiveness in the public policy -- Effectiveness in public policy -- The discovery of policy implementation -- Methods of policy analysis -- The intellectual crisis -- The new public management -- Beyond the rational model: toward democratic public organization theory -- A critique of the rational model -- Interpretive/action theory -- Critical social theory -- Discourse and post-traditional public administration -- The new public service -- Outlining the new public service -- Governance, networks, and democracy -- The practitioner as theorist -- Whose theory? which practice? -- Theory, practice, and public organizational life -- Personal learning and theory building -- Toward theories of public organization -- A new role for theorists

Offers an overview of public administration theory that presents multiple viewpoints, enabling students to develop their own philosophies of public administration, and helping them relate theory to application. - From the Book