What Are the Values, Principles, and Assumptions Underlying Any Assessment of Presidential Managemen

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What Are the Values, Principles, and
Assumptions Underlying Any Assessment of
Presidential Management Capacities to Address
Challenges of the 21st Century?Ron MoeJohn
Kamensky

• Standing Panel on Executive Organization and
  Management
• October 2006

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Three Common Ways of Viewing Public
Administration
Source Charles Goodsell, A New Vision of
Public Administration, PAR, July/August 2006
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The 4 Tides of Reform
Source Paul Light, Tides of Reform Making
Government Work, 1945-1995 1997
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A View from the State Perspective

• Underlying values, principles, and assumptions
• Implications for presidential management capacity
• Options for future presidents

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A View from the Market Perspective

• Underlying values, principles, and assumptions
• Implications for presidential management capacity
• Options for future presidents

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A View from Civil Society Perspective

• Underlying values, principles, and assumptions
• Implications for presidential management capacity
• Options for future presidents

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Discussion

• Are there intersections between the different
  perspectives?
• Do differences prevent a consistent framework for
  law and/or presidential direction?
• Can we present a consistent set of recommended
  options to future administrations?