Browsing by Author "Moynihan, Donald P."
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The End of an Idea? The Bush Administration and the Exhaustion of the Politicized Presidency
Moynihan, Donald P.; Roberts, Alasdair S. (2008)The most important component of the George W. Bush administration's management agenda was the extension of the politicized presidency. However, the strategy of increased tighter political control of the federal bureaucracy ... -
Evaluating Green Tier: A Practical Guide for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Sakazaki, Melody; Rushmer, Erin; Frost, Jessalyn; Beckstrom, Darryn (2006)This report presents the authors suggested criteria for the evaluation of the Green Tier program, which encourages partnerships between the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) and state businesses to improve ... -
Explaining Turnover Intention in State Government: Examining the Roles of Gender, Life Cycle and Loyalty
Moynihan, Donald P.; Landuyt, Noel (2008)To understand the intent of state employees to leave their jobs, this paper looks at life-cycle, gender and loyalty. The authors find that age, experience, and geographical preference coupled with economic and family ... -
Finding Workable Levers over Work Motivation: Comparing Job Satisfaction, Job Involvement and Organizational Commitment
Moynihan, Donald P.; Pandey, Sanjay K. (2007)Managers have varying degrees of influence over aspects of work motivation, with the most over job satisfaction and the least over job involvement. Public service motivation, advancement opportunities, role clarity, job ... -
A Heckuva Job: How Management Failures Doomed the Bush Administration
Moynihan, Donald P. (2008)This extended review examines six volumes and discusses the Bush administration from a public management perspective. -
How do Public Organizations Learn? Bridging Cultural and Structural Perspectives
Moynihan, Donald P.; Landuyt, Noel (2007)This article presents a model of organizational learning and finds that leaders seeking to foster learning should recognize that most relevant organizational variables combine structural and cultural aspects, which are ... -
Leadership and Reform: Mapping the Causal Pathways of Performance Information Use
Moynihan, Donald P.; Wright, Bradley E.; Pandey, Sanjay K. (2009)The authors examine how leadership fosters performance data and influences the implementation of management reforms. They suggest that transformational leadership has a positive but indirect effect on the use of performance ... -
Low- and No-Cost Sustainable Design Solutions for Existing Wisconsin Government Facilities
Von Feldt, Brandon; Ronca, Justin; Lemoine, Peter (2006)The authors outline a framework for reducing the environmental impacts of Wisconsin facilities run by the Department of Administration. Next, they apply this framework to the Department of Revenue building in Madison. The ... -
Measuring How Administration Shapes Citizenship: A Policy Feedback Perspective on Performance Management
Moynihan, Donald P.; Wichowsky, Amber (2007)Governments' emphasis on gauging the outcomes of social programs generally do not measure how a policy affects an individual's role as citizen. The authors argue that performance management systems should focus on ... -
Milwaukee's Community Development Block Grant: Connecting Youth Services and Economic Development
Shore, Bethany; Murphy, Kevin; Fitzgerald, Julie; Carlson, Nina (2007)The City of Milwaukee uses federal block grant funds to contract with community organizations for youth services. The Milwaukee Budget Office asked the authors to review CDGA?s Youth Services grant process to determine the ... -
The Network Governance of Crisis Response: Case Studies of Incident Command Systems
Moynihan, Donald P. (2008)This examination of hierarchical incident command systems (ICS) used in crises explores how the network properties of crisis responses fundamentally affect ICS operations in terms of coordination, authority and trust. -
The Normative Model in Decline? Public Service Motivation in the Age of Governance
Moynihan, Donald P. (2007)This paper examines how public management reforms that foster market values (through performance measurement, financial incentives and contracting out) crowd-out the public service motivation of employees. The flaws of the ... -
Public Policies, Citizenship Outcomes and the Implications for Performance Measurement: An Analysis of the Program Assessment Rating Tool
Moynihan, Donald P.; Wichowsky, Amber (2006-11-02) -
Public Service Motivation and Interpersonal Citizenship Behavior in Public Organizations: Testing a Preliminary Model
Pandey, Sanjay K.; Wright, Bradley E.; Moynihan, Donald P. (2007)This paper tests the relationships between individual levels of public service motivation and interpersonal citizenship behavior. The authors find that public service motivation increases organizational citizenship, even ... -
Reducing Health-Care Associated Infections: An Organizational How-To Guide
Moynihan, Donald P.; Safdar, Nasia (2011-03)The authors apply concepts of organizational theory to the empirical study of efforts to improve the safety of hospital patients. By identifying elements of efforts to improve safety, they outline a model of organizational ... -
Through A Glass, Darkly: Understanding the Effects of Performance Regimes
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The Ties that Bind: Social Networks, Person-Organization Fit and Turnover Intention
Pandey, Sanjay K.; Moynihan, Donald P. (2007)The authors argue that employees exist in social networks that shape employee attitudes and behavior. They find that strong relationships with coworkers reduce intent to leave but do not uncover strong support ... -
Transportation Utility Fees: Possibilities for the City of Milwaukee
Smith, Lamont; Kurowski, Karen; Duckwitz, Bill; Carlson, Deven (2007)Using four evaluation criteria, this report evaluates whether Milwaukee should implement a transportation utility fee (TUF) to fund the operation and maintenance of transportation infrastructure in the city. Under a TUF, ... -
Vehicle Use by Employees of the Milwaukee Department of Neighborhood Services
Steiner, Tim; Larson, Erik; Grill, Kristen (2007)This report is a classic cost analysis. The Milwaukee Budget and Management Division charged us with the task of evaluating the costs associated with alternative means of vehicle provision for the City?s Department of ... -
What Do We Talk About When We Talk About Performance? Dialogue Theory and Performance Budgeting
Moynihan, Donald P. (2005)Published in Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory. This paper examines the Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART) in the federal budgeting process. The early evidence on PART prompts the search for a ...