FRINK Linked Data Fragments server

Matches in SemOpenAlex for { <https://semopenalex.org/work/W56890445> ?p ?o ?g. }

• W56890445 startingPage "321" @default.
• W56890445 abstract "ABSTRACT Complex systems theory offers a useful way to conceptualize the position of public administrators; interdisciplinary theory provides them with a process as well as pragmatic suggestions for functioning effectively in that position. The usefulness of these theories is demonstrated by applying them to issues emerging from the debate over community participation in public administration INTRODUCTION Public administrators, especially in urban areas, mediate between a complex environment that poses problems they are expected to solve and constituencies who perceive those problems differently and make conflicting demands for their solution. This condition of environmental and constituency complexity can usefully be addressed with an interdisciplinary approach. Interdisciplinary theory acknowledges that different facets of a complex system must be seen from different perspectives, each contributing insights that require integration so the complexity can be dealt with in its entirety. Complex systems theory offers a useful way to conceptualize the position of public administrators; interdisciplinary theory provides them with a process and pragmatic suggestions for functioning effectively in that position. Specifically, interdisciplinary theory clarifies how to draw most effectively on experts from economics, political science, sociology, anthropology, geography, ethics, and other fields to appreciate the multiple facets of a complex problem and to address it as a whole. In this paper we offer three integrative techniques embedded in the interdisciplinary literature which are useful in responding to complex conditions faced by public administrators as they incorporate communities into policy development and implementation. These three integrative techniques are extension, thinking in terms of continuous variables, and interpenetration. By finding examples of these techniques in the contemporary practice of public administration, we establish the applicability of interdisciplinary theory to public administration, offer a theoretical rationale for some existing practices, and suggest a strategy for developing other effective techniques for coping with the complexity faced by practicing public administrators. In short, interdisciplinary theory offers public administrators a practical strategy for integrating conflicting perspectives of experts with those of diverse constituencies to jointly solve complex community problems. COMPLEXITY, OR THE SCHOLAR-ADMINISTRATOR-CITIZEN CONTEXT OF MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES Picture scholars scattered around a large, extraterrestrial object perennially shrouded in heavy fog and protected by a force shield. This complex object appears to have quite different characteristics depending on one's angle of vision. Its degree of translucence, its structure, and its composition, even its apparent size vary with the perspective from which it is viewed. Over the years, each group of observers has become quite expert at studying the object from their special vantage point through specialized instruments adapted to the particular characteristics of the facet exposed to them. Each has developed a distinctive terminology and body of theory for talking about the issues posed by the object when it is viewed from that position. They have become disciplinary experts. Picture another group of people charged with figuring out and implementing policy regarding the object. Naively, perhaps, they bring in a representative from each group of experts to help them determine if the object is a threat. One sees it as a Trojan horse, another as a source of exotic materials, and a third as a cosmic message. Since the experts disagree about its potential threat, they predictably disagree on appropriate policy. One recommends development of missile technology to send it back to outer space, another favors work on penetrating the force field, while yet another wants to use what has been learned about the object to attempt to communicate with the beings who constructed it. …" @default.
• W56890445 created "2016-06-24" @default.
• W56890445 creator A5031773883 @default.
• W56890445 creator A5072754589 @default.
• W56890445 date "2005-10-01" @default.
• W56890445 modified "2023-09-29" @default.
• W56890445 title "Complexity, Interdisciplinarity and Public Administration: Implications for Integrating Communities" @default.
• W56890445 cites W1548860710 @default.
• W56890445 cites W1567416364 @default.
• W56890445 cites W1597357714 @default.
• W56890445 cites W1600882218 @default.
• W56890445 cites W1992568528 @default.
• W56890445 cites W2003845384 @default.
• W56890445 cites W200833928 @default.
• W56890445 cites W2043653283 @default.
• W56890445 cites W2043989834 @default.
• W56890445 cites W2084414639 @default.
• W56890445 cites W2085131227 @default.
• W56890445 cites W2165126965 @default.
• W56890445 cites W229361934 @default.
• W56890445 cites W2325283445 @default.
• W56890445 cites W2479873235 @default.
• W56890445 cites W345587941 @default.
• W56890445 cites W579893015 @default.
• W56890445 hasPublicationYear "2005" @default.
• W56890445 type Work @default.
• W56890445 sameAs 56890445 @default.
• W56890445 citedByCount "4" @default.
• W56890445 crossrefType "journal-article" @default.
• W56890445 hasAuthorship W56890445A5031773883 @default.
• W56890445 hasAuthorship W56890445A5072754589 @default.
• W56890445 hasConcept C10138342 @default.
• W56890445 hasConcept C111472728 @default.
• W56890445 hasConcept C111919701 @default.
• W56890445 hasConcept C127413603 @default.
• W56890445 hasConcept C138885662 @default.
• W56890445 hasConcept C144024400 @default.
• W56890445 hasConcept C154945302 @default.
• W56890445 hasConcept C162324750 @default.
• W56890445 hasConcept C198082294 @default.
• W56890445 hasConcept C41008148 @default.
• W56890445 hasConcept C539667460 @default.
• W56890445 hasConcept C55587333 @default.
• W56890445 hasConcept C89798329 @default.
• W56890445 hasConcept C98045186 @default.
• W56890445 hasConceptScore W56890445C10138342 @default.
• W56890445 hasConceptScore W56890445C111472728 @default.
• W56890445 hasConceptScore W56890445C111919701 @default.
• W56890445 hasConceptScore W56890445C127413603 @default.
• W56890445 hasConceptScore W56890445C138885662 @default.
• W56890445 hasConceptScore W56890445C144024400 @default.
• W56890445 hasConceptScore W56890445C154945302 @default.
• W56890445 hasConceptScore W56890445C162324750 @default.
• W56890445 hasConceptScore W56890445C198082294 @default.
• W56890445 hasConceptScore W56890445C41008148 @default.
• W56890445 hasConceptScore W56890445C539667460 @default.
• W56890445 hasConceptScore W56890445C55587333 @default.
• W56890445 hasConceptScore W56890445C89798329 @default.
• W56890445 hasConceptScore W56890445C98045186 @default.
• W56890445 hasIssue "3" @default.
• W56890445 hasLocation W568904451 @default.
• W56890445 hasOpenAccess W56890445 @default.
• W56890445 hasPrimaryLocation W568904451 @default.
• W56890445 hasRelatedWork W1528685482 @default.
• W56890445 hasRelatedWork W1546481561 @default.
• W56890445 hasRelatedWork W1754528873 @default.
• W56890445 hasRelatedWork W2052113115 @default.
• W56890445 hasRelatedWork W208549944 @default.
• W56890445 hasRelatedWork W2098532527 @default.
• W56890445 hasRelatedWork W2114316074 @default.
• W56890445 hasRelatedWork W2174508379 @default.
• W56890445 hasRelatedWork W2264363724 @default.
• W56890445 hasRelatedWork W2296822487 @default.
• W56890445 hasRelatedWork W237508885 @default.
• W56890445 hasRelatedWork W2580792727 @default.
• W56890445 hasRelatedWork W2613530460 @default.
• W56890445 hasRelatedWork W2982706791 @default.
• W56890445 hasRelatedWork W315719165 @default.
• W56890445 hasRelatedWork W44185188 @default.
• W56890445 hasRelatedWork W598887509 @default.
• W56890445 hasRelatedWork W626858299 @default.
• W56890445 hasRelatedWork W655777296 @default.
• W56890445 hasRelatedWork W853620442 @default.
• W56890445 hasVolume "29" @default.
• W56890445 isParatext "false" @default.
• W56890445 isRetracted "false" @default.
• W56890445 magId "56890445" @default.
• W56890445 workType "article" @default.