CONTENTS Preface ... ⅴ Contributors ... xii Factors Affecting the Context of State Government Administration 1. Introduction and Overview of State Government Administration / John J. Gargan ... 1 2. Management Consequences of the 1960-1990 'Modernization' of State Government / James K. Conant ... 13 3. State Administration and Intergovernmental Interdependency : Do National Impacts on State Agencies Contribute to Organizational Turbulence? / Deil S. Wright ; Chung-Lae Cho ... 33 4. State Administration in Cultural Context / H. Edward Flentje ... 67 Basic State Government Management Practices 5. Governors as Chief Administrators and Managers / F. Ted Hebert ... 107 6. The Independent Political Executive in State Governance / Julia E. Robinson ... 127 7. Budgeting in Slate Government : Control and Management / Thomas P. Lauth ; Paula E. Steinbauer ... 155 8. Developments in Personnel/Human Resources Management in Slate Government / Curtis R. Berry ... 177 9. Strategic Management in State Governments / Paul C. Nutt ; Robert W. Backoff ... 221 10. Administration of Innovations in State Government / Keon S. Chi ... 289 11. Productivity Management in State Governments / Evan M. Berman ... 307 12. Policy Research in State Government / Peter J. Haas ... 331 13. Measuring Performance in State Government / Maria P. Aristigueta ... 347 Administering Policies of State Government 14. Administration of State Economic Development Policy / Keith Boeckelman ... 363 15. Administration of State Government Rural Development Policy / Robert Agranoff ; Michael McGuire ... 385 16. Administration of State Economic Development : Decision Making Under Uncertainty / Karen Mossberger ... 421 17. Administration of Developmental-Disabilities Services in State Government / Paul J. Castellani ... 441 18. Administration and Management of State Human Service Agencies / Lawrence L. Margin ... 461 19. Administration of Welfare Reform in the States / Edward T. Jennings, Jr. ... 483 20. Medicaid in the States : Administrative Reforms Under Devolution / Joseph Drew ; Thomas E. Yatsco ... 519 21. Management of State Corrections Policies : Consequences of Getting Tough on Crime / Betsy Fulton ... 561 22. Administration of State Environmental Policies / A. Hunter Bacot ; Roy A. Dawes ... 591 23. Organization and Management of Public Works in State Government / Claire L. Felbinger ; Willard T. Price ... 613 Concluding Assessment 24. State Governing Challenges for the New Century / John J. Gargan ... 641 Index ... 655