Recommendations for an Effective 2008 Transition

Johnson, Clay

doi:10.1111/j.1540-6210.2008.00902.x

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“…In addition to these emergent concerns, notable attention went to political and economic matters, such as election administration (Moynihan 2004; Wise 2001), presidential transitions (Johnson 2008; Kumar 2008; Wellford 2008), and financial crises. PAR ran a special symposium on election administration prior to the November 2008 presidential election (September/October) and another on the financial crisis in 2009 (July/August).…”

Section: Qualitative Observations About the Past Decade: Three Importmentioning

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Trends in the Study of Public Administration: Empirical and Qualitative Observations from Public Administration Review, 2000–2009

Raadschelders

Lee

2011

Public Administration Review

116

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What are the apparent research and methodological trends in PAR’s content over the past decade? From the perspective of the journal’s 70‐year history, with its aim to “mesh” practitioner and academic knowledge creation, topical coverage since 2000 reflects striking continuity, emphasizing many of the “bread and butter” administrative issues such as planning, human resources, budgeting, and public management. A marked increase in coverage is apparent in the application of more sophisticated quantitative statistical methodology, as well as in the number of female authors, while the number of practitioner authors declined sharply. Throughout the first turbulent decade of the twenty‐first century, three intellectual themes stood out: evaluations of New Public Management, connections between practitioners and academicians, and responsiveness to immediate social, economic, and political challenges. Given the constant demand for usable knowledge, scholars seem to have marginalized attention to the historical context and epistemological foundations of the study. The central challenge in the years ahead will be to effectively use research methods in response to the big questions of government and society that defy measurement. Since many [empiricists], especially the younger, do not know very much about epistemology, they tend to be quite dogmatic about the one set of canons that dominate them. —C. Wright Mills, 1959

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Section: Qualitative Observations About the Past Decade: Three Importmentioning

confidence: 99%

Trends in the Study of Public Administration: Empirical and Qualitative Observations from Public Administration Review, 2000–2009

Raadschelders

Lee

2011

Public Administration Review

116

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“…To illustrate, consider a new administration taking office with partisan control changing hands (as for all administrations in our data). Consistent with the first two hypotheses, the President's prioritization of policy effects should lead him to try and quickly influence ideologically divergent departments and agencies (C. Johnson, 2008;Lewis, 2008;Weko, 1995). However, this effect may be mitigated by the possibility the executive knows more about whom to appoint for allied agencies (assuming lack of expertise about whom to pick delay nominations).…”

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The When and Why of Nominations

Hollibaugh

Rothenberg

2016

American Politics Research

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Scholars interested in bargaining over political appointments typically analyze the duration between the candidate's nomination and eventual disposition, ignoring the prior period between vacancy and nomination. Using a dataset of vacancies reported to the Government Accountability Office, we instead examine the nomination stage. We uncover both commonalities and differences between the dynamics of nomination and those of confirmation. Ideological divergence between the President and the Senate filibuster pivot tends to delay nominations but only under divided government. Presidents not only move more quickly on more important positions, but are also influenced by the ideological leanings of the agencies.

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“…Existing transition materials provide insights for new administrations on how to staff the White House and how to succeed in the appointments process (see, e.g., Johnson ; Kumar ). They include details about how past administrations have managed their relations with the bureaucracy, developed a legislative strategy, and dealt with the immediate need to adjust the budget prepared by the last administration.…”

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President Trump as Manager: Reflections on the First Year

Lewis¹,

Bernhard²,

You³

2018

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Prior to becoming president, Donald Trump was widely known as a successful business executive. As a candidate, Trump promised to run government like his business. His supporters and critics, however, disagree about how the president has performed as a manager. In this article, we review President Trump's performance as a manager during his first year in office. We examine three dimensions of his approach-transition preparation, staffing, and management style. Notably, we find that the president's halting transition limited his effectiveness in the first year. Unlike previous presidents, President Trump chose neither a politicizing nor a centralizing strategy to gain control over administrative policy making during his first year. We also note that President Trump prefers a competitive and freewheeling decision-making environment but is struggling with the consequences of such a structure. The article concludes with an assessment of the first year and prospects for the president moving forward.

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Recommendations for an Effective 2008 Transition

Abstract: In response to Martha Joynt Kumar’s essay on maximizing presidential transitions while minimizing hazards, this essay presents additional practical recommendations, framed within the context of the upcoming presidential transition.

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Trends in the Study of Public Administration: Empirical and Qualitative Observations from Public Administration Review, 2000–2009

Trends in the Study of Public Administration: Empirical and Qualitative Observations from Public Administration Review, 2000–2009

The When and Why of Nominations

President Trump as Manager: Reflections on the First Year

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