Creativity and Public Policy: Generating Super-Optimum Solutions (Policy Studies Organization Series)

This Book Will Provide Principles And Examples From The Public Sector Examining Different Ways To Achieve 'super-optimum Solutions'. The Theoretical Aspects And Principles Will Be Consolidated And Discussed In The Closing Section. The Significance Of Super-optimum Solutions To Various Public Administration Concerns Is Demonstrated. Decision-makers Striving To Make More Informed And More Responsive Choices Will Find The Techniques Conducive To Greater Organizational Creativity.--jacket. 1. Expanding The Resources. Dealing With The Deficit. National Economic Growth -- 2. Third Party Benefactor And Well-placed Incentives. Housing For The Poor. Food Prices. Raising Faculty Salaries Without Raising Taxes. Inflation In Russia. Well-placed Incentives And Governmental Investments -- 3. Sos Allocation By Expanding The Budget. The General Method. Substantive Ideas. Decision-aiding Software -- 4. Setting Higher Goals. The Artificial Labor Shortage. The Parliamentary Alternative And New Constitutional Rights. Voting Rights In South Africa. Higher Goals In General -- 5. Decreasing The Causes Of The Conflict. Capital Punishment. Chinese Population Control. Trying To Commute To And From Manila -- 6. Redefining The Problem. Stuart S. Nagel. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 241-246) And Index.