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Public Affairs Faculty

Eugene B. McGregor Jr.
Professor

Ph.D., Syracuse University, 1968

Professor McGregor's research and teaching interests center on the interaction of public policy, organizational structure, and management practice. Special current research interests focus on the relationship between public education and economic development and the impact of information technology on the structure and management of public enterprise. He is currently working on a book-length manuscript on the "public strategy and structure problem," dealing with the linkages between policy goals, implementation strategy and structure, and innovation.

He is author of Strategic Management of Human Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: Workforce Decision Making in the Post-Industrial Era (Jossey-Bass, 1991) and coauthor (with Charles F. Bonser and Clinton V. Oster Jr.) of American Public Policy Problems: An Introductory Guide, 2nd edition (Prentice-Hall, 2000). In addition, numerous published articles have appeared in edited volumes and such journals as: Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, American Political Science Review, Journal of Politics, Public Administration Review, Administration and Society, The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Policy Sciences, and Educational Policy, to name a few.

Recent Publications

Author, "Book Review Essay: The Failure and Accountability Puzzle." Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 24(3), forthcoming, summer 2005.

Author, "Book Review Essay: Public Instruments and Governmental Tools." Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, (23(2), 387-93.

Author, "Book Review Essay: The Rise and Fall Literature," Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 21(4), 727-34.

Author, "Making Sense of Change," in Jeffrey L. Brudney, Laurence J. O'Toole Jr., and Hal G. Rainey (eds.), Advancing Public Management: New Developments in Theory, Methods, and Practice (Georgetown University Press, 2000), 127-151.