Technical Management in an Age of Openness: The Political, Public, and Environmental Forest Ranger
Technical Management in an Age of Openness: The Political, Public, and Environmental Forest Ranger
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DOI：
10.1002/pam.21697
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发表时间：
2013-06-01
影响因子：
3.8
通讯作者：
Anderson, Terry L.
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作者：
Anderson, Sarah E.;Hodges, Heather E.;Anderson, Terry L.
现代官僚机构面临着公众和国会的投入以及机构专业知识之间的权衡。美国林务局提供了一个机会来定量分析一个需要向公众更加开放和国会投入的机构是否将被迫忽视其在管理资源方面的技术专长。这项研究使用了林务局从 2001 年到 2011 年开展的 83,000 项危险燃料减少活动的数据。尽管结果表明管理人员对公众和国会的考虑做出了回应，但这并没有阻止他们利用自己的技术知识来恢复最偏离自然条件的土地。这表明管理者可以在对公共和政治原则的响应与技术上健全的管理之间取得平衡。 (C) 2013 年公共政策分析与管理协会。
Modern bureaucracy faces trade-offs between public and congressional input and agency expertise. The U.S. Forest Service offers an opportunity to quantitatively analyze whether an agency that is required to be more open to the public and congressional input will be forced to ignore its technical expertise in managing resources. This study uses data on 83,000 hazardous fuels reduction activities conducted by the Forest Service from 2001 to 2011. Although the results show that managers are responsive to public and congressional considerations, this has not prevented them from utilizing their technical knowledge to restore lands most deviated from natural conditions. This suggests that managers can balance responsiveness to public and political principals with technically sound management. (C) 2013 by the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management.