Case Research in Public Management

Highly readable and non-technical, this handbook is designed to help students and non-profit managers gain a working knowledge of the principles and practices of conducting qualitative case study research in public organizations. This book is a motherload of practical and comprehensive guidance to planning, conducting, analyzing, and reporting case research project findings. McNabb begins with a detailed rationale for the use of the case research approach in public administration, non-profit organizations, and political science. Then it provides step-by-step instructions on how to conduct single-case, multicase, and meta-analysis research, with guidelines on organizing and writing the case report. Case Research in Public Management also includes many examples of case studies in a wide range of important topics in public administration, including performance management, sustainable government, technology management, security issues, emergency and disaster management, social and health services, infrastructure, public transportation, and transforming the work of government.

Table of Contents:
Introduction Part I. The What and How of Case Research 1. What Is Case Research? 2. When to Do Case Research and How to Pick Cases 3. The Range of Case Research Designs 4. Single-Case Research Designs 5. Multicase Research Designs 6. Getting Started in Single-Case and Multicase Research 7. Meta-Analysis Research Designs and Processes 8. Collecting and Analyzing Case Data 9. Document Analysis Methods 10. The Case Research Report Part II. Case Research in Public Management 11. Case Research in Public Policy and Management 12. Case Research in Performance Management 13. Case Research in Sustainable Government 14. Case Research in Technology Management 15. Case Research in National Security Issues 16. Case Research in Emergency and Disaster Management 17. Case Research in Social and Health Services 18. Case Research in Public Infrastructure 19. Case Research in Public Transportation 20. Case Research in the Work of Government

About the Author :

David E. McNabb, Pacific Lutheran University professor emeritus, is the author of two comprehensive research methods texts, both of which are now in their second edition. The first edition of his Research Methods in Public Administration and Nonprofit Organizations was awarded the 2004 John Grenzebach Research Award for Research in Philanthropy. He continues to teach at colleges and universities in the United States and internationally. He has been an adjunct professor in the master’s degree program in Public Administration at The Evergreen State College (TESC) in Olympia, Washington, the European master’s degree program of the University of Maryland–University College, and an adjunct professor at the University of Washington–Tacoma. He is currently teaching at a branch campus of Olympic College, Bremerton, Washington.