Norma M. Riccucci is a Professor of Public Administration at the School of Public Affairs and Administration at Rutgers University

Rutgers University

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey , is the largest institution for higher education in New Jersey, United States. It was originally chartered as Queen's College in 1766. It is the eighth-oldest college in the United States and one of the nine Colonial colleges founded before the American...

 in Newark. She is a scholar in the field of Public Administration

Public administration

Public Administration houses the implementation of government policy and an academic discipline that studies this implementation and that prepares civil servants for this work. As a "field of inquiry with a diverse scope" its "fundamental goal.....

. An authority on issues related to affirmative action

Affirmative action

Affirmative action refers to policies that take factors including "race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or national origin" into consideration in order to benefit an underrepresented group, usually as a means to counter the effects of a history of discrimination.-Origins:The term...

 and public management

Public management

Public management is a term that considers that government and non-profit administration resembles private-sector management in some important ways. As such, there are management tools appropriate in public and in private domains, tools that maximize efficiency and effectiveness...

, Dr. Riccucci is widely known for her work in the area of diversity management in government employment.

Education

Riccucci holds a Masters of Public Administration MPA

MPA

-Academic degrees:* Master of Professional Accountancy* Master of Public Administration* Master of Public Affairs* Master of Physician's Assistant-Chemicals:* Medroxyprogesterone acetate, also known by the brand name Depo-Provera* Morpholide of pelargonic acid...

 from the University of Southern California

University of Southern California

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 Los Angeles and a PhD in public administration from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs

Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs

The Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs is the public policy school of Syracuse University...

 at Syracuse University

Syracuse University

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Career

Riccucci was an assistant then associate professor in Public Administration

Public administration

Public Administration houses the implementation of government policy and an academic discipline that studies this implementation and that prepares civil servants for this work. As a "field of inquiry with a diverse scope" its "fundamental goal.....

 at the University at Albany, SUNY

University at Albany, SUNY

The State University of New York at Albany, also known as University at Albany, State University of New York, SUNY Albany or simply UAlbany, is a public university located in Albany, Guilderland, and East Greenbush, New York, United States; is the senior campus of the State University of New York ...

 from 1985-1998. She was Professor of Public Administration from 1998-2002. She became Professor of Public Administration

Public administration

Public Administration houses the implementation of government policy and an academic discipline that studies this implementation and that prepares civil servants for this work. As a "field of inquiry with a diverse scope" its "fundamental goal.....

 at Rutgers University, Newark in 2002. Presently, she is Professor II at Rutgers University

Rutgers University

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey , is the largest institution for higher education in New Jersey, United States. It was originally chartered as Queen's College in 1766. It is the eighth-oldest college in the United States and one of the nine Colonial colleges founded before the American...

 in Newark, where she directs the Ph.D. program.

Authored and Coauthored Books

• Public Administration: Traditions of Inquiry and Philosophies of Knowledge Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2010.

http://www.amazon.com/Public-Administration-Traditions-Philosophies-Management/dp/1589017048/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1297903857&sr=1-3

• How Management Matters: Street-Level Bureaucrats and Welfare Reform. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2005.

http://www.amazon.com/How-Management-Matters-Street-level-Bureaucrats/dp/1589010418/ref=sr_1_6?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1298049479&sr=1-6

• Managing Diversity in Public Sector Workforces. Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 2002.

http://www.amazon.com/Managing-Diversity-Workforces-Essentials-Administration/dp/081339838X/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1298049517&sr=1-2

• Unsung Heroes: Federal Execucrats Making a Difference. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 1995.

http://www.amazon.com/Unsung-Heroes-Federal-Execucrats-Difference/dp/087840595X/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1298049606&sr=1-5

• Personnel Management in Government, Sixth Edition. Boca Raton, FL: Taylor & Francis, 2007. 600 pp.  Coauthor: Katherine Naff; Contributing coauthors, Jay Shafritz and David H. Rosenbloom
  David H. Rosenbloom
  David H. Rosenbloom is a well-known scholar in the field of Public Administration. He is the Distinguished Professor of Public Administration at the School of Public Affairs at American University in Washington, DC, and is currently servng as Chair Professor of Public Management, City University...
  
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Fifth Edition. NY: Marcel Dekker, 2001. 587 pp.  Coauthors: Jay Shafritz, Katherine Naff, David H. Rosenbloom

David H. Rosenbloom

David H. Rosenbloom is a well-known scholar in the field of Public Administration. He is the Distinguished Professor of Public Administration at the School of Public Affairs at American University in Washington, DC, and is currently servng as Chair Professor of Public Management, City University...

, Albert Hyde.

Fourth Edition, 1992, 553 pp. Coauthors, Shafritz, Hyde, and David H. Rosenbloom

David H. Rosenbloom

David H. Rosenbloom is a well-known scholar in the field of Public Administration. He is the Distinguished Professor of Public Administration at the School of Public Affairs at American University in Washington, DC, and is currently servng as Chair Professor of Public Management, City University...

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Translated into Chinese as Guo Wai Xing Zheng Xue Jing Dian Yi Cong. Beijing,: J.D.
Publishers, 1997.
http://www.amazon.com/Personnel-Management-Government-Politics-Administration/dp/0849385199/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1298313164&sr=1-5

• Personnel Management in Government: Current Concerns, Future Challenges, Fourth Edition, edited. New York: Longman Press, 2006.

http://www.amazon.com/Public-Personnel-Management-Concerns-Challenges/dp/0321364686/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1298313164&sr=1-3

• Public Personnel Administration and Labor Relations, edited. Armonk, New York: M.E. Sharpe, 2007

http://www.amazon.com/Public-Personnel-Administration-Relations-Classics/dp/0765616807

External links

• School of Public Affairs and Administration at Rutgers University, Newark Web Site: http://spaa.newark.rutgers.edu/
• Maxwell School of Syracuse University Web Site: http://www.maxwell.syr.edu/
• The University of Southern California Web Site: http://www.usc.edu/
• Public Management Research Association Web Site: http://www.pmranet.org/
• Georgetown University Press series on Public Management and Change Web Site: http://www.press.georgetown.edu/series.html?se=17