The reflective practitioner and the uses of rhetoric
By: Farmer, David John
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Contributor(s): PATTERSON, Patricia.
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ArticlePublisher: Malden, MA : Blackwell Publishers, jan./feb.2003Public Administration Review: PAR 63, 1, p. 105-111Abstract: This essay invites reflection on four practical uses of rhetoric: as a way to provide persuasive emphasis in administrative communication; as a technique of analysis to improve public administration and expand its limits; as a resource in identifying individual administrative signature; and as a vehicle for reevaluating public administration's group signature. It reflects on the authors' experiences and considers possibilities for change toward more conscious and effective group selfrepresentations.
This essay invites reflection on four practical uses of rhetoric: as a way to provide persuasive emphasis in administrative communication; as a technique of analysis to improve public administration and expand its limits; as a resource in identifying individual administrative signature; and as a vehicle for reevaluating public administration's group signature. It reflects on the authors' experiences and considers possibilities for change toward more conscious and effective group selfrepresentations.
Public Administration Review PAR
January/February 2003 Volume 63 Number 1
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