Robert B. Denharrlt is a professor in the School of Public Affairs at/lrizona
State University and o visiting scholar at the University of Delaware. Dn
Denhordt is a post president of the American Society for Public Administra-
tion, ond the founder and first chair aFASPA's National Campaign for Public
Service, on elfort to assert the di nity and worth of public service across the
nation. He is also o member of tfie National Academy of Public Administra-
tion and o fellow of the Canadian Centre for Management Development Dr.
Danhardt has ublishecl I4 books, including Theories oi Public Organiza-
tion, Public Aclihinistrotion: An Action Orientation, ln the Shadow o Orga-
nization, The Pursuit of Signilicance, Executive Leadership in the Public Ser-
vice, and The Revitalization oi the Public Service. He holds o docbrate h-om
the University ol Kentuclry Email: rbd@asu.edu