Commander Ray C. Oman, USN (ret.) is
“a Senior Program Analyst with the Headquarters of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and has experience as an analyst
and manager in both federal civilian and defense agencies.” Commander Ray C. Oman is a co-author of Management
Analysis in Public Organizations: History, Concepts, and Techniques.
According to the book description of
Management Analysis in Public Organizations: History, Concepts, and Techniques, “ As public
organizations seek ways to provide better services and products at lower costs, they are turning more and more to management
analysis (MA). This, the first comprehensive guide to the field, will help analysts, managers, and administrators understand
how MA can improve output, productivity, and bottom line performance. This volume explains in detail the quantitative and
qualitative approaches that management analysts employ in problem solving and enumerates MA's contributions to improving
organization's decision making. It also makes clear that the relationship between the analyst and administrator is a collaborative
one, and that to achieve excellence each must understand the other's methods of operation, viewpoints, and goals. Written
by practicing management analysts with extensive experience who also teach MA, the book opens with a discussion of MA theory
and its many applications, drawing on government regulations and the literature in the field as well as original research.
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The authors' discussion of the
history and development of MA, including current trends, helps the reader understand the nature and direction of the field.
The volume also treats the core areas of the practicing management analyst including organization structure, management studies,
computers and automation, and productivity, as well as emerging specialties such as policy analysis, program evaluation, and
rigorous analytical studies. Because of the growing market for management analysis in private and public sectors, one chapter
is devoted to MA services provided by private firms. The realistic approach resulting from the authors' experiences as
analysts is supplemented by original empirical research on the conduct and acceptance of studies and evaluations for management,
as well as annotated and selected bibliographies. With its focus on the future of MA, the book will be useful not only to
other analysts and their clients, but also to the students and teachers of public administration.”
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