Ralph P. Hummel

Hummel graduated from Wayne State University, where he worked for The Daily Collegian. He worked as a reporter and editor for The New York Times and The Washington Post, among other papers. He received his Ph.D. in political science from New York University in 1972. His Ph.D. thesis examined the concept of charisma in the works of Max Weber.{{cite book |last1= Hummel |first1=Ralph P. |title= Charisma in Politics: Psycho-Social Causes of Revolution as Pre-Conditions of Charismatic Outbreaks within the Framework of Weber's Epistemology |year=1972 |publisher= New York University, Graduate School of Arts and Science |location= New York|oclc= 54839529}}{{cite journal|last1=Steyrer|first1= Johannes |title=Charisma and the Archetypes of Leadership|journal=Organization Studies|volume=19|issue=5|year=1998|pages=807–828|issn=0170-8406|doi=10.1177/017084069801900505|s2cid= 145280795 |quote=Hummel (1972: 95 ff.), for example, proves 17 different phenotypes in his analysis of relevant texts by Weber….|url= http://www.uk.sagepub.com/chaston/Chaston%20Web%20readings%20chapters%201-12/Chapter%206%20-%2011%20Steyrer.pdf}}

He taught at Fordham University, State University of New York at Fredonia, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, New York University, Brooklyn College, and the University of Oklahoma.{{cite journal|last1=Hummel|first1=Ralph P.|title=The Triumph of Numbers: Knowledges and the Mismeasure of Management|journal=Administration & Society|volume=38|issue=1|year=2006|pages=58–78|doi=10.1177/0095399705284202|s2cid=143278380 }} After 10 years as a professor at the University of Akron in the Department of Public Administration and Urban Studies, he retired in 2008 and became professor emeritus.{{cite web |url= http://blogs.uakron.edu/pausnews/2008/06/|title= Professor Retires|date=June 17, 2008|author= University of Akron |accessdate=June 25, 2012}}

Hummel's most famous work was the book The Bureaucratic Experience which went through five editions (1977, 1982, 1987, 1994, and 2008). The book contends that bureaucracy is dehumanizing; for example, it deals with cases instead of people, and it focuses on efficiency at the expense of other human values.{{cite book | last = Hummel | first = Ralph P.| title = The Bureaucratic Experience: the Post-Modern Challenge | publisher = M.E. Sharpe | location = Armonk, NY | year = 2008 | edition = 5th| isbn = 9780765610102 }}

Hummel also wrote The Real American Politics: Changing Perspectives on American Government (Jan 1986) and Politics for Human Beings with Robert A. Isaak (1975)

Hummel was born in Karlsruhe, Germany, on August 9, 1937, emigrated to Canada and eventually to the United States in 1951. He was married to Camilla Stivers, a professor of public administration. He died in Rockport, Maine on March 20, 2012.{{cite news |title= Ralph P. Hummel |url= http://www.freepressonline.com/main.asp?SectionID=44&SubSectionID=66&ArticleID=18285&TM=85392.39 |newspaper= Free Press Online (Rockland, ME)|accessdate=June 25, 2012}}

• {{cite book | last1 = Isaak | first1 = Robert A. | last2 = Hummel | first2 = Ralph P. | title = Politics for Human Beings | publisher = Duxbury Press | location = North Scituate, MA | year = 1975 | isbn = 978-0878720729 }}
• {{cite book | last = Hummel | first = Ralph P. | title = The Bureaucratic Experience | publisher = St. Martin's Press | location = New York | year = 1977 | isbn = 978-0312108151 | url-access = registration | url = https://archive.org/details/bureaucraticexpe00humm }}
• {{cite book | last1 = Hummel | first1 = Ralph P. | last2 = Isaak | first2 = Robert A. | title = Politics for Human Beings | edition = 2nd| publisher = Duxbury Press | location = Monterey, CA | year = 1980 | isbn = 978-0878722297}}
• {{cite book | last = Hummel | first = Ralph P.| title = The Bureaucratic Experience | publisher = St. Martin's Press | location = New York | year = 1982 | edition = 2nd | isbn = 978-0312108519 }}
• {{cite book | last1 = Hummel | first1 = Ralph P. | last2 = Isaak | first2 = Robert A. | title = The Real American Politics: Changing Perspectives on American Government | url = https://archive.org/details/realamericanpoli00humm | url-access = registration | publisher = Prentice-Hall | location = Englewood Cliffs, NJ | year = 1986 | isbn = 978-0137623525 }}
• {{cite book | last = Hummel | first = Ralph P.| title = The Bureaucratic Experience | publisher = St. Martin's Press | location = New York | year = 1987 | edition = 3rd | isbn = 978-0312108533 }}
• {{Cite journal|doi=10.1177/027507409002000404|last1=Hummel|first1= Ralph P.|title=Uncovering Validity Criteria for Stories Managers Hear and Tell|journal= American Review of Public Administration|volume=20|issue=4|year=1990|pages=303–314|hdl=11244/25081|s2cid=143947001 |hdl-access=free}}
• {{Cite journal|doi=10.2307/976634|last1=Hummel|first1=Ralph P.|title=Stories Managers Tell: Why They Are as Valid as Science|journal=Public Administration Review|volume=51|issue=1|year=1991|pages= 31–41 |jstor=976634}}
• {{cite book | last = Hummel | first = Ralph P.| title = The Bureaucratic Experience: a Critique of Life in the Modern Organization | publisher = St. Martin's Press | location = New York | year = 1994 | edition = 4th| isbn = 978-0312095543 }}
• {{Cite journal | last1= Gale | first1 = Scott A. |last2=Hummel |first2=Ralph P. |year= 2003|title= A Debt Unpaid — Reinterpreting Max Weber on Bureaucracy |journal= Administrative Theory & Praxis|volume=25|issue=3|pages=409–418| doi = 10.1080/10841806.2003.11029411 | s2cid = 156065737 }}
• {{Cite journal |doi=10.1177/0095399705284202 |last=Hummel |first=Ralph P. |year=2006 |title=The Triumph of Numbers: Knowledges and the Mismeasure of Management |journal= Administration & Society|volume=38|issue=1|pages=58–78|s2cid=143278380 }}
• {{Cite journal |doi=10.1177/0095399707309815 |last=Hummel |first=Ralph P. |year=2008 |title=Toward Bindlestiff Science: Let's All Get Off the 3:10 to Yuma |journal= Administration & Society|volume=39 |issue=8 |pages= 1013–1019|s2cid=144691164 }}
• {{cite book | last = Hummel | first = Ralph P.| title = The Bureaucratic Experience: the Post-Modern Challenge | publisher = M.E. Sharpe | location = Armonk, NY | year = 2008 | edition = 5th| isbn = 9780765610102 }}

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