what are the key points in this excerpt?: Concerns about educating people for public management also fueled debate. In the wake of an upsurge in government activity during the 1960s, graduate programs in public administration spread among universities around the country. The National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration (later renamed as the Network of Schools of Public Policy, Affairs, and Administration) began to accredit these programs. Among other criteria, this process required master of public administration (MPA) programs to emphasize management skills. This implied the importance of identifying how MPA programs compare to master of business administration (MBA) programs in preparing people for management positions. At the same time, it raised the question of how public management differs from business management. These developments coincided with expressions of concern about the adequacy of our knowledge of public management. In 1979, the US Office of Personnel Management (1980) organized a prestigious conference at the Brookings Institution. The conference featured statements by prominent academics and government officials about the need for research on public management. It addressed a widespread concern among practitioners and researchers about "the lack of depth of knowledge in this field" (p. 7). At around the same