The art of governance : analyzing management and administration / Patricia W. Ingraham and Laurence E. Lynn, Jr., editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ingraham, Patricia W.

Lynn, Laurence E., 1937-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public administration--Research.

Public administration.

Human services--Management--Research.

Human services.

Public administration--Evaluation.

Human services--Management--Evaluation.

Human services--Management.

Research.

Physical Description:

xiv, 238 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, [2004]

Summary:

Public administration has evolved into an extraordinarily complex form of governance employing traditional bureaucracy, quasi-government public organizations, and collaborative networks of non-governmental organizations. Analyzing and improving government performance-a matter of increasing concern to citizens, elected officials, and managers of the organizations themselves-has in turn become a much more fraught undertaking. Understanding the new complexities calls for new research approaches.

The Art of Governance presents a fresh palette of research based on a new framework first developed by coeditor Laurence E. Lynn, Jr., with Carolyn J. Heinrich and Carolyn J. Hill, in their book Improving Governance: A New Logic for Empirical Research. That book identified how relationships among citizens, legislatures, executive and organizational structures, and stakeholders interact in order to better diagnose and solve problems in public management.

This volume takes that relational concept into new realms of conceptualization and application as it links alternative institutional and administrative structures to program performance in different policy areas and levels of government. Collectively, the contributors begin to paint a new picture of how management matters throughout the policy process. They illuminate how, at different levels of an organization, leadership and management vary-and explore both the significance of structural systems and the importance of alternative organizational forms for the implementation of public policies.

The Art of Governance shows that effective governance is much more complex than paint-by-number, but if the variety of forms and models of governance are analyzed using advanced theories, models, methods, and data, important lessons can be applied that can lead to more successful institutions.

Contents:

Part I Choosing a Conceptual Lens 1

1 Governance as an Organizing Theme for Empirical Research / Carolyn J. Heinrich, Carolyn J. Hill, Laurence E. Lynn 3

2 Framing High Performance and Innovativeness in Government: A Review and Assessment of Research / Hal G. Rainey, Jay Eungha Ryu 20

Part II Social Program Service Delivery: Identifying the Linkages in Diverse Settings 47

3 Alternative Governance Structures for Welfare Provider Networks / Jo Ann G. Ewalt 49

4 Governance, Evidence-Based Practice, and Performance in Substance Abuse Treatment Programs / Carolyn J. Heinrich 71

5 Can Casework Design Choices Improve Outcomes for Clients Who Are Difficult to Employ? Evidence from Welfare-to-Work Offices / Carolyn J. Hill 95

Part III Government Organizations: Identifying the Linkages in Diverse Settings 123

6 Management and Performance Outcomes in State Government / Amy K. Donahue, Willow S. Jacobson, Mark D. Robbins, Ellen V. Rubin, Sally C. Selden 125

7 Linking Dimensions of Public Sector Leadership to Performance / Patricia W. Ingraham, Jessica E. Sowa, Donald P. Moynihan 152

Part IV The Map for Future Analysis 171

8 Putting Performance Measurement in Context / Edward T. Jennings, Meg Patrick Haist 173

9 Conceptual Issues in Modeling and Measuring Management and Its Impacts on Performance / Kenneth J. Meier, Laurence J. O'Toole 195

10 Analyzing Management Structures and Systems in a Governance Framework: What Have We Learned? / Patricia W. Ingraham 224.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1589010345

OCLC:

54677547