In pursuit of performance : management systems in state and local government / edited by Patricia W. Ingraham.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ingraham, Patricia W.

Government Performance Project (U.S.)

Series:

Johns Hopkins studies in governance and public management.

Johns Hopkins studies in governance and public management

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Government productivity--United States.

Government productivity.

Management information systems--United States.

Management information systems.

United States--Politics and government.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (269 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Pursuit of Performance is an invaluable tool for government leaders and the scholars who study them.

Contents:

Studying state and local management systems / Patricia W. Ingraham

Putting money where the need is / Yilin Hou

Underpinning government / Carol Ebdon

Government's largest investment / Sally Coleman Selden and Willow Jacobson

The performance challenge / B.J. Reed, Lyn Holley, and Donna Dufner

The reality of results / Donald P. Moynihan

Integration of management systems in state and local government / Ora-Orn Poocharoen and Patricia W. Ingraham

Learning to build capacity / Dale Jones and Dana Michael Harsell

Counting the ways management matters to performance / Patricia W. Ingraham and Donald P. Moynihan.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8018-9193-0

1-4356-9194-6

OCLC:

923193710