Federal management reform in a world of contradictions / Beryl A. Radin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Radin, Beryl A., 1936-

Series:

Public management and change.

Public management and change series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Administrative agencies--United States--Management.

Administrative agencies.

Civil service reform--United States.

Civil service reform.

Public administration--United States.

Public administration.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (216 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : Georgetown University Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Proposals for reform have dotted the federal management landscape in the United States for more than 50 years. Yet these efforts by public management professionals have frequently failed to produce lasting results. In her new book, Federal Management Reform in a World of Contradictions , renowned public administration scholar Beryl A. Radin reveals what may lie behind the failure of so many efforts at government management reform. To spur new thinking about this problem, Radin examines three basic sets of contradictions between the strategies of the reformers and the reality of the US federal

Contents:

Introduction

The background

Public/private management relationships

Political structures matter

Contracting out: A-76

Personnel policy reform

Reorganization as reform

Budgeting as reform

Federalism and intergovernmental relations

Performance measurement

Living with contradictions.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781589018938

1589018931

OCLC:

782879894