Understanding and managing public organizations / Hal G. Rainey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rainey, Hal G. (Hal Griffin), 1946-

Series:

Essential Texts for Nonprofit and Public Leadership and Management

Educational resources for nonprofit and public management

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public administration.

Political science.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (547 p.)

Edition:

4th ed.

Place of Publication:

San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Understanding and Managing Public Organizations provides a comprehensive analysis of research and practice on public organizations and management. In this fourth edition of his award-winning best seller, Hal Rainey reviews topics including organizational goals and performance, decision making and strategy, leadership, motivation, organizational structure and design, organizational change, and others. He analyzes effective and ineffective practices, with suggestions for managing contemporary and classic challenges in public organizations, and with illustrative vignettes and examples. Car

Contents:

Understanding and Managing Public Organizations, Fourth Edition; CONTENTS; FIGURES, TABLES, AND EXHIBITS; PREFACE; Audience; Organization; Acknowledgments; THE AUTHOR; PART ONE: THE DYNAMIC CONTEXT OF PUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS; Chapter 1: THE CHALLENGE OF EFFECTIVE PUBLIC ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; Chapter 2: UNDERSTANDING THE STUDY OF ORGANIZATIONS; Chapter 3: WHAT MAKES PUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS DISTINCTIVE; Chapter 4: ANALYZING THE ENVIRONMENT OF PUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS; Chapter 5: THE IMPACT OF POLITICAL POWER AND PUBLIC POLICY; PART TWO: KEY DIMENSIONS OF ORGANIZING AND MANAGING

Chapter 6: ORGANIZATIONAL GOALS AND EFFECTIVENESSChapter 7: FORMULATING AND ACHIEVING PURPOSE; Chapter 8: ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE, DESIGN, TECHNOLOGY, AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; Chapter 9: UNDERSTANDING PEOPLE IN PUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS; Chapter 10: UNDERSTANDING PEOPLE IN PUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS; Chapter 11: LEADERSHIP, MANAGERIAL ROLES, AND ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; Chapter 12: TEAMWORK; PART THREE: STRATEGIES FOR MANAGING AND IMPROVING PUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS; Chapter 13: MANAGING ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT; Chapter 14: ADVANCING EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR; REFERENCES

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Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-470-52868-0

1-282-33490-5

9786612334900

0-470-52866-4

OCLC:

503829934