Understanding and managing public organizations / Hal G. Rainey ; cover design by Michael Cook.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

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

Contributor:

Cook, Michael.

Series:

Essential texts for nonprofit and public leadership and management

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public administration.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (572 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

Fifth edition

Other Title:

Understanding and managing public organisations

Place of Publication:

San Francisco, California : Jossey-Bass, [2014]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This revised edition of the best-selling text in the field includes a guiding framework of organizational analysis emphasizing the integration and coordination of the domains of the organization with the motivations, work attitudes, and behaviors of the people who lead them. Includes new research and practice from the US and internationally in collaboration and networks, innovation, process improvement through IT, open government and citizen participation, customer service, and a provides a greater emphasis on management practice through illustrative examples of those who are leading success

Contents:

Understanding and Managing Public Organizations; Copyright; Contents; Figures, Tables, and Exhibits; Preface; Audience; Organization; Acknowledgments; The Author; Part 1: The Dynamic Context of Public Organizations; Chapter 1: The Challenge of Effective Public Organization and Management; Toward Improved Understanding and Management of Public Organizations; General Management and Public Management; Organizational Behavior, Organization Theory, and Management; Public Administration, Economics, and Political Science; Issues in Education and Research; Ineffective Public Management?

Effective Public Management The Challenge of Sustained Attention and Analysis; Organizations: A Definition and a Conceptual Framework; Notes; Chapter 2: Understanding the Study of Organizations: A Historical Review; The Systems Metaphor; Classical Approaches to Understanding Organizations; Frederick Taylor and Scientific Management; Max Weber: Bureaucracy as an Ideal Construct; The Administrative Management School: Principles of Administration; Reactions, Critiques, and New Developments; The Hawthorne Studies: The Discovery of Human Beings in the Workplace

Chester Barnard and Herbert Simon: The Inducements-Contributions Equilibrium and the Limits of Rationality Social Psychology, Group Dynamics, and Human Relationships; The Human Relations School; Open-Systems Approaches and Contingency Theory; The Quiet Controversy Over the Distinctiveness of Public Organizations and Management in Organization Theory; Chapter 3: What Makes Public Organizations Distinctive; Public Versus Private: A Dangerous Distinction?; The Generic Tradition in Organization Theory; Findings from Research; The Blurring of the Sectors

The Importance of Avoiding Oversimplification Public Organizations: An Essential Distinction; The Purpose of Public Organizations; The Concept of Public Values; Identifying Public Values; The Meaning and Nature of Public Organizations and Public Management; Problems and Approaches in Public-Private Comparisons; Common Assertions About Public Organizations and Public Management; Chapter 4: Analyzing the Environment of Public Organizations; General Dimensions of Organizational Environments; Research on Environmental Variations; Recent Trends in Research on Organizational Environments

The Political and Institutional Environments of Public Organizations Major Components and Dimensions; General Institutions and Values of the Political Economy; Constitutional Provisions; Competence Values; Responsiveness Values; Chapter 5: The Impact of Political Power and Public Policy; Public Organizations and the Public; Public Opinion and Mass Publics; Ambivalence and Paradoxes in Public Opinion; Public Opinion and Agencies, Policies, and Officials; Media Power: Obvious and Mysterious; Interest Groups, Clients, and Constituencies; Legislative Bodies; Formal Authority; Informal Influence

Limits on Legislative Power

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-118-58449-X