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The New Effective Public Manager: Achieving Success in a Changing Government

The New Effective Public Manager: Achieving Success in a Changing Government


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About the Book

This updated and expanded edition of "The Effective Public Manager" shows managers how to meet the new challenges of public management head-on rather than simply working around the constraints of government. Cohen and Eimicke provide guidance for today's public manager who aspires to tackle the problems of managing public institutions in a proactive, aggressive way - and so become the kind of manager who is able to shape events rather than be shaped by them.

Table of Contents:
The Crisis in Public Management; THE ESSENTIALS: MANAGING EXPECTATIONS, PEOPLE, AND STRUCTURES; Defining Effective Public Management; How to Find and Keep Good Staff; Developing Effective Working Relationships; Structuring Systems, Tasks, and Responsibilities; KEY MANAGERIAL TOOLS; Using Total Quality Management to Improve Performance; Gathering, Organizing, and Using Information; Mastering the Budgetary Process; KEY LEADERSHIP CHALLENGES FACING PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGERS; Shaping Organizational Goals and Strategies; Dealing with the Media, Legislative Bodies, and Interest Groups; Surviving and Thriving in Public Service;.

About the Author :
STEVEN COHEN is associate dean of the School of International and Public Affairs and the director of the Graduate Program in Public Policy and Administration at Columbia University. He is the author of The Effective Public Manager (Jossey-Bass, 1988) and Total Quality Management in Government (Jossey-Bass, 1993 with R. Brand). WILLIAM EIMICKE is the director of the Public Management Training Center and Program in Politics and Public Policy at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs. He has held many high-level public management positions, including director of policy and housing commissioner for the State of New York and assistant director of the New York City Office of Management and Budget.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780787900878
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: Jossey-Bass Inc.,U.S.
  • Height: 238 mm
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 510 gr
  • ISBN-10: 0787900877
  • Publisher Date: 21 Apr 1995
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: Achieving Success in a Changing Government
  • Width: 169 mm


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