Government Performance

Why Management Matters

Häftad, Engelska, 2003

Av Patricia W. Ingraham, Philip G. Joyce, Amy Kneedler Donahue, Patricia W. (College of Community and Public Affairs) Ingraham, Philip G. (The George Washington University) Joyce, Amy Kneedler (University of Connecticut) Donahue, Patricia W Ingraham, Philip G Joyce

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Scholars and practitioners of public management have stressed the importance of such varied concepts as efficiency, process, systems, and capacity as key to running effective government programs. While acknowledging the usefulness of each of these criteria, the authors of Government Performance argue that one quality above all is crucial to the overall performance of government: effective management. Examining government performance at the federal, state, and local levels, the authors present analyses of public management systems in all fifty states, the thirty-five largest cities, forty large counties, and a number of federal agencies. They examine systems for financial management, human resources management, information technology management, capital management, and systems for managing results. While acknowledging the political context of all public administration systems, they argue that effective management of these systems nevertheless provides the key to good government performance.

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Utgivningsdatum2003-11-14
Mått152 x 229 x 12 mm
Vikt295 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieJohns Hopkins Studies in Governance and Public Management
Antal sidor216
FörlagJohns Hopkins University Press
ISBN9780801872280

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This slim volume, a seminal study, provides a positive picture of public managers eager to learn and to create management capacity, which is posited as the key to governmental performance... A must read for students of public management. Choice 2004 The authors of this volume argue that one quality above all is crucial to the overall performance of government: effective management. International Review of Administrative Sciences An ambitious and well-publicized attempt to define criteria for measuring government performance... Well argued and rich in material. -- Sandford Borins Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory 2004