Understanding and managing public organizations
"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 resea...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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San Francisco, CA
Jossey-Bass, Wiley
2014
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| Edition: | Fifth edition |
| Series: | Essential texts for public and nonprofit and public leadership and management
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| Collection: | O'Reilly - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Challenge of effective public organization and management
- Understanding the study of organizations: a historical review
- What makes public organizations distinctive
- Analyzing the environment of public organizations
- Impact of political power and public policy
- Organizational goals and effectiveness
- Formulating and achieving purpose: power, decision making, and strategy
- Organizational structure, design, technology, information technology, and social media
- Understanding people in public organizations: motivation and motivation theory
- Understanding people in public organizations: values, incentives, and work-related attitudes
- Leadership, managerial roles, and organizational culture
- Teamwork: understanding communication and conflict in groups
- Managing organizational change and development
- Advancing effective management in the public sector