The New Effective Public Manager: Achieving Success in a Changing Government (Jossey-Bass Public Administration) [Hardcover]

Steve Cohen (Author), William Eimicke (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0787900877 | ISBN-13: 978-0787900878 | Publication Date: April 21, 1995 | Edition: 2nd

This updated and expanded edition shows managers how to meet the new challenges of public management head-on rather than simply working around the constraints of government. New information includes the response to the crisis in management as reflected in ideas and recommAndations generated from the Volcker, Winter, and Gore commission reports; the effectiveness of the reinvention and reengineering movements in public management; applying hands-on, real-world tested total quality management techniques to the public sector; and much more. Will benefit both public management practitioners and students of public administration and management.

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In recent years, new demands have surfaced in the arena of public management: The crisis of confidence in public management. Total quality management. Budget cutbacks. The reinvention movement. 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.In The New Effective Public Manager, Steven Cohen and William Eimicke provide expert 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. The authors examine the range of typical problems that a manager faces in directing a public agency's internal operations as well as in dealing with the outside world. They provide comprehensive guidance on every phase of managing public agencies, including specific strategies for successful personnel management, improved information flow, more effective budgeting, increased productivity, and optimal long-range planning. And they offer the public manager advice on how to build and maintain a professional reputation and advance in the government hierarchy. This revised and expanded edition will benefit both public management practitioners and students of public administration and management. Information new to this edition includes:

• The response to the crisis in management as reflected in ideas and recommendations generated from the Volker, Winter, and Gore commission reports.
• The effectiveness of the reinvention and reengineering movements in public management.
• Applying hands-on, real-world tested total quality management techniques to the public sector.
• And much more.

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This updated and expanded edition shows managers how to meet the new challenges of public management head-on rather than simply working around the constraints of government. Will benefit both public management practitioners and students of public administration and management. Information new to this edition includes the response to the crisis in management as reflected in ideas and recommAndations generated from the Volcker, Winter, and Gore commission reports; the effectiveness of the reinvention and reengineering movements in public management; applying hands-on, real-world tested total quality management techniques to the public sector; and much more.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 304 pages
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass; 2nd edition (April 21, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0787900877
• ISBN-13: 978-0787900878
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,059,765 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Slender, readable, more than adequate, March 11, 2000

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This review is from: The New Effective Public Manager: Achieving Success in a Changing Government (Jossey-Bass Public Administration) (Hardcover)

A small book on a large subject--But the shorter length makes it more likely to be read. The book has a series of chapters on the expected topics, like dealing with hiring, firing, and the personnel system. It is a worthwhile book, but doesn't have anything startlingly new or original. Still one of the few books to treat this subject from a practioner's view rather than an academic one. If the subject interests you, I'd suggest reading Haass's "The Power to Persuade" in addition to (not instead of) this book.

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1.0 out of 5 stars It will help managers catch up on their sleep, July 3, 2002

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This review is from: The New Effective Public Manager: Achieving Success in a Changing Government (Jossey-Bass Public Administration) (Hardcover)

With prose more sleep-inducing than general anesthesia, this tome (at least it feels long) microwaves managerial cliches until you wish to forgo a career in public service. Avoid at all costs.