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A Practical Guide to Government Management provides a comprehensive yet one-volume work on high-level government management and can be described as a mangement book, reference book, and textbook all in one. It is geared towards any upper level government manager, public administration student, or anyone interested in public sector management. Government managers receive limited or no management training, and at higher levels, focus more on policy than management, with negative consequences for the agencies they manage. This book seeks to address that dearth, written from the point of view of someone who successfully led government organizations, for an extended period, and faced a wide variety of managerial problems and issues. It covers a number of topics seldom discussed (and certainly not all in one volume), such as handling problem employees, cutback management, prioritization, making decisions, gaining control of an organization, and telling one's boss —the elected official—no.Leo Strine, Chief Justice of Delaware's Supreme Court and a former colleague, says that “In a time when many Americans are jaded about public service, it's refreshing to be reminded that there are talent

Author

Vincent P. Meconi

Publisher

Lanham, Maryland: Bernan Press, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc.

Published

2015

Language

EN

ISBN

9781598887525

Subjects

Political Science, Military, Social_sciences