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Government Performance
Ingraham, Patricia W.; Joyce, Philip G.; Donahue, Amy Kneedler
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Description for Government Performance
Paperback. 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. Series: Johns Hopkins Studies in Governance and Public Management. Num Pages: 216 pages, 4, 4 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 295.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Series
Johns Hopkins Studies in Governance and Public Management
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801872280
SKU
V9780801872280
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About Ingraham, Patricia W.; Joyce, Philip G.; Donahue, Amy Kneedler
Patricia W. Ingraham is Distinguished Professor of Public Administration in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University. Philip G. Joyce is an associate professor of public administration at the George Washington University. Amy Kneedler Donahue is an assistant professor of public administration and political science at the University of Connecticut.
Reviews for Government Performance
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 ... Read more