<p><p><b>Discover the latest insights in organization theory from a comprehensive and masterful volume</b></p> <p><i>Understanding and Managing Public Organizations</i>, 6th Edition provides readers with an authoritative reference for scholars, masters, and doctoral students in public management and public affairs programs in the United States and other nations.</p> <p>The 6th Edition of <i>Understanding and Managing Public Organizations</i> presents the latest research and insights from organization and management theory and their application to public organizations and the people in them. The book expands coverage from previous editions about organizational goals, performance and effectiveness, strategy, decision-making, structure and design, organizational change, operating environments, individuals and groups, motivation and work-related attitudes, leadership, teamwork, and more.</p> <p>Authors and professors Hal Rainey, Sergio Fernandez, and Deanna Malatesta provide new and expanded coverage of such topics as</p> <ul> <li>The context and distinctive character of public and nonprofit organizations, including expanded coverage of "publicness" and of the legal context including "state action"</li> <li>Performance management, measurement, organizational effectiveness, and managing for high performance</li> <li>Representative bureaucracy, workforce diversity, and performance</li> <li>Communication and information technology</li> <li>Employee engagement and empowerment, intrinsic motivation, self-determination theory, public service motivation, and positive organizational behavior--resilience, self-efficacy, optimism, and hope</li> <li>Recent developments in theory and thought on leadership, including authentic leadership, shared leadership, servant leadership, and integrated leadership</li> <li>Design and process topics including red tape and green tape, administrative burdens, and organizational routines</li> <li>Theoretical perspectives such as behavioral theory of decision making, resource dependence theory, and others, and their implications for public and nonprofit organizations</li> <li>Advances in theory and practice about rapid developments in collaborative governance, organizational networks, partnerships, and contracting</li> <li>Since the book is used in courses for students in numerous public affairs programs, this new edition updates the Instructor's Guide, with new and revised PowerPoint slides, cases, exercises, and discussion and examination questions</li> <li>These materials, with the topics in the chapters, are designed to address the learning outcomes required by NASPAA accreditation requirements</li> </ul> <p>Belonging on the shelf of scholars and students in public affairs, as well as anyone interested in public management or organization theory, this new edition of <i>Understanding and Managing Public Organizations</i> provides an advanced and comprehensive enhancement to a widely used and compelling series of previous editions.</p></p>

Understanding and Managing Public Organizations (Essential Texts for Nonprofit and Public Leadership and Management)

Business & Money

Rainey, Hal G.

FERNÁNDEZ, SERGIO

Malatesta, Deanna

Management & Leadership

wiley

<p><p>Los problemas de dinero nunca se han solucionado con dinero, sino con ideas nuevas. Sin embargo, cuando pasamos por dificultades económicas, toda nuestra energía se canaliza en tratar de resolverlas, y -paradójicamente- no generamos ideas nuevas.</p> <p>Por eso este libro no trata tanto sobre dinero, sino sobre cómo recuperar la libertad sobre tu tiempo y tu energía. Para ello, debes aprender primero qué es el dinero, los mitos y las creencias que tenemos sobre el mismo, así como las actitudes necesarias para mejorar tu situación económica.</p> <p>La mayoría de las personas no ha estudiado nada sobre el dinero, aunque se trate de una herramienta que emplean cada día. Esta nueva obra de Sergio Fernández, autor de los best sellers Vivir sin jefe y Vivir sin miedos, entre otros libros, explica, como nadie lo ha hecho hasta ahora, todo lo que debes saber para cambiar de una vez tu economía y tu vida.</p> <p><b>Please note: This audiobook is in Spanish.</b></p></p>

Libertad financiera: Los cinco pasos para que el dinero deje de ser un problema (Spanish Edition)

Personal Finance

Audible Studios on Brilliance Audio

Representative Bureaucracy and Performance: Public Service Transformation in South Africa (Executive Politics and Governance)

<p><div>"<i>Representative Bureaucracy and Performance: Public Service Transformation in South Africa</i> is a first-rate blend of quantitative and qualitative analysis of one of the major transitions in modern governance. Fernandez makes a major theoretical contribution to the literature on representative bureaucracy in demonstrating how descriptive representation translates into both active representation and better performance. His discussion of the crucial role of language and communication brings new insight to the literature on public administration and democracy."</div> <div>--Kenneth Meier, Distinguished Scholar in Residence, American University</div> <div><br /></div> "This study of public sector transformation goes beyond the descriptive qualitative research largely found in South African public administration historiography by undertaking sophisticated quantitative analysis to show that representation of previously historically disadvantaged groups, under certain circumstances, can improve the performance of public organizations. This is an excellent contribution, not only to public administration scholarship in South Africa, but also to the sparse literature on public organizations in developing countries. The book should be of great value to scholars and practitioners of public administration, as well as to students of political science and organizational studies." <div>--Robert Cameron, Professor, University of Cape Town</div> <br /> <div>"This book provides an excellent analysis of the theory of representative bureaucracy in the context of South African post-apartheid government. South Africa is an important and fascinating case. The work adds substantially to the literature on representative bureaucracy and will be of interest to all who are concerned with the effectiveness of government organizations."</div> <div>--J. Edward Kellough, Professor, University of Georgia</div> <div><br /></div> <div>Governments throughout the world seek to promote employment equity and ensure that bureaucracies are representative of the citizenry. South Africa offers a rare and fascinating case for exploring what happens to bureaucracies as they undergo demographic transformation. Grounded in the theory of representative bureaucracy and using a mixed methods approach, this book explores how major changes in the demographics of the South African public service have affected the performance of the institution. The empirical analysis offers compelling evidence that representative bureaucracies perform better. As public organizations become increasingly representative by hiring historically disadvantaged persons, especially Africans, their performance improves, controlling for a range of factors. Evidence indicates representative bureaucracies perform better because they empathize with and advocate for historically disadvantaged communities, are equipped with linguistic and cultural competencies to serve a diverse citizenry, and can induce compliance, cooperation, and coproduction.</div> <div><br /></div></p>

Politics & Social Sciences

Politics & Government

PALGRAVE~MACMILLAN

<p>Outlining how to banish fear, this motivational guide teaches how to live with confidence, meaning, and peace. Answering many questions—such as What is your purpose in life? Have you given up your dream? and Do you celebrate your successes?—this book invites the reader to examine their current life style while reflecting on day-to-day issues and proposing a reinvention of self.</p>
<p>Resumiendo cómo desterrar el miedo, esta guía motivacional enseña cómo vivir con confianza, significado y paz. Respondiendo a muchas preguntas—como ¿Cuál es su propósito en la vida? ¿Ha renunciado su sueño? y ¿Celebra usted sus éxitos?—este libro invita al lector a examinar su estilo de vida actual mientras refleja sobre los problemas diarios y propone una reinvención de sí mismo.</p>

Vivir sin miedos: Atrévete a comenzar de nuevo (Plataforma actual) (Spanish Edition)

Self-Help

Motivational

Plataforma Editorial, S.L.

<b>Sergio Fernández y Raimon Samsó reúnen en este libro los 70 hábitos que nos convertirán en emprendedores de éxito y demuestran que ello depende más de la actitud, la mentalidad y, sobre todo, de los hábitos, que de los conocimientos adquiridos en cualquier universidad.</b> <b>Un libro para los héroes del siglo XXI: los emprendedores.</b> <br><br>El mercado laboral vive una verdadera revolución. Los empleos estables están desapareciendo y esto nos obliga a reinventarnos y a adaptarnos. En este contexto, cada vez más personas optan por emprender. Sin embargo, con frecuencia lo hacen sin la actitud, el conocimiento y el compromiso necesarios. El resultado es bien conocido: alrededor del 85% de los proyectos emprendedores fracasan antes de los cinco años, algo que podría evitarse con la preparación adecuada. <br><br>Emprender no es un objetivo en sí mismo, una forma de ganar dinero o una salida laboral; <b>emprender es una misión que dota de sentido a la vida, una manera de ofrecer nuestro valor a otros seres humanos y una transformación personal de gran calado</b>: tu proyecto no crecerá más de lo que tú crezcas como persona. <br><br>Los emprendedores de éxito son la humanidad del futuro. Personas hechas a sí mismas, en constante formación, motivadas, exigentes consigo mismas, apasionadas, educadas e instruidas, tolerantes, capaces de liderar, serviciales y colaboradoras, que aman lo que hacen y que se nutren espiritualmente. Este libro nos permitirá convertirnos en emprendedores de éxito de forma automática, simplemente incorporando los <b>70 hábitos imprescindibles</b> para conducir nuestra vida al siguiente nivel tanto en el terreno personal como en el profesional. Una vez activados estos hábitos, el éxito será inevitable. <br><br><b>Recuerda, tu misión: emprender.ENGLISH DESCRIPTIONThis book is for the hero of the 21st Century, the entrepreneur.</b>The labor force is currently going through a revolution. Secure and stable employers are quickly fading away and this drives a whole working force to reinvent itself and adapt to changes. Because of this, there are more and more people looking to be entrepreneurs, however, this decision is often made without the right attitude, the proper knowledge, or the necessary commitment. The result is an 85% failure rate of entrepreneurial projects within the first five years, which is something that can be prevented with the appropriate research and planning. This book will help people automatically become successful entrepreneurs by simply implementing the 70 essential habits to take their lives into the next level, in the personal and professional settings. Once these habits have been implemented, success will be inevitable. Always keep focus on your mission: succeed!

Misión emprender. Los 70 hábitos de los emprendedores de exito / Mission Enterprise: Mission Enterprise. The 70 Habits of Successful Entrepreneurs (Spanish Edition)

Samsó, Raimon

Business Development & Entrepreneurship

Conecta

<p>Los problemas de dinero nunca se han solucionado con dinero, sino con ideas nuevas. Sin embargo, cuando pasamos por dificultades económicas, toda nuestra energía se canaliza en tratar de resolverlas, y –paradójicamente– no generamos ideas nuevas. Por eso este libro no trata tanto sobre dinero, sino sobre cómo recuperar la libertad sobre tu tiempo y tu energía. Para ello, debes aprender primero qué es el dinero, los mitos y las creencias que tenemos sobre el mismo, así como las actitudes necesarias para mejorar tu situación económica. La mayoría de las personas no ha estudiado nada sobre el dinero, aunque se trate de una herramienta que emplean cada día. Esta nueva obra de Sergio Fernández, autor de los best sellers Vivir sin jefe y Vivir sin miedos, entre otros libros, explica, como nadie lo ha hecho hasta ahora, todo lo que debes saber para cambiar de una vez tu economía y tu vida.</p>

Libertad financiera: Los cinco pasos para que el dinero deje de ser un problema

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Plataforma Actual

<p>Si te gusta la cocina o por el contrario no sabes cocinar, este es tu libro. Mariló Montero y Sergio Fernández te ofrecen las mejores recetas de la sección «Saber cocinar» de «La mañana de La 1» de TVE. Con ellos aprenderás a realizar los platos más sencillos, sanos, ricos y económicos, además de los diferentes métodos de c</p>

Saber cocinar. Recetas y trucos de la mañana de la 1

Montero, Mariló

Espasa

Saber cocinar en días de fiesta

El gran libro de la cocina tradicional

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

RTVE

Cooking Education & Reference

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