Combining the most current public management thinking and research with examples of how organizations apply these ideas, MANAGING THE PUBLIC SECTOR is a comprehensive introduction to the field. Written in a manner that is both interesting to students and rigorous in its scholarship, the text aims to balance theory and practice. This Sixth Edition incorporates such issues as new technology, the National Performance Review, and new research on the relationship between personality and performance.

Managing the Public Sector

Starling, Grover

Business & Money

Wadsworth Publishing

Grover Starling is Professor of Management and Public Policy and the former director of programs in public affairs at the University of Houston-Clear Lake. Grover has over 25 years of experience teaching public policy to undergraduate and graduate students, NASA managers, and corporate executives. He has considerable experience in national security policy, having been graduated from the US Military Academy and having served as an officer in the Strategic Air Command (now the Strategic Command); in economic policy, having taught international political economy for over 20 years; in healthcare policy, having helped establish the first accredited healthcare management program in one of the world's leading medical centers (Houston); and in energy and environmental issues, having a B.S. in civil engineering and having directed UHCL School of Business' environmental management program. Besides publishing numerous articles and serving on the editorial board of the Policy Studies Journal, Grover Starling has written Politics and Economics of Public Policy, Strategies for Policymakers, Changing Environment Business, and Managing the Public Sector (now entering its 10th edition). He holds a PhD in government from the University of Texas at Austin.

Thinking About Public Policy

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Oxford University Press

As a public administration textbook that is both interesting to students and rigorous, this book combines recent public management thinking and research with examples of how organizations apply these ideas. It is a comprehensive, balanced, and systematic introduction to the field that blends theory with practice, helping students understand the often abstract and distant world of public management. This text is intended for introduction to public administration, or introduction to public management courses offered at the junior-senior level in departments of political science or at the graduate level in schools of public administration of public affairs. Features: * Generous coverage of state and local government and nonprofit organizations offers a broad perspective of the field. * "Working Profiles" of leading public executives appear in every chapter. * Innovative "Talking Shop" boxes provide a no-nonsense discussion of how experienced practitioners would handle selected management issues. New to this edition: * New topics include reinventing and rethinking government, process reengineering, strategic management in the information revolution, the team approach to organizations, the quest for tax reform, and much more. * Public administration is viewed from a global perspective throughout the book and in features called "Global Perspective". * Ten new cases offer insights into contemporary issues, such as the new Denver International Airport, outlaw engineers at NASA, the Waco tragedy, and more.

Managing the public sector (The Dorsey series in political science)

Politics & Government

The Dorsey Press

Politics and Economics of Public Policy: An Introductory Analysis with Cases (The Dorsey series in political science)

The politics and economics of public policy: An introductory analysis : with cases (The Dorsey series in political science)

Dorsey Press

Understanding American Politics (DORSEY SERIES IN POLITICAL SCIENCE)

Dorsey Pr

Combining the most current public management thinking and research with examples of how public executives and organizations apply these ideas, MANAGING THE PUBLIC SECTOR is a comprehensive introduction to the field. The Eighth Edition continues to engage the student's intellect by providing more than just the basic foundation of management. The text places the application of management in the context of the public sector and tries to capture some of the excitement and challenge of the field.

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

Cengage Learning'

Combining the most current public management thinking and research with examples of how public executives and organizations apply these ideas, MANAGING THE PUBLIC SECTOR is a comprehensive introduction to the field of public management. The Ninth Edition continues to engage the reader's intellect by providing more than just the basic foundations of management; it places the application of management in the context of the public sector and tries to capture the excitement and challenge of the field.

This text presents a view of an ever-changing field of the business environment with an analytical, problem-oriented approach. As well as covering traditional topics, this book includes coverage of practical, action-oriented topics, such as: creating value with technology - a guide for the non-technical manager; the international environment, and knowledge management through the use of text and cases. It is intended for use with business and its environment courses at MBA and executive MBA programmes but is also appropriate for undergraduate business and society courses.

The changing environment of business: A managerial approach

Management & Leadership

Kent Pub. Co.

The Changing Environment of Business: A Managerial Approach

PWS Pub. Co.

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Managing the Public Sector

Thinking About Public Policy

Managing the public sector (The Dorsey series in political science)

The politics and economics of public policy: An introductory analysis : with cases (The Dorsey series in political science)

Managing the public sector (The Dorsey series in political science)

Understanding American Politics (DORSEY SERIES IN POLITICAL SCIENCE)

Managing the Public Sector

Managing the Public Sector

The changing environment of business: A managerial approach

The Changing Environment of Business: A Managerial Approach