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In the third edition of his award-winning book, Hal G. Rainey provides a comprehensive, up-to-date analysis of research on public organizations and management. Drawing on a review of the most current research about government organizations and managers— and about effective and ineffective practices in government— this important resource offers specific suggestions for managing these challenges in today's public organizations. Using illustrative, real-life vignettes and examples, the book provides expert analysis of organizational design, goals, power, effectiveness, leadership, motivation and work attitudes, decisionmaking, and more.
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This book offers a comprehensive integration of research on management and organizations, along with numerous real-life vignettes and examples, to provide an authoritative view of the key issues facing public organizations.
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Hal G. Rainey is Alumni Foundation Distinguished Professor at the University of Georgia. Rainey received the 2009 Dwight Waldo Award for career achievement in public administration scholarship as well as the 1995 Charles H. Levine Award for Excellence in Public Administration Research, Teaching, and Public Service. The first edition of Understanding and Managing Public Organizations won the Best Book Award of the Public and Nonprofit Division of the Academy of Management.
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- PublisherJossey-Bass Inc Pub
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 0787965618
- ISBN 13 9780787965617
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number3
- Number of pages300
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