Government Performance: Why Management Matters (Johns Hopkins Studies in Governance and Public Management) - Softcover

Ingraham, Patricia W.; Joyce, Philip G.; Donahue, Amy Kneedler

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0801872286 ISBN 13: 9780801872280

Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003

Synopsis

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 resources management, information technology management, capital management, and systems for managing results. 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.

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About the Author

Patricia W. Ingraham is Founding Dean at the College of Community and Public Affairs, Binghamton University. She is the author of The Foundation of Merit: Public Service in American Democracy and coauthor of Government Performance: Why Management Matters, both published by Johns Hopkins.

Edition details

• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0801872286
• ISBN 13: 9780801872280
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 216