Understanding and Managing Public Organizations - Hardcover

Rainey, Hal G.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1555423442 ISBN 13: 9781555423445

Publisher: Jossey-Bass, 1991

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author

HAL G. RAINEY is professor of political science at the University of Georgia and recipient of ASPA's 1995 Charles H. Levine Award for Excellence in Public Administration Research, Teaching, and Public Service. The first edition of his book won the Best Book Award of the Public and Nonprofit Sectors Division of the Academy of Management in 1992.

Review

Best Book Award, Public and Nonprofit Sectors Division of the Academy of Management

"A masterful textbook, as well as an important and original contribution to the public organization theory literature. Rainey's book is the only one available that is both comprehensive in its treatment of organization theory and decidedly 'public' in its perspective . . . the book is not simply appropriate for courses on public management and organization theory, it is the best book available."
— Public Administration Review

"Comprehensive, coherent, and exceptionally thorough . . . a masterful work."
— Public Productivity and Management Review

"This book is outstanding and the best single source book available for the topics it addresses. I assign it to my Human Resources Management and Organization Theory seminars and I ensure that all my doctoral students read it for comprehensive exams."
— Patricia W. Ingraham, Distinguished Professor of Public Administration, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University

"Over the past decade, there have been only a few books that can be used in graduate courses on public organizations. Rainey's book is far and away the best of these books. I know of no other book that manages to provide really serious coverage of the scholarly literature, and at the same time provide practical lessons for public managers. It is the best out there."
— Barton Wechsler, professor and director, Truman School of Public Affairs, The University of Missouri

"A tremendous contribution to the field. Rainey's ability to synthesize huge research streams from a variety of fields such as political science, public administration, public management, public policy, business administration, management, psychology, sociology, and others is outstanding."
— Jeffrey L. Brudney, professor of public administration and codirector of the Institute for Nonprofit Organizations, The University of Georgia

Edition details

• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 1555423442
• ISBN 13: 9781555423445
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 337