Handbook of Organization Management: 19 (Public Administration and Public Policy)

The public administrator just not benefit from any analytic tool plan or design, no matter how well thought out, unless it is implemented successfully. Handbook of organisation management addresses the challenges managers face when trying to achieve desired results in public organisations, stressing the integration of both techniques and personal skills.

Written by leading experts in their respective fields each topic is treated from the manager's point of view. In five distinctive sections this comprehensive practical guide offers an invaluable overview of major concerns of public managers… discuss is the management of public employees… examines overall organisation issues and management skills… illustrates several specific tools and techniques necessary for successful public management… and explores the ongoing interactions of organisations with the outside world.

Moreover this extraordinary book presents a final chapter surveying concepts and methods examined throughout the text and summarising the major characteristics of the public agencies environment. In this environment of rapid change mounting pressures and increasing sophistication practitioners and students of public management or administration as well as educators and managers in business, cannot afford to be without Handbook of Organisation Management!

William B. Eddy is associate Dean and camper professor of administration in the school business of and public administration University of Missouri Kansas City. He received the BS and Ms degrees from Kansas State University and the Ph.D degree in industrial psychology from Michigan State University. Dr. Eddy has authored several articles and books on the application of behavioural science methods and conducts management programmes and serves as a consultant for public as well as private organisations. A licenced organisational psychologist Dr. Eddy is a fellow of the American Psychological Association and a member of the American Society for Public Administration and the National Training Laboratories.