Practicing Public and Nonprofit Management

Practicing Public and Nonprofit Management is the contemporary follow-up to the popular casebook Practicing Public Management. This practical casebook is a compilation of 39 concise, realistic cases designed for a variety of teaching purposes in public and nonprofit management programs. The collection is eclectic and covers a rich variety of management issues. Practicing Public and Nonprofit Management is the most complete of compendium of public and nonprofit management case studies available today.

C. Kenneth Meyer, Ph.D. Thomas F. Sheehan Distinguished Professor of Public Administration, College of Business and Public Administration, Drake University Nationally Recognized Author, Speaker, Professor C. Kenneth Meyer is an author of nearly a dozen books on public personnel management, public management practice, violence in American society,public administration and public policy. He has published nearly 100 scholarly articles on a range of topics including: effective and efficient government, program evaluation, workplace violence, organizational training and development, policy evaluation, and public participation strategies. During C. Kenneth Meyer s 37 years of teaching at the university level, he has taught more than 45 diverse courses for the public administration field including public administration, public policy, research methods and statistics, empirical theory, international policy, American government, politics and public participation. Among these courses is an international award-winning comparative public management and public policy class incorporating a European study abroad component. The class is focused specifically on identifying the best worldwide practices in the public, non-profit and private sectors. The information learned and resources gathered from these identified best models and best practices are incorporated in the cases presented in these two new must have teaching resources, Managing America s Organizations and Managing Public Service Organizations. As an invited speaker, presenter and host for more than 50 presentations around the world, C. Kenneth Meyer keeps an active schedule speaking and consulting throughout North America, Europe and Asia. Lance J. Noe Director, Center for Professional Studies, Drake University College of Business and Public Administration Lance J. Noe contributes extensive teaching and consulting experience in state and local government to Managing America s Organizations and Managing Public Service Organizations. He directs and facilitates public management, private sector, and non-profit coursework in both professional certificate and graduate programs. Jeffrey A. Geerts, M.P.A Special Projects Manager, Iowa Economic Development Authority Nationally Selected as a Top 7-Up-and-Coming Professional, By Resource Recycling magazine Jeffrey A. Geerts is a leader in policy development and implementation. He has gained extensive experience in policy development and grassroots democracy while working for the Iowa Economic Development Authority, Iowa Department of Natural Resources and Iowa Senate. Mr. Geerts is currently state project manager for two nationally recognized innovative sustainable community demonstration projects taking place in West Union and Woodbine, Iowa that are causing a positive transformative impact on the revitalization of the downtown areas of these communities. Since 1998, Jeff has co-instructed an international award winning graduate international comparative policy class that has studied in-depth best practices and model programs and policies throughout the United States and Europe and has incorporated a study abroad component each year since 1999. Mr. Geerts brings to these publications his experience serving on boards of directors of state and national non-profits. Jeff is an EcoDistricts Accredited Professional and holds a certification in Charrette System and Charrette Management and Facilitation from the National Charrette Institute.