Ronald L Olson (65 results)

Condition: good. The book is in good condition with all pages and cover intact, including the dust jacket if originally issued. The spine may show light wear. Pages may contain some notes or highlighting, and there might be a "From the library of" label. Boxed set packaging, shrink wrap, or included media like CDs may be missing.…

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Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Paperback. Condition: Good. City Management is a professional specialty inside of the broader field of Public Administration. In this book, Mr. Olson shares his experience, management philosophy and lessons learned over a career of working in the field. He reveals the inside story about how cities really work. The insights and experiences related by Mr. Olson will inform the general reader and provide valuable perspective to students of public administration and practitioners alike. Many of the lessons learned are applicable to managers in the private sector as well.The book begins by describing cities; it explains what they are, what they do, how they're structured, and how they fit into the American federal system. It explains what City Managers are, what they do and how they fit into the operational requirements of cities. From there the book is divided into the four primary duties of a City Manager: leading, advising the City Council, managing city operations, and engaging people. Each of the four duties are explained in detail, with illustrating anecdotes and lessons learned from Mr. Olson's personal experience. The book concludes with a warning that the city management profession is not for the faint hearted but, for those who wish to contribute to their community, it is full of satisfaction and personal reward from serving people.…

Condition: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Paperback. Condition: Good. City Management is a professional specialty inside of the broader field of Public Administration. In this book, Mr. Olson shares his experience, management philosophy and lessons learned over a career of working in the field. He reveals the inside story about how cities really work. The insights and experiences related by Mr. Olson will inform the general reader and provide valuable perspective to students of public administration and practitioners alike. Many of the lessons learned are applicable to managers in the private sector as well.The book begins by describing cities; it explains what they are, what they do, how they're structured, and how they fit into the American federal system. It explains what City Managers are, what they do and how they fit into the operational requirements of cities. From there the book is divided into the four primary duties of a City Manager: leading, advising the City Council, managing city operations, and engaging people. Each of the four duties are explained in detail, with illustrating anecdotes and lessons learned from Mr. Olson's personal experience. The book concludes with a warning that the city management profession is not for the faint hearted but, for those who wish to contribute to their community, it is full of satisfaction and personal reward from serving people.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Book in Very Good condition.

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Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. How to Manage a City: A Practitioner's Perspective. Book.

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Paperback. Condition: Fair. Wear, tear and discoloration to covers, stain to top of pages (text is unaffected) , paper age-toning, otherise text in clean, reading condition; inscribed by the author; Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, Volume 28, Number 1, Pp. 1-21, 3 Figures in Text, 1 Map; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 21 pages. …

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Hardback or Cased Book. Condition: New. Social Life Of The Owikeno Kwakiutl: Anthropological Records, V14, No. 3. Book.

Softcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. First edition. Very good in wrappers, a paperback. Corners slightly flared. Nice clean condition.

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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1954. Journals, North America, Native Americans. University of California Press/Anthropological Records, Volume 14, no. 3. very good paperback monograph 213-259p. with black taped spine 6/25 at home.

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Condition: New. In English.

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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1940. Journals, North America, Native Americans. Anthropological Records Volume 2, no. 5 University of California Press. Very good black taped spine and mottled brown boards, stamped ex-library, type writer type face 169-200 2/25 west wall.

Paper. Condition: Fine (-). First Edition. Vol. 14, No. 3 of the University of California's Anthropological Records, An attempt to record all that was left of the stories of a people whose culture had been nearly completely lost. From the collection of Wayne Prescott Suttles, renowned anthropologist, scholar, and linguist regarding many Pacific cultures, and especially the U.S. Pacific Northwest Coast Salish people. His stamp to the first p. Condition notes: (vi), 213-259 numbered pp; PB. Pages: clean, bright, tight; a.e. v lt sunned. Cover: pressboard cover, black cloth tape backstrip, black titles front, plain spine; v lt edge/shelfwear, rubbing to back.…

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1955. Journals, North America, Native Americans. University of California Press, Anthropological Records, Volume 14, no. 5. very good paperback monograph stamped Nebraska State Historical Society and old price notation (.50 !!) 319-348p. 6/25.

Stapled Wraps. Reprint. pp. 38. 8vo. Ex-Hudson's Bay Company Library: HBC rubber stamp to front cover. Sticker ghosts to wraps and title page; very good. University of Washington Publications in Anthropology Vol. 2, pp. 1-38, Plates 1-4, originally published November 1927.

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