Research Catalog

Title

Making government work : how entrepreneurial executives turn bright ideas into real results / Martin A. Levin & Mary Bryna Sanger.

Author

Levin, Martin A.

Publication

San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, ©1994.

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Details

Additional Authors

Sanger, Mary Bryna.

Description

xxix, 333 pages; 22 cm.

Summary

Government can make things work. Bright ideas and policy choices may grab all the attention, but they are not enough to produce policy success. Management matters because that is often where policy and programs succeed or fail. In this inspiring look at leadership and management in government, Martin A. Levin and Mary Bryna Sanger demonstrate that innovative policy programs are only as good as the managerial skills of the executives who carry them out. They detail the key characteristics of successful innovations and the managerial skills of effective government entrepreneurs. Making Government Work uses success stories drawn from a broad range of innovative public programs and agencies to reveal how executives bring about public sector innovation, and the ways in which every public manager can improve public performance.

Series Statement

The Jossey-Bass public administration series

Uniform Title

Jossey-Bass public administration series

Subject

• Public administration
• Entrepreneurship
• Entrepreneurship
• entrepreneurs
• Governments
• Public relations
• Total quality management
• Management methods
• Quality control
• Production management
• Employee relations
• Management
• Productivity
• Personnel management
• Creativity
• Leadership
• Industrial management
• Government executives

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Government Can Work: Learning from Successful Executives -- 2. Management Matters: It's Where Policy Succeeds and Fails -- 3. Using Old Stuff in New Ways: The Sources of Innovation -- 4. Not from Blueprints: The Process of Innovation -- 5. Bureaucratic Entrepreneurs: A Bias Toward Action -- 6. The Crucial Role of Organizational Culture -- 7. Balancing Innovation and Accountability -- 8. The Chief Executive Role -- 9. Cultivating Bureaucratic Entrepreneurs: Lessons for Success -- Conclusion: Pointing the Trains in the Right Direction: Public Management Is About Values.

ISBN

• 1555426581
• 9781555426583

LCCN

94000381

OCLC

• ocm29670537
• 29670537
• SCSB-2024278

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library