Understanding and Managing Public Organizations
by Hal Rainey
Understanding and Managing Public Organizations, 5th Edition
- Cover
- Contents
- Title
- Copyright
- Figures, Tables, and Exhibits
- Preface
- The Author
- Part One: The Dynamic Context of Public Organizations
- Chapter One: The Challenge of Effective Public Organization and Management
- Chapter Two: Understanding the Study of Organizations
- Chapter Three: What Makes Public Organizations Distinctive
- Chapter Four: Analyzing the Environment of Public Organizations
- Chapter Five: The Impact of Political Power and Public Policy
- Public Organizations and the Public
- Media Power: Obvious and Mysterious
- Interest Groups, Clients, and Constituencies
- Legislative Bodies
- The Chief Executive
- The Courts
- Other Government Agencies as Overseers, Allies, and Competitors
- Public Managers’ Perceptions of the Political Environment
- The Public Policy Process
- Part Two: Key Dimensions of Organizing and Managing
- Chapter Six: Organizational Goals and Effectiveness
- General Organizational Goals
- Goals of Public Organizations
- Models for Assessing Organizational Effectiveness
- Toward Diverse, Conflicting Criteria
- The Competing Values Approach
- The Balanced Scorecard
- Effectiveness in Organizational Networks
- Managing Goals and Effectiveness
- Effectiveness of Public Organizations
- Chapter Seven: Formulating and Achieving Purpose
- Chapter Eight: Organizational Structure, Design, Technology, Information Technology, and Social Media
- Do Public Organizations Have Distinctive Structural Characteristics?
- The Development of Research on Structure
- Structural Dimensions and Influences
- Organizational Design
- Organizational Structures in Public Organizations
- Information Technology and Public Organizations
- Social Media and Public Management
- Chapter Nine: Understanding People in Public Organizations
- Chapter Ten: Understanding People in Public Organizations
- Chapter Eleven: Leadership, Managerial Roles, and Organizational Culture
- Leadership Theories in Management and Organizational Behavior
- The Nature of Managerial Work and Roles
- Transformational Leadership
- Charismatic Leadership
- Leadership and Organizational Culture
- Leading Cultural Development
- Leadership and Management in Public Organizations
- Does Context Affect Performance and Behavior?
- Effective Leadership in Government
- Modeling and Measuring Public Management
- Practical Lessons for Public Managers
- Chapter Twelve: Teamwork
- Chapter Six: Organizational Goals and Effectiveness
- Part Three: Strategies for Managing and Improving Public Organizations
- Chapter Thirteen: Managing Organizational Change and Development
- Chapter Fourteen: Advancing Effective Management in the Public Sector
- The Performance of Public Organizations
- Profiles of Corporate Excellence
- Research on Effective Public Organizations
- Trends and Developments in the Pursuit of Effective Public Management
- Performance Measurement and the PART
- Managing Major Initiatives and Priorities: Privatization and Contracting Out
- Conclusion
- Note
- References
- Additional Reference Materials
- Name Index
- Subject Index
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