Suitable for those who consider a career in federal, state, or local government, this book conveys what life is really like in a public service job. It provides advice on the daily challenges that public servants can expect to face: working with politicians, bureaucracy, and the press; dealing with unpleasant and difficult people; and, more.
Provides the portrait of rules in public organizations and seeks to find the balance between rules that create red tape and rules that help public organizations function effectively, what the author calls "green tape."
The creation of rules that govern processes or behavior is essential to any organization, but these rules are often maligned for creating inefficiencies. This book provides the comprehensive portrait of rules in public organizations and seeks to find the balance between rules that create red tape and more.
Crowdsourcing is a term that was coined in 2006 to describe how the commercial sector was beginning to outsource problems or tasks to the public through an open call for solutions over the internet or social media. This book includes interviews with public and private sector managers who have used crowdsourcing.
Explains that bureaucratic dysfunction reflects a breach of contract between the government - as a provider of services, and also as a catalyst for improved social outcomes - and a public comprised of clients, professionals, managers, and policymakers.
With the benefit of a historical perspective on the development of American public service from the days of the progressives to the present, the contributors to this book argue that deregulating the public service is a necessary but insufficient condition for much of the needed improvement in governmental administration.
The Development of the Public Employment Relationship
Looks at the constitutional rights of federal employees from the nation's founding to the present. This book concludes that the current status of constitutional rights may reflect a shift to a model based on private sector practices.
The Development of the Public Employment Relationship
Conceived during the turbulent period of the late 1960s when 'rights talk' was ubiquitous, this book helps you strove to understand how the rights of federal civil servants had become so differentiated from those of ordinary citizens.
Collaboration between government agencies, an old joke goes, is an unnatural act committed by nonconsenting adults. Eugene Bardach argues that today's opinion climate favoring more results-oriented government makes collaboration a lot more natural--though it is still far from easy.
Offers a comprehensive assessment of a wide range of public sector reform efforts in nine countries. This book examines both the good and the bad, looking not only at what each reform accomplished but at how it was implemented. The result is a series of useful lessons on how public sector reforms can be adopted in MENA.
Discretion and Legitimacy in Front-Line Public Service
Examining public service from the perspective of the worker, this book provides a framework for understanding the roles and responsibilities of front-line public servants and assessing the appropriateness of their actions.
In a time of austerity, the U.S. government's reliance on the private sector for a range of services has declined for two consecutive years. Even so, real services contract spending in 2012 remains more than 80 percent above the level in 2000. The CSIS Defense-Industrial Initiatives Group brings eight years of experience to the task of ......
Public managers not only have to function as leaders within their agencies, they must also establish and coordinate multi-organizational networks of other public agencies, private contractors, and the public. This book addresses the issues that affect government managers worldwide.
Drawing on political and social philosophy, this title argues that there is a fundamental philosophical conflict over the role of reason in society between writers in public administration and the designers of the American Constitution. It provides fresh insights for those who are interested in the role of public administration in the US.
According to Paul C. Light's controversial new book, The New Public Service, this January's 4.8 percent federal pay increase will do little to compensate for what potential employees think is currently missing from federal careers.
Addresses the enduring significance of innovation in government as practiced by public servants, analyzed by scholars, discussed by media, documented by awards, and experienced by the public. Probing both the process and the content of innovation in the public sector, Sandford Borins identifies major shifts and important continuities.