Government Performance: Why Management Matters

by Amy Kneedler Donahue, Philip G. Joyce, Patricia W. Ingraham

Book Overview

Scholars and practitioners of public management have stressed the importance of such varied concepts as efficiency, process, systems, and capacity as key to running effective government programs. While acknowledging the usefulness of each of these criteria, the authors of Government Performance argue that one quality above all is crucial to the overall performance of government: effective management. Examining government performance at the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801872286
• ISBN13: 9780801872280
• Release Date: September 2003
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher