The pursuit of significance: strategies for managerial success in public organizations
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Belmont, Calif.
Wadsworth
1993
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| ISBN: | 0534198783 |
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| adam_text | CONTENTS
CHAPTER ONE
A REVOLUTION IN PUBLIC MANAGEMENT
1
Studies of Management Excellence
3
The Roots of Rationalism and Managerialism
6
The Critique of Traditional Theory and Practice
11
An Alternative Approach
15
CHAPTER TWO
A COMMITMENT TO VALUES
21
Managing Cultural Change
23
Missions, Visions, and Getting the Work Done
33
Developing a Vision Through Strategic Planning
36
Developing a Management Philosophy 38
Planning for Water Resources 46
Organization Development Approaches
54
Organization Development in Palm Springs 55
Translating Vision into Action 60
Conclusion
67
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Contents
CHAPTER THREE
SERVING THE PUBLIC
71
A Concern for Service
74
Looking to the Future 90
A Concern for Quality
93
Performance and Accountability 94
A Constant Emphasis on Quality 102
Community Within/Cooperation Without
109
A Sense of Community 110
Cooperation Without 122
Conclusion
124
CHAPTER FOUR
EMPOWERMENT AND SHARED LEADERSHIP
127
Thinking About Leadership in New Ways
129
Involvement 130
Empowerment 133
Shared Leadership 138
Experiences in Empowerment and Shared Leadership
142
Reinvigorating the Bureau of Motor Equipment 144
Empowerment in a Local Government 147
Changing Hearts and Minds in HM Customs and Excise 150
Team Effectiveness in B.C. Hydro 154
Transforming the Forest Service 157
A Note on Military Style Leadership 163
Conclusion
170
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Contents
CHAPTER FIVE
PRAGMATIC INCREMENTALISM
177
Approaches to Organizational Change
185
Alison Crook, State Librarian of New South Wales 186
Jan Perkins, City Manager of Morgan Hill, California 192
Mike Fogdon, Chief Executive, British
Employment Service 197
Ian Leman, General Manager, B.C. Housing
Management Corporation 205
Steve Higgins, Director, U.S. Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) 210
Conclusion
219
CHAPTER SIX
A DEDICATION TO PUBLIC SERVICE
225
A Concern for Integrity in the Public Service
228
The Abuse of Public Service 229
Promoting Ethics and Integrity 238
A Concern for Democratic Governance
244
A Local Government Illustration 252
Mechanisms of Accountability 254
A Concern for Ethics in All Areas,
Even Management
257
Conclusion
262
XV
Contents
CHAPTER SEVEN
THE PURSUIT OF SIGNIFICANCE
265
Public and Private
266
The Power of Public Service
271
Conclusion
283
NOTES
285
INDEX
295
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CONTENTS
CHAPTER ONE
A REVOLUTION IN PUBLIC MANAGEMENT
1
Studies of Management Excellence
3
The Roots of Rationalism and Managerialism
6
The Critique of Traditional Theory and Practice
11
An Alternative Approach
15
CHAPTER TWO
A COMMITMENT TO VALUES
21
Managing Cultural Change
23
Missions, Visions, and Getting the Work Done
33
Developing a Vision Through Strategic Planning
36
Developing a Management Philosophy 38
Planning for Water Resources 46
Organization Development Approaches
54
Organization Development in Palm Springs 55
Translating Vision into Action 60
Conclusion
67
xiii f
Contents
CHAPTER THREE
SERVING THE PUBLIC
71
A Concern for Service
74
Looking to the Future 90
A Concern for Quality
93
Performance and Accountability 94
A Constant Emphasis on Quality 102
Community Within/Cooperation Without
109
A Sense of Community 110
Cooperation Without 122
Conclusion
124
CHAPTER FOUR
EMPOWERMENT AND SHARED LEADERSHIP
127
Thinking About Leadership in New Ways
129
Involvement 130
Empowerment 133
Shared Leadership 138
Experiences in Empowerment and Shared Leadership
142
Reinvigorating the Bureau of Motor Equipment 144
Empowerment in a Local Government 147
Changing Hearts and Minds in HM Customs and Excise 150
Team Effectiveness in B.C. Hydro 154
Transforming the Forest Service 157
A Note on Military Style Leadership 163
Conclusion
170
\ xiv
J
Contents
CHAPTER FIVE
PRAGMATIC INCREMENTALISM
177
Approaches to Organizational Change
185
Alison Crook, State Librarian of New South Wales 186
Jan Perkins, City Manager of Morgan Hill, California 192
Mike Fogdon, Chief Executive, British
Employment Service 197
Ian Leman, General Manager, B.C. Housing
Management Corporation 205
Steve Higgins, Director, U.S. Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) 210
Conclusion
219
CHAPTER SIX
A DEDICATION TO PUBLIC SERVICE
225
A Concern for Integrity in the Public Service
228
The Abuse of Public Service 229
Promoting Ethics and Integrity 238
A Concern for Democratic Governance
244
A Local Government Illustration 252
Mechanisms of Accountability 254
A Concern for Ethics in All Areas,
Even Management
257
Conclusion
262
XV
Contents
CHAPTER SEVEN
THE PURSUIT OF SIGNIFICANCE
265
Public and Private
266
The Power of Public Service
271
Conclusion
283
NOTES
285
INDEX
295
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