Federal Management Reform in a World of Contradictions:
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Main Author: Radin, Beryl A. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington Georgetown University Press 2012
Series:Public management and change
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Proposals for reform have dotted the federal management landscape in the United States for more than 50 years. Yet these efforts by public management professionals have frequently failed to produce lasting results. In her new book, Federal Management Reform in a World of Contradictions , renowned public administration scholar Beryl A. Radin reveals what may lie behind the failure of so many efforts at government management reform. To spur new thinking about this problem, Radin examines three basic sets of contradictions between the strategies of the reformers and the reality of the US federal
Introduction -- The background -- Public/private management relationships -- Political structures matter -- Contracting out: A-76 -- Personnel policy reform -- Reorganization as reform -- Budgeting as reform -- Federalism and intergovernmental relations -- Performance measurement -- Living with contradictions
Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (216 p.)
ISBN:1589018931
9781589018938

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