High-performance government: structure, leadership, incentives
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Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Santa Monica, CA RAND 2005
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Item Description:"Pardee RAND Graduate School."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 447-486)
Introduction -- Urgent business for America: revitalizing the federal government for the 21st century -- Governing the market state -- High-performance government in an uncertain world -- Organizing for reorganizing -- Four ways to restructure national security in the U.S. government -- Using public-private partnerships successfully in the federal setting -- Improving government processes: from velocity management to presidential appointments -- Developing leadership: emulating the military model -- Broadening public leadership in a globalized world -- The economic complexities of incentive reforms -- Measuring performance -- Lessons from performance measurement in education -- Choosing and using performance criteria
In 2003, the National Commission on the Public Service, chaired by Paul Volcker, issued a report detailing problems within the federal government today and recommending changes in its organization, leadership, and operations. This book suggests practical ways to implement the recommendations and defines a research agenda for the future. Thirteen essays address the primary problem areas identified by the Volcker Commission, and the commission report itself is included
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (vi, 490 pages)
ISBN:0833036629
0833037404
0833040677
9780833036629
9780833037404
9780833040671

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