The Effective Public Manager: Achieving Success in a Changing Government

Since it was first published more than twenty years ago, The Effective Public Manager has become the classic resource for public administrators and students. The fourth edition ofgroundbreaking work synthesizes the current thinking in the field and presents practical lessons and tools in a highly accessible format. Focused onhelping real-world managers and managers-to-be meet the demands of their jobs head-on rather than working around the constraints of government, this book offers a fresh approach to implementing effective management tools in a dynamic political, organizational, economic, and technological context.