Understanding and managing public organizations : essential texts for nonprofit and public leadership and management / Hal G. Rainey, Sergio Fernandez, and Deanna Malatesta.

Author/creator Rainey, Hal G., 1946- author.
Other author Fernandez, Sergio (Professor of Public Administration), author.
Other author Malatesta, Deanna, author.
Format Electronic
EditionSixth edition.
PublicationHoboken, New Jersey : Wiley, [2021]
Description1 online resource (617 pages)
Supplemental ContentEbook Central
Subjects
Public administration.

Contents The dynamic context of public organizations -- Key dimensions of organizing and managing -- Strategies for managing and improving public organizations.
Abstract This book, through five editions, has met a need in course curricula in graduate courses in public administration and affairs, and has served as a reference book for scholars and doctoral students in this field. The book presents the major ideas and insights from organization theory, which focuses on the main dimensions and processes of organizations, including organizational goals and effectiveness, strategy, decision-making, structure and design, organizational change, operating environments, and related topics. This sixth edition has been updated to reflect developments in the field since the publication of the fifth edition in 2014. -- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
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Issued in other formPrint version: Rainey, Hal G. 1946- Understanding and managing public organizations Sixth edition. Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley, [2021] 9781119705895
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