Unlocking the Power of Networks - Keys to High-performance Government

Informationen zum Autor Stephen Goldsmith is the Derek Bok Professor of the Practice of Urban Affairs at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government where he directs Data-Smart City Solutions. He previously served as mayor of Indianapolis, deputy mayor of New York City and Chair of the Corporation for National and Community Service. Klappentext "A Brookings Institution Press and Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation publicationThe era of strict top-down, stovepiped public management in America is over. The traditional dichotomy between public ownership and privatization is an outdated notion. Public executives have shifted their focus from managing workers and directly providing services to orchestrating networks of public, private, and nonprofit organizations to deliver those services. Unlocking the Power of Networks employs original sector-specific analyses to reveal how networked governance achieves previously unthinkable policy goals.Stephen Goldsmith and Donald F. Kettl head a stellar cast of policy practitioners and scholars exploring the potential, strategies, and best practices of high-performance networks while identifying next-generation issues in public-sector network management. They cover the gamut of public policy issues, including national security, and the book even includes a thought-provoking look at how jihadist terrorists use the principles of network management to pursue their goals.Contributors: William G. Berberich (Virginia Tech), Tim Burke (Harvard University), G. Edward DeSeve (University of Pennsylvania),William D. Eggers (Manhattan Institute), Anne M. Khademian (Virginia Tech), H. Brinton Milward (University of Arizona), Mark H. Moore (Harvard University), Paul Posner (George Mason University), Jörg Raab (Tilburg University), and Barry G. Rabe (University of Michigan)." Zusammenfassung The era of strict top-down! stovepiped public management in America is over. The traditional dichotomy between public ownership and privatization is an outdated notion. ...

Product details

• Authors: Stephen (EDT)/ Kettl Goldsmith
• Assisted by: Stephen Goldsmith (Editor), Stephen Goldsmitth (Editor), Donald F. Kettl (Editor), Kettl Donald F. (Editor)
• Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2009
• EAN: 9780815731870
• ISBN: 978-0-8157-3187-0
• No. of pages: 330
• Series: Brookings / ASH Center Series, "Innovative Governance in the 21st Century"; Innovative Governance of the 2; Key Concepts in Philosophy; Brookings / Ash Center Series, "Innovative Governance in the 21st Century"; Brookings / Ash Center Series,; Innovative Governance of the 2
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Miscellaneous; USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Affairs & Administration, Public Administration, United States of America, USA