Title Details

Hal G. Rainey is Alumni Foundation Distinguished Professor at the University of Georgia. Rainey received the 2009 Dwight Waldo Award for career achievement in public administration scholarship as well as the 1995 Charles H. Levine Award for Excellence in Public Administration Research, Teaching, and Public Service. The first edition of Understanding and Managing Public Organizations won the Best Book Award of the Public and Nonprofit Division of the Academy of Management.

Preface.

The Author.

PART ONE: THE DYNAMIC CONTEXT OF PUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS.

1 The Challenge of Effective Public Organization and Management.

2 Understanding the Study of Organizations: A Historical Review.

3 What Makes Public Organizations Distinctive.

4 Analyzing the Environment of Public Organizations.

5 The Impact of Political Power and Public Policy.

PART TWO: KEY DIMENSIONS OF ORGANIZING AND MANAGING.

6 Organizational Goals and Effectiveness.

7 Formulating and Achieving Purpose: Power, Strategy, and Decision Making.

8 Organizational Structure, Design, Technology, and Information Technology.

9 Understanding People in Public Organizations: Values and Motives.

10 Understanding People in Public Organizations: Theories of Work Motivation and Work-Related Attitudes.

11 Leadership, Managerial Roles, and Organizational Culture.

12 Teamwork: Understanding Communication and Conflict in and Among Groups.

PART THREE: STRATEGIES FOR MANAGING AND IMPROVING PUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS.

13 Managing Organizational Change and Development.

14 Advancing Effective Management in the Public Sector.

References.

Index.