02827nam 2200613Ia 450 991046351530332120200520144314.01-58901-893-1(CKB)3170000000046190(EBL)877171(OCoLC)782879894(SSID)ssj0000597386(PQKBManifestationID)11368873(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000597386(PQKBWorkID)10577721(PQKB)10079562(MiAaPQ)EBC877171(MdBmJHUP)muse17397(Au-PeEL)EBL877171(CaPaEBR)ebr10547384(EXLCZ)99317000000004619020110831d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrFederal management reform in a world of contradictions[electronic resource] /Beryl A. RadinWashington, DC Georgetown University Pressc20121 online resource (216 p.)Public management and change seriesDescription based upon print version of record.1-58901-892-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction -- The background -- Public/private management relationships -- Political structures matter -- Contracting out: A-76 -- Personnel policy reform -- Reorganization as reform -- Budgeting as reform -- Federalism and intergovernmental relations -- Performance measurement -- Living with contradictions.Proposals for reform have dotted the federal management landscape in the United States for more than 50 years. Yet these efforts by public management professionals have frequently failed to produce lasting results. In her new book, Federal Management Reform in a World of Contradictions , renowned public administration scholar Beryl A. Radin reveals what may lie behind the failure of so many efforts at government management reform. To spur new thinking about this problem, Radin examines three basic sets of contradictions between the strategies of the reformers and the reality of the US federalPublic management and change.Administrative agenciesUnited StatesManagementCivil service reformUnited StatesPublic administrationUnited StatesElectronic books.Administrative agenciesManagement.Civil service reformPublic administration352.3/670973352.3670973Radin Beryl861982MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910463515303321Federal management reform in a world of contradictions1924008UNINA