Leadership Counts Lessons for Public Managers from the Massachusetts Welfare, Training, and Employment Program

Name: Leadership Counts Lessons for Public Managers from the Massachusetts Welfare, Training, and Employment Program
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ISBN: 9780674518537

ISBN-10: 0674518535

ISBN-13: 9780674518537

Edition: 1991

Authors: Robert Behn

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How can public officials move large government agencies to produce significant results? In Leadership Counts Robert Behn explains exactly what managers in the inherently political environment of government need to do to obtain such performance. In 1983 the leadership of the Massachusetts Department of Public Welfare -Charles M. Atkins, Thomas P. Glynn, Barbara Burke-Tatum, and Jolie Bain Pillsbury-set out to educate and train welfare recipients, place them in good jobs, and move them from dependency to selfsufficiency- From these efforts to accomplish a specific and important public purpose, Behn extracts the fundamental ingredients of successful public leadership. Behn's analysis…

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List price: $43.00
Copyright year: 1991
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 8/19/1998
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 263
Size: 6.13" wide x 9.25" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.902
Language: English



Preface Prologue: Important Events along the Way



The Idea behind FT Choices



The Birth of FT Choices



The Structure of FT Choices



Managing for Performance



An Emphasis on Marketing



Making Government More Businesslike



Management by Groping Along



Managing and Evaluating Social Programs



Evaluating FT Choices



The Necessity of Leadership


Notes


Index