Understanding and Managing Public Organizations, 6th Edition
- Length: 592 pages
- Edition: 6
- Language: English
- Publisher: Wiley
- Publication Date: 2021-06-22
- ISBN-10: 1119705894
- ISBN-13: 9781119705895
- Sales Rank: #150496 (See Top 100 Books)
Discover the latest insights in organization theory from a comprehensive and masterful volume
Understanding and Managing Public Organizations, 6th Edition provides readers with an authoritative reference for scholars, masters, and doctoral students in public management and public affairs programs in the United States and other nations.
The 6th Edition of Understanding and Managing Public Organizations presents the latest research and insights from organization and management theory and their application to public organizations and the people in them. The book expands coverage from previous editions about organizational goals, performance and effectiveness, strategy, decision-making, structure and design, organizational change, operating environments, individuals and groups, motivation and work-related attitudes, leadership, teamwork, and more.
Authors and professors Hal Rainey, Sergio Fernandez, and Deanna Malatesta provide new and expanded coverage of such topics as
- The context and distinctive character of public and nonprofit organizations, including expanded coverage of “publicness” and of the legal context including “state action”
- Performance management, measurement, organizational effectiveness, and managing for high performance
- Representative bureaucracy, workforce diversity, and performance
- Communication and information technology
- Employee engagement and empowerment, intrinsic motivation, self-determination theory, public service motivation, and positive organizational behavior—resilience, self-efficacy, optimism, and hope
- Recent developments in theory and thought on leadership, including authentic leadership, shared leadership, servant leadership, and integrated leadership
- Design and process topics including red tape and green tape, administrative burdens, and organizational routines
- Theoretical perspectives such as behavioral theory of decision making, resource dependence theory, and others, and their implications for public and nonprofit organizations
- Advances in theory and practice about rapid developments in collaborative governance, organizational networks, partnerships, and contracting
- Since the book is used in courses for students in numerous public affairs programs, this new edition updates the Instructor’s Guide, with new and revised PowerPoint slides, cases, exercises, and discussion and examination questions
- These materials, with the topics in the chapters, are designed to address the learning outcomes required by NASPAA accreditation requirements
Belonging on the shelf of scholars and students in public affairs, as well as anyone interested in public management or organization theory, this new edition of Understanding and Managing Public Organizations provides an advanced and comprehensive enhancement to a widely used and compelling series of previous editions.
COVER TABLE OF CONTENTS TITLE PAGE COPYRIGHT FIGURES AND TABLES PREFACE Audience Organization Acknowledgments THE AUTHORS PART ONE: THE DYNAMIC CONTEXT OF PUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS CHAPTER ONE: THE CHALLENGE OF EFFECTIVE PUBLIC ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT Toward Improved Understanding and Management of Public Organizations General Management and Public Management Ineffective Public Management? Effective Public Management Organizations: A Definition and a Conceptual Framework Instructor’s Guide Resources for Chapter One Notes CHAPTER TWO: UNDERSTANDING THE STUDY OF ORGANIZATIONS: A HISTORICAL REVIEW The Systems Metaphor Classical Approaches to Understanding Organizations Reactions, Critiques, and Subsequent Developments in Analysis of Organizations and the People in Them More Recent Developments in Organization Theory and Research The Role of Public and Nonprofit Organizations and Their Management in Organization Theory Instructor's Guide Resources for Chapter Two CHAPTER THREE: WHAT MAKES PUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS DISTINCT The Generic Tradition in Organization Theory The Importance of Avoiding Oversimplification Public Organizations: An Essential Organization/Distinction The Meaning and Nature of Public Organizations and Public Management Problems and Approaches in Public–Private Comparisons Common Assertions About Public Organizations and Public Management Instructor's Guide Resources for Chapter Three Note CHAPTER FOUR: ANALYZING THE ENVIRONMENT OF PUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS General Dimensions of Organizational Environments Research on Environmental Variations Recent Trends in Research on Organizational Environments The Political and Institutional Environments of Public Organizations Instructor's Guide Resources for Chapter Four CHAPTER FIVE: THE IMPACT OF POLITICAL POWER AND PUBLIC POLICY Instructor's Guide Resources for Chapter Five PART TWO: KEY DIMENSIONS OF ORGANIZING AND MANAGING CHAPTER SIX: ORGANIZATIONAL GOALS, EFFECTIVENESS, AND PERFORMANCE General Organizational Goals Goals of Public Organizations Behavioral Theories of Organizational Decision Making: Changing Perspectives on Organizational Goals Toward Diverse, Conflicting Criteria Approaches to Organizational Effectiveness Effectiveness in Organizational Networks Managing for High Performance Instructor's Guide Resources for Chapter Six Notes CHAPTER SEVEN: FORMULATING AND ACHIEVING PURPOSE: POWER, DECISION MAKING, AND STRATEGY Power and Politics Inside Organizations Decision Making in Organizations Strategic Management The Miles and Snow Typology Issues for Managers and Researchers Instructor's Guide Resources for Chapter Seven CHAPTER EIGHT: ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE, DESIGN, TECHNOLOGY, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, AND SOCIAL MEDIA Do Public Organizations Have Distinctive Structural Characteristics? The Development of Research on Structure Structural Dimensions and Influences Organizational Design Major Design Alternatives Organizational Structures in Public Organizations Information Technology and Public Organizations Social Media and Public Management Instructor's Guide Resources for Chapter Eight CHAPTER NINE: UNDERSTANDING PEOPLE IN PUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS: MOTIVATION AND MOTIVATION THEORY Motivation and Public Management The Context of Motivation in Public Organizations The Concept of Work Motivation Motivation Practice and Techniques Incentive Structures and Reward Expectancies in Public Organizations Self-Reported Motivation Among Public Employees Instructor's Guide Resources for Chapter Nine CHAPTER TEN: UNDERSTANDING PEOPLE IN PUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS: VALUES, INCENTIVES, AND WORK-RELATED ATTITUDES Attempts to Specify Needs, Values, and Incentives Other Important Work-Related Attitudes Motivation-Related Variables in Public Organizations Representative Bureaucracy: Why the Social Origins of Public Employees Matter Workforce Diversity The Challenge of Stimulating Motivation and Positive Work Attitudes in Public Organizations Instructor's Guide Resources for Chapter Ten Note CHAPTER ELEVEN: LEADERSHIP, MANAGERIAL ROLES, AND ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE Leadership Theories in Management and Organizational Behavior The Nature of Managerial Work and Roles Transformational Leadership Charismatic Leadership Leadership and Organizational Culture Leading Cultural Development Leadership and Management in Public Organizations Does Context Affect Performance and Behavior? Effective Leadership in Government Instructor's Guide Resources for Chapter Eleven CHAPTER TWELVE: TEAMWORK: UNDERSTANDING COMMUNICATION AND CONFLICT IN GROUPS Groups in Organizations Communication in Organizations Conflict in Organizations Managing Groups, Communication, and Conflict in Organizations Special Considerations for Public Organizations Instructor's Guide Resources for Chapter Twelve PART THREE: STRATEGIES FOR MANAGING AND IMPROVING PUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS CHAPTER THIRTEEN: MANAGING ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT Relatively Natural Change: Organizational Life Cycles Large-Scale Planned Change Organization Development Success and Failure in Large-Scale, Planned Organizational Change Instructor's Guide Resources for Chapter Thirteen CHAPTER FOURTEEN: ADVANCING PUBLIC MANAGEMENT THROUGH COLLABORATION Reform Movements: Forerunners to Collaborative Governance From NPM to Collaborative Governance The Literature on Collaboration Instructor's Guide Resources for Chapter Fourteen Notes REFERENCES NAME INDEX SUBJECT INDEX END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT
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