Contents
Preface = ⅸ
Acknowledgement = xi
Chapter 1 : Introduction : Public Management in an Era of Complexity and Challenge / Jeffrey L. Brudney ; Laurence J. O'Toole, Jr. ; Hal G. Rainey [University of Georgia] = 1
Part Ⅰ: A Symposium : In Government, Does Management Matter?
Introduction to Part Ⅰ / Laurence E. Lynn, Jr [University of Chicago] = 15
Chapter 2 : Different Public Managements? Implications of Structural Context in Hierarchies and Networks / Laurence J. O'Toole, Jr. [University of Georgia] = 19
Chapter 3 : Is Silly Putty Manageable? Looking for the Links between Culture, Management and Context / Anne M. Khdemian = 33
Chapter 4 : Public Management, Administrative Leadership and Policy Choice / Thmas H. Hammond [Michigan State University] ; Jack H. Knott [University of Illinois] = 49
Part Ⅱ : Methodological Frontiers in Understanding Public Managemant
Chapter 5 : Optimal Performance versus Risk Aversion : An Application of Substantively Weighted Anlaytical Techniques / Kenneth J. Meier [Texas A&M University] ; Jeff Gill [California Polytechnic University] ; George Waller [University of Eidconsin-Milwaukee] = 77
Chapter 6 : The Art of Partnering across Sectors : The Influence of Centrality Strategies of State R & D Project / Gordon Kingsley [Georgia Institute of Technology] ; Julia Melkers [Goergia State University] = 97
Chapter 7 : Stories from the front Lines OF Public Management : Street-Level Workers as Responsible Actors / Seven Maynard-Moody [University of Kansas] ; Suzanne Neland [Kansas State University] = 109
Part Ⅲ Reform, reinvention, Innocation and Change
Chapter 8 : Making Sense of Change / Eugene B. McGregot, Jr. [Indiana University] = 127
Chapter 9 : Local Heroes? Reinvention Labs in te Department of Defense / Mark T. Green [University of Colorado at Denver] ; Lawrenve R. Jones [Naval Postgraduate School] ; Fred Thompson [Williamette University] = 153
Chapter 10 : Reforming State Social Services through Contrtacting : Liking Implementation and Organizational Culture / Barbara S. Romzek ; Jocelyn M. Johnston [University of Kansas] = 173
Chapter 11 : Quasi Market and Strategic Change in Public Organizations / James R. Thompson [University of Illinois-Chicago] = 197
Part Ⅳ : Models and Frameworks : New Approaches to Public Management
Chapter 12 : Organizational Configurations : Four Approaches to Public Sector Management / Nancy C. Roberts [Naval Postgraduate School] = 217
Chapter 13 : Dissecting the Black Box : Toward a Model and Measures of Government Management Performance / Patricia W. Ingraham ; Amy E. Kneedler [Syracuse University] = 235
Chapter 14 : Concluding Perspectives / Jeffrey L. Brudnet ; Laurence J. O'Toole, Jr. ; Hal G. Rainey [University of Georgia] = 253
Biographies of Authors = 261
Bibliography = 269
Index = 297
