Public Productivity Handbook, Second Edition,

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CRC Press, Feb 20, 2004 - Political Science - 1324 pages
Anyone hoping to improve teamwork, performance, and budgeting, training, and evaluation programs in their organization should look no further. Completely revised, Public Productivity Handbook, Second Edition defines the role of leadership, dimensions of employee commitment, and multiple employee-organization based relationships for effective internal and external connections. It's coverage of new and systematic management approaches and well-defined measurement systems provides guidance on correct utilization of human resources that ensure improvements in productivity and performance. The authors discuss such topics as citizen-driven government and performance, public sector values and productivity, privatization, and productivity barriers in the public sector.
 

Contents

Management for Productivity
1
Public Productivity in the Classical Age of Public
17
Performance Measurement and Citizen Participation
31
Public Sector Values and Productivity
65
Privatization 83
83
Public Management of Privatization and Contracting
107
Productivity Barriers in the Public Sector
139
The Implementation Game
165
Benefit Cost Analysis
405
Challenges and Opportunities
431
The Human Side of Productive Work Environments
447
The New American Workplace
463
Broadening Workplace Participation
481
Merit Pay and Employee Performance
499
Nonmonetary Incentives for Productivity Enhancement
515
Training and Development for Productivity
529

Government Reinvention
181
The Leadership Challenge
205
Measurement and Analysis
231
Dealing
247
Pragmatic Support for Better Government
263
StakeholderDriven
285
The Measurement of Human Services
311
Performance Measurements Accountability and Improving
333
Performance Productivity and Budgeting
377
Rewarding and Punishing for Productive Performance
551
Direct Paths to Productivity
565
Organizational Change and Innovation
593
Strategic Management and Productivity
609
Linking
635
Selected Issues
673
In Print and on the Web
687
Index
705
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