Civil Service Reform - Building a Government that Works (Paperback)

"The authors of this book contend that the civil service system, which was devised to create a uniform process for recruiting high-quality workers to government, is no longer uniform or a system. Nor does it help government find and retain the workers it needs to build a government that works. The current civil service system was designed for a government in which federal agencies directly delivered most public services. But over the last generation, privatization and devolution have increased the number and importance of government's partnerships with private companies, nonprofit organizations, and state and local governments. Government workers today spend much of their time managing these partnerships, not delivering services, and this trend will only accelerate in the future. The authors contend that the current system poorly develops government workers who can effectively manage these partnerships, resulting too often in a gap between promise and performance. This short, lively, and bipartisan volume, authored by the nation's leading experts on government management, describes what the government of the future will look like, what it will need to work well, and how in particular the nation can build the next generation of workers required to lead it. "

General

Imprint:	Brookings Institution Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	July 1996
First published:	July 1996
Authors:	Donald F Kettl • Patricia W. Ingraham • Ronald P. Sanders
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	124
ISBN-13:	978-0-8157-4903-5
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Central government > General
LSN:	0-8157-4903-1
Barcode:	9780815749035

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