Managing public programs
Subtitle: balancing politics, administration, and public needs
By: [edited by] Robert E. Cleary, Nicholas Henry, and associates.
Contributors: Cleary, Robert E. 1932-; Henry, Nicholas, 1943-
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: The Jossey-Bass public administration series
Publisher: Jossey-Bass Publishers
Published: 1989
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 281
Subjects: Public administration.
Notes: Includes bibliographies and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : The realities of public program management / Nicholas Henry, Robert E. Cleary; title: How politics affect public programs / H. George Frederickson; title: The evolving federal role in program administration / David B. Walker; title: The professionalization of program management / Robert E. Cleary; title: Dealing with ethical issues and value conflicts / Ralph Clark Chandler; title: Qualities of successful program managers / N. Joseph Cayer; title: Financing public programs under fiscal constraint; title: Frank Sackton; title: What every public manager should know about computing / Alana Northrop, Kenneth L. Kraemer, John Leslie King; title: Making the most of strategic planning and management / Jerry L. McCaffery; title: Maintaining quality and accountability in a period of privatization / John Rehfuss; title: Evaluating program results and success / Sharon L. Caudle; title: Conclusion : Strategies for managing public programs effectively / Robert E. Cleary, Nicholas Henry.