The 2004 prune book
Subtitle: top management challenges for presidential appointees
By: John H. Trattner with Patricia McGinnis, Council for Excellence in Government.
Contributors: McGinnis, Patricia, CEO.; Center for Excellence in Government (Washington, D.C.)
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 117
Subjects: Government executives -- United States
Other titles: Prune book.
Description: "A toolkit for incoming senior federal appointees, detailing the management dimensions of their jobs and explaining the underlying coordinating strategies that reflect current management practice in the federal government and its drive to improve performance, seen as the return on taxpayer dollars"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: How to succeed in Washington / Patricia McGinnis; title: Results : concept and action; title: Coordinating groups; title: Leadership positions; title: Management support structures; title: Prune books, past and future / with Frank A. Weil.