The 2004 prune book
Subtitle: top management challenges for presidential appointees
By: John H. Trattner with Patricia McGinnis
Contributors: McGinnis, Patricia, CEO; Center for Excellence in Government (Washington, D.C.); NetLibrary, Inc
Publisher: Council For Excellence in Government; Brookings Institution Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 117
Subjects: Government executives
Other titles: Prune book; Prune book 2004
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 index.

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Electronic data. Boulder, Colo. : NetLibrary, 2005.

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Table of contents: title: How to succeed in Washington: getting results for the people you serve / Patricia McGinnis; title: Results : concept and action; title: Coordinating groups; title: Leadership positions; title: Management support structures; title: Prune books, past and future / John H. Trattner with Frank A. Weil.