The Public Manager articles from March 2007

The Public Manager archives from March 2007

The manager's musings.(transformational leadership in federal agencies)
March 22, 2007

Six trends transforming government: demographics, technology, and new modes of service delivery are causing a metamorphosis in government management.(IBM Center for The Business of Government commissions research )
March 22, 2007

Marketing in the public sector: the final frontier: government agencies can use the four Ps--product, price, place, and promotion--and other marketing techniques to transform their communication with the public and improve their performance.
March 22, 2007

Boat People SOS: from rescue at sea to Katrina relief: this dynamic nonprofit--formed to rescue and resettle Vietnamese refugees--continues to transform itself, recently providing relief to thousands of Vietnamese-Americans in the wake of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.
March 22, 2007

A printer makes his mark: GPO has been transformed, thanks to the indelible leadership of Bruce James.(Government Printing Office)(Rochester Institute of Technology conference)
March 22, 2007

Cooperation in human service contracting: effective public managers build cooperative relationships to negotiate agreements with diverse parties.
March 22, 2007

Measuring customer service quality in local government: Fulton County Human Services shares its experience with surveys and recommends ways to use them to improve customer satisfaction.
March 22, 2007

In pursuit of higher performance--Part II: federal executives and managers are using proven change tools to strategically improve and advance their organizations.(Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award )
March 22, 2007

Managing DoD in fiscal crisis: at the LMI Executive Forum, senior government executives and private-sector leaders examine the hard choices that must be made when it's time to pay the bills.(United States Department of Defense)(Discussion)
March 22, 2007

Debunking five myths concerning employee engagement: a recent report debunks the myths and reveals practices for enhancing individual employee effectiveness to improve organizational performance.(WorkUSA[R] 2006/2007: Debunking the Myths of Employee Engagement)
March 22, 2007

Decoding postmodernism for busy public managers: many public managers intuitively operate in postmodern ways, adapting to circumstances rather than relying on orthodox theories of organization, management, and culture.
March 22, 2007

Making the federal government work for women: the federal government is taking steps to accommodate employee flexibility and work-life balance, but it needs to do more.(Young Professionals)
March 22, 2007

After reorganization: a leadership journey: the Council for Excellence in Government's Department of Homeland Security Fellows Program uses innovative techniques to invest in DHS's future.(Image of Public Service)(Department of Homeland Security)
March 22, 2007

The Bureaucrat at 35: reflections on the first ten years.(Retrospective)(periodical)
March 22, 2007

It's the stupid, budget!!!(federal government)
March 22, 2007... Once again the most mundane and central process of the federal government is front and center on our nightly news broadcasts--soon to provide as much fodder as the war in Iraq. Up until the 1960s, the budget process for Uncle Sam was relatively...

History, case studies, and a role in government transformation.(Knowledge Management in the Public Sector: A Blueprint for Innovation in Government)(Book review)
March 22, 2007