Impossible Jobs in Public Management

by Erwin C. Hargrove

Book Overview

If you think your job is hopelessly difficult, you may be right. Particularly if your job is public administration.

Those who study or practice public management know full well the difficulties faced by administrators of complex bureaucratic systems. What they don't know is why some jobs in the public sector are harder than others and how good managers cope with those jobs.

Drawing on leadership theory and social psychology, Erwin Hargrove...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0700604286
• ISBN13: 9780700604289
• Release Date: October 1990
• Publisher: University Press of Kansas
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.72 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.1"