The People Factor: Strengthening America by Investing in Public Service

by W. Scott Gould and Linda J. Bilmes

Book Overview

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Successful businesses have spent the past two decades retooling and rethinking how to manage their people better. Most big companies that have survived and prospered in the 21st century view employees as a vital strategic asset. In comparison, the U.S. federal government is a Stone Age relic, with its top-down bureaucracy, stovepiping of labor and responsibilities, and lack of training and investment in its own public servants. The inevitable...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0815701411
• ISBN13: 9780815701415
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
• Length: 378 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 8.9"