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Mindful of the reconfigured organizational practices and ways of managing public work systems brought about by recent global economies, this latest edition of Organizational Behavior and Public Management reveals how organizational behavior enables managers to direct resources that advance the programs and policies of public and government agencies. Provides a study of the subject that is interdisciplinary, applicable, people-centered, and descriptive and prescriptive! Maintaining the features that sent the previous edition into multiple printings, this extensively updated Third Edition offers a uniquely public sector perspective of core topics, such as communication decision making leadership management ethics motivation organizational change participation performance appraisal …in addition to furnishing new information on Total Quality Management, its applicability to government, and impact on worker participation and empowerment in the workplace rewritten and enhanced chapters on information systems, organization theory, and computers;reflecting the constant changes in technology and policy environment a new section on management implications a current literature review of over 1400 citations;serving as a useful foundation for further studies and more! Written by researchers with extensive experience in the field, this timely Third Edition is excellent for upper-level undergraduate and graduate students taking courses, such as Organization Theory or Organization Behavior in Master of Public Administration (MPA) and health administration programs, as well as invaluable for public administrators, behavioral psychologists, political scientists, social workers, city planners, anthropologists, sociologists, and professionals working in nonprofit organizations or at the federal, state, and local levels of government.
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