Understanding and Managing Public Organizations

UNDERSTANDING AND MANAGING PUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS, SIXTH EDITION The best keeps getting better. This is the definitive place for all serious students of public administration to start-the most comprehensive book in the field, and required reading for MPA students, PhD students, and all scholars on the topic. -Kenneth J. Meier, Distinguished Scholar in Residence, American University A must-read for everyone in the community of public management in Korea, as in many places all over the world. This edition with Fernandez and Malatesta updates this book's contributions and provides the best investigation of public organization and management that I have read. -Young Han Chun, Professor of Public Administration and Director of the Center for Organizational Diagnosis and Evaluations, Seoul National University This is the bible for public management scholarship, and the first place to turn for an accessible but rigorous analysis of research on organizational life in the public sector. It provides an extraordinary curatorial task and presents a coherent and insightful body of knowledge. Anyone interested in how research can inform governance should start with this book. -Donald Moynihan, McCourt Chair, McCourt School of Public Policy, Georgetown University Just when you think this book on public management could not get any better, Rainey, Fernandez, and Malatesta deliver a new edition that covers all of the topics that you would expect, and more! Here is a true treasure trove for students of public administration around the globe. -Sandra van Thiel, Professor of Public Management at Erasmus University Rotterdam and Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands The revised edition of Understanding and Managing Public Organizations remains the Encyclopedia Britannica of public management; if you want to find out about the practice and theory of public management, look no further than the Rainey, Fernandez, and Malatesta Sixth Edition. -Richard M. Walker, Chan Hon Pun Professor of Behavioural and Policy Sciences, Chair Professor of Public Management, and Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, City University of Hong Kong This Sixth Edition of Understanding and Managing Public Organizations masterfully connects classical concepts of public management with the latest evolving theories and research on managing organizations. The book is indispensable for students and scholars of public administration. -Carolyn J. Heinrich, Patricia and Rodes Hart Professor of Public Policy, Education and Economics, Vanderbilt University