Format:
1 online resource (178 pages)
ISBN:
9781442213098
Content:
To understand the challenges of political leadership and how top executives succeed in accomplishing an administration's objectives, business in government experts Paul R. Lawrence and Mark A. Abramson present the findings of a two year's study of top political appointees in the Obama administration. The participants-deputy secretaries and agency heads-provide case studies of how each approaches the management challenges and achieves the mission of their organization. Full of behind-the-scenes insights and practical advice from government political executives on how they face management challenges in real time, Paths to Making a Difference: Leading in Government offers indispensable insights to current and prospective political appointees and everyone interested in understanding how leaders work to make government agencies more effective.
Content:
Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter One The Selection And Preparation of Political Executives -- What We Set Out To Do -- What We Would Like Future Political Executives to Know -- What We Would Like the Office of Presidential Personnel to Know -- The Importance of Orientation Activities for Political Executives -- The Road Ahead -- Chapter Two The Deputy Secretaries -- Understanding the Job of the Deputy Secretary -- W. Scott Gould Deputy Secretary Department of Veterans Affairs -- Seth D. Harris Deputy Secretary Department of Labor -- Dennis F. Hightower Deputy Secretary Department of Commerce -- Kathleen A. Merrigan Deputy Secretary Department of Agriculture -- Anthony W. Miller Deputy Secretary Department of Education -- Daniel B. Poneman Deputy Secretary Department of Energy -- Chapter Three: The Producers -- Understanding the Job of the Producer -- David J. Kappos Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office Department of Commerce -- David H. Stevens Assistant Secretary for Housing and Commissioner, Federal Housing Administration Department of Housing and Urban Development -- William J. Taggart Chief Operating Officer, Office of Federal Student Aid Department of Education -- Chapter Four The Infrastructors -- Understanding the Job of the Infrastructor -- Jonathan S. Adelstein, Administrator, Rural Utilities Service, Department of Agriculture -- Arun Majumdar, Director, Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy, Department of Energy -- Victor M. Mendez Administrator, Federal Highway Administration Department of Transportation -- Joseph C. Szabo Administrator, Federal Railroad Administration Department of Transportation -- Chapter Five The Regulators -- Understanding the Job of the Regulator.
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781442213074
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781442213074
Language:
English
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