Review: Reinventing Government
Avis de journaliste - Kirkus ReviewsAn inspiring, well-organized exposition of ten principles that appear to offer hope for renewal in an era of government decline. Osborne's Laboratories of Democracy (1988) celebrated government innovation at state and local levels; here, the ideas are further developed, with many more examples and a sharper focus. Osborne and Gaebler (the former city manager of Visalia, California) charge that government bureaucracy, created a hundred years ago to combat official corruption, has outlived its usefulness. Since governments are increasingly caught between declining revenues and rising demands for service, the authors call on them to become more ""catalytic,"" ""mission-driven,"" ""customer-driven,"" ""anticipatory,"" ""market-oriented,"" etc. The authors recognize that these terms may have a vaguely threatening ring to many liberals and public employees, but they counter those fears with examples of how the adoption of these principles has resulted in employee empowerment, increased public support, etc. For example, they explain how, when Phoenix forced its trash collectors to compete with private businesses while guaranteeing the collectors' jobs, morale and productivity soared. Most convincing is the way Osborne and Gaebler discuss honestly the most serious potential problems with their proposals--e.g., their refusal to endorse merit pay for individual teachers, which, they admit, may set up cutthroat situations. Analyzing the successful experiments, they provide theory for political scientists to chew on and examples for government officials to consider--e.g., that of Visalia, which uses bonuses to reward groups of employees more often than individuals ""on the theory that individual rewards encourage people to hoard information and compete with one another, while group rewards encourage people to share information and work together."" Required reading for burned-out civic reformers, and stirring stuff for socially concerned businesspeople.
Review: Reinventing Government: How The Entrepreneurial Spirit Is Transforming The Public Sector
Avis d'utilisateur - Sam - GoodreadsONLY READ UP TO PG 139 Consulter l'avis complet
Review: Reinventing Government: How The Entrepreneurial Spirit Is Transforming The Public Sector
Avis d'utilisateur - Andrew - GoodreadsRead for a political science class in college - so probably a little dated now - but had some interesting ideas at the time. Consulter l'avis complet
Review: Reinventing Government: How The Entrepreneurial Spirit Is Transforming The Public Sector
Avis d'utilisateur - Nedland P. - GoodreadsWe need more privatization. Consulter l'avis complet
Review: Reinventing Government: How The Entrepreneurial Spirit Is Transforming The Public Sector
Avis d'utilisateur - Robert - GoodreadsThe first and best account of how people scattered around the country were remaking government in America to be innovative, entrepreneurial, and effective. (Full disclosure: its account of my work at ... Consulter l'avis complet
Review: Reinventing Government: How The Entrepreneurial Spirit Is Transforming The Public Sector
Avis d'utilisateur - Jim - GoodreadsRead it to see if I could understand the reinventing government idea that Clinton and Gore were pushing. Still don't but I tried. Consulter l'avis complet
Review: Reinventing Government: How The Entrepreneurial Spirit Is Transforming The Public Sector
Avis d'utilisateur - GoodreadsNote to self: A recommended reading for PA 201 (Theory and Practice of Public Administration)under Dr. Edna A. Co of the UP NCPAG, 2nd Semester 1999-2000
Review: Reinventing Government: How The Entrepreneurial Spirit Is Transforming The Public Sector
Avis d'utilisateur - Simon - GoodreadsMy good friend from the Humphrey Institute gave this to me. A number of Minnesota people were involved in the book. A good book for changing government. It answers the "I hate big government" crowd by ... Consulter l'avis complet
Review: Reinventing Government: How The Entrepreneurial Spirit Is Transforming The Public Sector
Avis d'utilisateur - Elissa - GoodreadsReally good book for people in local government work. A little dated, but still quite relevant. And VERY easy-to-read! Consulter l'avis complet
