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What Government Does

Paperback • 2014 • 1. edition

What Government Does

By Mark A. Abramson, Paul Lawrence

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About the book

To understand the challenges of political leadership and how top executivessucceed in accomplishing an Administration's objectives, business-in-governmentexperts Paul R. Lawrence and Mark A. Abramson present the findingsof a four-year study of top political appointees in the Obama Administration.The 42 participants-Deputy Secretaries and agency heads-provide casestudies of how each approaches the management challenges and achievesthe mission of their organization. Full of behind-the-scenes insig...Show more

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9781442232433

Publisher

Rowman & Littlefield

Published year

2014

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