| Managing Within Networks: Adding Value to Public Organizations Contributor(s): Agranoff, Robert (Author) |
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ISBN: 1589011546 ISBN-13: 9781589011540 Publisher: Georgetown University Press OUR PRICE: $42.52 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2007 Annotation: Managing within Networks analyzes the structure, operations, and achievements of public management networks that are trying to solve intractable problems at the field level. It examines such areas as transportation, economic and rural development, communications systems and data management, water conservation, wastewater management, watershed conservation, and services for persons with developmental disabilities. Robert Agranoff draws a number of innovative conclusions about what these networks do and how they do it from data compiled on fourteen public management networks in Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Nebraska, and Ohio. Agranoff identifies four different types of networks based on their purposes and observes the differences between network management and traditional management structures and leadership. He notes how knowledge is managed and value added within intergovernmental networks. This volume is useful for students, scholars, and practitioners of public management. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Public Affairs & Administration |
| Dewey: 351.73 |
| LCCN: 2006031171 |
| Series: Public Management and Change |
| Physical Information: 0.72" H x 6.1" W x 8.94" (0.87 lbs) 292 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The real work of many governments is done not in stately domed capitols but by a network of federal and state officials working with local governments and nongovernmental organizations to address issues that cross governmental boundaries. Managing within Networks analyzes the structure, operations, and achievements of these public management networks that are trying to solve intractable problems at the field level. It examines such areas as transportation, economic and rural development, communications systems and data management, water conservation, wastewater management, watershed conservation, and services for persons with developmental disabilities. Robert Agranoff draws a number of innovative conclusions about what these networks do and how they do it from data compiled on fourteen public management networks in Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Nebraska, and Ohio. Agranoff identifies four different types of networks based on their purposes and observes the differences between network management and traditional management structures and leadership. He notes how knowledge is managed and value added within intergovernmental networks. This volume is useful for students, scholars, and practitioners of public management. |