Administration category: 6852 books
Public Value
Theory and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2010
This text provides a concise and internationalized restatement of the public value approach, an assessment of its impact to date - in theory and practice - and of its particular relevance to the challenges of public management in a time of crisis and austerity.
Higher Education in America
Revised Edition
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2015
Higher Education in America is a landmark work--a comprehensive and authoritative analysis of the current condition of our colleges and universities from former Harvard president Derek Bok, one of the nation's most respected education experts. Sweepingly ambitious in scope, this is a deeply informed...
Public Service Ethics
Individual and Institutional Responsibilities
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2018
Ethics—in all its exemplary and exhausting forms—matters*.* It deals with the most gripping question in public life: "What is the right thing to do?" Now in a thoroughly revised second edition, Public Service Ethics: Individual and Institutional Responsibilitiesintroduces readers to...
Strategic Transformation of Higher Education
Challenges and Solutions in a Global Economy
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2016
Strategic Transformation of Higher Education examines the broken revenue-driven business model characteristic of higher education in an environment that demands greater access, more affordable tuition, accountable leaders, and faculty who deliver a consistently high quality of relevant education....
For-Profit Colleges and Universities
Their Markets, Regulation, Performance, and Place in Higher Education
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2012
“For-profit higher education is exploding in the U.S. and across the globe. This has produced a torrent of rhetorical claims from advocates and opponents, little of which is based in evidence. At last, a fair minded and comprehensive examination of this phenomenon by a team of top thinkers and researchers....
by Terrence E. Deal, Kent D. Peterson
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2016
The most trusted guide to school culture, updated with current challenges and new solutions
Shaping School Culture is the classic guide to exceptional school leadership, featuring concrete guidance on influencing the subtle symbolic features of schools that provide meaning, belief, and faith....
by Laurence Carter
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2012
The training and development team of an international call centre enterprise is faced with the challenge of creating a global workforce, dedicated to excellent customer service, and high quality operational results that drive business performance. High standards for employee performance must be nurtured...
All Hands on Deck
Tools for Connecting Educators, Parents, and Communities
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2014
Bring communities together for involvement that makes a difference!
Impact your students in a positive way and join the leagues of educators who are learning to engage with students, parents, and communities using social media and Web 2.0 technologies. Featuring practical strategies that you’ll...
Is Congress Broken?
The Virtues and Defects of Partisanship and Gridlock
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2017
Making Congress Work, Again, Within the Constitutional System
Congress for many years has ranked low in public esteem-joining journalists, bankers, and union leaders at the bottom of polls. And in recent years there's been good reason for the public disregard, with the rise of hyper-partisanship...
Modernising Irish Government
The Politics of Administrative Reform
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2007
Modernising Irish Government presents the major historical turning points in the development of Irish public services with a particular focus on the civil service, covering the mid-nineteenth-century reforms, the foundations of the State and the Lemass-Whittaker economic initiative. It introduces...
by John O'Toole
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2009
A thoroughly revised and updated edition of this acclaimed text that reflects the extensive changes in the Irish system of government, including strategic management, parliamentary procedures and the management of EU business.
An essential book for understanding the workings of Irish Government,...
Boards that Matter
Building Blocks for Implementing Coherent Governance' and Policy Governance'
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2011
The challenge of governing a complex organization is difficult enough in itself, without layering on top of that challenge the struggle to make the board's own operating system seem natural and meaningful. Making Your Governance Model Work is a practical guide that takes the mystery out of that process....
by JoAnn Klinedinst
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2017
Continuing professional development (CPD) is critical for the health IT professional. Healthcare is fast-paced, dynamic, ever-changing, and global. It’s both exciting and exhausting. And it is rapidly evolving through innovation, Federal incentives, and technological advancements. For these reasons,...
Leading School Change
Maximizing Resources for School Improvement
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2013
This CHOICE award winning author has teamed up with two national school change experts to write a comprehensive book on school change management. Everything you need to know on initiating and managing school change are covered: planning change, conditions for successful change, models for improvement,...