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The Life Cycles of the Council on Environmental Quality and the Environmental Protection Agency
1970 - 2035
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2016
In 1970, due to increasing public concern about the environment, a dramatic series of bipartisan actions were taken to expand the national government's efforts to control pollutants. In that year, the Congress and President Nixon established two key federal agencies to address the nation's growing...
Leadership in Public Organizations
An Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2017
Now in a completely revised and updated Third Edition, Leadership in Public Organizations provides a compact but complete analysis of leadership for students and practitionerswho work in public and nonprofit organizations. Offering a comprehensive review of leadership theories in the field, from the...
Diploma Matters
A Field Guide for College and Career Readiness
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2011
In our current education system too many high school students wind up with too few choices. Students are locked into what is decided for them by a broken system. Too often, they are handed a diploma that holds an empty promise. This practical field book is filled with effective tools from The Education...
by Theodore J. Kowalski
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2015
Although the importance of communication in school administration has been recognized for some time, this facet of effective practice continues to receive limited attention. In the context of an information-based, reform-minded society, the value of communicative competence has been increased substantially....
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Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2014
This collection of awardwinning research in Learning and Teaching in Educational Leadership is sponsored by the Learning and Teaching in Educational Leadership Special Interest Group of the American Educational Research Association (LTEL SIG of AERA). The research includes superintendent preparation,...
Positive School Leadership
Building Capacity and Strengthening Relationships
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
This landmark book translates positive and asset-based understandings of organizations to develop a powerful model of school leadership that is grounded in both existing research and the complexities of life in schools. The authors—both senior scholars in educational leadership—apply insights...
Understanding College and University Organization
Theories for Effective Policy and Practice
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2012
A Management Resource for Higher Education Leaders“Quite simply a tour de force. Not only have the authors written by far the broadest and deepest theoretical analysis of college and university organization I've seen, but they have clearly organized a complex topic, and written it engagingly. This...
Analyzing Problems in Schools and School Systems
A Theoretical Approach
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Although there are many textbooks in the field of educational administration describing various organizational theories, this text is unique in tying organizational theory explicitly and systematically to a well-formulated problem- analysis methodology. It provides particular examples of bureaucratic,...
Lean Daily Management for Healthcare
A Strategic Guide to Implementing Lean for Hospital Leaders
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2016
You likely don’t need any more tools, programs, or workshops to improve your hospital. What you need is a simple and consistent approach to manage problem-solving. Filling this need, this book presents a Lean management system that can help break down barriers between staff, directors, and administration...
Change Rx for Healthcare
Your Prescription for Leading Change
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2017
Everywhere you look in healthcare, disruptive changes are emerging, yet the pressure to keep productivity up is ever-present. There are ways to minimize disruption and make adoption stick.
Change Rx for Healthcare: Your Prescription for Leading Change showcases a case study of a large, transformational...
Leading Healthcare IT
Managing to Succeed
Language: English
Release Date: December 8, 2016
Healthcare IT is a complex and rapidly evolving field. Success in this arena requires the ability to create a vision, set a strategy, foster collaboration, develop a plan and execute flawlessly every day. This book provides a clear, concise roadmap for professionals who currently manage, direct or...
by Muhammad Abd al-Hameed
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2012
Earlier, the local institutions and offices had a system of inspections, audits, inquiries, etc., to improve efficiency and facilities. It seldom worked. Now the people’s representatives provide an effective external check through the monitoring system to improve the situation.
The monitoring...
Demand Better!
Revive Our Broken Healthcare System
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2001
Much of the healthcare debate is centered on cost - the skyrocketing cost of direct patient care, the cost to insure millions of currently uninsured people, the administrative costs that eat up a large chunk of every healthcare dollar, the cost of defensive medicine to avert malpractice lawsuits....
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Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2016
The CQ Press Guide to Urban Politics and Policy in the United States will bring the CQ Press reference guide approach to topics in urban politics and policy in the United States. If the old adage that “all politics is local” is even partially true, then cities are important centers for political...