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by Goke Adegoroye
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2015

In this two-volume compendium, Goke Adegoroye draws from his wealth of experience in governance and public service to deliver invaluable insights on the civil service and its crucial role in governance in Nigeria. A seasoned academic and civil servant, Adegoroye chronicles the history of civil service,...
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Excellent Public Relations and Effective Organizations

A Study of Communication Management in Three Countries

by James E. Grunig, David M. Dozier, James E. Grunig
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2003

This book is the final product of the "excellence project"--a comprehensive research effort commissioned by the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) Research Foundation. Going well beyond any of the previously published reports on the Excellence study, this book contains...
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Ports in a Storm

Public Management in a Turbulent World

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Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2012

In Ports in a Storm a team of Harvard Kennedy School scholars focus diverse conceptual lenses on a single high-stakes management task-enhancing port security across the United States. Their aims are two: to understand how a public manager might confront that complex undertaking, and to explore the...
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by Shlomo Mizrahi
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2017

This book applies various theoretical tools to explore the advantages and disadvantages of performance management systems, the ways in which they can be improved, and the strategies through which they can be designed and integrated into the policy making process. By providing both theoretical insights...
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Governing in a Global World

Women in Public Service

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Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2017

Governing in a Global World captures the panorama of women governing around the world. Even though the modern era marks history’s greatest advancements for women, worldwide they hold fewer than 30 percent of decision-making positions and are often missing from negotiating tables where policies are...
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High-Stakes Reform

The Politics of Educational Accountability

by Kathryn A. McDermott
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2011

Performance accountability has been the dominant trend in education policy reform since the 1970s. State and federal policies set standards for what students should learn; require students to take “high-stakes” tests to measure what they have learned; and then hold students, schools, and school districts...
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by Thomas A. Heberlein
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2012

The environment, and how humans affect it, is more of a concern now than ever. We are constantly told that halting climate change requires raising awareness, changing attitudes, and finally altering behaviors among the general public-and fast. New information, attitudes, and actions, it is conventionally...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2014

The various and different Middle Eastern countries are addressing new key reform and governance reform processes but also administration and policy issues of enduring importance; decentralization and local government, non-profit organizations, political culture, and reform of the policy process. This...
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Female Business Owners in Public Relations

Constructing Identity at Home and at Work

by Allison Weidhaas
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2016

Female Business Owners in Public Relations: Constructing Identity at Home and at Work presents an important perspective on how female business owners construct their work-life integration and addresses key identity questions. Weidhaas examines business ownership in public relations, an industry dominated...
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Public Relations and Social Theory

Key Figures, Concepts and Developments

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Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2018

Public Relations and Social Theory: Key Figures, Concepts and Developments broadens the theoretical scope of public relations studies by applying the work of a group of prominent social theorists to make sense of the practice. The volume focuses on the work of key social theorists, including Max Weber,...
Cover of Institutional Reforms in the Public Sector
by Mahabat Baimyrzaeva
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2012

What does it take to design effective government institutions and sustain positive changes? What have we learnt about the attempts to deliberately design and redesign public sector institutions in different countries? What works and what doesn't, and why? What happens when reforms fail? This book...
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by Margaret Somerville, K. Kumaran, Rob Anderson
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2016

First Prize in Public health in the 2017 BMA Medical Book Awards Public Health and Epidemiology at a Glance is a highly visual introduction to the key concepts and major themes of population health. With comprehensive coverage of all the core topics covered at medical school, it helps students...
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Qualitative Methods in Public Health

A Field Guide for Applied Research

by Elizabeth E. Tolley, Priscilla R. Ulin, Natasha Mack
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2016

Qualitative Methods in Public Health: A Field Guide for Applied Research, 2nd Edition provides a practical orientation to conducting effective qualitative research in the public health sphere. With thorough examination and simple explanations, this book guides you through the logic and workflow of...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013

This book combines the disciplines of applied demography and public health by describing how applied demographic techniques can be used to help address public health issues.  Besides addressing the impact of aging on health and health-related expenditure, cause-specific mortality, and maternal health...
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