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1 online resource (184 pages) |
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| Summary |
To understand the challenges of political leadership and how top executives succeed in accomplishing an administration's objectives, business in government experts Paul R. Lawrence and Mark A. Abramson present the findings of a two year's study of top political appointees in the Obama administration. The participants - deputy secretaries and agency heads - provide case studies of how each approaches the management challenges and achieves the mission of their organization. Full of behind-the-scenes insights and practical advice from government political executives on how they face mana. |
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PATHS TO MAKING A DIFFERENCE; CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Chapter One: The Selection and Preparation of Political Executives; What We Set Out to Do; What We Would Like Future Political Executives to Know; What We Would Like the Office of Presidential Personnel to Know; The Importance of Orientation Activities for Political Executives; The Road Ahead; Chapter Two: The Deputy secretaries; Understanding the Job of the Deputy Secretary; W. Scott Gould, Deputy Secretary, Department of Veterans Affairs; Seth D. Harris, Deputy Secretary, Department of Labor. |
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Print version record. |
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Government executives -- United States.
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Political leadership -- United States.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Leadership.
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Government executives. (OCoLC)fst00945319
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Political leadership. (OCoLC)fst01069363
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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Electronic book.
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Lawrence, Paul R., 1956-
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Abramson, Mark A., 1947-
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Print version: 9781442213074 |
| ISBN |
9781442213098 (electronic bk.) |
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1442213094 (electronic bk.) |
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