Editors’ Preface
Over the past decade or so, government at all levels has begun requiring short- and long-term plans, including strategic goals, measurable objectives, a system for assessing outcomes, and periodic reporting on results. More recently, decisionmakers have attempted to tie budget and other resource decisions to agency performance.
Ironically, this shift to a more results-oriented management system has not had a noticeable effect on public-sector organizational culture. Such a transformation would surely have nudged organizations out of their bureaucratic silos and stovepipes, where behavioral changes would be apparent.
Numerous basic books and training materials that present the fundamentals of public management are available. ...
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