Understanding and Managing Public Organizations, 6th Edition

THE AUTHORS

Understanding and Managing Public Organizations, sixth edition

Sergio Fernandez is Professor at Indiana University O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs and Affiliate Faculty in Indiana University African Studies Program. He also serves as Extraordinary Professor in University of Pretoria School of Public Management and Administration. He earned his PhD in Public Administration from the University of Georgia. His research focuses on organizational behavior in the public sector, public sector leadership, representative bureaucracy, and government outsourcing. His work has appeared in leading policy and management journals, including Public Administration Review, Governance, Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, American Review of Public Administration, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Leadership Quarterly, Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly, and Journal of Modern African Studies. He is author of Representative Bureaucracy and Performance: Public Service Transformation in South Africa (Palgrave Macmillan, 2020). He has served on seven journal editorial boards and is an editor for Africa Today.

Deanna Malatesta is an Associate Professor at the Paul O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University, Bloomington. Her research foci include public sector management and governance, collaboration, and contracts. Professor Malatesta teaches several courses at Indiana University: Public Policy Problems and ...