High-Performance Government Structure, Leadership, Incentives

by Klitgaard, Robert; Light, Paul C.

• ISBN13: 9780833036629
• ISBN10: 0833036629
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-02-04
• Publisher: RAND Corporation

Summary

Improving how our government works is urgent business for America. In this book experts from the RAND corporation provide practical ways for government to reorganize and restructure, enhance leadership, and create flexible, performance-driven agencies.

Author Biography

Robert Klitgaard is dean and Ford Distinguished Professor of International Development and Security at the Pardee RAND Graduate School. His books include Controlling Corruption and Choosing Elites.

Paul C. Light is the Paulette Goddard Professor of Public Service at New York University. He was the Founding Director of the Center for Public Service at the Brookings Institution and Senior Adviser to the Volcker Commission. Light is the author of several books, including The Four Pillars Of High Performance: How Robust Organizations Achieve Extraordinary Results and Government's Greatest Achievements: From Civil Rights to Homeland Security .

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
Urgent business for America : revitalizing the federal government for the 21st century	p. 9
Governing the market state	p. 89
High-performance government in an uncertain world	p. 113
Organizing for reorganizing	p. 139
Four ways to restructure national security in the U.S. government	p. 161
Using public-private partnerships successfully in the federal setting	p. 179
Improving government processes : from velocity management to presidential appointments	p. 217
Developing leadership : emulating the military model	p. 255
Broadening public leadership in a globalized world	p. 281
The economic complexities of incentive reforms	p. 309
Measuring performance	p. 343
Lessons from performance measurement in education	p. 381
Choosing and using performance criteria	p. 407
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