01383nam a22002177a 450000500170000000800410001702000180005804000130007608200150008910000190010424501780012325000120030126000340031330000150034750000510036252006740041354600080108765000260109570000220112170000220114320260702163126.0260702s2021    |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9781119705895  cPK-LaUMT  a351bRAI-U1 aRainey, Hal G.10aUnderstanding and managing public organizations :bessential texts for nonprofit and public leadership and management /cHal G. Rainey, Sergio Fernandez and Deanna Malatesta  a6th ed.  aHoboken :bJossey-Bass,c2021  axx, 572 p.  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.  aThis book, through five editions, has met a need in course curricula in graduate courses in public administration and affairs, and has served as a reference book for scholars and doctoral students in this field. The book presents the major ideas and insights from organization theory, which focuses on the main dimensions and processes of organizations, including organizational goals and effectiveness, strategy, decision-making, structure and design, organizational change, operating environments, and related topics. This sixth edition has been updated to reflect developments in the field since the publication of the fifth edition in 2014. -- Provided by publisher  aeng  aPublic administration1 aFernandez, Sergio1 aMalatesta, Deanna