01454nam a22002417a 4500 20260702163126.0 260702s2021 |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9781119705895 PK-LaUMT 351 RAI-U Rainey, Hal G. 13358 Understanding and managing public organizations : essential texts for nonprofit and public leadership and management / Hal G. Rainey, Sergio Fernandez and Deanna Malatesta 6th ed. Hoboken : Jossey-Bass, 2021 xx, 572 p. Includes bibliographical references and index. This 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 eng Public administration Fernandez, Sergio 13359 Malatesta, Deanna 13360 BK 141302 141302 0 0 0 0 01 01 2026-07-02 0 351 RAI-U 153110 2026-07-02 15:48:54 2026-07-02 BK