TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rainey,Hal G.
AU  - Fernandez,Sergio
AU  - Malatesta,Deanna
TI  - Understanding and managing public organizations: essential texts for nonprofit and public leadership and management 
SN  - 9781119705895
U1  - 351 
PY  - 2021///
CY  - Hoboken
PB  - Jossey-Bass
KW  - Public administration
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - 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
ER  -