The authors of this book contend that the civil service system, which was devised to create a uniform process for recruiting high-quality workers to government, is no longer uniform or a system. Nor does it help government find and retain the workers it needs to build a government that works. The current civil service system was designed for a government in which federal agencies directly delivered most public services. But over the last generation, privatization and devolution has increased the number and importance of government's partnerships with private companies, nonprofit...
The authors of this book contend that the civil service system, which was devised to create a uniform process for recruiting high-quality workers to g...
How can government leaders build, sustain, and leverage the cross-organizational collaborative networks needed to tackle the complex interagency and intergovernmental challenges they increasingly face? "Tackling Wicked Government Problems: A Practical Guide for Developing Enterprise Leaders" draws on the experiences of high-level government leaders to describe and comprehensively articulate the complicated, ill-structured difficulties they face--often referred to as "wicked problems"--in leading across organizational boundaries and offers the best strategies for addressing them.
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How can government leaders build, sustain, and leverage the cross-organizational collaborative networks needed to tackle the complex interagency an...
