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Innovating with Integrity
Sandford F. Borins
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Description for Innovating with Integrity
Paperback. Presents a comprehensive portrait of the local heroes - front-line public servants and middle managers - who are reinventing state and local government. Based on a study of more than 200 successful government innovations, this book offers a large-scale, systematic analysis of innovation in American government. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPR. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 500.
"Innovating with Integrity" presents a comprehensive portrait of the local heroes - front-line public servants and middle managers - who are reinventing state and local government, and it offers practical recommendations for innovating successfully. Based on a study of more than 200 successful government innovations, this book is the first large-scale, systematic analysis of innovation in American government. Sandford Borins identifies the components of integrity that he finds in successful innovators, including the intellectual discipline to plan rigorously and to establish measurable goals; the ability to collaborate with others and accommodate criticism; and a willingness to mobilize both the private ... Read more
"Innovating with Integrity" presents a comprehensive portrait of the local heroes - front-line public servants and middle managers - who are reinventing state and local government, and it offers practical recommendations for innovating successfully. Based on a study of more than 200 successful government innovations, this book is the first large-scale, systematic analysis of innovation in American government. Sandford Borins identifies the components of integrity that he finds in successful innovators, including the intellectual discipline to plan rigorously and to establish measurable goals; the ability to collaborate with others and accommodate criticism; and a willingness to mobilize both the private ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Georgetown University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
Washington, DC, United States
ISBN
9780878406883
SKU
V9780878406883
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About Sandford F. Borins
Sandford Borins is a professor of public management and chair of the division of management at the University of Toronto at Scarborough. He is a former visiting professor at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and the author of several books, including Political Management in Canada (McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1992). His research focuses on international comparisons of public ... Read more
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