Michael M. Stahl

The Promise of Public Service

Ideas and Examples for Effective Service

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This title explores what makes public servants effective by offering useful ideas and examining the accomplishments of public servants throughout American history.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Juli 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 380mm x 235mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 554g
• ISBN-13: 9781032209883
• ISBN-10: 1032209887
• Artikelnr.: 63087096

Autorenporträt

Michael M. Stahl is a 40-year veteran of public service in the legislative and executive branches in state and federal government in the United States. He led organizations ranging from 10 to 3,100 people, managing programs to provide grants and loans to schools for asbestos abatement, ensuring compliance with all environmental laws, and working with international partners to solve environmental problems in other countries and regions of the world. He taught for almost 20 years as an Adjunct Faculty member in the Master of Public Administration (MPA) Program at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. He was awarded both the Meritorious Presidential Rank Award and the Distinguished Presidential Rank Award by the U.S. government, and the Distinguished Career Service Award by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. He has authored several articles on public administration, including, most recently, Sustaining the Public Service Mentality, and New Imperatives for Public Managers. He holds an MPA from the University of Missouri, a Leadership Coaching Certificate from Georgetown University, and is the CEO of Stahl Strategic, LLC, a coaching and consulting firm in Staunton, Virginia.

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Ideas for Effective Public Service
1. Introduction: The Oath and the Opportunity
2. The Attitude of a Public Servant
3. A Reflective Practitioner's Philosophy: Creating Public Value and Solving Public Problems
4. Implementing Public Policy and Using Networks
5. Performance-Based Management: An Opportunity Squandered
6. Government's Greatest Achievements
7. Qualities Needed by Future Public Servants
Part II. Examples for Effective Public Service: Profiles of Public Service Heroes
8. Abraham Lincoln
Keeping the Union Together
9. Frederick Douglass
Calling Out the Brutality and Hypocrisy of Slavery
10. Ida B. Wells
Journalist Documenting Racial Injustice
11. Upton Sinclair
Muckraking Author
12. Alice Paul
Fighting for Women's Voting Rights
13. Harry Truman
Plain-Spoken President
14. Frances Perkins
Champion of the New Deal
15. George Marshall
Rescuing and Restoring Europe
16. Martin Luther King
Jr.
Warrior for Economic Justice
17. Rachel Carson
Mother of a Movement
18. Robert Kennedy
Beacon of Hope
19. Sergio Vieira De Mello
Diplomat in Harm's Way
Epilogue: Lessons Learned from Public Service Heroes
Appendix A. Ripples of Hope: Sustaining Quotations for Public Servants

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Part I. Ideas for Effective Public Service, 1. Introduction: The Oath and the Opportunity, 2. The Attitude of a Public Servant, 3. A Reflective Practitioner's Philosophy: Creating Public Value and Solving Public Problems, 4. Implementing Public Policy and Using Networks, 5. Performance-Based Management: An Opportunity Squandered, 6. Government's Greatest Achievements, 7. Qualities Needed by Future Public Servants, Part II. Examples for Effective Public Service: Profiles of Public Service Heroes, 8. Abraham Lincoln, Keeping the Union Together, 9. Frederick Douglass, Calling Out the Brutality and Hypocrisy of Slavery, 10. Ida B. Wells, Journalist Documenting Racial Injustice, 11. Upton Sinclair, Muckraking Author, 12. Alice Paul, Fighting for Women's Voting Rights, 13. Harry Truman, Plain-Spoken President, 14. Frances Perkins, Champion of the New Deal, 15. George Marshall, Rescuing and Restoring Europe, 16. Martin Luther King, Jr., Warrior for Economic Justice, 17. Rachel Carson, Mother of a Movement, 18. Robert Kennedy, Beacon of Hope, 19. Sergio Vieira De Mello, Diplomat in Harm's Way, Epilogue: Lessons Learned from Public Service Heroes, Appendix A. Ripples of Hope: Sustaining Quotations for Public Servants