Civil Service Reform Building 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 have increased the number and importance of governments partnerships with private companies,nonprofit organizations, and state and local governments. Government workers today spend much of their time managing these partnerships, not delivering services., and this trend will only accelerate in the future. The authors contend that the current system poorly develops government workers who can effectively manage these partnerships, resulting too often in a gap between promise and performance. Civil Service Reform is a lively bipartisan volume, authored by leading experts on government management which describes what the government of the future will look lie, what it will need to work well, and how in particular the nation can build the next generation of workers required to lead it. Civil Service Reform is an articulate assemblage of voices with great value and timeliness for todays national debate on the role, function, cost and size of government.Kettl, Donald F. is the author of 'Civil Service Reform Building a Government That Works' with ISBN 9780815749035 and ISBN 0815749031.