TY - BOOK TI - Improving the quality of urban management AV - HT108JS331 .U7 vol. 8 PY - 1974///] CY - Beverly Hills PB - Sage Publications KW - Municipal government KW - United States KW - Municipal services KW - Administration municipale KW - âEtats-Unis KW - Services municipaux N1 - Bibliography: p. 625-635.; The mismanagement of the cities and defective delivery systems; David Rogers, Willis D. Hawley --; pt. 1; On knowing when things are getting better; Measuring the quality of public services; Harry P. Hatry --; The urban government annual report; Arie Y. Lewin and Robert W. Blanning --; Evaluating organizational change in public services; Dennis R. Young --; pt. 2; Toward a more sophisticated urban management; Change and innovation i city government; Frederick O'R. Hayes --; Systems analysis in the urban complex: potential and limitations; Garry D. Brewer --; Muddling through analytically; James W. Vaupel --; pt. 3; Decentralization; Service delivery and the urban political order; Douglas Yates --; Decentralization for urban management: sorting the wheat from the chaff; Annmarie H. Walsh --; Decentralization: fiscal chimera or budgetary boon?; Jonathan Sunshine --; Community control and governmental responsiveness: the case of police in Black neighborhoods; Elinor Ostrom and Gordon P. Whitaker --; pt. 4; Reorganization; Organizations of the future; Chris Argyris --; The possibilities of nonbureaucratic organizations; Willis D. Hawley --; pt. 5; Lessons from the private sector; Business and the urban crisis: the case of the Economic Development Council of New York City; David Rogers --; Municipal monopolies versus competition in delivering urban services; E.S. Savas --; Increasing the role of the private sector in providing public services; Lyle C. Fitch --; pt. 6; Barriers to change; Public service unions and public services; Sumner M. Rosen --; Federal programs and political development in cities; Jeffrey L. Pressman --; Constraints on urban leadership, or why cities cannot be creatively governed; Peter A. Lupsha; Electronic reproduction; [S.l.]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2010 UR - https://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/1007793.html ER -