Reinventing Texas Government

Reinventing Texas Government
Author: Michael Lauderdale
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2010-01-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0292778007

The Survey of Organizational Excellence is revolutionizing the operation of Texas state agencies and other governmental and private organizations. Developed and refined over the last twenty years by a team of researchers led by Michael Lauderdale, the survey is a proven tool for improving the effectiveness of state government services through surveys of employee attitudes toward their organizations. In this book, Lauderdale gives a history of the survey and its use under four governors, including George W. Bush. He explains what the survey is, how to use it, and how to apply its results to organizational change and improvement. Step-by-step instructions for planning, implementing, and evaluating the survey are enhanced with real-life case studies from the 140,000 surveys that have been distributed and used by more than 75 different organizations. Lauderdale also sets the survey in a broader perspective by identifying some of the forces currently impelling change in organizations throughout our society and exploring where this push for change is taking us.

Civil Service Reform in the States

Civil Service Reform in the States
Author: J. Edward Kellough
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Total Pages: 344
Release: 2012-02-01
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 079148243X

Civil Service Reform in the States examines the critical importance of civil service systems in modern government and popular efforts to reform those systems. The book provides an up-to-date analysis and assessment of public personnel reforms undertaken by various state governments since 1990 and the extent to which these reforms have been implemented or resisted. With chapters written by nationally recognized experts on civil service and civil service reform, this book will appeal to public policy makers, practitioners, and students alike.

Citizenville

Citizenville
Author: Gavin Newsom
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2014-01-28
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0143124471

“A fascinating case for a more engaged government, transformed to meet the challenges and possibilities of the twenty-first century.” —President William J. Clinton A rallying cry for revolutionizing democracy in the digital age, Citizenville reveals how ordinary Americans can reshape their government for the better. Gavin Newsom, the lieutenant governor of California, argues that today’s government is stuck in the last century while—in both the private sector and our personal lives—absolutely everything else has changed. Drawing on wide-ranging interviews with thinkers and politicians, Newsom shows how Americans can transform their government, taking matters into their own hands to dissolve political gridlock even as they produce tangible changes in the real world. Citizenville is a timely road map for restoring American prosperity and for reinventing citizenship in today’s networked age.

Texas, Cotton, And The New Deal

Texas, Cotton, And The New Deal
Author: Keith Joseph Volanto
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Total Pages: 232
Release: 2005
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781585444021

Cotton growing-Government policy-Texas-Historly 2. Cotton trade-government policy-Texas-History. 3. New Deal1933-1939-Texas. 4. United States.

American Turnaround

American Turnaround
Author: Edward Whitacre
Publisher: Business Plus
Total Pages: 222
Release: 2013-02-05
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1455513008

Ed Whitacre is credited with taking over the corporate reins at General Motors (GM) when the automotive manufacturer was on the brink of bankruptcy during 2009 and turned the company around in magnificent fashion. In this business memoir, the native Texan explores his unique management style, business acumen and patriotism. It was President Obama who reached out to Ed Whitacre to come out of retirement and take over GM in 2009. A down-to-earth, no-nonsense Texas native with a distinctive Texas twang in his voice, Whitacre was reluctant to come out of retirement to work at GM. But Whitacre is that rare CEO with great charisma and extraordinary management instincts. And when he got to Detroit, he started to whittle down the corporate bureaucracy right away - and got GM back on track in record time. Before being pulled out of retirement to run GM by Obama, Ed Whitacre had spent his entire corporate career in the telecom business, where he ultimately ended up running AT&T.

American Government 2004

American Government 2004
Author: Larry J. Sabato
Publisher: Longman
Total Pages: 1142
Release: 2004
Genre:
ISBN: 9780321202222

· O'Connor & Sabato's best-selling American government text with seven chapters on Texas politics and government. · Offers a historical perspective of American & Texas government. · Brings everything right up to the present with an abundance of current and student-relevant examples. · New "Join the Debate" & "On Campus" boxes engage students in the material. · New "Analyzing Visuals" boxes help develop visual literacy skills.

Water Code

Water Code
Author: Texas
Publisher:
Total Pages: 548
Release: 1972
Genre: Water
ISBN: