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019 $a933908362
020 $a9780307959492 (hardcover)
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020 $z9780307959508 (ebook)
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050 00 $aE897.4.G37$bA3 2016
082 00 $a352.2/93092$aB$223
100 1 $aGates, Robert Michael,$d1943-$eauthor.
245 12 $aA passion for leadership :$blessons on change and reform from fifty years of public service /$cRobert M. Gates.
250 $aFirst edition.
264 1 $aNew York :$bAlfred A. Knopf,$c2016.
300 $a239 pages ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
500 $aIncludes index.
520 $aAcross the realms of civic and private enterprise alike, bureaucracies vitally impact our security, freedoms, and everyday life. With so much at stake, competence, efficiency, and fiscal prudence are essential, yet Americans know these institutions fall short. Many despair that they are too big and too hard to reform. Robert Gates disagrees. Having led change successfully at three monumental organizations -- the CIA, Texas A&M University, and the Department of Defense -- he offers an insider's look at how major bureaus, organizations, and companies can be transformed. Gates includes advice on tailoring reform to the operative culture (we see how Gates worked within the system to increase diversity at Texas A&M); effecting change within committees; engaging the power of compromise ("In the real world of bureaucratic institutions, you almost never get all you want when you want it"); and listening and responding to your team.
505 0 $aWhy bureaucracies so often fail us -- Where you want to go: "The vision thing" -- Formulating a strategy -- Techniques for implementing change -- It's always about people -- Stakeholders: Friends and foes -- The agent of change: "Mirror, mirror on the wall" -- Money, money, money: Reforming in scarce times -- Reform: The never-ending story -- A flaming heart.
600 10 $aGates, Robert Michael,$d1943-
650 0 $aCabinet officers$zUnited States$vBiography.
650 0 $aOrganizational change$zUnited States.
650 0 $aLeadership.
650 0 $aPublic administration$zUnited States$vAnecdotes.
650 0 $aAdministrative agencies$zUnited States$xReorganization.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bDepartment of Defense$xOfficials and employees$vBiography.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bCentral Intelligence Agency$xOfficials and employees$vBiography.
610 20 $aTexas A & M University System$vBiography.
651 0 $aUnited States$xPolitics and government.
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