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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Library Journal Review     Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Gates, Robert Michael, 1943-     Subjects     Gates, Robert Michael, 1943-     United States. Department of Defense -- Officials and employees -- Biography.     United States. Central Intelligence Agency -- Officials and employees -- Biography.     Texas A & M University System -- Biography.     Leadership.     Organizational change -- Management.     Administrative agencies -- Reorganization.     Public administration -- Anecdotes.     Cabinet officers -- United States -- Biography.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Gates, Robert Michael, 1943-       by title:      A passion for leader...       by call number:      352.293 G259p     Search the Web     Gates, Robert Michael, 1943-     Gates, Robert Michael, 1943-     United States. Department of Defense -- Officials and employees -- Biography.     United States. Central Intelligence Agency -- Officials and employees -- Biography.     Texas A & M University System -- Biography.     Leadership.     Organizational change -- Management.     Administrative agencies -- Reorganization.     Public administration -- Anecdotes.     Cabinet officers -- United States -- Biography.       MARC Display

A passion for leadership : lessons on change and reform from fifty years of public service / Robert M. Gates. by Gates, Robert Michael, 1943- Alfred A. Knopf, an imprint of Penguin Random House, 2016. Call #: 352.293 G259p Subjects Gates, Robert Michael, 1943-   United States. Department of Defense -- Officials and employees -- Biography.   United States. Central Intelligence Agency -- Officials and employees -- Biography.   Texas A & M University System -- Biography.   Leadership.   Organizational change -- Management.   Administrative agencies -- Reorganization.   Public administration -- Anecdotes.   Cabinet officers -- United States -- Biography. ISBN:  9780307959492 (hc.) 030795949X (hc.) Edition:  First edition. Description:  239 pages ; 25 cm. Notes:  Includes index. Contents:  Why 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. Summary:  The former Secretary of Defense explores why bureaucratic institutions are failing and how then can be tarnsformed through effective leadership, citing the examples of large-scale change in the CIA, Texas A&M University, and the Department of Defense. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Nonfiction 352.293 G259p Core Collection - Adult Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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