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Gates, Robert Michael, 1943-
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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.
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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.
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A passion for leadership : lessons on change and reform from fifty years of public service / Robert M. Gates.
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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
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Techniques for implementing change
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It's always about people
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Stakeholders: friends and foes
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The agent of change: "mirror, mirror on the wall"
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Money, money, money: reforming in scarce times
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Reform: the never-ending story
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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.
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