Productivity in Public and Non Profit Organizations : Strategies and Techniques

This book provides an overview and assessment of state-of-the-art strategies for performance and productivity in public and non-profit organizations. It is research-based and draws on real cases. Topics include: rationales for productivity and performance improvement; evolution of productivity improvement; strategies for implementing improvement; analytical tools; strategic planning; organizational information technologies; TQM; benchmarking; partnering; re-engineering; project management strategies; and people-based productivity improvement strategies.

Examining how public and nonprofit managers improve productivity in their organizations, Evan M. Berman lays out a wide range of tools and strategies to promote employee motivation, client orientation, cost-effective service delivery, effective partnering, harmonious workplace relations, and the use of information technology. Productivity in Public and Nonprofit Organizations presents a positive view of the possibility of improvement through many hands-on examples of change. It offers specific advice on overcoming vital challenges that managers often encounter when they seek to improve their organizations and units. In a clear and effective writing style, Berman argues that managers must combine technology and analysis with psychology and foresight in human relations. This book further includes survey data about the use of productivity improvement strategies in a wide range of public and nonprofit organizations.

Productivity in Public and Nonprofit Organizations will be of great interest to professionals and students in the fields of public administration, management, and organization studies.