Collaborating to Manage ─ A Primer for the Public Sector

In this introduction to how collaborative management between the new 'conductive' (more externally-focused) public agency and nongovernmental organizations is achieving program results, Agranoff (emeritus, public and environmental affairs, Indiana U.-Bloomington) discusses management within the sphere of governance, current practices, and network support structures. The work includes supporting case studies, figures, tables, and appendices (e.g., on challenges in contract management, knowledge management activities, and alternative dispute resolution processes). It is based on lectures and papers delivered between 2008 and 2110. Annotation c2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Robert Agranoff is professor emeritus in the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University-Bloomington and is affiliated with the Instituto Universitario Ortega y Gasset in Madrid. He is the author ofManaging within Networks and coauthor of Collaborative Public Management, which received the Louis Brownlow Book Award from the National Academy of Public Administration.