A passion for leadership : lessons on change and reform from fifty years of public service
(Book - Regular Print)
Author
Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
239 pages ; 25 cm
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Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2016.
Format
Book - Regular Print
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Notes
General Note
Includes index.
Description
From the former Secretary of Defense and author of the best-selling memoir Duty, a characteristically direct, informed, and urgent assessment of why big institutions are failing us and how smart, committed leadership can effect real improvement regardless of scale. Across 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 us the ultimate insider's look at how major bureaus, organizations, and companies can be transformed, which is by turns heartening and inspiring and always instructive.--Adapted from book jacket.
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Administrative agencies -- United States -- Reorganization.
Anecdotes.
Autobiographies.
Cabinet officers -- United States -- Biography.
Gates, Robert Michael, -- 1943-
Leadership -- United States.
Organizational change -- United States.
Public administration -- United States -- Anecdotes.
Texas A & M University System -- Biography.
United States -- Politics and government.
United States. -- Central Intelligence Agency -- Officials and employees -- Biography.
United States. -- Department of Defense -- Officials and employees -- Biography.
Anecdotes.
Autobiographies.
Cabinet officers -- United States -- Biography.
Gates, Robert Michael, -- 1943-
Leadership -- United States.
Organizational change -- United States.
Public administration -- United States -- Anecdotes.
Texas A & M University System -- Biography.
United States -- Politics and government.
United States. -- Central Intelligence Agency -- Officials and employees -- Biography.
United States. -- Department of Defense -- Officials and employees -- Biography.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Gates, R. M. (2016). A passion for leadership: lessons on change and reform from fifty years of public service (First edition.). Alfred A. Knopf.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Gates, Robert Michael, 1943-. 2016. A Passion for Leadership: Lessons On Change and Reform From Fifty Years of Public Service. Alfred A. Knopf.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Gates, Robert Michael, 1943-. A Passion for Leadership: Lessons On Change and Reform From Fifty Years of Public Service Alfred A. Knopf, 2016.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Gates, Robert Michael. A Passion for Leadership: Lessons On Change and Reform From Fifty Years of Public Service First edition., Alfred A. Knopf, 2016.
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