China's West Region Development: Domestic Strategies and Global Implications

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Designed as a text for upper-level undergraduate-and graduate-level courses in public administration, public management, public policy, organizational behavior, this book looks at how people work effectively in public organizations. Written entirely by experienced practitioners, the text is unique in that it addresses throughout both the practical concerns of the working administrator and those of the theorist. By using their own on-the-job experiences as illustrative samples, the contributors clearly demonstrate how theory can improve practice and how practice can be used to generate theories. Following an introductory chapter by the editor on the role of practitioners in the intellectual development of public administration, the text is divided into four sections. Part One, on the individual in public organizations, covers the ways in which managers learn and teach, presents an alternative contemplative paradigm of organizational behavior, and explores the role of the heroic individual in public administration. Part Two focuses on other people and public organizations, examining such issues as organizational learning, internal evaluation in organizations, organizational pathologies, and controlling conflict. Turning to the question of structure and public organizations, the contributors address ways in which organizational structure can be influenced, describe a learning model of organization, identify archetypes in organizations, and analyze the structure of power in public organizations. The final section looks at the management and leadership skills necessary to be successful in public administration.

The Learning Organization in the Public Services

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The Learning Organization in the Public Services

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Managing Information and Knowledge in the Public Sector

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Managing Information and Knowledge in the Public Sector
Eileen Milner
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ASIN: 0415204224

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For the public sector, which is globally the largest employer of people and repository of information, managing information and knowledge is an extremely problematic area to address. The essence of both resources is that they are intangible, their impact and value cannot be measured through traditional accounting methods, yet they are also, paradoxically, where the greatest value and potential for improvement is located.

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Down-to-earth and taking into account the critically important characteristics unique to public services, this will be an illuminating text both for managers and policy makers already working in the public sector.

You're Learning All the Time: Women, Education and Community Work

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You're Learning All the Time: Women, Education and Community Work
Pam Flynn
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Improving schools through partnerships: learning from charter schools: charter schools that have partnered with nonprofit, for-profit, and public organizations ... : An article from: Phi Delta Kappan

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Improving schools through partnerships: learning from charter schools: charter schools that have partnered with nonprofit, for-profit, and public organizations ... : An article from: Phi Delta Kappan
Priscilla Wohlstetter , and Joanna Smith
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This digital document is an article from Phi Delta Kappan, published by Thomson Gale on February 1, 2006. The length of the article is 2628 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Improving schools through partnerships: learning from charter schools: charter schools that have partnered with nonprofit, for-profit, and public organizations have leveraged a wealth of human, financial, and organizational resources to help the schools improve. The authors suggest that all schools can learn from the charter schools' experience.(ALTERNATIVE: PARTNERSHIPS)
Author: Priscilla Wohlstetter
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Date: February 1, 2006
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Instilling service: learning it all in kindergarten. (General Ramblings).: An article from: The Non-profit Times

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Instilling service: learning it all in kindergarten. (General Ramblings).: An article from: The Non-profit Times
Paul Clolery
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This digital document is an article from The Non-profit Times, published by NPT Publishing Group, Inc. on February 1, 2003. The length of the article is 7722 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Instilling service: learning it all in kindergarten. (General Ramblings).
Author: Paul Clolery
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Social services market evolves, learning to live on less.(5 YEARS LATER): An article from: The Non-profit Times

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Social services market evolves, learning to live on less.(5 YEARS LATER): An article from: The Non-profit Times
Todd Cohen
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Title: Social services market evolves, learning to live on less.(5 YEARS LATER)
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Think "results," not "evaluation": before learning the "nuts and bolts" of how to do evaluation, nonprofit professionals must make a shift from viewing ... An article from: The Public Manager

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Think "results," not "evaluation": before learning the "nuts and bolts" of how to do evaluation, nonprofit professionals must make a shift from viewing ... An article from: The Public Manager
Margo Bailey
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This digital document is an article from The Public Manager, published by Thomson Gale on March 22, 2005. The length of the article is 1755 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Think "results," not "evaluation": before learning the "nuts and bolts" of how to do evaluation, nonprofit professionals must make a shift from viewing it as a negative to viewing it as a valuable aspect of organizational effectiveness.(MINI-FORUM: NONPROFIT MANAGEMENT)
Author: Margo Bailey
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Soil, water, and man, (Basic social education series; R. W. Bardwell, editorial director)
Murl Deusing
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Design of USDA's analytical model used for economic analysis of soil and water resources
John W Putman
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Water for man (Faculty honor lecture / Utah State University)
Sterling A Taylor
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to do with the calling of loons, with northern lights, and the great silences of land lying northwest of Lake Superior. It is concerned with the simple joys, the timelessness and perspective found in a way of life which is close to the past. I have heard the singing in many places, but I seem to hear it best in the wilderness lake country of the Quetico-Superior, where travel is still by pack and canoe over the ancient trails of the Indians and voyageurs." Thus the author sets the theme and tone of this enthralling book of discovery about one of the few great primitive areas in our country which have withstood the pressures of civilization.

Acute natural perceptivity and a profound knowledge of the relationships to be found in nature combine here in vivid evocations of the sights, the sounds, the vast stillnesses, and the events of the wilderness as the seasons succeed each other. But Mr. Olson is not content merely to "describe; he probes for meanings that will lead the reader to a different and more revealing way of looking at the out-of-doors and to a deeper sense of its eternal values. In each of the thirty-four chapters of The Singing Wilderness he has sought to capture an essential quality of our magnificent lake and forest heritage. He shows us what can be read from the rocks of the great Canadian Shield; he offers a delightful essay on the virtues of pine knots as fuel; he writes of the ways of a canoe, of flashing trout in the pools of the Isabella, of tamarack bogs, caribou moss, the flight of wild geese, timber wolves, and the birds of the ski trails. And much more, with something to satisfy every taste for wilderness experience.

Superbly illustrated with 38 black-and-white drawings by Francis Lee Jaques, The Singing Wilderness is a book that no lover of nature will want to be without. To anyone who contemplates a vacation in the lake country of northern Minnesota and adjoining Canada, it is the perfect vade mecum.

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Everyone should see this place!.......2004-08-07

Noted conservationist Sigurd F. Olson wrote this collection of essays about his years canoeing, snowshoeing, skiing and fishing the Wilderness areas of Superior National Forest and the Quetico of Canada.

The essays are organized according to the four seasons. Olson has an almost metaphysical relationship with the animals that live in the wilderness: red squirrels, loons, otters, even field mice are fellow travelers.

Olson canoes and portages scores of miles to listen to the loons sing on Lac La Croix. He searches hundreds of lakes, looking for the perfect wilderness area, unspoiled by civilization. And he finds it! Saganaga, "a symbol of the primitive, perfect and untouched." Later, he hears that a road has come to Saganaga and he ventures back to see what's been done to it. It seems the same until he rounds a bend and is confronted with a modern lodge. He's conflicted; he wants human companionship but he doesn't want to lose his "singing wilderness."

In another essay, he tells of "flying in" to one of the lakes, rather than spending days canoeing and portaging to get there. He feels disoriented and can't really appreciate the experience. He hasn't put in enough effort; he doesn't deserve it. And he never does this again.

Olson is a sentimental, nostalgic man. He tells of catching trout for his grandmother, whom he credits with instilling a love of nature. While fishing on the Manitou, he is confronted with an eighty-year-old trout fisherman who's come to his favorite fishing spot for one last time.

Olson also limns essays that show the brutality of nature. In "The Storm" we see white-throated sparrows, Killdeers, purple finches, chickadees, and robins returning to the wilderness area after a long and brutal winter. Olson is marveling at their music until snow begins the fall and the temperature plummets. Thousands of confused birds freeze to death.

Admittedly, there is some clunky writing in the SINGING WILDERNESS; one gets the impression that Olson is writing from memory in a lot of instances. Also, at times he doesn't tell you where he is: he refers to the "lake" as if we should know which one of the thousands in the Superior/Quetico wilderness he's referring to. There's also a dearth of people. Often, he refers to "we" but the person or persons he's with are invisible.

That said, I think everyone would benefit from reading these essays. I couldn't help but wonder how many people know this place exists. These days the area is called the Boundary Water Canoe Area Wilderness. No motor boats allowed; no ATVs allowed! Everyone should see it at least once in his/her lifetime.

have you heard.......2003-02-20

great book for outdoor enthusiasts. bet you find something you can relate to and some you realize you overlooked

The true Boundary Waters.......2002-09-04

This book is my favorite! It describes all the feelings common to those who have visited canoe country and will never forget it. Sigurd Olson's writing is so clear and descriptive, you'll feel like you're in the Boundary Waters every time you pick it up. Everyone who has visited the Boundary Waters or ever plans on doing so, not to mention all the other nature lovers out there, should read this book. I don't know how many times I've read it and it seems to get better every time.

_Walden_ for Minnesotans.......2002-01-07

Originally published in 1956, this classic still speaks to nature lovers today, and it deserves to share the same shelf with Thoreau, Muir, and Beston. Olson's essays convey the spirit and sense of place in what is now known as the Boundary Waters Canoe Area -- Superior National Forest in Minnesota and Quetico Provincial Park in Ontario. North country life is special, and Olson obviously loved living there. He writes with delight of seeing Northern Lights, portaging canoes, cross country skiing, hearing the echoes of loons calling, and witnessing the occasional mouse tobogganing off a tent roof. Though the chapters are organized by seasons and begin with Spring, it is the essence of cold and snow and winter that carries the reader through the book. Best to be read by a warm fireplace with a light snow falling outside and a mug of hot chocolate nearby.

Gift With a Promise.......2001-11-08

I first spent time in the Quetico when I was fourteen with my dad. Two months before we left he gave me a book called "The Singing Wilderness". He said read the essay called "silence" and you will understand why this place is special. When I returned from the trip I continued to read it. I've read it a lot during winters and in the weeks leading up to trips into the wilderness canoe area north-west of lake Superior. Every time I endulge myself in it I'm taken back to a place, where despite having lasted through decades of change to the surrounding world, it offers a first hand history lesson. This book captures a small part of the beauty of the Quetico which means(I was told by park people there) beautiful land with trecherous waters that everyone should have the chance to experience.

The singing wilderness: Illus. by Francis Lee Jaques

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The singing wilderness: Illus. by Francis Lee Jaques
Sigurd F Olson
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Cabin at Singing River: Building a Home in the Wilderness

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Cabin at Singing River: Building a Home in the Wilderness
Chris Czajkowski
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The Singing Wilderness
Sigurd F. Olson
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The Friend of the Singing One

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A story about a young Eskimo boy and the wolf, the singing one, and their adventure when they were both cut off from land when the ice they were on broke away from shore. That is the start of their adventure as they floated south together, and then began their long, dangerous and ever-wonderful trip home together, through the great Alaskan wilderness.

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Singing in the Wilderness

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Singing in the Wilderness
Elizabeth Harris
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Singing in the Wilderness

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Stephanie had thoroughly enjoyed working with her father in Persia, until he was ordered home under strange circumstances. Surprisingly she was instructed to stay and continue working for the new man who was arriving to take over. Things became rather difficult when the "new man" turned out to be the man Stephanie had just fallen in love with at first sight.

Singing in the Wilderness (Acting Edition)

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Singing in the Wilderness (Acting Edition)
David Campton
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Singing in the Wilderness a Salute To
Donald Culr Peattie
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