Ports in a Storm : Public Management in a Turbulent World /

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In Ports in a Storm a team of Harvard Kennedy School scholars focus diverse conceptual lenses on a single high-stakes management task-enhancing port security across the United States. Their aims are two: to understand how a public manager might confront that complex undertaking, and to explore the s...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Moore, Mark H., 1947-, Donahue, John D.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, 2012.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Marine terminals > Security measures.
Marine terminals > Management.
Harbors > Security measures.
Harbors > Management.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Management.
TRANSPORTATION > Ships & Shipbuilding > Pictorial.
Terminaux maritimes > Securite > Mesures.
Ports > Securite > Mesures.
Terminaux maritimes > Gestion.
Ports > Gestion.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:In Ports in a Storm a team of Harvard Kennedy School scholars focus diverse conceptual lenses on a single high-stakes management task-enhancing port security across the United States. Their aims are two: to understand how a public manager might confront that complex undertaking, and to explore the similarities, differences, and complementarities of their alternative approaches to public management. The book takes as its pivot point the singular case of U.S. Coast Guard CaptainSuzanne Englebert and her leadership of efforts to secure America's ports after theSeptember 11 attack.
Physical Description:1 online resource (219 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9780815722380

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