If We Can Put a Man on the Moon: Getting Big Things Done in Government
Language: English
Published by Harvard Business Review Press, 2009
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- Title
- If We Can Put a Man on the Moon: Getting Big Things Done in Government
- Author
- Eggers, William D.
- Publisher
- Harvard Business Review Press
- Publication year
- 2009
- Condition
- Fair
- Binding
- hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1422166368
- ISBN 13
- 9781422166369
- Dimensions
- 3.2 x 15.9 x 24.1 centimeters
We need more successes like these to reclaim government's legacy of competence. In If We Can Put a Man on the Moon, William Eggers and John O'Leary explain how to do it. The key? Understand-and avoid-the common pitfalls that trip up public-sector leaders during the journey from idea to results.
The authors identify pitfalls including:
-The Partial Map Trap: Fumbling handoffs throughout project execution
-The Tolstoy Syndrome: Seeing only the possibilities you want to see
-Design-Free Design: Designing policies for passage through the legislature, not for implementation
-The Overconfidence Trap: Creating unrealistic budgets and timelines
-The Complacency Trap: Failing to recognize that a program needs change
At a time of unprecedented challenges, this book, with its abundant examples and hands-on advice, is the essential guide to making our government work better. A must-read for every public official, this book will be of interest to anyone who cares about the future of democracy.
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