Recent economic challenges have forced public- and private-sector organizations to execute their strategies with more precision than ever before and to do it with fewer resourcesespecially people. The elimination of large number... More »

Career Development , Human Capital , Workforce Development

Advanced Level Content , Career Development , Competencies , Human Performance Improvement , Integrated Talent Management , Jobs , Leadership Development , Management Development , Managing Organizational Knowledge , Skills Gap , Training and Development - General

Assessments are more important than ever in the current government climate, which emphasizes accountability, transparency, and performance improvement. By providing actionable information that is needed to make wise and informed... More »

Government , Human Capital , Learning & Development

Assessment , Career Development , Engagement , Human Performance Improvement , Integrated Talent Management , Intermediate-level Content , Managing Organizational Knowledge , Measuring and Evaluating

In the Spring 2008 Special Issue of The Public Manager, nearly 20 current and former government executives, academicians, and private and nonprofit sector leaders outlined a management agenda for the incoming 44th President of t... More »

Government , Human Capital , Senior Leaders & Executives

Assessment , Competencies , Human Performance Improvement , Intermediate-level Content , Managing Organizational Knowledge

Quiet grumbling has surfaced among the inside-the-beltway crowdand not just over healthcare reform. People are asking, Where is Obamas big-bang reform of government? Government reform has been a staple of presi... More »

Government , Senior Leaders & Executives

Intermediate-level Content , Managing Organizational Knowledge , Measuring and Evaluating

In Spring 2008, our The Public Manager article reflected on the progress of e-government under the Bush Administration and what it portended for the future of the new administration beginning January 20, 2009. While many of the ... More »

Government , Learning Technologies

Change Management , Economy , E-Learning , Managing Organizational Knowledge , Social Learning , World Events