Letters From the Field: Case Studies of Exemplary Collaborative Managers
Public Administration Review, December 2006, Vol. 66 supplement
These mini-case studies explore the practice of collaborative management within a variety of public sector settings, focusing on the meritorious roles played by public managers – how they performed well and why their actions mattered.
Articles include:
- Amy K. Donahue, “The Space Shuttle Columbia Recovery Operation: How Collaboration Enabled Disaster Response.”
- Mary Belefski, “Collaboration at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: An Interview with Two Senior Managers.”
- Kurt Thurmaier, “High-Intensity Interlocal Collaboration in Three Iowa Cities
- Heather Getha-Taylor, “Preparing Leaders for High-Stakes Collaborative Action: Darrell Darnell and the Department of Homeland Security.”
- Kim Eagle and Philip Cowherd, “Collaborative Capital Planning in Charlotte-Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.”
- Tracy Yandle, “The Challenger Scallop Enhancement Company: Collaborative Management of a Natural Resource Based in the Private Sector.”
- Sharon Friedrichsen, “Collaborative Public Management in San Francisco.”
- Gerald Andrews Emison, “The EPA Bureaucrat Who Could.”
- David W. Sears and W. Robert Lovan. “Encouraging Collaboration in Rural America.”
- Brenda Bushouse, “West Virginia Collaboration for Creating Universal Prekindergarten.”
- Rob Alexander, “Kirk Emerson and the U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution.”