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Teodoro, Manuel P., 1972-

Bureaucratic ambition : careers, motives, and the innovative administrator / Manuel P. Teodoro. - 1 online resource (241 pages) : illustrations. - Johns Hopkins studies in governance and public management .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Principles, principals, and ambition: the politics of bureaucratic entrepreneurship -- Glorious heroes, tragic heroes, antiheroes: how bureaucratic entrepreneurship happens (or doesn't) -- A theory of bureaucratic ambition: why bureaucratic entrepreneurship happens (or doesn't) -- The market for bureaucratic entrepreneurs: career path and professional innovation -- The psychology of bureaucratic entrepreneurship: human motivation and political advocacy -- Ramps and ladders: how career systems foster or inhibit bureaucratic entrepreneurship -- What bureaucratic ambition means for democracy.

ISBN: 9781421403762

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Administrative agencies--Management.--United States
Ambition--Political aspects--United States.
Bureaucracy--United States.
Local government--United States.
Public administration--United States.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: JS331 / .T46 2011

Dewey Class. No.: 351.73