Teodoro, Manuel P.,  1972- <br/><br/>
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 .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781421403762 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Administrative agencies--Management.--United States<br/>Ambition--Political aspects--United States.<br/>Bureaucracy--United States.<br/>Local government--United States.<br/>Public administration--United States.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>JS331  / .T46 2011 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>351.73