REINVENTING GOVERNMENT FOR THE TRANSPORTATION PROFESSIONAL

In 1992, David Osborne and Ted Gaebler provided a volume that has changed the way many look at government. Their work, entitled Reinventing Government: How the Entrepreneurial Spirit is Transforming the Public Sector provides a checklist of tools and methods for the transportation professional who must do more with less. This paper provides a broad overview of the principles contained in the book. The following principles are covered: Catalytic Government: Steering Rather Than Rowing; Community-Owned Government: Empowering Rather than Serving; Competitive Government: Injecting Competition into Service Delivery; Mission-Driven Government: Transforming Rule-Driven Organizations; Results-Oriented Government: Funding Outcomes, Not Inputs; Customer-Driven Government: Meeting the Needs of the Customer, Not the Bureaucracy; Enterprising Government: Earning Rather Than Spending; Anticipatory Government: Prevention Rather Than Cure; Decentralized Government: From Hierarchy to Participation and Teamwork; Market-Oriented Government: Leveraging Change Through the Market.

• Corporate Authors:

  Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)

  Washington, DC  United States 
• Authors:
  • Welch, B T
• Conference:
  • Moving Forward in a Scaled-Back World. Challenges and Opportunities for the Transportation Professional. 1996 ITE International Conference.
  • Location: Dana Point, California
  • Date: 1996-3-3 to 1996-3-6
• Publication Date: 1996

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 121-125

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Administration; Communities; Competition; Decentralization; Governments; Level of service; Policy; Strategic planning
• Uncontrolled Terms: Missions
• Old TRIS Terms: Community goals
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Policy; I10: Economics and Administration;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00720555
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 23 1996 12:00AM