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Reinventing Government

How The Entrepreneurial Spirit Is Transforming The Public Sector

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A revolution is stirring in America as citizens express anger towards governments that spend excessively yet deliver insufficient results, and frustration with bureaucracies that limit control. This work serves as both a rallying cry against bureaucratic inefficiency and a guide for those seeking improvement. It presents a third way, suggesting that governance can be fundamentally reframed beyond the traditional liberal or conservative dichotomy. Authors Osborne and Gaebler highlight examples of successful reform, such as school districts that have enhanced student performance through choice and competition, sanitation departments that have halved costs while outperforming the private sector, and military commands that have streamlined operations and increased troop effectiveness. Across the nation, entrepreneurial public managers are discarding outdated budget systems and civil service structures, replacing them with decentralized, responsive organizations suited for a rapidly evolving, information-rich environment. The authors identify ten principles that underpin these entrepreneurial public organizations, including steering rather than rowing, empowering communities, fostering competition, focusing on mission over rules, and prioritizing outcomes over inputs. This work transcends partisanship, emphasizing how government should operate rather than what it should do, earning support from both sides of the political spectru