By Elizabeth Newell enewell@govexec.com
October 6, 2008
The IBM Center for the Business of Government has released two books that offer detailed guidance to help government executives navigate the presidential transition.
In The Operator's Manual for the New Administration <http://www.businessofgovernment.org/pdfs/Operators_Manual.pdf> , IBM presents eight areas in which newly appointed agency heads and their senior management teams should focus to learn the culture of government, familiarize themselves with jargon and use all the tools at their disposal.
By concentrating on these eight areas -- leadership, performance, people, money, contracting, technology, innovation and collaboration -- executives "make [government] work to advance policy goals and objectives," the introduction stated.
http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/1008/100608e1.htm
Publication at http://www.businessofgovernment.org/pdfs/Operators_Manual.pdf
