Managing for the Environment: Understanding the Legal, Organizational, and Policy Challenges / Edition 1

by Rosemary O'Leary, Robert F. Durant, Daniel J. Fiorino, Paul S. Weiland

Overview

Named Best Book in Public and Nonprofit Management, 1999-2000
Academy of Management

Named Best Book in Environmental Management, 1999
American Society for Public Administration

Leaking landfills, oil contamination, illegal waste disposal, andpervasive air pollution . . . Today's managers and policy makersface a multitude of environmental challenges, choices, andopportunities. Some work in the public or private sectors. Some areregulators or regulated. Whether they are environmental specialistsor not, managers must understand scientifically complexenvironmental mandates and shifting ambiguities in order to addressthem proactively. They must not only cultivate organizationalawareness of environmental values, but also remain committed toengaging in these values.

The authors of Managing for the Environment draw from theirextensive managing, consulting, and research experiences to givemanagers, elected officials, students, and concerned citizens thetools they need to address environmental issues effectively.

Authoritative, insightful, and the first of its kind to take astrategic management view, this book:
* Describes current issues and trends in environmental affairs,including sustainable development, risk-based priority setting,managing for results, market incentives, and environmentaljustice
* Explains what readers should know about environmental laws andtheir implementation
* Shows how managers can incorporate environmental managementconcepts into their organizations' thinking by linking strategies,structures, and informational systems
* Offers strategies for overcoming the political, economic, andorganizational obstacles to doing so
* Provides methods for understanding, defining, and communicatingenvironmental risks and responses to employees, the media, andcommunities
* Presents constructive conflict resolution strategies for handlingdifficult environmental disputes

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780787910044
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	12/15/1998
Series:	Business and Management Series
Pages:	464
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

ROSEMARY O'LEARY is a noted consultant and professor of publicadministration at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and PublicAffairs at Syracuse University. ROBERT F. DURANT is professor ofpublic administration and public policy in the Department ofPolitical Science and the George Bush School of Government andPublic Service at Texas A&M University. DANIEL J. FIORINO haswritten extensively on various environmental issues and strategies.He has over twenty years of experience in national environmentalpolicy making. PAUL S. WEILAND, who is a J.D. candidate at HarvardLaw School, has a Ph.D. in public policy from Indiana University.

Table of Contents

UNDERSTANDING ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES.

Environmental Management: Policy Issues, Trends, andTrade-Offs.

What Every Manager Should Know About Environmental Law.

Seven Legal Trends That Every Manager Should Know.

WORKING WITH STAKEHOLDERS TO PRODUCE ENVIRONMENTAL VALUES.

Designing Total Quality Environmental Management.

Working with the Media.

Working with Communities.

Communicating Risk.

Resolving Environmental Disputes.

DELIVERING ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS.

Building Strategic Environmental Information Systems.

Managing Scientific and Technical Personnel.

Managing Contracts and Grants.

Adapting to Environmental Challenges: A Policymaker's ToolKit.

LESSONS.

Principles, Practices, and Priorities for a New Century.

Editorial Reviews

"This book is for everyone faced with an environmentalchallenge—public officials, not-for-profit organizations, andbusinesses—all will benefit greatly from the insights and adviceof the authors." (William D. Ruckelshaus, former administrator,U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and chairman, Browning-FerrisIndustries, Inc.)

"This book breaks new ground and is at the cutting edge of researchon environmental management. Students of policy and management willfind the book easy to read and useful in their courses and theirwork." (Sheldon Kamieniecki, professor and chair, Department ofPolitical Science, University of Southern California)

"At last! A book that provides a comprehensive, accessibleexplanation of environmental law for public and private managerswho must grapple with the law's enormous complexities. It should berequired reading." (Richard J. Lazarus, professor, GeorgetownUniversity Law Center)

"The presentation of the basics of environmental science coupledwith a discussion of the challenges that regulators see in theirday-to-day activity make this textbook a real learning experiencefor students as they prepare themselves for the job market."(Michael O'Connor, former commissioner, Indiana Department ofEnvironmental Management)

From the Publisher

O'Leary et al. have produced one of those 'must-have-it-on-my-shelf' books...[Managing for the Environment]creates a single comprehensive and readily understandable source of environmental management information for managers who are not specialists in the field, and [provides] environmental management specialists with a reasonably coherent, integrated, and multidisciplinary set of environmental principles, practices, and priorities. It offers a breadth and depth rarely found in a single volume [and] fills a serious void in the environmental management literature. It should become a mainstay in upper-division and graduate-level courses in environmental/natural resources policy and administration in short order. In fact, the value of this book is such that it should become required reading for more general, core management courses in both Masters of Public Administration and Masters in Business Administration programs.
— Natural Resources & Environmental Administration

Edward P. Weber

Gives managers, elected officials, students, and concerned citizens tools they need to address environmental issues effectively. Describes current issues in environmental affairs, explains essentials of environmental laws and their implementation, and shows how managers can incorporate environmental management concepts into their organizations. Provides methods for defining and communicating environmental risks to employees and communities, and presents conflict resolution strategies for handling disputes. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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