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02517aim a2200505Ka 4500 001 74A8F2C8F83611E784964A6B97128E48 003 SILO 005 20180113013733 006 a e 000 0| 007 sd fungnnmmnud 008 150429s2016 mdunnnn z n eng d 020 $a 1101888814 020 $a 9781101888810 028 02 $a PRHA4901 $b Penguin Random House Audio 035 $a (OCoLC)908373224 040 $a BTCTA $b eng $c BTCTA $d BDX $d TEFBT $d OCLCF $d TEF $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 050 4 $a E897.4.G37 $b A3 2016ab 082 04 $a [B] $a [B] $2 23 100 1 $a Gates, Robert Michael, $d 1943- 245 12 $a A Passion For Leadership $h [sound recording] : $b Lessons On Change And Reform From Fifty Years Of Public Service / $c Robert M. Gates. 250 $a Unabridged. 260 $a [Westminster, MD] : $b Books on Tape, $c [2016] 300 $a 7 sound discs (8 hr., 6 min.) : $b digital ; $c 4 3/4 in. 306 $a 080600 500 $a Title from web page. 500 $a Compact discs. 511 0 $a Read by George Newbern. 520 $a Across the realms of civic and private enterprise alike, bureaucracies vitally impact our security, freedoms, and everyday life. With so much at stake, competence, efficiency, and effective service are essential; yet Americans know these institutions are often anything but, and many despair that they are too big and too hard to reform. Robert Gates disagrees. Having led change successfully at three monumental organizations, the CIA, Texas A&M University, and the Department of Defense, he argues that smart, committed leadership can effect real improvement regardless of scale. 600 10 $a Gates, Robert Michael, $d 1943- 610 10 $a United States. $b Department of Defense $x Officials and employees $v Biography. 610 10 $a United States. $b Central Intelligence Agency $x Officials and employees $v Biography. 610 20 $a Texas A & M University System $v Biography. 650 0 $a Cabinet officers $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Organizational change $z United States. 650 0 $a Leadership $z United States. 650 0 $a Public administration $z United States $v Anecdotes. 650 0 $a Administrative agencies $z United States $x Reorganization. 651 0 $a United States $x Politics and government. 700 1 $a Newbern, George, $d 1964- 941 $a 2 945 $a cdab 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20240127011333.0 952 $l TZPC572 $d 20201218010232.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=74A8F2C8F83611E784964A6B97128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search