Marketing Government and Social Services

by John L. Crompton, Charles W. Lamb Jr.

An innovative approach to managing government agencies, this book shows administrators how to apply private-sector marketing concepts and strategies to the delivery of public services. Explains how an agency's problems can be understood from a marketing perspective and offers practical, ``hands-on'' guidance for developing marketing-based solutions that coordinate distinct yet interrelated functions into an integrated service delivery system. Provides a general introducton to marketing along with specific marketing-based ideas for program planning, development, budgeting, public relations, and management.

485 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1986