Program/Project Management Resource List #25

Revised Sept. 2009

The arts of the leader and the manager are two sides of one coin. While a leader is concerned with morale and vision, a manager is concerned with the nitty-gritty of getting things done under budget and on time. However, given the wide variety of activities that are done at NASA, this simple definition leads to other questions:

• Is there a single "recipe" for a successful manager?
• Can managers from different directorates and offices be compared meaningfully?

In addition to the items found here, other items of interest may be found in the library's webpages on Measuring Organizational Effectiveness in Research and Development Organizations, Executive Resource Management, Creative Problem Solving, Innovation and Creativity in the Workplace, Managing Scientists and Engineers, and Project Management Introductory Texts.

All items are available at the Headquarters Library, except as noted. NASA Headquarters employees and contractors: call x0172 or email Library@hq.nasa.gov for information on borrowing or in-library use of any of these items. Members of the public, contact your local library for the availability of these items. NASA Headquarters employees can request additional materials or research on this topic. The Library welcomes your comments or suggestions about this webpage.

NASA Policies

The following policies and procedural requirements can be accessed by anyone through the NASA Online Directives Information System:

 

NASA Policy Directive 1280.1: NASA Management System Policy

 

NASA Procedural Requirements 3430.1C: NASA Employee Performance Communication System

 

NASA Procedural Requirements 3435.1B: NASA Performance Management System for the Senior Executive Service

 

NASA Procedural Requirements 3451.1B: NASA Awards and Recognition Program

Books

Furusten, Staffan. Popular Management Books: How they are made and what they mean for organisations. New York, NY: Routledge, 1999.

HD31 .F87 1999 PPM-STACKS

 

Kamensky, John M., and Albert Morales (eds.). Managing for Results. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2005.

JK421 .M3422 2005 BOOKSTACKS

 

Niven, Paul R. Balanced Scorecard Step-by-step for Government and Nonprofit Agencies. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2003.

JF1525 .T67 N58 2003 BOOKSTACKS

Also available to NASA civil servants and contractors through the Books 24x7 service of SATERN.

 

Partnership for Public Service. State of the Public Service Conference: Report of Proceedings. Washington, DC: Partnership for Public Service, 2007.

JF1601 .P83 2007 BOOKSTACKS

 

United States. General Accounting Office. High-performing Organizations: Metrics, Means, and Mechanisms for Achieving High Performance in the 21^st Century Management Environment. Washington, DC: U.S. General Accounting Office, 2004.

JK421 .H54 2004 BOOKSTACKS

 

White, Barry, and Kathryn E. Newcomer (eds.). Getting Results: A Guide for Federal Leaders and Managers. Vienna, VA: Management Concepts, 2005.

JK421 .G48 2005 PPM-STACKS

E-books

All e-books listed here are available to NASA civil servants and contractors through the Books 24x7 service of SATERN.

 

Dive, Brian. The Accountable Leader: Developing Effective Leadership Through Managerial Accountability. Kogan Page, 2008.

 

Estep, Tora. Be A Better Manager. ASTD, 2006.

 

Kessler, Robin. Competency-Based Performance Reviews: How to Perform Employee Evaluations the Fortune 500 Way. Career Press, 2008.

 

Morris, Peter W.G., and Jeffrey K. Pinto (eds.). The Wiley Guide to Project Organization and Project Management Competencies. John Wiley and Sons, 2007.

 

Project Management Institute. Project Manager Competency Development (PMCD) Framework. Project Management Institute, 2007.

 

Tobin, Daniel R., and Margaret S. Pettingell. The AMA Guide to Management Development. AMACOM, 2008.

Articles and Reports

Berman, Evan M., and Jonathan P. West. "What is Managerial Mediocrity? Definition, Prevalence, and Negative Impact", Public Performance and Management Review, vol. XXVII, no. 2 (Dec. 2003), p. 9-29.

 

__________. "Solutions to the Problem of Managerial Mediocrity: Moving Up to Excellence", Public Performance and Management Review, vol. XXVIII, no. 2 (Dec. 2003), p. 30-52.

 

Dubnick, Melvin. "Accountability and the Promise of Performance: In Search of the Mechanisms", Public Performance and Management Review, vol. XXVIII, no. 3 (March 2005), p. 376-417.

 

Macaulay, Michael, and Alan Lawton. "From Virtue to Competence: Changing the Principles of Public Service", Public Administration Review, vol. LXVI, no. 5 (Sept. 2006), p. 702-710.

 

Meier, Kenneth J., Laurence J. O'Toole, and Holly T. Goerdel. "Management Activity and Program Performance: Gender as Management Capital", Public Administration Review, vol. LXVI, no. 1 (Jan. 2006), p. 24-36.

Internet Resources

Management Standards Centre. 2008 [Sept. 9, 2009].

http://www.management-standards.org/

 

Prusak, Laurence. Ask Magazine Archive. Professional Growth. 2006 [Sept. 9, 2009]

http://askmagazine.nasa.gov/archives/lessons.php?pagenub=1&item=17

 

Riesco, Melissa. Leadership and Management Development. July 20, 2009 [Sept. 9, 2009].

http://www.leadership.nasa.gov/index.htm

 

Partnership for Public Service. 2009 [Sept. 9, 2009].

http://www.ourpublicservice.org/OPS/

 

U.S. Office of Personnel Management. Performance Management. 2008. [Sept. 9, 2009].

http://www.opm.gov/perform/index.asp

 

__________. Senior Executive Service. Executive Core Qualifications. 2006 [Sept. 9, 2009].

http://www.opm.gov/ses/recruitment/ecq.asp

 

World Health Organization. MAKER (Managers taking Action based on Knowledge and Effective use of resources to achieve Results). General management topics: Overall competencies. 2009 [Sept. 9, 2009].

http://www.who.int/management/general/overall/en/index.html