Moving Up in a Downturn: Management Challenges and Strategies for Municipalities

This paper explores the solutions sought by local elected officials and Administrators in response to the devastating economic downturn.

Written by Angie McGuire and Dorothy Olshfski, the Center for Executive Leadership (CELG), Rutgers State University of New Jersey.

Published September 2010.

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