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Cost to the taxpayers should al. •ays outweigh bureaucratic comfort
Referring to Bozeman's Publicness Grid:<br /> Public organizations are there to serve the public and not to waste public funds.
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My style my whole life," he explains, "has been to recruit rich peopleto help me do my stuff. I've socialized with them from [the early days of his career in Minnesota] .... And I've raised money my whole life-<me of the things I've done as a public servant is to raise money."
Coler as the head of the HRS grew the annual budget from $3.7 billion to $7.5 Billion. This shows he was incredibly successful in networking and expanding the agency. Are there clear lines when a public official oversteps or wades into impropriety?
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The description of the lnverrary office space infuriated Coler. The surroundings were nice, he says, but by no means luxurious: "It's in a pretty place and it's on water, but it's adass B office space.•10 Nonetheless, the luxwy tag stuck.
This used as an example of the media using it's power to further influence the public.
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Reporters following Coler in his first two years in office watched with some admiration as the HRS secretary worked the legislature and the press to win support for the programs he wanted.
From the beginning of his tenure as head of the HRS, Coler was extremely successful as a manager and implemented certain traits that fit into Mintzberg's assessment of managerial roles. Coler, from the start, used the role of liaison to further expand his network to work with both elected officials as well as members of the press to further advance the HRS mission.
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