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Activity Number:
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345
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Type:
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Invited
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Date/Time:
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Tuesday, August 4, 2009 : 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM
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Sponsor:
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Section on Government Statistics
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| Abstract - #302852 |
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Title:
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The Importance of Goal-Oriented Leadership for Innovation
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Author(s):
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Constance F. Citro*+
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Companies:
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The National Academies
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Address:
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Committee on National Statistics, 500 5th St NW, Washington, DC, 20001,
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Keywords:
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federal statistical agency ; leadership ; innovation
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Abstract:
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Innovation is difficult for organizations, including federal statistical agencies. Goal-oriented leadership is critical to foster a culture of innovation in the service of a statistical agency's primary purpose to provide policy-relevant information that is high quality, timely, and generated at a cost that policy makers are willing to pay. Goal-oriented leadership develops and follows through on priorities for systemic improvement, such as: (1) reduce the cost to produce an important set of estimates while maintaining an acceptable level of quality, which could mean greater use of administrative records combined with less frequent interviewing; (2) cooperate with other agencies to determine optimal question design to reduce inconsistencies in policy-relevant estimates from competing surveys. Goal-oriented leadership is useful at every level of management.
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