ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on the selected management strategies that have been of special help to presidential initiatives over four decades in achieving changes that made a significant difference, changes that were thought unrealistically bold by most people at the time. It illustrates how these strategies have been applied in selected presidential initiatives through the years in ways that truly made a difference. The management practices of the private enterprise were of immense value by virtue of extensive use of contractors in the Alaska and Rocky Flats cases. This was fundamentally different from the application of business practices to work that is inherently governmental. The author believes that these cases would support the view that when executed effectively, a number of management strategies have demonstrated their enduring value in meeting public needs under changing circumstances. People need to adapt them for use in future initiatives so presidents can move ahead more rapidly and more successfully with priority initiatives.
