Mayor White to discuss running government as a business

Mayor White to discuss running government as a business

Houston Mayor Bill White will speak at Rice’s Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Management Sept. 9 as part of the school’s Jones Partners Thought Leadership Series.

At a presentation set for 6:30 p.m. in Robert and Janice McNair Hall’s Shell Auditorium, White will discuss “Running Government as a Business.”

In business, sustained high performance often comes from identifying and applying best practices to maximize success in a complex and changing environment. It takes vision, leadership, discipline and ethics. But it also requires a sound approach to defining objectives, creative problem solving, effective execution, meaningful measurement and honest feedback from a broad spectrum of stakeholders. White will consider how business principles can be applied to make government more effective, what the consideration and critical success factors are and what the implications are for the business community.

The lecture is free and open to the public; however, registration is required at http://www.jonesgsm.rice.edu/TLSSept.