John has written 3 books and co-chaired the committee that produced the Public Works Administration text book published by APWA. He wrote the chapter on “Managing People” in the Public Works Administration book.
His books published by APWA are:
Everything you Need to Know to be a Public Works Director
Survive and Thrive, Five Things a Public Servant Needs to Understand
Lessons from the Life of Jack Pittis, the perfect public servant.
Ostrowski's Outlook is a regular feature of the Washington Chapter APWA Newsletter.
The Chapter web site contains Ostrowski's
Outlooks I through XI.
More recent Outlooks are available right here:
Ostrowski's Outlook XII Winter 2001
Ostrowski's Outlook XIII Spring 2002
Ostrowski's Outlook XIV Summer 2002
Ostrowski's Outlook XV Fall 2002
Ostrowski's Outlook XVI Winter 2002
Ostrowski's Outlook XVII Spring 2003
Ostrowski's Outlook XVIII Summer 2003
Ostrowski's Outlook XIXFall 2003
Ostrowski's Outlook XX Winter 2003
Ostrowski's Outlook XXI Spring 2004
Ostrowski's Outlook XXII Summer 2004
Ostrowski's Outlook XXIII Fall 2004
Ostrowski's Outlook XXIV Winter 2005
Ostrowski's Outlook XXV Spring 2005
Ostrowski's Outlook XXVI Summer 2005
Ostrowski's Outlook XXVII Fall 2005
Ostrowski's Outlook XXVIII
Ostrowski's Outlook XXIX
Ostrowski's Outlook XXX
Ostrowski's Outlook XXXI
Ostrowski's Outlook XXXII
Ostrowski's Outlook XXXIII
Ostrowski's Outlook XXXIV
Ostrowski's Outlook XXXV
Ostrowski's Outlook XXXVI
Ostrowski's Outlook XXXVII
Ostrowski's Outlook XXXVIII
APWA Reporter: The Reporter is the Official Magazine of the American Public
Works Association. Ostrowski's Outlook XVII was expanded and modified slightly
to appear in the August 2003 issue of the Reporter. The article is available
at http://www.apwa.net/Publications/Reporter/ReporterOnline/
Or it's also available right here:
Easy Solution
Also available is "An
effective public works manager manages time" which appeared in the
July 2005 issue of the Reporter. It also is available right here: Time
management
Leadership potential
http://www.apwa.net/Publications/Reporter/ReporterOnline/index.asp?DISPLAY=ISSUE&ISSUE_DATE=122005&ARTICLE_NUMBER=1172
It is also available right here: Leadership potential
Member Profile: http://www.apwa.net/Publications/Reporter/ReporterOnline/index.asp?DISPLAY=ISSUE&ISSUE_DATE=012005&ARTICLE_NUMBER=955