Public Sector Management : Theory, Critique and Practice

ISBN 10: 0803977131 / ISBN 13: 9780803977136

Editore: SAGE Publications, Limited, 1994

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Riassunto:

Drawing together key contributions to the field, this innovative Reader provides a broad-ranging overview of both the theory and practice of public service management. The book: outlines the social, political and economic contexts in which management has emerged as a crucial issue in the public sector of modern democratic countries; introduces the major theories, issues and concepts involved in defining and understanding public sector management; analyzes some of the key values underpinning the idea of the public domain; and examines some of the main challenges in terms of particular strategies, techniques and competences which have been proposed to improve management for public services.

Public Sector Management is a Course Reader for The Open University course B887 Managing Public Services.

Informazioni sull'autore: David McKevitt is a Lecturer in the Open Business School, The Open University and author (with L Wrigley) of Managing Core Public Services (1994).

Alan Lawton is a Lecturer in the Open Business School, The Open University and author (with A Rose) of Organisation and Management in the Public Sector (Second Edition, 1994).

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Titolo: Public Sector Management : Theory, Critique ...
Casa editrice: SAGE Publications, Limited
Data di pubblicazione: 1994
Legatura: Brossura
Condizione: Very Good