Globalization transcends borders and cultures as it develops both from the natural flow of information and communication technologies and as a directed and driven quest for global hegemony by self-serving corporations and world political heavyweights. It bears a multifaceted web…
Governance Networks in the Public Sector presents a comprehensive study of governance networks and the management of complexities in network settings. Public, private and non-profit organizations are increasingly faced with complex, wicked problems when making decisions, develop…
Mark H. Moore's now classic Creating Public Value offered advice to public managers about how to create public value. But that book left a key question unresolved: how could one recognize (in an accounting sense) when public value had been created? Here, Moore closes the gap by …
An exploration of ways of managing public and nonprofit organizations under the realities that are altering the ways in which these organizations work. Pioneering private sector management is explained along with management fundamentals developed over several decades.
La Nouvelle Gestion Publique consiste à gérer l'Administration "au plus près" d'une entreprise privée. Pour cela, elle impose à l'État un objectif de performance et de transparence au profit des citoyens-usagers-contribuables, comparable à ce qu'une entreprise doit à ses actionn…
In this book Paul Dragos Aligica revisits the theory of political self-governance in the context of recent developments in behavioral economics and political philosophy that have challenged the foundations of this theory. Building on the work of the 'Bloomington School' created …
Since the 1980s there has been a process of almost continuous reform in public management in developed countries and a renegotiation of traditional relationships between state, economy and society. These changes have been expressed through privatization, civil service reductions…
Since its publication in 2000, Public Management Reform has established itself as the standard text in the field, presenting a comparative analysis of recent changes in Public Management and Public Administration in a range of countries in Europe, North America, and Australasia.…
Since its publication in 2000, Public Management Reform has established itself as the standard text in the field, presenting a comparative analysis of recent changes in Public Management and Public Administration in a range of countries in Europe, North America, and Australasia.…
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This is an introduction to the theory and practice of strategic management in the public sector. It provices an understanding of the theory of strategic management, introduces ideas which guide the effective practice of strategic management in the public services, and gives conc…
Innovative and novel, this new book extends its coverage of the topic well beyond the conventional themes of project solicitation and proposal evaluation. Using extensive experience gathered over five years of teaching postgraduate courses, Walker and Rowlinson build on "Procure…
A fundamental problem of public sector governance relates to the very way of thinking it reflects; where organization is thought of as a 'thing', a system designed to deliver what its designers choose. This volume questions that way of thinking and takes a perspective in which o…
In a time of unprecedented turbulence, how can public sector organisations increase their ability to find innovative solutions to society's problems? "Leading Public Sector Innovation" shows how government agencies can use co-creation to overcome barriers and deliver more value,…
The public sector in the UK underwent radical change during the 1980s and 90s. Consequently, managers and service professionals have had to adopt new ways of working and new skills. This text covers the strategy, finance, human resources, marketing, quality and information syste…
This important volume looks at conflicts of interest, codes of ethics, and the regulation of corruption in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, and the European Community. It finds that there is less corruption than ever before, but the gap between public ex…
