John Friedmann addresses a central question of Western political theory: how, and to what extent, history can be guided by reason. In this comprehensive treatment of the relation of knowledge to action, which he calls planning, he traces the major intellectual traditions of plan…
This text addresses the issue of change in organizations and the resistances and defensive behaviors that obstruct transformation.
"As a stand-alone treatment of Organizational Development (OD), this is an excellent supplement to traditional textbooks in the field and is a good addition to readings in organizational behavior and principles of management. Carnevale provides the essentials of OD and more thro…
This work has been brought up-to-date to reflect major tax changes that have occured since the publication of the second edition. A theoretical framework for the basis of taxation is introduced to the student before surveys of American and other tax systems are explained.
This book offers theoretical perspectives on the analysis of Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) as well as a range of case studies of their management from around the world. It also offers a number of frameworks for the evaluation of their management. It has contributions from e…
Frameshifting : lateral thinking for collaborative public management / Lisa Blomgren Bingham, Rosemary O'Leary, and Chris Carlson -- The paradoxical nature of collaboration / David R. Connelly, Jing Zhang, and Sue Faerman -- Intersectoral collaboration and the motivation to coll…
Frameshifting : lateral thinking for collaborative public management / Lisa Blomgren Bingham, Rosemary O'Leary, and Chris Carlson -- The paradoxical nature of collaboration / David R. Connelly, Jing Zhang, and Sue Faerman -- Intersectoral collaboration and the motivation to coll…
"In this book Eileen Milner introduces the reader to the concepts of information and knowledge and explores a variety of tools and techniques which may be usefully adopted in actively managing and developing these resources. Wherever possible, real-life public sector cases and e…
"In times of rising expectations and decreasing resources for the public sector, performance management is high on the agenda. Increasingly, the value of the performance management systems themselves is under scrutiny, with more attention being paid to the effectiveness of perfo…
Reforming Public sector organizations-- P.Lagreid & K.Verhoest PART I: PROLIFERATION AND SPECIALIZATION The Structural Autonomy of the Norwegian State: Increased Specialization or a Pendulum Shift?-- P.Lagreid, V.W.Rolland, P.G.Roness, & J-E.A...gotnes The Agency Landscape in Hu…
