This book draws on empirical research to provide unique insight into the craft of public administration of the most senior echelons of the Australian Public Service (APS). An analysis is offered of public sector reforms and contemporary management ideas on which they were based,…
Peter Vincent-Jones analyses the increasing use made by contemporary British governments of contracts to regulate a wide range of economic and social relationships. It includes examples such as Public Service Agreements and Framework Documents.
Peter Vincent-Jones analyses the increasing use made by contemporary British governments of contracts to regulate a wide range of economic and social relationships. It includes examples such as Public Service Agreements and Framework Documents.
Charts the significant increase in Britain over the years in the deployment of contract as a regulatory mechanism across a broad spectrum of social relationships. This book critically analyzes and evaluates such contractual arrangements with reference to theories of relational c…
This book charts the increasing deployment of contract as a regulatory mechanism by governments in Britain over the last 25 years.
This book charts the increasing deployment of contract as a regulatory mechanism by governments in Britain over the last 25 years.
Peter Vincent-Jones analyses the increasing use made by contemporary British governments of contracts to regulate a wide range of economic and social relationships. It includes examples such as Public Service Agreements and Framework Documents.
"The literature on Change Management works from the premise that management possesses the power to achieve change and this is evident in that resistance is little more than a footnote in most textbooks. This assumption sits uneasily, however, with the high failure rate of Change…