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Author : Les Metcalfe,Sue Richards
Publisher : SAGE Publications Limited
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1987-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015051139379
Examines the "Efficiency Strategy" to reduce government spending and improve management. Identifies differences between public and private sector management.
Author : Ole Ingstrup,Paul Crookall
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2000-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0773520619
Written especially for the public sector, but applicable far beyond it, The Three Pillars of Public Management offers government managers insights that, for the first time, speak directly to their situation. Unlike other management books that promote fads and private-sector models or focus on politics, policy, and government-wide reforms, this book offers tangible suggestions to improve public service agencies or individual work sites. Proving that public service excellence is not an oxymoron but an achievable reality, The Three Pillars of Public Management provides a framework, based on the experiences of senior managers and a survey of top-performing public service organizations around the world, for building and sustaining effective public service organizations. The authors find that success in serving the public rests on three pillars: the aim, or mission, of the organization; the character of the people and the institution; and the tools available to achieve the aim. The Three Pillars of Public Management is an important resource for practitioners at all levels of the public service, from central agencies and top national departments to regional, state, or provincial governments and municipalities. With an easy-to-read style, inspiring examples, and a checklist of questions at the end of each chapter the book is a valuable tool for improving the public sector workplace and helping public servants make a difference. The Three Pillars of Public Management makes a significant contribution to the field of public sector management, providing a framework for recognizing and improving effectiveness in public organizations. It clearly fills a gap in the available literature.? Jim McDavid, School of Public Administration, University of Victoria Ole Ingstrup is Commissioner of Corrections, Correctional Service of Canada. He is the co-author of Our Story and the author of numerous articles and reviews. Paul Crookall was senior advisor, Correctional Service of Canada, and is now a consultant in private practice.
Author : Michael Barzelay
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2001-02-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780520224438
How policymakers should guide, manage, and oversee public bureaucracies is a question that lies at the heart of contemporary debates about government and public administration. This text calls for public management to become a vibrant field of public policy.
Author : Tony Bovaird,Elke Loeffler
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 579 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2015-09-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317435839
Public Management and Governance examines the factors which make government critically important and the barriers which often stop it being effective. It questions what it means to have effective policies, efficient management and good quality public services, and it explores how the process of governing could be improved. Key themes include: the challenges and pressures facing governments around the world; the changing role of the public sector in a ‘mixed economy’ of provision; governance issues such as ethics, equalities, transparency and citizen engagement. This revised and updated third edition includes eight new chapters which provide in-depth coverage of key new aspects of public management and governance. It also features a wide selection of international case studies and illuminating examples of how public policy, management and governance can be improved – and what happens when they fail. Each chapter is supplemented with discussion questions, group and individual exercises, case studies and recommendations on further reading. Public Management and Governance is one of the leading student textbooks in its field, featuring contributions from top international authors and covering a wide range of key topics in depth. It is an essential resource for all students on undergraduate and postgraduate courses in public management, public administration, government and public policy.
Author : Kjell A Eliassen,Nick Sitter
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2008-02-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781849206464
′A broad-ranging and highly intelligent account of key recent developments internationally which skillfully updates the public management and governance literatures′ - Ewan Ferlie, Royal Holloway ′Public management has been radically changed and reformed... this book gives students a fine introduction to these changes and to the theories dealing with them′ - Jørgen Grønnegaard Christensen, University of Aarhus An introduction and guide to the dramatic changes that have occurred in the provision of public services over the last two decades, this book combines theoretical perspectives with a range of case studies from Europe, North America and further afield to explain why, how and with what success liberal democracies have reformed the service role of the state. The book pays close attention to four major dimensions of this transition: " External challenges and opportunties: globalisation and EU integration " Reducing the role of the state: Liberalisation, privatisation, regulation and competition policy " Improving the role of the state: New Public Management, e-Government and beyond " Managing the New Public Sector: organisations, strategy and leadership This text is designed for undergraduate courses in public governance, but it also addresses the core components of MPA programmes - the parameters, tools, principles and theories of public sector reform.
Author : Ellen Doree Rosen
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1993-07-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780803945739
This volume shows how public agencies can be made more efficient and humane, providing practical guidance to enhance both service quality and client satisfaction at local, state and national levels. Examples focus on the issues of quality management, improving service delivery, job reorganization and worker empowerment.
Author : Michael Barzelay
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2001-02-15
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780520925274
How policymakers should guide, manage, and oversee public bureaucracies is a question that lies at the heart of contemporary debates about government and public administration. In their search for better systems of public management, reformers have looked in particular at the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand. These countries are exemplars of the New Public Management, a term used to describe distinctive new themes, styles, and patterns of public service management. Calling for public management to become a vibrant field of public policy, this valuable book consolidates recent work on the New Public Management and provides a basis for improving research and policy debate on managing public bureaucracies. A copublication with the Russell Sage Foundation
Author : Christopher Pollitt,Geert Bouckaert
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1999-12-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780191582974
In this major new contribution to a rapidly expanding field, the authors offer an integrated analysis of the wave of management reforms which have swept through so many countries in the last twenty years. The reform trajectories of ten countries are compared, and key differences of approach discussed. Unlike some previous works, this volume affords balanced coverage to the 'New Public Management' (NPM) and the 'non-NPM' or 'reluctant NPM' countries, since it covers Australia, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden, the UK and the USA. Unusually, it also includes a preliminary analysis of attempts to improve management within the European Commission.
Author : Michael Barzelay
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Professional ethics
ISBN : 9781788119108
While public management has become widely spoken of, its identity and character is not well-defined. Such disparity is an underlying problem in developing public management within academia, and in the eyes of practitioners. In this book, Michael Barzelay tackles the challenge of making public management into a true professional discipline. Barzelay argues that public management needs to integrate contrasting conceptions of professional practice. By pressing forward an expansive idea of design in public management, Barzelay formulates a fresh vision of public management in practice and outlines its implications for research, curriculum development and disciplinary identity.
Author : Jeffrey L. Brudney,Laurence J. O'Toole Jr.,Hal G. Rainey
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2001-07-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1589012313
Public management involves leading, coordinating, and stimulating public agencies and programs to deliver excellent performance. Research and practice of public management have developed rapidly in recent years, drawing on the fields of public policy, public administration, and business management. In carrying out their crucial roles in shaping what government delivers, public managers today must confront daunting challenges imposed by shifting policy agendas, constrained financial resources combined with with constant public demands for a rich array of public services, and increasing interdependence among public, private, and third-sector institutions and actors. At the same time, these challenges and other developments offer exciting opportunities for improving knowledge and practice in public management, for the benefit of everyone. In this volume, leading scholars contribute advances in the theory, methods, and practice in this burgeoning field. The selections address four key topics:-The nature and impact of public management;-Creative new methods for public management research;-Reform, reinvention, innovation, and change;-New models and frameworks for understanding and improving public management
Author : Salvatore Schiavo-Campo,Pachampet Sabhesa Aiyar Sundaram
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 908 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Administrative agencies
ISBN : UCSD:31822031115942
Author : Lawrence R. Jones,Kuno Schedler,Riccardo Mussari
Publisher : JAI Press Incorporated
Page : 496 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2004-08-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0762310316
Explores public sector reform from a strategic management perspective. The authors whose work is presented in this book examine seven strategies for public management reform. They address the need for and application of various strategies, and impediments to implementation of each strategy. Case analysis is used to derive findings and conclusions.
Author : George Boyne,Catherine Farrell,Jennifer Law,Martin Powell,Richard Walker
Publisher : McGraw-Hill Education (UK)
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2003-01-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780335230860
Governments across the world are pursuing reform in an effort to improve public services. But have these reforms actually led to improvements in services? Evaluating Public Management Reforms develops a framework for a theory-based evaluation of reforms, and then uses this framework to assess the impact of new arrangements for public service delivery in the UK. This book: * identifies the conceptual and practical problems of finding clear criteria for evaluating reforms * focuses on the shifts in public management towards markets and competition, towards the publication of performance indicators, and from larger to smaller organizations * considers what impact these reforms have had on the efficiency, responsiveness and equity of services * comprehensively reviews the evidence on the effects of reform on health care, housing and education * discusses the implications for public sector management.
Author : Thomas Elston
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2024-04-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781447360889
Why do top-down reforms to public services so often over-promise and under-deliver? Using five concepts from psychology, economics and organisational sociology, Thomas Elston addresses this pressing question of good governance. Focusing on the practical challenge of how to undertake better public management reforms, he questions the assumption that failure typically occurs because of poor reform implementation. Instead, he shows how reforms are often badly designed from the outset, being fashion-led, more focused more on fixing errors than exploiting opportunities and ignoring implicit costs of change. This concise, practically-orientated work employs diverse examples to propose ways to improve the design of public sector reform programmes -- and the services that citizens receive.
Author : Robert E. Hinson,Nnamdi Madichie,Ogechi Adeola,Justice Nyigmah Bawole,Isaiah Adisa,Kwame Asamoah
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2021-10-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783030771812
This book analyses and evaluates the accomplishments, challenges, and approaches associated with the New Public Management (NPM) in Africa towards establishing context-specific interventions for public sector institutions' performance. Taking the reader through various business and management approaches, including leadership in the public sector, digitalisation, market orientation and trust building, this book provides an understanding of the key issues facing public sector organisations in Africa and offers novel ways of approaching public management in a changing socio-economic landscape to drive improved performance of public institutions. The book offers students, practitioners and researchers important insights on NPM and public sector institutions in Africa. The recommendations of the book will help government and policymakers implement appropriate public sector management policies for strengthening public sector service delivery in Africa.
