Public Sector Management: Theory, Critique and Practice

Public Sector Management: Theory, Critique and Practice
ISBN-10
0857022911
ISBN-13
9780857022912
Series
Public Sector Management
Category
Business & Economics
Pages
320
Language
English
Published
1994-03-28
Publisher
SAGE
Authors
Alan Lawton, David McKevitt

Description

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.

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