Overview
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.
- | Author: Alan Lawton
- | Publisher: Sage Publications UK
- | Publication Date: Sep 05, 2000
- | Number of Pages: 320 pages
- | Binding: Paperback or Softback
- | ISBN-10: 0803977131
- | ISBN-13: 9780803977136
