The coordination of public sector organizations
Subtitle: shifting patterns of public management
By: Geert Bouckaert,  B. Guy Peters and Koen Verhoest.
Contributors: Peters, B. Guy.; Verhoest, Koen.
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 340
ISBN-13: 9780230240155
Subjects: Government business enterprises -- Case studies
Genres: Case studies
Description: "This book discusses the trajectories of creating specialized autonomous units. An analysis of the mechanisms and measures taken for granting autonomy to specialised autonomous units and subsequently to coordinating them back is described. The book shows a range of patterns in the dynamics of specialization and coordination over 25 years"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: PART I: CONCEPTS, THEORIES AND METHODOLOGYThe Main Argument: Specialization without Coordination is CentrifugalCoordination: What is it and Why Should we have it?Resources, Mechanisms and Instruments for CoordinationHow to Map Coordination: Issues of MethodologyPART II: SPECIALIZATION AND COORDINATION IN SEVEN COUNTRIES Coordination in New Zealand 1980-2005Coordination in the United Kingdom 1980-2005Coordination in Sweden 1980-2005Coordination in The Netherlands 1980-2005Coordination in France 1980-2005Coordination in Belgium 1980-2005Coordination in the United States 1980-2005PART III: CROSS-COUNTRY COMPARISONSpecialization and Coordination in Seven Countries: Findings and DiscussionThe Central Hypothesis and MethodologyWhat has happened in Reality? Trajectories of Specialization and Coordination in Seven CountriesSome Further Comparison of the Trajectories of Seven CountriesPending Issues for Further Research Discussion and Conclusions PART I: CONCEPTS, THEORIES AND METHODOLOGYThe Main Argument: Specialization without Coordination is CentrifugalCoordination: What is it and Why Should we have it?Resources, Mechanisms and Instruments for CoordinationHow to Map Coordination: Issues of MethodologyPART II: SPECIALIZATION AND COORDINATION IN SEVEN COUNTRIES Coordination in New Zealand 1980-2005Coordination in the United Kingdom 1980-2005Coordination in Sweden 1980-2005Coordination in The Netherlands 1980-2005Coordination in France 1980-2005Coordination in Belgium 1980-2005Coordination in the United States 1980-2005PART III: CROSS-COUNTRY COMPARISONSpecialization and Coordination in Seven Countries: Findings and DiscussionThe Central Hypothesis and MethodologyWhat has happened in Reality? Trajectories of Specialization and Coordination in Seven CountriesSome Further Comparison of the Trajectories of Seven CountriesPending Issues for Further Research Discussion and Conclusions .