Public management
Subtitle: performance, professionalism and politics
By: Mirko Noordegraaf
Series: The public management and leadership series; Public management and leadership series
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 277
ISBN-13: 9780230242708
Subjects: Civil service; Administration; Public administration
Description: "This systematic introduction to Public Management provides the tools and theoretical understanding to improve Public Management practice, whilst integrating a focus throughout on the importance of interplay between performance, professionalism and politics for all public service providers"--
Notes: "Macmillan education."

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: 1. Introduction; title: 2. The Rise of Public Management; title: 3. Competing Logics: Theories and Tools; title: 4. Managing Performance; title: 5. Managing Professionalism; title: 6. Managing Politics; title: 7. Public Management Practices; title: 8. Conclusions.