Advancing Public Management
Subtitle: New Developments in Theory, Methods, and Practice
Publisher: Georgetown Univ Pr; Georgetown University Press
Published: April 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780878407606
Subjects: Public Affairs & Administration; Politics - Current Events; Business/Economics; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Technological innovations; Public Administration; Central government policies; Local government policies; Management & management techniques; Public ownership / nationalization; Administrative agencies; Management
First sentence: How much of the performance delivered by important public programs can be attributed to the efforts of public managers, those who organize people and resources to get the job done?
Description: "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; and new models and frameworks for understanding and improving public management.".

"The editors also present an overview of the field and discuss the issues addressed in the book. The collection offers cutting edge scholarship that should advance the analysis and practice of public management well into the future."--BOOK JACKET.