Public sector management
Subtitle: mission impossible?
By: Ian Chaston
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan; Red Globe Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 381
ISBN-13: 9780230292796
Subjects: Public administration
Description: "Public Sector Management is a core textbook that provides a historical background to the emergence and development of the public sector. It offers an up-to-date and stimulating assessment of the contemporary challenges facing the public sector in developed economies. The book argues that public sector management theories evolved during the highly stable world of the second half of the 20th century, and they need reconsideration in a world being made increasingly uncertain due to the combined influence of "meta-events" such as population aging, globalization and the current financial crisis in many developed nation economies. The book presents the perspective, supported by real world case examples, that development of appropriate strategies for ensuring the long term survival of public sector organizations requires a strategic orientation focused upon a willingness to embrace change, accompanied by a commitment to exploiting innovation and entrepreneurship. "--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: Sector Evolution; title: Troubled Reformation; title: The Breaking Storm; title: Ethics, Stakeholders and Values; title: Strategic Planning; title: Leadership; title: Analysis Tools; title: Demand Analysis; title: Technology; title: Internal Competence Assessment; title: Issues and Objectives; title: Strategy; title: Implementing Actions; title: Implementation Errors; title: Governance; title: Future Opportunities.