Public Sector Management: Theory, Critique and Practice

Book 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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803977131
• ISBN13: 9780803977136
• Release Date: May 1994
• Publisher: Sage Publications UK
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.3"