Laurien Alexandre; Manuel Broncano; Karen Christensen; Gerald W. Fry; Yahya R. Kamalipour; Arne Kislenko; Erick D. Langer Berkshire Publishing Group (2021) Saatavuus: Hankintapalvelu Kovakantinen kirja
Taylor & Francis Ltd Sivumäärä: 208 sivua Asu: Pehmeäkantinen kirja Painos: 1 Julkaisuvuosi: 2007, 31.10.2007 (lisätietoa) Kieli: Englanti
Public sector organizations are fundamentally different to their private sector counterparts. They are multi-functional, follow a political leadership, and the majority do not operate in an external market. In an era of rapid reform, reorganization and modernization of the public sector, this book offers a timely and illuminating introduction to the public sector organization that recognizes its unique values, interests, knowledge and power-base.
Drawing on both instrumental and institutional perspectives within organization theory, as well as democratic theory and empirical studies of decision-making, this text addresses five central aspects of the public sector organization:
goals and values leadership and steering reform and change effects and implications understanding and design.
This volume challenges conventional economic analysis of the public sector, arguing instead for a democratic-political approach and a new, prescriptive organization theory. A rich resource of both theory and practice, Organization Theory for the Public Sector: Instrument, Culture and Myth is essential reading for anybody studying the public sector.
