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. "Public Sector Management" is a Course Reader for The Open University course B887 Managing Public Services.
- ISBN10 1857022912
- ISBN13 9781857022919
- Publish Date 7 July 1994
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 14 July 2001
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
- Imprint Fourth Estate Ltd
- Format eBook
- Pages 320
- Language English