Public Management

Organizations, Governance, and Performance

Inbunden, Engelska, 2011

Av Laurence J. O'Toole, Jr, Kenneth J. Meier, Jr. O'Toole, Laurence J., Jr Laurence J. O'Toole

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How effective are public managers as they seek to influence how public organizations deliver policy results? How, and how much, is management related to the performance of public programs? What aspects of management can be distinguished? Can their separable contributions to performance be estimated? The fate of public policies in today's world lies in the hands of public organizations, which in turn are often intertwined with others in latticed patterns of governance. Collectively, these organizations are expected to generate performance in terms of policy outputs and outcomes. In this book, two award-winning researchers investigate the effectiveness of management in the public sector. Firstly, they develop a systematic theory on how effective public managers are in shaping policy results. The rest of the book then tests this theory against a wide range of evidence, including a data set of 1,000 public organizations.

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Utgivningsdatum2011-04-14
Mått179 x 254 x 19 mm
Vikt810 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor332
FörlagCambridge University Press
ISBN9781107004412

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Laurence J. O'Toole, Jr is the Margaret Hughes and Robert T. Golembiewski Professor of Public Administration and Distinguished Research Professor at the University of Georgia. He also holds an academic appointment as professor in the Faculty of Management and Governance at Twente University in the Netherlands. Kenneth J. Meier is the Charles H. Gregory Chair in Liberal Arts at Texas A&M University. He is also Professor of Public Management at Cardiff Business School.

List of figures; List of tables; Preface; 1. Public management and performance: an evidence-based perspective; 2. A model of public management and a source of evidence; 3. Public management in interdependent settings: networks, managerial networking and performance; 4. Managerial quality and performance; 5. Internal management and performance: stability, human resources and decision making; 6. Nonlinearities in public management: the role of managerial capacity and organizational buffering; 7. Public management in intergovernmental networks: matching structural networks and managerial networking; 8. Public management and performance: what we know, and what we need to know; Glossary; References; Index.

'This is an excellent book by two of the world's leading public management scholars. They integrate their own research with leading-edge work by others in the field, and provide important new insights into the impact of public management on organizational performance. Both academics and policy makers will find the book essential reading for understanding contemporary problems such as networking, managerial quality, and personnel stability in public organizations.' George Boyne, Dean and Professor of Public Sector Management, Cardiff Business School