Public Management
Cambridge University Press, 5/31/2011
EAN 9781107004412, ISBN10: 1107004411
Hardcover, 344 pages, 25.4 x 17.9 x 1.9 cm
Language: English
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.
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.
Advance praise: '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