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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459497703321

Titolo

Public management and complexity theory : richer decision-making in public services / / by Mary Lee Rhodes. [et al.]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2011

ISBN

1-136-89989-8

1-282-89849-3

9786612898495

0-203-84160-3

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (250 p.)

Collana

Routledge critical studies in public management ; ; 6

Altri autori (Persone)

RhodesMary Lee

Disciplina

352.3/3

Soggetti

Public administration - Ireland

Civil service - Ireland

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Abbreviations and Acronyms; Acknowledgements; Introduction: The Case for CAS; 1 Setting the Stage for a CAS Analysis; 2 Urban Regeneration in Ireland; 3 Healthcare Information Systems in Ireland; 4 Advancing the Case for Complex Adaptive Systems in Public Administration; 5 The Impact of Boundaries: Identity, Community and Place; 6 Vision and the Dynamics of Change; 7 The Role and Effect of the Private Sector; 8 Core and Locale: The Tension Between the GoverningIntent and the Implementing Outcome; 9 In Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography

Index

Sommario/riassunto

That public services exhibit unpredictability, novelty and, on occasion, chaos, is an observation with which even a casual observer would agree. Existing theoretical frameworks in public management fail to address these features, relying more heavily on attempts to eliminate unpredictability through increased reliance on measurable performance objectives, improved financial and human resource management techniques, decentralisation of authority and accountability and resolving principal-agent behaviour pathologies.  Essentially, these are



all attempts to improve the 'steering' capacity of p