03229oam 2200673I 450 991045949770332120200520144314.01-136-89989-81-282-89849-397866128984950-203-84160-310.4324/9780203841600 (CKB)2670000000052513(EBL)592909(OCoLC)680017924(SSID)ssj0000426439(PQKBManifestationID)11294782(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000426439(PQKBWorkID)10372889(PQKB)11049586(MiAaPQ)EBC592909(PPN)19845046X(Au-PeEL)EBL592909(CaPaEBR)ebr10428039(CaONFJC)MIL289849(EXLCZ)99267000000005251320180706d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPublic management and complexity theory richer decision-making in public services /by Mary Lee Rhodes. [et al.]First edition.New York :Routledge,2011.1 online resource (250 p.)Routledge critical studies in public management ;6Description based upon print version of record.0-415-65402-5 0-415-45753-X Includes bibliographical references and index.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; BibliographyIndexThat 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 pRoutledge critical studies in public management ;6.Public administrationIrelandCase studiesCivil serviceIrelandCase studiesElectronic books.Public administrationCivil service352.3/3Rhodes Mary Lee934561MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910459497703321Public management and complexity theory2104466UNINA01845nam 2200589 450 991013487640332120231227105929.01-118-83321-X1-118-83315-51-118-83316-3(CKB)4330000000007255(EBL)4557216(PQKBManifestationID)16240619(PQKBWorkID)14851036(PQKB)24235274(MiAaPQ)EBC4557216(DLC) 2015048835(Au-PeEL)EBL4557216(CaPaEBR)ebr11223475(CaONFJC)MIL933663(OCoLC)952247405(EXLCZ)99433000000000725520160712h20162016 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPolitical attitudes computational and simulation modelling /Camelia Florela VoineaChichester, [England] :Wiley,2016.©20161 online resource (351 p.)Wiley Series in Computational and Quantitative Social ScienceTHEi Wiley ebooksDescription based upon print version of record.1-118-83314-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Wiley series in computational and quantitative social science.THEi Wiley ebooks.Behaviorism (Political science)Political scienceMathematical modelsBehaviorism (Political science)Political scienceMathematical models.320.0151Voinea Camelia Florela939689MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910134876403321Political attitudes2118396UNINA