03226oam 2200673I 450 991078538310332120200520144314.01-136-89988-X1-136-89989-81-282-89849-397866128984950-203-84160-310.4324/9780203841600 (CKB)2670000000052513(EBL)592909(OCoLC)680017924(SSID)ssj0000426439(PQKBManifestationID)11294782(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000426439(PQKBWorkID)10372889(PQKB)11049586(Au-PeEL)EBL592909(CaPaEBR)ebr10428039(CaONFJC)MIL289849(MiAaPQ)EBC592909(PPN)19845046X(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 studiesPublic administrationCivil service352.3/3Rhodes Mary Lee1466464MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910785383103321Public management and complexity theory3676954UNINA