LEADER 02893 am 22004813u 450 001 9910340845003321 005 20210210 010 $a1-76046-277-2 035 $a(CKB)4100000009152757 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5888404 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/31276 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000009152757 100 $a20190917h20192019 uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aCompeting for influence $ethe role of the public service in better government in Australia /$fBarry Ferguson 210 $cANU Press$d2019 210 1$aActon ACT :$cAustralian National University Press,$d[2019] 210 4$dİ2019 215 $a1 online resource (447 pages) $cillustrations 225 0 $aAustralia and New Zealand School of Government (ANZSOG) series 311 $a1-76046-276-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 330 $a"Amidst growing dissatisfaction with the state of government performance and an erosion of trust in our political class, Competing for Influence asks: what sort of public service do we want in Australia? Drawing on his experience in both the public and private sectors ? and citing academic research across the fields of public sector management, industrial organisation, and corporate strategy ? Barry Ferguson argues the case for the careful selection and application of private sector management concepts to the public service, both for their ability to strengthen the public service and inform public policy. These include competitive advantage, competitive positioning, horizontal strategy and organisational design, and innovation as an all-encompassing organisational adjustment mechanism to a changeable environment. But these are not presented as a silver bullet, and Ferguson addresses other approaches to reform, including the need to rebuild the Public Sector Act, the need to reconsider the interface between political and administrative arms of government (and determine what is in the ?public interest?), and the need for greater independence for the public service within a clarified role. This approach, and its implications for public sector reform, is contrasted with the straitjacket of path dependency that presently constricts the field." 606 $aPublic administration$zAustralia 607 $aAustralia$xPolitics and government 610 $aAustralia 610 $apolitics 610 $agovernance 615 0$aPublic administration 700 $aFerguson$b Barry$0950263 701 $aFerguson$b Barry$0950263 712 02$aAustralian National University Press. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910340845003321 996 $aCompeting for influence$92148555 997 $aUNINA