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200 00$aPublic management and complexity theory $ericher decision-making in public services /$fby Mary Lee Rhodes. [et al.]
205   $aFirst edition.
210  1$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2011.
215   $a1 online resource (250 p.)
225 1 $aRoutledge critical studies in public management ;$v6
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a0-415-65402-5 
311   $a0-415-45753-X 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aBook 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
327   $aIndex
330   $aThat 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
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906   $aBOOK
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