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

• Pubblicazione: New York, NY, : Routledge, 2010
• Edizione: First edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (250 p.)
• Disciplina: 352.3/3
• Soggetto topico: Public administration - Ireland; Civil service - Ireland
• Altri autori: RhodesMary Lee
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Public management and complexity theory
• ISBN: 1-136-89988-X; 1-136-89989-8; 1-282-89849-3; 9786612898495; 0-203-84160-3
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910820565003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge critical studies in public management ; ; 6.