Public sector transformation : rethinking markets and hierarchies in government / / Frieder Naschold, Casten von Otter
| Public sector transformation : rethinking markets and hierarchies in government / / Frieder Naschold, Casten von Otter |
| Autore | Naschold Frieder |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam/Philadelphia : , : John Benjamins Publishing Company, , 1996 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (184 pages) |
| Disciplina | 350 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | OtterCasten von <1941-> |
| Soggetto topico |
Comparative government
Government business enterprises - Management Government productivity Public administration |
| ISBN |
1-283-32788-0
9786613327888 90-272-7617-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
PUBLIC SECTOR TRANSFORMATION; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; Preface; Modernization of the State: Structural reforms and innovation strategies of the public sector; Preface; PART I. Structural reforms and innovation strategies in the public sector; 1. Strategic turning points in the public sector of OECD countries since the 1970's; 1.1. Quantitative changes in the volume and structure of national public sectors; 1.2. Strategic turning points in underlying public-sector philosophies; 1.3. A new phase in the relationship between politics, regulation and competition
2. Comparing public-sector performance across OECD countries 3. Redefining public-sector tasks at the interface between public and private service provision: Privatization, contracting out, the core responsibilities of the state; 3.1. Redefining public-sector responsibilities via privatization of state-run firms - The lessons of the privatization program in Great Britain; 3.2. Outsourcing public services to private firms: The lessons of the contracting out and compulsory competitive tendering (CCT) program in Great Britain 3.3. Redefining the public sector by means of the concept of 'core public sector activities'; 3.4. The political-analytical redefinition of public-sector tasks: Instruments and methods; 4. A re-balancing of traditional design principles in the public sector and the basic principles of the new public management movement; 4.1. The key themes of public-sector modernization; 4.2. Questioning the classical premises of administration; 4.3. The different logics of the public and private-sector model and the dangers of the current rationalization strategy PART II. The modernization of internal government structures 1. The point of departure; 2. New demands on the state: The changed environment at the end of the twentieth century; 2.1. New problematics; 2.2. Changed international context; 2.3. Change in organizational paradigm in private-sector firms; 2.4. Modernization policies in OECD competitor countries; 3. Aims of public-sector modernization policies in Germany; 4. Redefining public-sector tasks:Political task controlling; 5. Public-sector modernization: Raising efficiencyand cooperation within networks 5.1. Modernization of public-sector organization 5.2. The modernization of management: democratic leadership and its instruments; 5.3. From personnel management to personnel development; 5.4. Information and communication technology and administrative modernization; 5.5. From bureaucratic to customer-oriented quality production; 5.6. Normalizing working conditions and industrial relations in the public sector by modernizing the statutory framework; 5.7. Ensuring the continuity of the modernization process; 6. The conditions of implementation of a modernization strategy; 6.1. Alternative implementation strategies |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781592103321 |
Naschold Frieder
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| Amsterdam/Philadelphia : , : John Benjamins Publishing Company, , 1996 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Public sector transformation : rethinking markets and hierarchies in government / / Frieder Naschold, Casten von Otter
| Public sector transformation : rethinking markets and hierarchies in government / / Frieder Naschold, Casten von Otter |
| Autore | Naschold Frieder |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam/Philadelphia : , : John Benjamins Publishing Company, , 1996 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (184 pages) |
| Disciplina | 350 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | OtterCasten von <1941-> |
| Collana | Dialogues on Work and Innovation |
| Soggetto topico |
Comparative government
Government business enterprises - Management Government productivity Public administration |
| ISBN |
1-283-32788-0
9786613327888 90-272-7617-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
PUBLIC SECTOR TRANSFORMATION; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; Preface; Modernization of the State: Structural reforms and innovation strategies of the public sector; Preface; PART I. Structural reforms and innovation strategies in the public sector; 1. Strategic turning points in the public sector of OECD countries since the 1970's; 1.1. Quantitative changes in the volume and structure of national public sectors; 1.2. Strategic turning points in underlying public-sector philosophies; 1.3. A new phase in the relationship between politics, regulation and competition
2. Comparing public-sector performance across OECD countries 3. Redefining public-sector tasks at the interface between public and private service provision: Privatization, contracting out, the core responsibilities of the state; 3.1. Redefining public-sector responsibilities via privatization of state-run firms - The lessons of the privatization program in Great Britain; 3.2. Outsourcing public services to private firms: The lessons of the contracting out and compulsory competitive tendering (CCT) program in Great Britain 3.3. Redefining the public sector by means of the concept of 'core public sector activities'; 3.4. The political-analytical redefinition of public-sector tasks: Instruments and methods; 4. A re-balancing of traditional design principles in the public sector and the basic principles of the new public management movement; 4.1. The key themes of public-sector modernization; 4.2. Questioning the classical premises of administration; 4.3. The different logics of the public and private-sector model and the dangers of the current rationalization strategy PART II. The modernization of internal government structures 1. The point of departure; 2. New demands on the state: The changed environment at the end of the twentieth century; 2.1. New problematics; 2.2. Changed international context; 2.3. Change in organizational paradigm in private-sector firms; 2.4. Modernization policies in OECD competitor countries; 3. Aims of public-sector modernization policies in Germany; 4. Redefining public-sector tasks:Political task controlling; 5. Public-sector modernization: Raising efficiencyand cooperation within networks 5.1. Modernization of public-sector organization 5.2. The modernization of management: democratic leadership and its instruments; 5.3. From personnel management to personnel development; 5.4. Information and communication technology and administrative modernization; 5.5. From bureaucratic to customer-oriented quality production; 5.6. Normalizing working conditions and industrial relations in the public sector by modernizing the statutory framework; 5.7. Ensuring the continuity of the modernization process; 6. The conditions of implementation of a modernization strategy; 6.1. Alternative implementation strategies |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910971263303321 |
Naschold Frieder
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| Amsterdam/Philadelphia : , : John Benjamins Publishing Company, , 1996 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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