The Best of the Bonnet by Andrew Unger

The Best of the Bonnet by Andrew Unger

This major text for students of public sector management combines well-developed management theory with research from a range of countries including Germany, Holland, Ireland, New Zealand, Sweden and the UK. The comparative focus highlights common problems and common factors in successful management across these countries.

The author integrates three traditionally separate concepts in public sector management, arguing for the development of a different kind of management than that appropriate for private enterprise:

• The notion of differential information between providers and clients in service delivery
• The notion of a core public service
• The notion of professionalism in service delivery

Throughout, the text focuses on how theory can be applied to management issues and practice, drawing on the direct reports and experiences of managers wherever possible and employing case studies with self-assessment questions to further understanding.

Public services managers who are concerned to improve their management practice or students who are seeking to understand how the particular characteristics of core public services management shape management practice, will particularly welcome this text.

Unger, Andrew: -

Andrew Unger is best known as the author and founder of the satire website The Daily Bonnet. An educator based in Steinbach, Manitoba, his work has appeared in Geez, Rhubarb, Ballast, CBC.ca, the Winnipeg Free Press, and many others. If you go back far enough, he's probably related to you.

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ISBN 13	9780888017390
ISBN 10	0888017391
Title	The Best of the Bonnet
Author	Andrew Unger
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Turnstone Press
Year published	2021-12-10
Number of pages	256
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