The New Public Management in Action

The New Public Management in Action by Ewan Ferlie

This book analyses changes which have occurred in the organization and management of the UK public services over the last 15 years, looking particularly at the restructured NHS. The authors present an up to date analysis around three main themes: 1. the transfer of private sector models to the public sector 2. the management of change in the public sector 3. management reorganization and role change In doing so they examine to what extent a New Public Management has emerged and ask whether this is a parochial UK development or of wider international significance. This is a topical and important issue in management training, professional and policy circles. Important analytic themes include: an analysis of the nature of the change process in the UK public services: characterisation of quasi markets; the changing role of local Boards and possible adaptation by professional groupings. The book also addresses the important and controversial question of accountability, and contributes to the development of a general theory of the New Public Management.

A valuable resource to the student requiring perspectives on economic and political trends in the public sector* Health Service Journal *
An academic text which would be a valuable resource to the student requiring perspectives on economic and political trends in the public sector, but particularly in healthcare ... of value to anyone engaged in the business of healthcare and the management of its delivery ... an essential reference for professionals new to the NHS. * Health Service Journal *
This book, which goes some way towards filling a significant gap, is ... welcome ... the book can ... be recommended ... a useful book, full ... of valid insights. * People Management *

Ewan Ferlie, Professor of Public Services Management, King's College London, Kathleen Montgomery, Ewan Ferlie is Professor of Public Services Management at King's College London. He has published widely on themes of organizational change and restructuring in public services organizations, especially
in health care and also in higher education. He also writes on the relationship between professionals and managers in health care. He previously co-edited the Oxford Handbook of Public Management. He is currently Hon Chair of the Society for the Study of Organizing in Health Care, a Learned Society
which is a constituent member of the UK Academy of Social Sciences.

Kathleen Montgomery is Professor of the Graduate Division and Emerita Professor of Organizations and Management at the University of California, Riverside. She has been a visiting scholar at Oxford University, Stanford, UCLA, and University of Sydney. She is a Past Chair of the Health Care
Management Division of the Academy of Management. She earned a PhD in sociology from New York University, where she worked with Eliot Freidson and began her research on the medical profession and relationships between professionals and their environment. Her current research continues this steam,
now focusing on issues of trust, integrity, and behavioral norms.

Anne Reff Pedersen is Associate Professor at Department of Organization at Copenhagen Business School. Her research field is organizational studies with a particular interest in Health Care Management and on organization theory and organizational ethnography. She has published articles in
Organization, American Review of Public Administration, Management and Management Learning and she has published several books about organizational change, public mangers and management through the patient. She works currently in a research project about health care innovation with a special
interest on change practices.

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ISBN 13	9780198289029
ISBN 10	0198289022
Title	The New Public Management in Action
Author	Ewan Ferlie
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Oxford University Press
Year published	1996-07-18
Number of pages	300
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