Public Sector Management by Norman Flynn
'Norman Flynn's excellent book has long been the publication of choice as a core text on public management. The new edition continues this tradition and is to be warmly welcomed' - Stephen Osborne, Aston Business School 'Norman Flynn's Public Sector Management has established itself as a definitive source for anyone interested in the changing forms and fortunes of public services. This latest edition continues the high standards of combining comprehensive coverage with critical reflection in a lucid and accessible style.' John Clarke, Open University The Fifth Edition of this popular book has been fully revised and updated to include the latest research and comment on changes in public sector management and two new chapters on Public-Private Partnerships and Privatisation and Regulation. Maintaining its highly accessible yet analytical style, this book examines in detail the major management issues of strategy, competition, co-operation and collaboration, service design and delivery, people management, organisational structures, financial management and the management of performance.This new edition includes extra features to assist students using the book: each chapter will include a new summary-introduction and a list of sources, including reading and weblinks, for students writing assignments. In addition there is a website, which will be updated annually, containing updated sources, updated tables and links to government departments and other sites useful for students. (The author's own website can be accessed from www.normanflynn.me.uk)
Flynn, Norman: - Norman Flynn was the Director of the Centre for Financial and Management Studies, SOAS, University of London. He was previously been Chair Professor of Public Sector Management at City University of Hong Kong and held academic posts at London School of Economics, London Business School and the University of Birmingham. He has written about public sector management in the United Kingdom, Europe and Asia, public sector reform in developing countries and about the relationship between business government and society in Asia. Recent books include Public Sector Reform: An Introduction (European Commission); Public Sector Management (Sage, London); The Market and Social Policy in China (edited with Linda Wong) (Palgrave Macmillan); Miracle to Meltdown in Asia: Business, Government and Society (Oxford University Press) (last two both translated in Chinese), and (with Franz Strehl) Public Sector Management in Europe (Pearson). Further publications are listed on his website: www.normanflynn.me.ukHe has training experience in Slovenia, China, Kenya, South Africa, the United Kingdom, Ukraine, Georgia, Sweden, Norway, Finland and Scotland.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781412929936 |
| ISBN 10 | 1412929938 |
| Title | Public Sector Management |
| Author | Norman Flynn |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Sage Publications Ltd |
| Year published | 2007-02-08 |
| Number of pages | 328 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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