Public Sector Management: Mission Impossible?

ISBN-13: 9780230292796 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 352 str.

Ian Chaston

Opis

Public Sector Management examines issues and challenges facing public sector organisations in developed economies. The text also provides students with an historical background, tracing the development of the public sector and exploring how challenges like the financial crisis will impact on management practices and strategies.

Spis treści

Sector Evolution Troubled Reformation The Breaking Storm Ethics, Stakeholders and Values Strategic Planning Leadership Analysis Tools Demand Analysis Technology Internal Competence Assessment Issues and Objectives Strategy Implementing Actions Implementation Errors Governance Future Opportunities.

O autorze

IAN CHASTON is a Professor of Management at Plymouth University Business School, UK.

Blurb

Public sector organizations are facing unprecedented problems due to the influence of population ageing, globalisation and the public deficit crisis facing developed nation economies. Public Sector Management: Mission Impossible offers a contemporary and stimulating assessment of the challenges facing these public sector organizations.

Most public sector management theories evolved during the economically stable second half of the 20th century and need to be reconsidered in an increasingly uncertain world. Taking an innovative new approach, this book uses both theory and case material to examine how development of strategic plans driven by entrepreneurship and innovation can assist public sector organisations implement solutions to sustain delivery of most or all of their service despite facing major budget cuts.
 
The book is accompanied by a companion website featuring over 300 powerpoint slides for lecturers.

Public Sector Management: Mission Impossible is an essential resource for final year undergraduate and postgraduate students studying public sector management and MPA students.

IAN CHASTON taught marketing and undertook research in entrepreneurship at Plymouth Business School. He also founded the University's spin off company Moustraining Ltd which researches on-line learning applications to reduce higher education delivery costs. Ian has led projects on entrepreneurship for Government agencies and Universities in the UK and overseas. Currently he is a Visiting Professor at Centrum Catolica Business School in Peru.