Productivity is essentially the ratio of an organization's outputs divided by its inputs. For many years it was treated as always being static in government agencies. In fact productivity in government services should be rising rapidly as a result of digital changes and new management approaches, and it has done so in some agencies. However, Dunleavy and Carrera show for the first time how complex are the factors affecting productivity growth in government organizations - especially management practices, use of IT, organizational culture, strategic mis-decisions and political and policy...
Productivity is essentially the ratio of an organization's outputs divided by its inputs. For many years it was treated as always being static in gove...
Productivity is essentially the ratio of an organization's outputs divided by its inputs. For many years it was treated as always being static in government agencies. In fact productivity in government services should be rising rapidly as a result of digital changes and new management approaches, and it has done so in some agencies. However, Dunleavy and Carrera show for the first time how complex are the factors affecting productivity growth in government organizations - especially management practices, use of IT, organizational culture, strategic mis-decisions and political and policy...
Productivity is essentially the ratio of an organization's outputs divided by its inputs. For many years it was treated as always being static in gove...
This book explores the world of e-government - the use by government of IT to interact with citizens, businesses, and other governments - and the significant role of IT corporations in this process in seven countries. Government information systems are big business (around 1.5% of GDP) and critical to all aspects of public policy and operations.
This book explores the world of e-government - the use by government of IT to interact with citizens, businesses, and other governments - and the sign...
This is the first study skills book written directly for students on degree courses in the humanities and social sciences. It is intended to help students make their studying more systematic and efficient and the primary focus is on subjects where essay-writing forms the basis of student work and course assessment.
This is the first study skills book written directly for students on degree courses in the humanities and social sciences. It is intended to help stud...
Authoring a PhD is a complex process. It involves having creative ideas, working out how to organize them, writing up from plans, upgrading the text, and finishing it speedily and to a good standard. It also includes being examined and getting published. Patrick Dunleavy has written Authoring a PhD based on his supervision experience with over 30 students. It provides solid advice to help your PhD students cope with both the intellectual issues and practical difficulties of organizing their work effectively. It is an indispensable and time saving aid for doctoral students in the...
Authoring a PhD is a complex process. It involves having creative ideas, working out how to organize them, writing up from plans, upgrading the text, ...
Public choice approaches have revolutionized contemporary political science, particularly in the United States, where a "new right" political movement has developed. This book develops a critique of new right views through its coverage of aspects of the public choice/new right literature.
Public choice approaches have revolutionized contemporary political science, particularly in the United States, where a "new right" political movement...
The impact agenda is set to shape the way in which social scientists prioritise the work they choose to pursue, the research methods they use and how they publish their findings over the coming decade, but how much is currently known about how social science research has made a mark on society?
Based on a three year research project studying the impact of 360 UK-based academics on business, government and civil society sectors, this groundbreaking new book undertakes the most thorough analysis yet of how academic research in the social sciences achieves public policy impacts,...
The impact agenda is set to shape the way in which social scientists prioritise the work they choose to pursue, the research methods they use and h...
