The New Public Management in Action

By - Ferlie, Ewan

Floor - Floor 1

Published - Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1996

ISBN 10 - 0198289022

ISBN 13 - 9780198289029

Book Status - 2 Qnty Available with us.

Subject - Civil service

Shelf No - 18

Call Number - 350.0009 FER

Physical Description - viii, 287 pages ; 24 cm

Notes - Includes Index

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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: the transfer of private sector models to the public sector, the management of change in the public sector, and 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, characterization 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.

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