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The highly-anticipated Sixth Edition of Norman Flynn’s Public Sector Management continues to provide students with an insightful, jargon-free description, analysis and critique of the management of the public sector by the UK government. New companion website with free access to full-text journal articles, policy documents, links to useful websites, and relevant multimedia and social media resources, as well as additional case studies and discussion questions. www.sagepub.co.uk/flynn.
A truly comparative introduction to the field of public sector management. This is the perfect textbook for upper undergraduate and postgraduate students to explore the evolving landscape of public administration.
Now in its second edition, this overview of the organization and management of the public sector in the UK shifts the focus away from the 1980s by concentrating on the post-Thatcher public sector. It includes material on the Citizen's Charter and the accelerated health and education reforms.
The UK has played a pivotal role in the development of New Public Management (NPM). This book offers an original, comprehensive and multidisciplinary analysis of the impact of the New Public Management in the UK, and situates these analyses in a broader comparative perspective. Its chapters consider: competing typologies of NPM issues of professionalism within NPM debates on social exclusion and equity the role of different research approaches in evaluating NPM the evolving nature of NPM and impact of modernisation evaluations of NPM in mainland Europe, North America, Africa and the developing World, Australia, and Pacific-Asia. Leading authorities from around the world present evaluations of current thinking in NPM and highlight the challenges which will shape future development and research approaches. New Public Management presents a timely and constructive overview of the nature and impact of the NPM and offers important lessons for public management across the world.
A comprehensive, in depth and accessible resource for students of public sector management and administration: with an international authorship, this is more comprehensive, cohesive and international than any other textbook in the area.
The life and experiences of a white family who grew up under the system of apartheid in South Africa. It tells of their heritage, their understandings and perceptions and eventually their move to the United States of America. The story focused greatly on the Gerber familys faith in God Almighty and how through faith and endurance, they overcame difficulties.
Beaches are places of contact, play, confrontation and friction: first comers always arrive on a beach. After Europeans moved into the Antipodes, the coast was the first frontier to be defined. Flinders' circumnavigation in 1802 had mapped 'Australia', revealing the land as 'girt by sea', as the national anthem continues to remind us. All kinds of ideas about the coast, beaches, sea changes, holiday places and islands swirl and eddy in this unique collection of writing.
A family of five decides to leave their native country, South Africa, to move to the U.S.A. Experiences of anxiety, stress, tears and happiness as they put their faith and trust in Almighty God to try and find a better future for the children. Securities and a comfortable lifestyle are left behind with only hope and dreams as they enter a new life in a strange land. They went through deep waters, but persevered and found it possible to recognize the blessings while pursuing their dreams.
A comparative assessment of the factors influencing administrative adjustment to European policy.