| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 231 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Routledge critical studies in public management ; 6 |
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Routledge critical studies in public management ; 6.
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| Contents |
Setting the stage for a CAS analysis -- Urban regeneration in Ireland -- Healthcare information systems in Ireland -- Advancing the case for complex adaptive systems in public administration -- The impact of boundaries : identity, community, and place -- Vision and the dynamics of change -- The role and effect of the private sector -- Core and locale : the tension between the governing intent and the implementing outcome -- In conclusion |
| Summary |
That public services exhibit unpredictability, novelty and, on occasion, chaos, is an observation with which even a casual observer would agree. Existing theoretical frameworks in public management fail to address these features, relying more heavily on attempts to eliminate unpredictability through increased reliance on measurable performance objectives, improved financial and human resource management techniques, decentralisation of authority and accountability and resolving principal-agent behaviour pathologies |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Public administration -- Ireland -- Case studies
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Affairs & Administration.
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Public administration
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Förvaltning -- Irland.
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Ireland
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Rhodes, Mary Lee.
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| ISBN |
9780203841600 |
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0203841603 |
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9781136899898 |
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1136899898 |
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9781136899843 |
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1136899847 |
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9781136899881 |
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113689988X |
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9780415654029 |
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0415654025 |
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