Managing Performance in the Public Sector

By Hans de Bruijn

Book Overview

Topical and taking a bold stance in the contentious debate surrounding performance in the public sector, this new edition shows readers how performance thinking has a substantial impact on the management of public organizations.

Thoroughly revised and updated, this highly successful text, written by an experienced academic and practitioner is packed full with a wealth of new features. These include:

more examples and cases, from a variety of different sectors, including, hospitals, courts, school and universities a whole new chapter on the dynamics of performance management; answering the questions - how do PM systems evolve? Which effects will dominate in the long run? many extra recommendations for making PM attractive for managers.

An informed and up-to-date analysis of this subject, this is an essential text for all those studying, both at undergraduate and postgraduate level, performance management in the public sector.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415403200
• ISBN13: 9780415403207
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 132 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.2" x 9.2"