Civil Service & Public Sector

First published in 1986. The main purpose of this work is to present a developmental perspective different from the prevailing Western one. The aut...

Governments are searching for possibilities to improve efficiency and reduce cost of the public sector services. Privatising, deregulation, changin...

The New Public Service: Serving, not Steering provides a framework for the many voices calling for the reaffirmation of democratic values, citizens...

This book presents an overview of the scientific study of public management, gathering together some of the most authoritative experts in this area...

In many ways the public sector and the private sector share concerns about how best to manage their employment functions: recruitment, evaluation, ...

Originally published in 1986, this volume brings together papers on the organisational structure of select public enterprises from nine countries, ...

Originally published in 1959, the author has observed at first hand the workings of public enterprise in Britain. He has coupled objectivity with a...

Why does public management - the art of the state - so often go wrong, producing failure and fiasco instead of public service? What are the differe...

Public Sector Strategy explores how strategic decisions are developed and implemented in the public sector, and examines the psychology underpinnin...

The book Profiles of Anthropological Praxis is something of a sequel to Anthropological Praxis: Translating Knowledge into Action, published in 1...

The Police Misconduct Complaint Investigations Manual provides a timely and unique, step-by-step approach to conducting or reviewing police miscond...

Originally published in 1971, when nationalized industries employed about 7 per cent of the national labour force, created about 10 per cent of the...

An efficient and competent bureaucracy is indispensable to any modern state. This short introduction identifies the importance of civil services in...

This book is about the inner workings of an administrative system in the public sector, and is a study of what managers actually do. It looks at wh...

Policymaking in India evokes an image of rational decision-making and technical optimality. However, the arena of policymaking is characterized by ...

New Perspectives in Educational Leadership examines educational administration and leadership within the complex social, political, and community c...

Change Management: Manage Change or It Will Manage You represents a substantial core guidance effort for Change Management practitioners. Organizat...

A market economy and a more liberal society have brought great challenges to China’s outdated governance structure and personnel management. To imp...

Compiling the most influential papers from the IEICE Transactions in Communications, High-Performance Backbone Network Technology examines critical...

Capitalism in Europe is transformed as a result of liberalisation, privatisation and regulatory reform. Unravelling the state as service provider a...