Civil Service & Public Sector

This book addresses an important issue and debate in public administration: the politicization of civil service systems and personnel. Using a comp...

This study, with contributions from both scholars and practitioners, examines the theory and practice of public sector ethics across a broad range ...

Examining how public and nonprofit managers improve productivity in their organizations, Evan M. Berman lays out a wide range of tools and strategi...

Within this context, big data analytics (BDA) can be an important tool given that many analytic techniques within the big data world have been crea...

In this title, first published in 1996, the author uses the locus of control personality construct to show how workers who believe they can influen...

This book addresses an important issue and debate in public administration: the politicization of civil service systems and personnel. Using a comp...

This study, with contributions from both scholars and practitioners, examines the theory and practice of public sector ethics across a broad range ...

Public services throughout Europe have undergone dramatic restructuring processes in recent years in connection with liberalization and privatizati...

Networks have been described in terms of metaphors, governance arrangements and structural or institutional arrangements. These different perspecti...

′A broad-ranging and highly intelligent account of key recent developments internationally which skillfully updates the public management and gover...

Public Management and Governance is the leading text in international public management and governance and an ideal introduction to all aspects of ...

The Conservative’s privatisation programme was one of the most ambitious aspects of their attempt to redraft the political and economic map of the ...

This book provides an authoritative account of the first significant overseas diplomatic missions and forays made by Indian civil servants. It reco...

This encyclopedic reference/text provides an analysis of the basic issues and major aspects of bureaucracy, bureaucratic politics and administrativ...

Innovation provides five in-depth studies on the 'state' of innovation in government today. Jonathan Walters analyzes what he has learned from stud...

A detailed study of the changes which have taken place in the British Civil Service since 1979. It is intended for political and policy scientists,...

The literature on gender and professions shows that professional careers continue to be impacted by gender – albeit with important differences amon...

Networks and other collaborations are central to the public sector’s ability to respond to their diverse responsibilities, from international devel...

This title was first published in 2003. Since the 1980s, in Australia and other developed nations, public sector management philosophies and how th...

The Routledge Handbook of Public Administration and Digital Governance is a comprehensive, cutting-edge guide for students, scholars, practitioners...

Continuing in the standard of excellence set by previous editions, this sixth edition assesses the bureaucracies and development of governments aro...

In 1968 a theory of social equity was developed and put forward as the "third pillar for public administration, with the same status as economy and...

Shows government agencies how to meet the needs of customers seamlessly, that is, in a smooth, effortless, responsive manner. Details a step-by-ste...

Fiscal cutbacks, the public's declining confidence in government, and new ideologies are forcing the public sector in industrialized democracies to...

This straightforward and practical guide outlines a strategic approach to public involvement in government decision making. Prepares public manager...

Distinguished scholars from six countries investigate the effects of reforms in a number of areas, including budgeting, personnel management, and a...

To keep government operating smoothly, changes in public managementpolicy and strategy usually follow the old rule of change--that itmust evolve in...

Russ Linden's Workbook for Seamless Government is a must read... Linden artfully weaves together practical details about how to implement change wi...

Public administration is commonly assumed to be a young discipline, rooted in law and political science, with little history of its own. Likewise, ...

The survival and success of public organizations depends on employee satisfaction and motivation to improve performance. New Strategies for Public ...

While many books hype the latest fad, here at last (!) is a?realist's' toolbox designed for public administrators who need toknow the costs as well...

In Governance in the Twenty-first Century Canadian and international experts recognize both the difficulty of making predictions and the need to co...

The concept and practice of civic service is deeply rooted in America's past, present, and future, and has been a featured component of recent pres...

Proving that public service excellence is not an oxymoron but an achievable reality, The Three Pillars of Public Management provides a framework, b...

Fiscal cutbacks, the public's declining confidence in government, and new ideologies are forcing the public sector in industrialized democracies to...

Distinguished scholars from six countries investigate the effects of reforms in a number of areas, including budgeting, personnel management, and a...

Evaluation is a controversial and little-understood strategy of public governance, control, and decision making. As early as classical antiquity, s...

In this major work, Bourdieu examines the distinctive forms of power - political, intellectual, bureaucratic and economic - by means of which conte...

Based on five years fieldwork it is a timely analysis of the current status of logistics and its future role in European business.

This book provides a succinct overview of the development of the civil service since the Second World War. Adopting a broad, historical approach, i...

A seminal figure in the field of public management, Mark H. Moore presents his summation of fifteen years of research, observation, and teaching ab...

This major text for students of public services management combines well-developed management theory with research from a range of countries includ...

This major text for students of public services management combines well-developed management theory with research from a range of countries includ...

The Handbook of Public Services Management brings together twenty leading contributors to cover all the key issues affecting public services mana...

The book provides an up-to-date analysis of the restructuring of public service employment relations in six European countries: Germany, France, It...

The book provides an up-to-date analysis of the restructuring of public service employment relations in six European countries: Germany, France, It...