Managing Public Organizations: Lessons from Contemporary European Experience / Edition 1

by Jan Kooiman, Kjell A Eliassen

Overview

Managing Public Organizations presents the case for the development of public management and indicates the directions it should take. It reviews the progress of new management initiatives in the European public sphere; examines the role of the public manager and the organization of public bodies; and considers the potential for change.

The contributors reject the notion that there are formulas for management innovation or that general rules from private sector management can be applied. They emphasize the need to develop a concept of management that is appropriate for public organizations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780803980617
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	12/01/1987
Series:	One-off Series
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	5.43(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction - Kjell A Eliassen and Jan Kooiman
PART ONE: WHAT IS PUBLIC MANAGEMENT?
Public Management in Transition - A J G M Bekke
Perspectives on Public Management - Lewis Gunn
Public and Private Leadership - Jan-Erik Lane
Evolving Public Management Cultures - Les Metcalfe and Sue Richards
PART TWO: THE PUBLIC MANAGER
Bureaucrats or Contingent Actors? - Torodd Strand
The Public Manager as Decision-maker - Marc Buelens and Bon van Hooland
Public Managers in the Middle - Gerard Gerding and Reinoud F Sevenhuijsen
Public Managers and Politics - Hans-Ulrich Derlien
PART THREE: MANAGING PUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS
Designing Public Organizations - Morten Egeberg
Personnel and Public Management - Hans Weggemans
Information and Public Management - Heinrich Reinermann
Financial Management in the Public Sector - Torben Beck Jorgensen
PART FOUR: THE FUTURE OF PUBLIC MANAGEMENT
The Tools of Public Management - Carl B[um]ohret
Privatization - Ole P Kristensen
Opportunities for Public Management - Kjell A Eliassen and Jan Kooiman

Editorial Reviews

Sets forth the case for the key role of public management in improving the performance of public organizations. Reviewing the progress of new management initiatives in the European public sphere, the volume examines the role of the public manager and the organization of public bodies. Using real-life examples, the authors show the potential for change and the problems that have to be overcome. The material in this edition is almost entirely new, and provides more extensive coverage than its predecessor. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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