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Managing Performance in the Public Sector
Hans de Bruijn
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Description for Managing Performance in the Public Sector
Paperback. Performance thinking has a substantial impact on the management of public organizations, as governments around the world use performance measurement to evaluate their products and services. This text offers an important critique of these evaluation systems. Num Pages: 132 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, 8 black & white tables, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: KJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 8. Weight in Grams: 210.
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 ... Read more
- 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.
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Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Number of Pages
132
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780415403207
SKU
V9780415403207
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Ref
99-2
About Hans de Bruijn
Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
Reviews for Managing Performance in the Public Sector
'A clear set of principles, but not instructions, for how to use performance measurement effectively. Managing Performance in the Public Sector should certainly be on the reading list of senior policy makers at national and organizational level.' - Local Government Studies 'Hans de Brujin’s book on Management Performance in the Public Sector offers a timely critique of performance measurement ... Read more