Organization theory and the public sector
instrument, culture and myth
- ISBN: 9780415433815
- Editorial: Routledge
- Fecha de la edición: 2007
- Lugar de la edición: London. Reino Unido
- Encuadernación: Rústica
- Medidas: 24 cm
- Nº Pág.: 208
- Idiomas: Inglés
Public sector organizations are fundamentally different to their private sector counterparts. They are multi-functional, follow a political leadership, and the majority do not operate in an external market. In an era of rapid reform, reorganization and modernization of the public sector, this book offers a timely and illuminating introduction to the public sector organization that recognizes its unique values, interests, knowledge and power-base. Drawing on both instrumental and institutional perspectives within organization theory, as well as democratic theory and empirical studies of decision-making, the book addresses five central aspects of the public sector organization: goals and values leadership and steering reform and change effects and implications understanding and design. The book challenges conventional economic analysis of the public sector, arguing instead for a democratic-political approach and a new, prescriptive organization theory. A rich resource of both theory and practice, "Organization Theory for the Public Sector: Instrument, Culture and Myth" is essential reading for anybody studying the public sector.
Aut. Tom Christensen...[et.al]