Governments have always required large public organizations, or
bureaucracies, to deliver on their promises. Yet most people
leading and managing those agencies lack understanding of the full
toolkit of values, insights and findings that are necessary.
Considering how public administration can learn from a wide range
of disciplines ranging from history and the humanities to
management and the social sciences, Marc Holzer delineates new ways
of transforming organizations and building trust in governments.
Reflecting upon the well-established field of studies on public
administration, this book examines how it might reposition itself
as society’s necessary and best investment. Concise and timely,
the book first draws on the arts and humanities for portrayals of
bureaucracy’s unintended impacts, before moving to highlight that
public organizations must deliver on governmental promises to build
trust with their stakeholders, outlining how willful blindness can
result in organizational disasters. Holzer concludes by confronting
the popular notion that governments should be run according to the
principles of the private sector, and provides an insightful
rethinking of how public administration should be practiced.
Demonstrating the full range of competencies necessary to manage
the public sector, Rethinking Public Administration will be
essential reading for all scholars and students of public
administration and management, public policy, government and
political science. Providing a practical approach to the topic, it
will also be advantageous to policymakers and other actors involved
in the public sector.
General
| Imprint: |
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
Rethinking Political Science and International Studies series |
| Release date: |
August 2023 |
| Authors: |
Marc Holzer
|
| Dimensions: |
234 x 156mm (L x W) |
| Pages: |
190 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-78990-708-7 |
| Categories: |
Books
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| LSN: |
1-78990-708-X |
| Barcode: |
9781789907087 |
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