Managing Public Services - Competition and Decentralization (Paperback, New edition)

Designed to help managers in all public sector services to fund their organizations to the greater benefit of their users, this book draws extensively fron the authors' experience and in-depth research into nine public sector organizations in the UK. With the increased power of the consumer, highlighted by the introduction of the Citizen's Charter, those in the public sector are finding themselves accountable to a far wider audience. This book tackles those problems in a clear and precise way. The reforms of the last 10 years in the public service sector mean that public sector managers need to be able to make sense of the changes to approach the future with confidence. Many organizations in the public sector have been restructured to enable them to compete in the market place effectively. Designed to help managers in all public services to run their organizations to the greater benefit of their users, this book draws extensively from the authors' experience and in-depth research into nine public sector organizations in the UK: * National Weights and Measures Laboratory * HMSO * Vehicle Inspectorate * Warren Spring Laboratory * Companies House Department of Social Security * Northampton Police * Kent Local Education Authority * London Buses Ltd * With the increased power of the consumer, highlighted by the introduction of the Citizen's Charter, those in the public sector are finding themselves accountable to a far wider audience. This book tackles those problems in a clear and precise way. - Long Range Planning, April 1993

General

Imprint:	Butterworth-Heinemann
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	February 1993
First published:	March 1993
Authors:	Richard Common • Etc • Norman Flynn • Elizabeth Mellon
Foreword by:	Charles Hampden-Turner
Dimensions:	234 x 156mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	168
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-7506-0977-7
Categories:	Books > Business & Economics > Industry & industrial studies > Civil service & public sector Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Central government > General Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > Management & management techniques > General Books > Business & Economics > Finance & accounting > Finance > Public finance > General Books > Money & Finance > Public finance > General
LSN:	0-7506-0977-X
Barcode:	9780750609777

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