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Public Management: Old and New (Hardcover): Laurence E. Lynn Jr Public Management: Old and New (Hardcover)
Laurence E. Lynn Jr
R5,276 Discovery Miles 52 760 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Offering much more than a purely theoretical or retrospective view of public management, this exciting text is an invaluable new addition to the field of public management. Putting the American model in perspective, it establishes the historical, theoretical, analytical, practical and future foundations for the comparative study of public management. Taking a boldly integrative approach, Laurence E. Lynn Jr. combines topics of best practice, performance, accountability and rule of law to provide a much-needed umbrella view of the topic. Well-written and illustrated with case study examples, this is one of the most exciting books on public management available today. As such it is an essential read for every student of public management, administration and public policy.

The Art of Governance - Analyzing Management and Administration (Paperback): Patricia W. Ingraham, Laurence E Lynn The Art of Governance - Analyzing Management and Administration (Paperback)
Patricia W. Ingraham, Laurence E Lynn
R1,272 Discovery Miles 12 720 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Public administration has evolved into an extraordinarily complex form of governance employing traditional bureaucracy, quasi-government public organizations, and collaborative networks of nongovernmental organizations. Analyzing and improving government performance - a matter of increasing concern to citizens, elected officials, and managers of the organizations themselves - has in turn become a much more fraught undertaking. Understanding the new complexities calls for new research approaches, "The Art of Governance" presents a fresh palette of research based on a new framework of governance that was first developed by coeditor Laurence E. Lynn, Jr., with Carolyn J. Heinrich, and Carolyn J. Hill in their book, "Improving Governance: A New Logic for Empirical Research". That book identified how the relationships among citizens, legislatures, executive and organizational structures, and stakeholders interact, in order to better diagnose and solve problems in public management. This volume takes that relational concept into new realms of conceptualization and application as it links alternative institutional and administrative structures to program performance in different policy areas and levels of government. Collectively, the contributors begin to paint a new picture of how management matters throughout the policy process. They illuminate how, at different levels of an organization, leadership and management vary - and explore both the significance of structural systems and the importance of alternative organizational forms for the implementation of public policies. "The Art of Governance" shows that effective governance is much more complex than paint-by-number. But if the variety of forms and models of governance are analyzed using advanced theories, models, methods, and data, important lessons can be applied that can lead us to more successful institutions.

Improving Governance - A New Logic for Empirical Research (Hardcover): Laurence E Lynn, Carolyn J. Heinrich, Carolyn J. Hill Improving Governance - A New Logic for Empirical Research (Hardcover)
Laurence E Lynn, Carolyn J. Heinrich, Carolyn J. Hill
R3,644 Discovery Miles 36 440 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Policymakers and public managers around the world have become preoccupied with the question of how their goals can be achieved in a way that rebuilds public confidence in government. Yet because public policies and programs increasingly are being administered through a complicated web of jurisdictions, agencies, and public-private partnerships, evaluating their effectiveness is more difficult than in the past. Though social scientists possess insightful theories and powerful methods for conducting empirical research on governance and public management, their work is too often fragmented and irrelevant to the specific tasks faced by legislators, administrators, and managers.

Proposing a framework for research based on the premise that any particular governance arrangement is embedded in a wider social, fiscal, and political context, Laurence E. Lynn Jr., Carolyn J. Heinrich, and Carolyn J. Hill argue that theory-based empirical research, when well conceived and executed, can be a primary source of fundamental, durable knowledge about governance and policy management. Focusing on complex human services such as public assistance, child protection, and public education, they construct an integrative, multilevel "logic of governance," that can help researchers increase the sophistication, power, and relevance of their work.

Governance and Performance - New Perspectives (Paperback): Carolyn J. Heinrich, Laurence E Lynn Governance and Performance - New Perspectives (Paperback)
Carolyn J. Heinrich, Laurence E Lynn
R873 Discovery Miles 8 730 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Drawing on recent advances in the social sciences, this volume shows how rigorous, theory-based empirical research can help improve the management of public policies and programs -- and how better governance can lead to better performance.

These original essays demonstrate how better data and improved statistical techniques have allowed researchers to construct more complex models of governance processes and thereby assess the effects of many variables on policy and program outcomes. They present useful research results that illuminate such issues as automatic grade advancement in public schools, management of federally-funded job-training programs, reducing welfare caseloads, and management of welfare-to-work programs.

Illustrating a range of theoretical and methodological possibilities, this book shows how more sophisticated research in public management can help improve government performance.

Public Management: Old and New (Paperback, New edition): Laurence E. Lynn Jr Public Management: Old and New (Paperback, New edition)
Laurence E. Lynn Jr
R1,667 Discovery Miles 16 670 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Offering much more than a purely theoretical or retrospective view of public management, this exciting text is an invaluable new addition to the field of public management. Putting the American model in perspective, it establishes the historical, theoretical, analytical, practical and future foundations for the comparative study of public management.

Taking a boldly integrative approach, Laurence E. Lynn Jr. combines topics of best practice, performance, accountability and rule of law to provide a much-needed umbrella view of the topic.

Well-written and illustrated with case study examples, this is one of the most exciting books on public management available today. As such it is an essential read for every student of public management, administration and public policy.

The Oxford Handbook of Public Management (Paperback): Ewan Ferlie, Laurence E. Lynn Jr, Christopher Pollitt The Oxford Handbook of Public Management (Paperback)
Ewan Ferlie, Laurence E. Lynn Jr, Christopher Pollitt
R793 R727 Discovery Miles 7 270 Save R66 (8%) Ships in 6 - 10 working days

The public sector continues to play a strategic role across the world. The last thirty years have seen major shifts in approaches to public sector management in many countries. There is also a fierce debate across academic disciplines about contemporary public administration/management: some advocate the use of more managerialist approaches; while others see managerialism as undermining democratic institutions. New roles have arisen, such as programme evaluation, management consulting, and reliance on NGOs and partnerships, which require new assessments. There is an intensified need for an analysis of contemporary public sector organisations, which are changing rapidly before our eyes.
It is thus time for an authoritative treatment of the major trends in public management, embracing both their intended and unintended consequences. This Handbook brings together leading international scholars to comment on key current issues. The individual chapters include broad overviews, in depth explorations of particular thematic areas and analyses of different theoretical perspectives such as political science, management, sociology and economics. The authors have space to develop their distinctive arguments. The editors provide an overall concluding chapter. The Handbook combines scholarly rigour, engaging writing and high policy relevance. It will be invaluable to advanced students, researchers and reflective public sector practitioners.

The Oxford Handbook of Public Management (Hardcover): Ewan Ferlie, Laurence E. Lynn Jr, Christopher Pollitt The Oxford Handbook of Public Management (Hardcover)
Ewan Ferlie, Laurence E. Lynn Jr, Christopher Pollitt
R5,681 Discovery Miles 56 810 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The public sector continues to play a strategic role across the world. The last thirty years have seen major shifts in approaches to public sector management in many different countries. There is also a fierce debate across academic disciplines about contemporary public adminstration/management: some advocate the use of more managerialist approaches; while others critique them. New functions have also arisen in the public sector, such as evaluation or management consulting, which require analysis. There is a renewed need for an analysis of contemporary public sector organisations, which are changing rapidly before our eyes. Thus it is time for an authoritative assessment of the major trends in public management, embracing both their intended and unintended effects. This Handbook brings together leading international scholars to comment on key current issues. The individual chapters include a mix of broad overviews, in depth exploration of particular thematic areas and analyses of different theoretical perspectives such as political science, management, sociology and economics. The authors have been given sufficient space to develop their distinctive arguments. The editors provide an overall concluding chapter. The Handbook combines scholarly rigour, engaging writing from senior authors and high policy relevance. It will be relevant to advanced students, researchers and reflective public sector practitioners.

Public Management - Thinking and Acting in Three Dimensions (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition): Carolyn J. Hill, Laurence E Lynn Public Management - Thinking and Acting in Three Dimensions (Paperback, 2nd Revised edition)
Carolyn J. Hill, Laurence E Lynn
R3,285 Discovery Miles 32 850 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Managing in the public sector requires an understanding of the interaction between three distinct dimensions-administrative structures, organizational cultures, and the skills of individual managers. Public managers must produce results that citizens and their representatives expect from their government while fulfilling their constitutional responsibilities. In Public Management: Thinking and Acting in Three Dimensions, authors Carolyn J. Hill and Laurence E. Lynn, Jr. argue that one-size-fits-all approaches are inadequate for dealing with the distinctive challenges that public managers face. Drawing on both theory and detailed case studies of actual practice, the authors show how public management that is based on applying a three-dimensional analytic framework-structure, culture, and craft-to specific management problems is the most effective way to improve the performance of America's unique scheme of governance in accordance with the rule of law. The book educates readers to be informed citizens and prepares students to participate as professionals in the world of public management.

An Iberian Trilogy and Other Stories (Paperback): Laurence E. Lynn Jr An Iberian Trilogy and Other Stories (Paperback)
Laurence E. Lynn Jr
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R329 Discovery Miles 3 290 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Madison's Managers - Public Administration and the Constitution (Paperback, annotated edition): Anthony M. Bertelli,... Madison's Managers - Public Administration and the Constitution (Paperback, annotated edition)
Anthony M. Bertelli, Laurence E Lynn
R736 Discovery Miles 7 360 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Combining insights from traditional thought and practice and from contemporary political analysis, Madison's Managers presents a constitutional theory of public administration in the United States. Anthony Michael Bertelli and Laurence E. Lynn Jr. contend that managerial responsibility in American government depends on official respect for the separation of powers and a commitment to judgment, balance, rationality, and accountability in managerial practice.

The authors argue that public management -- administration by unelected officials of public agencies and activities based on authority delegated to them by policymakers -- derives from the principles of American constitutionalism, articulated most clearly by James Madison. Public management is, they argue, a constitutional institution necessary to successful governance under the separation of powers. To support their argument, Bertelli and Lynn combine two intellectual traditions often regarded as antagonistic: modern political economy, which regards public administration as controlled through bargaining among the separate powers and organized interests, and traditional public administration, which emphasizes the responsible implementation of policies established by legislatures and elected executives while respecting the procedural and substantive rights enforced by the courts. These literatures are mutually reinforcing, the authors argue, because both feature the role of constitutional principles in public management.

Madison's Managers challenges public management scholars and professionals to recognize that the legitimacy and future of public administration depend on its constitutional foundations and their specificimplications for managerial practice.

LBJ's Neglected Legacy - How Lyndon Johnson Reshaped Domestic Policy and Government (Paperback): Robert H. Wilson, Norman... LBJ's Neglected Legacy - How Lyndon Johnson Reshaped Domestic Policy and Government (Paperback)
Robert H. Wilson, Norman J. Glickman, Laurence E Lynn
R766 R702 Discovery Miles 7 020 Save R64 (8%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

During the five full years of his presidency (1964–1968), Lyndon Johnson initiated a breathtaking array of domestic policies and programs, including such landmarks as the Civil Rights Act, Head Start, Food Stamps, Medicare and Medicaid, the Immigration Reform Act, the Water Quality Act, the Voting Rights Act, Social Security reform, and Fair Housing. These and other “Great Society” programs reformed the federal government, reshaped intergovernmental relations, extended the federal government’s role into new public policy arenas, and redefined federally protected rights of individuals to engage in the public sphere. Indeed, to a remarkable but largely unnoticed degree,Johnson’s domestic agenda continues to shape and influence current debates on major issues such as immigration, health care, higher education funding, voting rights, and clean water, even though many of his specific policies and programs have been modified or, in some cases, dismantled since his presidency. LBJ’s Neglected Legacy examines the domestic policy achievements of one of America’s most effective, albeit controversial, leaders. Leading contributors from the fields of history, public administration, economics, environmental engineering, sociology, and urban planning examine twelve of LBJ’s key domestic accomplishments in the areas of citizenship and immigration, social and economic policy, science and technology, and public management. Their findings illustrate the enduring legacy of Johnson’s determination and skill in taking advantage of overwhelming political support in the early years of his presidency to push through an extremely ambitious and innovative legislative agenda, and emphasize the extraordinary range and extent of LBJ’s influence on American public policy and administration.

Teaching and Learning with Cases - A Guidebook (Paperback, New): Laurence E Lynn Teaching and Learning with Cases - A Guidebook (Paperback, New)
Laurence E Lynn
R2,154 Discovery Miles 21 540 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Lynn introduces readers to the case method of instruction popularized by the John F. Kennedy School of Government and the Harvard Business School. This is a practical, process-oriented guide to teaching, writing, and learning with the case method. Lynn integrates insight from literature with his own extensive experience as a case teacher and writer and as a trainer of case teachers and case writers. Lynn selects the broadest possible context for discussing the use of cases in teaching for maximum appeal to instructors and learners in diverse fields. This is a guidebook, not a textbook -- "a supplement to the actual experience of teaching and learning, not a substitute for it."

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