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Bert George - Making Public Organizations Work
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Making Public Organizations Work provides a research-based overview of public management activities that help public managers, or people aspiring to become one, reflect on and enhance their performance. It is the go-to book for anyone interested in the practice of running public organizations and centers on managing reforms, performance and values; managing public organizations and networks; and managing street-level bureaucrats, politicians and citizens. Theoretical insights are made concrete through real-life cases from public organizations around the world.
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Published in February 2021 | Paperback | 168 pages | ca. 40,000 words
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Bert George is Professor of Public Management at Ghent University Belgium. He holds a PhD in Applied Economics and teaches public management to practitioners and students across the globe. He consults for various national governments and international organizations including the OECD, UNICEF and the EU on issues of public management and governance.
Preface
Introduction
Part I. Macro-level: managing reforms, performance, and values
Chapter 1. Public management reform
Chapter 2. Public sector performance
Chapter 3. Competing values and goals
Part II. Meso-level: managing public organizations and networks
Chapter 4. Public organizations and environment
Chapter 5. Public strategic management
Chapter 6. Public performance management
Chapter 7. Public network management
Part III. Micro-level: managing street-level bureaucrats, politicians, and citizens
Chapter 8. Public managers and street-level bureaucrats
Chapter 9. Public managers and politicians
Chapter 10. Public managers and citizens
Conclusion
References