Managing Change and Innovation in Public Service Organizations

1. Auflage 2005
ISBN: 978-0-415-32897-5
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 272 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 594 g

Reihe: Routledge Masters in Public Management

The context and environment of public services is becoming increasingly complex and the management of change and innovation is now a core task for the successful public manager. This text aims to provide its readers with the skills necessary to understand, manage and sustain change and innovation in public service organizations. Key features include:

- the use of figures, tables and boxes to highlight ideas and concepts of central importance

- a dedicated case study to serve as a focus for discussion and learning, and to marry theory with practice

- clear learning objectives for each chapter with suggestions for further reading.

Providing future and current public managers with the understanding and skills required to manage change and innovation, this groundbreaking text is essential reading for all those studying public management, public administration and public policy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Brown, Kerry

Osborne, Stephen

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Betriebswirtschaft: Theorie & Allgemeines

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part 1: Introduction Part 2: Managing Change in Public Service Organizations Part 3: Managing Innovation in Public Service Organizations Part 4: Conclusions

Über Autor(innen)

Stephen P. Osborne is Professor of Public Management and Head of the Public Management Group at the Aston Business School, UK.

Kerry Brown is Senior Lecturer in the School of Management and Director of the Work and Industry Futures Research Program at Queensland University of Technology, Australia.