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Strategic management makes a difference to the performance of public organizations. This book demonstrates that the most appropriate response is 'it all depends': on which aspects of strategy content and processes are pursued together, and how these are combined with organizational structure and the technical and institutional environment
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RHYS ANDREWS is a Senior Research Fellow at Cardiff Business School, UK. He has published widely on strategic management in the public sector, organizational and community social capital and organizational environments.
GEORGE BOYNE is Professor of Public Sector Management at Cardiff University, UK, and President of the Public Management Research Association. He has published numerous journal articles and books on management and public service performance, and his current research interests include executive succession and administrative intensity in public organizations.
JENNIFER LAW is a Principal Lecturer in Public Management in the Department of Social Sciences at the University of Glamorgan, UK. She has published widely on accountability, outcome measurement and strategic management in public services.
RICHARD M. WALKER is Professor of Public Management and Policy in the Department of Public and Social Administration at the City University of Hong Kong, China. He has held professorships at Cardiff University and the University of Hong Kong, and published on innovation, public service performance, red tape and strategic management.
GEORGE BOYNE is Professor of Public Sector Management at Cardiff University, UK, and President of the Public Management Research Association. He has published numerous journal articles and books on management and public service performance, and his current research interests include executive succession and administrative intensity in public organizations.
JENNIFER LAW is a Principal Lecturer in Public Management in the Department of Social Sciences at the University of Glamorgan, UK. She has published widely on accountability, outcome measurement and strategic management in public services.
RICHARD M. WALKER is Professor of Public Management and Policy in the Department of Public and Social Administration at the City University of Hong Kong, China. He has held professorships at Cardiff University and the University of Hong Kong, and published on innovation, public service performance, red tape and strategic management.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Strategic Management and Public Service Performance
Authors: Rhys Andrews, George A. Boyne, Jennifer Law, Richard M. Walker
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230349438
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Business & Management Collection, Business and Management (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2012
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-25242-4Published: 08 November 2011
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-32205-3Published: 08 November 2011
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-34943-8Published: 08 November 2011
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 212
Topics: Business Strategy/Leadership, Management, Organization, Behavioral/Experimental Economics