Organization Theory and the Public Sector

<p>Public-sector organizations are fundamentally different from their private-sector counterparts. They are part of the society’s political organizations and are major political actors. They are multifunctional follow a political leadership and the majority do not operate in an external market. In an era of rapid reform reorganization and modernization of the public sector this book offers a timely and illuminating introduction to the public-sector organization that recognizes its unique values interests knowledge and power base.</p><p>Drawing on both instrumental and institutional perspectives within organization theory as well as democratic theory and empirical studies of decision-making the book addresses five central aspects of the public-sector organization:</p><p>? goals values and motivation</p><p>? leadership and steering</p><p>? reform and change</p><p>? effects learning and implications</p><p>? understanding and design</p><p>The book challenges conventional economic analysis of the public sector arguing instead for a political-democratic approach and a new prescriptive organization theory. A rich resource of both theory and practice <i>Organization Theory and the Public Sector: Instrument Culture and Myth</i> is essential reading for anybody studying the public sector.</p><p>This second edition of the book contains a range of new and updated themes examples and references.</p>