Public Management

<p>This major new text on the theory and practice of public management moves away from descriptive accounts of its evolution to provide a systematic treatment of the key paradigms of public management today. It examines their competing outlooks values tools and assumptions and - using a wide range of examples from different areas of management around the world - their implications for practice. <p/>The text sets out three contrasting 'logics' for management - performance professionalism and politics - and shows how public managers act on the interplay between these for effective results. Relating all three logics to a wide range of diverse contexts - from police services to healthcare social services to educational providers - the text shows how managers can simultaneously perform to a high standard act professionally through their work and cope with internal and external politics. <p/>Incorporating the latest theories and practices this comprehensive book will appeal to readers around the world wanting to understand and contribute to public management today.</p>