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Title

The new public management of Scotland : local government and the National Health Service / by Bobby Mackie.

Author

Mackie, Robert, 1953-

Publication

Edinburgh : W. Green, 2005.

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Description

xiv, 282 p. : ill.; 22 cm.

Summary

"This is the first text that combines contemporary developments in the management of Scottish local government and the NHS in Scotland. An ideal source of information for practitioners and students alike, it deals with essential background information before considering a range of current issues in more depth ending with a consideration of the future structural changes and their managerial implications." "This book provides an excellent analysis of contemporary public management of practice in local government and the NHS. The New Public Management of Scotland should be required reading for all those with an interest in Scottish public administration including undergraduate and post-graduate students, public sector managers and others with an interest in the ways in which New Public Management impacts on managerial activity. The text will be of particular importance to people currently employed in Scottish local government and the NHS in Scotland and to those who aspire to careers in these organisations."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

• National Health Service in Scotland
• Local Government
• State Medicine
• Local government > Scotland
• Public administration > Scotland
• Health Services
• Scotland

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-264) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Ch. 1. New public management -- Ch. 2. The governance of Scotland -- Ch. 3. Local government and NHS Scotland : structures, mandates and purposes -- Ch. 4. Local government and NHS Scotland : finance and services -- Ch. 5. Democracy and public involvement -- Ch. 6. Management and decision making -- Ch. 7. Accountability, redress and responsiveness -- Ch. 8. Best value, community planning and partnerships -- Ch. 9. Delivering public services : policy implementation, performance management and quality -- Ch. 10. The new public management of Scotland : retrospect and prospect.

ISBN

0414016009 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^2005472842

OCLC

• 60740998
• SCSB-11858166

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library