Research Catalog

Title

Questioning the new public management / edited by Mike Dent, John Chandler, and Jim Barry.

Publication

Aldershot, Hants, England ; Burlington, VT, USA : Ashgate, ©2004.

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Additional Authors

• Dent, Mike, 1944-
• Chandler, John, 1954-
• Barry, Jim, 1950-

Description

xi, 233 pages; 24 cm

Summary

• "The book contains a wealth of detailed case studies of New Public Management (NPM) in practice in the UK, exploring the enactment of NPM in its specific organizational contexts. A range of public services are covered including local government, education, social work and the police, with particular attention paid to the National Health Service. The editors introduce the case studies through an examination of the 'hydra-headed' nature of NPM, its variability between sectors and its contested character. These provide themes that are developed within the case studies where, in varying organizational contexts, the meaning of NPM is negotiated and its impact on those working in the organization is explored.
• The book points to the complex, fluid and negotiated character of NPM, as well as its centrality in reconfiguring occupational identities and relations within public service organizations."--Jacket.

Subject

• Public administration > Great Britain
• Administrative agencies > Great Britain > Management
• Organizational change > Great Britain
• Administrative agencies > Management
• Organizational change
• Public administration
• Verwaltungsreform
• Management
• Collectieve sector
• Offentliga sektorn > organisationsförändringar > Storbritannien
• Great Britain
• Großbritannien

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Introduction : questioning the new public management / Mike Dent, John Chandler and Jim Barry -- 2. New public management and the professions in the UK : reconfiguring control? / Mike Dent and Jim Barry -- 3. Does 'best value' represent best value? : local government middle management perspectives / Linda Keen -- 4. What do we want from social care managers? : aspirations and realities / Jeanette Henderson and Janet Seden -- 5. 'Have you seen my assessment schedule?' : proceduralisation, constraint and control in social work with children and families / Paul Michael Garrett -- 6. New police management, performance and accountability / Beverly Metcalf.

ISBN

• 0754633977
• 9780754633976

LCCN

2003063622

OCLC

• ocm53899955
• 53899955
• SCSB-1337425

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library