UID:
almahu_9949386167402882
Format:
1 online resource (xii, 206 pages)
Edition:
Second edition.
ISBN:
9780367855772
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0367855771
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9781000039955
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1000039951
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9781000039917
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1000039919
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9780203929216
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0203929217
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9781000039931
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1000039935
Content:
"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. 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: goals, values and motivation; leadership and steering; reform and change; effects. learning and implications; understanding and design 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, Organization Theory and the Public Sector: Instrument, culture and myth is essential reading for anybody studying the public sector. This second edition of the book contains a range of new and updated themes, examples and references"--
Note:
Cover -- Half Title -- Endorsements -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of contents -- Tables -- About the authors -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- 1 Organization theory for the public sector -- An organization theory approach to the public sector -- Differences between public and private organizations -- Characteristics of public organizations -- An organization theory for the public sector -- What to explain and how -- Structures, processes and tasks in public organizations -- Bounded rationality, political science and organization theory -- Outline of the book
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Chapter summary -- Discussion questions -- References and further reading -- 2 An instrumental perspective -- Organizations as instruments -- The logic of consequence -- instrumentally rational actions -- Formal organizational structure -- Accountability -- Structural features and concrete actions -- Coalitions and interest articulation -- Environment and organizational structure -- Steering through design -- Rational calculation and political control -- Chapter summary -- Discussion questions -- References and further reading -- 3 A cultural perspective -- The meaning of organizational culture
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The explanatory power of cultural variables -- The logic of cultural appropriateness -- Establishing and changing organizational culture -- The significance of historical roots for cultural paths of development -- Organizational culture and leadership -- Demography and culture -- Characteristics of a political-administrative culture -- Institution and environment -- culture in the context of a wider political system -- Advantages and disadvantages of a well-developed organizational culture -- Contextualization, ethics and trust -- Chapter summary -- Discussion questions
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More leadership than steering -- a cultural perspective
Additional Edition:
Print version: Christensen, Tom, 1949- Organization theory and the public sector. Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2020 ISBN 9780367428907
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
DOI:
10.4324/9780367855772
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780367855772
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