Public Sector Management

Respected by both academics and practitioners alike, this popular text has been fully revised for this 4th edition, including the most up-to-date research and comment on changes in public sector management in the UK since the arrival of the Blair government. The book maintains its highly accessible yet analytical style and examines in detail the major management issues of strategy, competition, co-operation and collaboration, service design and delivery, people management, organisational structures, financial management and the management of performance.Key and New Features: New chapters on control through audit and inspection, contracting to collaboration and on managing money in the public sector; Discussion of highly relevant topics such as the minimum wage, public-private partnerships, new deal for schools, developments within the NHS and the theory behind the decisions; Uses the theme of the search for appropriate modes of control within the public sector; Covers the Third Way approach to policy and management; Quotes from speeches of relevant politicians; Further reading sections at the end of each chapter; Contains an abundance of case studies and examples of the impact of