Managing Public Organizations Lessons from Contemporary European Experience [Hardcover]

Managing Public Organizations presents the case for the development of public management and indicates the directions it should take. It reviews the progress of new management initiatives in the European public sphere; examines the role of the public manager and the organization of public bodies; and considers the potential for change.

The contributors reject the notion that there are formulas for management innovation or that general rules from private sector management can be applied. They emphasize the need to develop a concept of management that is appropriate for public organizations.Managing Public Organizations presents the case for the development of public management and indicates the directions it should take. It reviews the progress of new management initiatives in the European public sphere; examines the role of the public manager and the organization of public bodies; and considers the potential for change.

The contributors reject the notion that there are formulas for management innovation or that general rules from private sector management can be applied. They emphasize the need to develop a concept of management that is appropriate for public organizations.Preface
Introduction - Kjell A Eliassen and Jan Kooiman
PART ONE: WHAT IS PUBLIC MANAGEMENT?
Public Management in Transition - A J G M Bekke
Perspectives on Public Management - Lewis Gunn
Public and Private Leadership - Jan-Erik Lane
Evolving Public Management Cultures - Les Metcalfe and Sue Richards
PART TWO: THE PUBLIC MANAGER
Bureaucrats or Contingent Actors? - Torodd Strand
The Public Manager as Decision-maker - Marc Buelens and Bon van Hooland
Public Managers in the Middle - Gerard Gerding and Reinoud F Sevenhuijsen
Public Managers and Politics - Hans-Ulrich Derlil£&