Public Management: Performance Professionalism and Politics

This major new text on the theory and practice of public management moves away from descriptive accounts of its evolution to provide a systematic treatment of the key paradigms of public management today. It examines their competing outlooks, values, tools and assumptions and – using a wide range of examples from different areas of management around the world – their implications for practice. The text sets out three contrasting ‘logics’ for management – performance, professionalism and politics – and shows how public managers act on the interplay between these for effective results. Relating all three logics to a wide range of diverse contexts – from police services to healthcare, social services to educational providers – the text shows how managers can simultaneously perform to a high standard, act professionally through their work, and cope with internal and external politics. Incorporating the latest theories and practices, this comprehensive book will appeal to readers around the world wanting to understand, and contribute to, public management today.Additional ISBNs0230242707, 9780230242708Public Management: Performance, Professionalism and Politics 1st Edition is written by Mirko Noordegraaf and published by Red Globe Press. ISBNs for Public Management are 9781137496447, 1137496444 and the print ISBNs are 9780230242692, 0230242693. Additional ISBNs include 0230242707, 9780230242708.