Masters in Public Management
About the Book Series
Providing students and practitioners a series of concise and coordinated learning resources, this series offers an integrated and up-to-date collection of applied textbooks across public management and administration.
Books in the series go beyond the "toolkit" or "recipe" format, instead encouraging readers to develop the core managerial skills and critical thinking required to excel in the field.
Managing Local Governments: Designing Management Control Systems that Deliver Value
1st Edition
By Emanuele Padovani, David W. Young
February 10, 2012
Local Government is an area where management skills are tested to the extreme. With political considerations evident both locally and nationally, managing resources can be complex and subject to change. This book introduces new concepts and new ways of doing business that can greatly enhance the ...
Contracting for Public Services
1st Edition
By Carsten Greve
October 15, 2007
Insightful and comprehensive and covering new subjects like globalization and IT, this text, international in its approach, provides a thorough introduction to the key phases of the contracting process and the skills required by managers in its implementation. These include: policy for ...
Managing Change and Innovation in Public Service Organizations
1st Edition
By Kerry Brown, Stephen Osborne
July 12, 2005
The context and environment of public services is becoming increasingly complex and the management of change and innovation is now a core task for the successful public manager. This text aims to provide its readers with the skills necessary to understand, manage and sustain ...