Public management and complexity theory : richer decision-making in public service

By adopting a Complex Adaptive Systems approach to public services, this book shifts the focus from increasing steering techniques to identifying patterns of behaviour of the participants with the objective of increasing policy-makers' understanding of the factors that may enable more effective...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rhodes, Mary Lee (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Routledge , c2011
Series:Routledge critical studies in public management 6
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Setting the stage for a CAS analysis
  • 2. Urban regeneration in Ireland
  • 3. Healthcare information systems in Ireland
  • 4. Advancing the case for complex adaptive systems in public administration
  • 5. The impact of boundaries: identity, community and place
  • 6. Vision and the dynamics of change
  • 7. The role and effect of the private sector
  • 8. Core and locale: the tension between the governing intent and the implementing outcome
  • 9. In conclusion