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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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Routledge ,
c2011
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| Series: | Routledge critical studies in public management
6 |
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| Online Access: | Contributor biographical information |
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