Managing Performance in the Public Sector

About this book

Topical and taking a bold stance in the contentious debate surrounding performance in the public sector this new edition shows readers how performance thinking has a substantial impact on the management of public organizations. Thoroughly revised and updated this highly successful text written by an experienced academic and practitioner is packed full with a wealth of new features. These include: more examples and cases from a variety of different sectors including hospitals courts school and universities a whole new chapter on the dynamics of performance management; answering the questions how do PM systems evolve? Which effects will dominate in the long run? many extra recommendations for making PM attractive for managers. An informed and up-to-date analysis of this subject this is an essential text for all those studying both at undergraduate and postgraduate level performance management in the public sector.