Theories of Performance: Organizational and Service Improvement in the Public Domain

Theories of Performance: Organizational and Service Improvement in the Public Domain, by Colin Talbot. (). Oxford: Oxford University.
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This ground-breaking book sets out to begin to fill this gap by creatively synthesising the various fragments and insights about performance into a framework for systematically exploring and understanding how public sector performance is shaped. It focuses on three key aspects: The New Institutionalism in Organizational Analysis. McQuail's Mass Communication Theory. Creating Interdisciplinary Campus Cultures. Public Management and Performance. Governance Networks in the Public Sector. Knowledge and Social Capital. The Handbook of Communication and Corporate Reputation. Network Theory in the Public Sector.

Workplace Learning in Context. International Perspectives on Competence Development. Micropolitics in the Multinational Corporation. Education and the Culture of Consumption.


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The Impact of the Social Sciences. Dr Walter J M Kickert. Changing Practices of Doctoral Education. Managing Reform in Universities. Advanced Introduction to Public Management and Administration. Social Work in a Risk Society. Routledge Handbook of Public Policy. Management and Leadership Development. The Public Services under Reconstruction. Teaching, Learning and Research in Higher Education. Human Rights and the Capabilities Approach.

Managing Uncertainties in Networks. Social Capital and Economics. Asian Perspectives on Teacher Education. Leadership in the Public Sector. Challenges and Controversies in Management Research. Human Resource Management and the Institutional Perspective.


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Creating and Implementing Public Policy. High Crimes and Misdemeanors. Key Concepts in Planning. International Perspectives on Lifelong Learning.

The Call to Conversion. Ethics in Science and Engineering. Civic Engagement in a Network Society. The Price of Loyalty. An End to the Crisis of Empirical Sociology? Accounting, Organizations, and Institutions. Interdisciplinary Learning and Teaching in Higher Education. Public Service Innovations in China. Sons of the Mexican Revolution.

Theories of Performance

Data-Driven Process Discovery and Analysis. He has advised the National Audit Office on all their major performance studies over the past decade. He is currently professor of public policy and management at Manchester Business School, where he founded the Herbert Simon Institute for public policy and management. He has authored or edited five previous books, numerous academic articles and is a regular media commentator including for the Financial Times , Guardian , and BBC.

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Choose your country or region Close. It can be ordered now for delivery when back in stock. Ebook This title is available as an ebook. To purchase, visit your preferred ebook provider. Theories of Performance Organizational and Service Improvement in the Public Domain Colin Talbot A clear, logical framework for understanding different aspects of performance, especially in the public domain Broad coverage of the literature on performance Offers extensive information and analyses of governments' performance improvement policies.

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