Civil service & public sector books

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Higher Civil Servants in Postwar Japan Their Social Origins, Educational Backgrounds, and Career Patterns Akira Kubota This volume presents an analysis of Japan's powerful upper bureaucracy in the post-war period. The author's aim is to provide an empirical foundation for the many impressionistic accounts of Japanese bureaucracy and a systematic basis for comparative studies of bureaucracies... Format: Hardback - Released: 04/04/2018

Computers in the Public Service G. M. Lamb When this book was first published in 1973 there had been little study of the relationships between the organizational structures of public bodies and their use of information technology. This volume was therefore one of the first to describe how... Format: Hardback - Released: 27/03/2018

Decentralised Pay Setting A Study of the Outcomes of Collective Bargaining Reform in the Civil Service in Australia, Sweden and the UK K. A. Bender, R. F. Elliott IThis title was first published in 2003. In the early 1990s, Australia, Sweden and the UK dismantled the old centralised pay setting systems which set the pay of civil servants and adopted decentralised pay systems. Consequently, these systems are now... Format: Hardback - Released: 13/12/2017

Management, Organisation, and Ethics in the Public Sector Patrick Bishop, Carmel Connors This title was first published in 2003. Over the past two decades in Australia and other developed nations, public sector management philosophies and how the public sector is organised have changed dramatically. At the same time, there have been many... Format: Hardback - Released: 30/11/2017

Fsot Study Guide Review Test Prep & Practice Test Questions for the Written Exam & Oral Assessment on the Foreign Service Officer Test Fsot Test Prep Team Format: Paperback - Released: 27/11/2017

Public Management Reform A Comparative Analysis - Into The Age of Austerity Christopher (Emeritus Professor, KU Leuven Public Governance Institute, KU Leuven University) Pollitt, Geert (Profes Bouckaert This is the thoroughly revised fourth edition of the widely-used and established standard text on public management reform. The new edition retains the historical perspective back to 1980, but now directly addresses the pervasive effects of the Global Economic Crisis... Format: Paperback - Released: 27/07/2017

Public Management Reform A Comparative Analysis - Into The Age of Austerity Christopher (Emeritus Professor, KU Leuven Public Governance Institute, KU Leuven University) Pollitt, Geert (Profes Bouckaert This is the thoroughly revised fourth edition of the widely-used and established standard text on public management reform. The new edition retains the historical perspective back to 1980, but now directly addresses the pervasive effects of the Global Economic Crisis... Format: Hardback - Released: 13/07/2017

Creating Effective Rules in Public Sector Organizations Leisha DeHart-Davis The creation of rules that govern processes or behavior is essential to any organization, but these rules are often maligned for creating inefficiencies. This book provides the comprehensive portrait of rules in public organizations and seeks to find the balance... Format: Hardback - Released: 24/05/2017

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Police Exams Prep 2018-2019 4 Practice Tests + Proven Strategies Kaplan Test Prep Format: Paperback - Released: 30/04/2018

Innovation in City Governments Structures, Networks, and Leadership Jenny M. (University of Melbourne, Australia) Lewis, Lykke Margot (University of Copenhagen, Denmark) Ricard, Erik Hans Klijn Innovation has become an important focus for governments around the world over the last decade, with greater pressure on governments to do more with less, and expanding community expectations. Some are now calling this `social innovation' - innovation that is... Format: Paperback - Released: 14/06/2018

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Creating Effective Rules in Public Sector Organizations Leisha DeHart-Davis Provides the portrait of rules in public organizations and seeks to find the balance between rules that create red tape and rules that help public organizations function effectively, what the author calls green tape. Format: Paperback - Released: 18/05/2017

Managing Leadership Transition for Nonprofits Passing the Torch to Sustain Organizational Excellence (Paperback) Barry Dym, Susan Egmont, Laura Watkins Format: Paperback - Released: 28/04/2017

Strategic and Tactical Considerations on the Fireground Study Guide - Fourth Edition Ret Deputy Chief James P Smith Format: Paperback - Released: 01/01/2017

Innovation in City Governments Structures, Networks, and Leadership Jenny M. Lewis, Lykke Margot Ricard, Erik-Hans Klijn, Tamyko Ysa Figueras Innovation has become an important focus for governments around the world over the last decade, with greater pressure on governments to do more with less, and expanding community expectations. Some are now calling this `social innovation' - innovation that is... Format: Hardback - Released: 08/12/2016

Postal Exam Book For Test 473 and 473-C Albert Kim Format: Hardback - Released: 19/07/2016

Postal Exam Book For Test 473 and 473-C Albert Kim Format: Paperback - Released: 19/07/2016

Co-production in the Public Sector Experiences and Challenges Mariagrazia Fugini This book examines the various ways in which co-production can contribute to the creation, design, and delivery of public services, namely by engaging the expertise of users and their networks, by promoting public services that are better targeted and more... Format: Paperback - Released: 24/06/2016

How To Be A Civil Servant Stanley This book is required reading for newly appointed civil servants, as well as for those looking to enter the profession, and for students, academics, journalists, politicians and others interested in British government. Format: Paperback - Released: 19/04/2016

Bureaucracy and Political Development. (SPD-2), Volume 2 Joseph La Palombara What is the role of the public bureaucracy in social, economic, and political development? What are the alternatives of development for newly emerging nation-states? How does a bureaucracy satisfy or inhibit the requisites of democratic development? Twelve outstanding scholars--Joseph LaPalombara,... Format: Hardback - Released: 19/04/2016

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