Búsqueda de LIBROS DEL AUTOR: stephen osborne

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  • PUBLIC SERVICE LOGIC
    STEPHEN OSBORNE
    This book is based upon and extends the theoretical and empirical work of the author over the last decade. It integrates material deriving from his previous conceptual and empirical work in this field, together with new empirical evidence from emerging research. Public Service Logic challenges the product-dominant assumptions of the New Public Management (NPM) about the nature ...

    $1,200.00

  • INNOVATION IN PUBLIC SERVICES
    STEPHEN P. OSBORNE
    In response to changes in internal needs, external organizational environments, and the expectations of shareholders – most notably, citizens and politicians – innovation is now an important common-place aspect of governance and the running of public service organizations. Given the ongoing financial and economic crisis, which presents a significant challenge to public service ...

    $1,420.00

  • VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS AND INNOVATION IN PUBLIC SERVICES
    STEPHEN P. OSBORNE
    The innovative capacity of voluntary organizations has become a touchstone for their role in providing public services. Across the world there are increasing pressures on voluntary organizations to improve the quality and effectiveness of public services through innovation and change. This volume uses original research to assess the innovative capacity of voluntary organization...

    $1,240.00

  • MANAGING CHANGE AND INNOVATION IN PUBLIC SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS
    KERRY BROWN / STEPHEN OSBORNE
    The context and environment of public services is becoming increasingly complex and the management of change and innovation is now a core task for the successful public manager. This text aims to provide its readers with the skills necessary to understand, manage and sustain change and innovation in public service organizations. Key features include: the use of figures, tables ...

    $1,600.00

  • SOCIAL ACCOUNTING AND PUBLIC MANAGEMENT
    STEPHEN P. OSBORNE
    Social accounting as a discipline has challenged the methodology and focus of the larger field of accounting over the last 50 years. More recently it has taken on greater significance for other subjects as well, addressing issues for public policy and management more broadly. These include the issues of the nature of accountability in the contemporary plural state, environmenta...

    $1,360.00

  • THE NEW PUBLIC GOVERNANCE?
    STEPHEN P. OSBORNE
    Despite predictions that 'new public management' would establish itself as the new paradigm of Public Administration and Management, recent academic research has highlighted concerns about the intra-organizational focus and limitations of this approach. This book represents a comprehensive analysis of the state of the art of public management, examining and framing the debate i...

    $2,040.00

  • THE THIRD SECTOR IN EUROPE
    STEPHEN P. OSBORNE
    The role of the Third Sector within European society is an extremely topical subject, as both governments and the EU continue to consider the role these organizations can play in providing essential public services. This book presents contemporary research into this emerging area, exploring the contribution of this important sector to European soci ...

    $1,320.00

  • THE VOLUNTARY AND NON-PROFIT SECTOR IN JAPAN
    OSBORNE, STEPHEN P.
    The voluntary and non-profit sector is an important and emerging feature of Japanese society. It is a response both to the changing nature of this society and to political and social trends that have encouraged the Japanese government to see this sector as a potential provider of public services. It is also part of the emergence of 'civil society' in Japan. This book explores t...

    $1,240.00

  • PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS
    STEPHEN OSBORNE
    Public-Private partnerships are an increasing aspect of the delivery of public policies and services across the world. This book is the first to draw upon a range of disciplines to offer theoretical perspectives upon their analysis as well as a range of case-studies of their management from around the world. It also offers a number of frameworks fo ...

    $1,560.00

  • PUBLIC SERVICE LOGIC AND PUBLIC SERVICE REFORM
    OSBORNE, STEPHEN P
    This book extends and develops the theoretical framework of Public Service Logic (PSL). This framework has become established as one of the major frameworks for the delivery of public services. It draws upon and adapts the service management literature to present an understanding of public services as ‘services’, with significant implication both for public administration and m...

    $1,240.00