Public Sector Management
6th Edition
Published on 31. March 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
296 pages
978-0-85702-874-7 (ISBN)
Description
The highly-anticipated sixth edition of Norman Flynn's Public Sector Management continues to provide students with an insightful, jargon-free description, analysis and critique of the management of the public sector by the UK government.
New to the sixth edition:
Fully updated to take account of the coalition government and the impact of the financial crisis on public spending.
Four new chapters on managing public finance, e-government, regulation and public-private partnerships.
Expanded learning features including:, additional boxed examples, annotated suggestions for further reading and suggestions for discussion topics and references to journal articles.
New companion website with free access to full-text journal articles, policy documents, links to useful websites, and relevant multimedia and social media resources. www.sagepub.co.uk/flynn6
Public Sector Management will prove invaluable reading for students studying public sector management as part of a business, management, social policy, politics or sociology degree.
New to the sixth edition:
Fully updated to take account of the coalition government and the impact of the financial crisis on public spending.
Four new chapters on managing public finance, e-government, regulation and public-private partnerships.
Expanded learning features including:, additional boxed examples, annotated suggestions for further reading and suggestions for discussion topics and references to journal articles.
New companion website with free access to full-text journal articles, policy documents, links to useful websites, and relevant multimedia and social media resources. www.sagepub.co.uk/flynn6
Public Sector Management will prove invaluable reading for students studying public sector management as part of a business, management, social policy, politics or sociology degree.
Reviews / Votes
Norman Flynn's Public Sector Management has been long dominating the choice of readers in the field of Public Management. The new edition is a comprehensive and systematically revised edition of a convincing analysis of the latest development in the field for scholars and professionals. The current complex scenario of public management is clearly and succinctly clarifiedLina Vyas
City University of Hong Kong
The 6th edition of Public sector management proves again the value of a book which captures the dynamism of the public sector in Britain. It updates long-term trends and examines the major current developments which are shaping public services. With updated information, learning and discussion points, it will continue to prove a vital resource for students in understanding and explaining the public sector
Mark Exworthy
Royal Holloway, University of London
The sixth edition of Public Sector Management surely qualifies as a classic in the field. The book reproduces the admirable features of its predecessors, in particular the dissection and interpretation of public sector management, and is enhanced by the addition of relevant new chapters and by being contextualised in the turbulent 2010s. The book is strongly recommended for students of public management as well as academics and practitioners who want a well-conceived and clearly presented discussion of the subject
Professor John Halligan
University of Canberra
Norman Flynn's Public Sector Management is an excellent textbook that provides a thorough analysis of policy making in the public sector in the United Kingdom, along with a great deal of valuable descriptive information. Suitable for undergraduate and masters students in public policy, public administration or political science, Public Sector Management clearly describes how and why U.K. policies are chosen and implemented, as well as evaluates the consequences of such policies
Colin Provost
UCL
More details
Edition
6th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 232 mm
Width: 186 mm
Weight
520 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-85702-874-7 (9780857028747)
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Person
Norman Flynn was the Director of the Centre for Financial and Management Studies, SOAS, University of London. He was previously been Chair Professor of Public Sector Management at City University of Hong Kong and held academic posts at London School of Economics, London Business School and the University of Birmingham.
He has written about public sector management in the United Kingdom, Europe and Asia, public sector reform in developing countries and about the relationship between business government and society in Asia. Recent books include Public Sector Reform: An Introduction (European Commission); Public Sector Management (Sage, London); The Market and Social Policy in China (edited with Linda Wong) (Palgrave Macmillan); Miracle to Meltdown in Asia: Business, Government and Society (Oxford University Press) (last two both translated in Chinese), and (with Franz Strehl) Public Sector Management in Europe (Pearson). Further publications are listed on his website: www.normanflynn.me.uk
He has training experience in Slovenia, China, Kenya, South Africa, the United Kingdom, Ukraine, Georgia, Sweden, Norway, Finland and Scotland.
He has written about public sector management in the United Kingdom, Europe and Asia, public sector reform in developing countries and about the relationship between business government and society in Asia. Recent books include Public Sector Reform: An Introduction (European Commission); Public Sector Management (Sage, London); The Market and Social Policy in China (edited with Linda Wong) (Palgrave Macmillan); Miracle to Meltdown in Asia: Business, Government and Society (Oxford University Press) (last two both translated in Chinese), and (with Franz Strehl) Public Sector Management in Europe (Pearson). Further publications are listed on his website: www.normanflynn.me.uk
He has training experience in Slovenia, China, Kenya, South Africa, the United Kingdom, Ukraine, Georgia, Sweden, Norway, Finland and Scotland.
Content
PART ONE: THE PUBLIC SECTOR IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
Private and Public Sectors
Devolution and Difference
Permanent Structural Change
Central Government
The National Health Service
Local Government
Local Authority Funding
Direct Controls
Hollow State?
PART TWO: POLITICS AND THE PUBLIC SECTOR
Political Differences
The Role of the State
The Third Way
The Big Society
A Centralised or Decentralised State?
Politics and Management: Values
PART THREE: PUBLIC SPENDING
The Macro-Economic Policy Context
Fiscal Policy and the Economic Cycles
What Is the Money Spent On?
Where Does the Money Come from?
Public Spending in the Devolved Administrations
Why Is the Level of Public Spending Important?
The Fiscal Crisis of 2008 and Its Aftermath
PART FOUR: SOCIAL POLICIES AND MANAGEMENT
Choice of Policy Instrument
Trends in Policy and Management
Income Maintenance
Community Care
Education
Criminal Justice
Health Policy: The National Health Service
Housing
PART FIVE: MANAGING PUBLIC FINANCE
A Brief History of Financial Management in Government
Budgeting at National Level
The National Health Service
The Art of Cutting Budgets
PART SIX: MANAGING PERFORMANCE
Why Measure and Manage Performance?
The Three E'S
The National Health Service
Education
Individuals and Organisational Performance
Performance Management and Policy Evaluation
Managerial Discretion
League Tables
The Coalition
PART SEVEN: E-GOVERNMENT
The Ambition
The Achievement
The Challenges
The Coalition's Response
CUSTOMER-CITIZEN ORIENTATION
Customers, Voters and Citizens
Approaches to Customer Orientation
Contradictions in Customer/Citizen Orientation
PART EIGHT: AUDIT AND INSPECTION
From Conformance to Performance
Audit
Children and Education
Prisons
Care Quality Commission
Learning to Deal with Inspection
PART NINE: COLLABORATION AND 'JOINED-UP GOVERNMENT'
Fragmentation and Co-ordination
Sure Start
The Coalition Government and Collaboration
THE USE OF THE MARKET IN PUBLIC SERVICES
Markets and 'Quasi-Markets'
Why Rule by Markets?
A Competitive Spectrum
Managing in the Competitive Environment
PART TEN: OUTSOURCED AND PRIVATIZED SERVICES
PART ELEVEN: MANAGING THROUGH CONTRACTS
The Contracting Environment
Contracting and Commissioning
The NHS and Community Care
The European Union Directives
Obligational and Adversarial Contracting
Success and Failure in Contracting
PART TWELVE: PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS
Why PPPs?
Types of Agreement
Prisons
Metronet 2003-2007
Building Schools for the Future 2004-2010
Hospitals
Urban Regeneration/Property Development
Highways
Is There a Future for PPP?
PART THIRTEEN: REGULATION
Regulation
Power
Water and Sewerage
The Railway
CONCLUSIONS
Efficiency
Overheads and Transaction Costs
Contractual Relationships
The Citizen-Consumer
The Universal Database
The Future of Public Finance and Financial Management
Inspection, Audit and Regulation
Private and Public Sectors
Devolution and Difference
Permanent Structural Change
Central Government
The National Health Service
Local Government
Local Authority Funding
Direct Controls
Hollow State?
PART TWO: POLITICS AND THE PUBLIC SECTOR
Political Differences
The Role of the State
The Third Way
The Big Society
A Centralised or Decentralised State?
Politics and Management: Values
PART THREE: PUBLIC SPENDING
The Macro-Economic Policy Context
Fiscal Policy and the Economic Cycles
What Is the Money Spent On?
Where Does the Money Come from?
Public Spending in the Devolved Administrations
Why Is the Level of Public Spending Important?
The Fiscal Crisis of 2008 and Its Aftermath
PART FOUR: SOCIAL POLICIES AND MANAGEMENT
Choice of Policy Instrument
Trends in Policy and Management
Income Maintenance
Community Care
Education
Criminal Justice
Health Policy: The National Health Service
Housing
PART FIVE: MANAGING PUBLIC FINANCE
A Brief History of Financial Management in Government
Budgeting at National Level
The National Health Service
The Art of Cutting Budgets
PART SIX: MANAGING PERFORMANCE
Why Measure and Manage Performance?
The Three E'S
The National Health Service
Education
Individuals and Organisational Performance
Performance Management and Policy Evaluation
Managerial Discretion
League Tables
The Coalition
PART SEVEN: E-GOVERNMENT
The Ambition
The Achievement
The Challenges
The Coalition's Response
CUSTOMER-CITIZEN ORIENTATION
Customers, Voters and Citizens
Approaches to Customer Orientation
Contradictions in Customer/Citizen Orientation
PART EIGHT: AUDIT AND INSPECTION
From Conformance to Performance
Audit
Children and Education
Prisons
Care Quality Commission
Learning to Deal with Inspection
PART NINE: COLLABORATION AND 'JOINED-UP GOVERNMENT'
Fragmentation and Co-ordination
Sure Start
The Coalition Government and Collaboration
THE USE OF THE MARKET IN PUBLIC SERVICES
Markets and 'Quasi-Markets'
Why Rule by Markets?
A Competitive Spectrum
Managing in the Competitive Environment
PART TEN: OUTSOURCED AND PRIVATIZED SERVICES
PART ELEVEN: MANAGING THROUGH CONTRACTS
The Contracting Environment
Contracting and Commissioning
The NHS and Community Care
The European Union Directives
Obligational and Adversarial Contracting
Success and Failure in Contracting
PART TWELVE: PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS
Why PPPs?
Types of Agreement
Prisons
Metronet 2003-2007
Building Schools for the Future 2004-2010
Hospitals
Urban Regeneration/Property Development
Highways
Is There a Future for PPP?
PART THIRTEEN: REGULATION
Regulation
Power
Water and Sewerage
The Railway
CONCLUSIONS
Efficiency
Overheads and Transaction Costs
Contractual Relationships
The Citizen-Consumer
The Universal Database
The Future of Public Finance and Financial Management
Inspection, Audit and Regulation