Managing Performance in the Public Sector

<p>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.</p><p>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:</p><ul> <p> </p> <li>more examples and cases from a variety of different sectors including hospitals courts school and universities</li> <li>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?</li> <li>many extra recommendations for making PM attractive for managers.</li> </ul><p>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.</p>