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Managerialism and the Public Services: Cuts or Cultural Change in the 1990S?
Managerialism and the Public Services Cuts or Cultural Change in the 1990S Author:Christopher Pollitt From 1980 to 1990, almost every public service has undergone a "management revolution". New budgeting, appraisal and performance measurement techniques have been showered on civil servants, teachers, health service staff and local government officers. In this book, Christopher Pollitt identifies the key features of these changes in a range of pu... more »blic services from healthcare and education to local government and the civil service. He attempts to show how the new form of "scientific management" which has emerged is critically flawed, appraises recent alternatives to "scientific management" and covers developments in both the UK and USA.« less
ISBN-13: 9780631188377 ISBN-10: 0631188371 Pages:256 Edition:2 Sub Rating: