1st Edition
Resource Allocation in the Public Sector Values, Priorities and Markets in the Management of Public Services
By Colin Fisher
Copyright 1998
304 Pages
by
Routledge
304 Pages
by
Routledge
304 Pages
by
Routledge
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In the public sector at the moment resources are scarce - or at the very least finite and limited - how they are allocated is therefore of crucial importance. This book analyses this process and examines the competing values that underlie the public service ethic, including the role of markets and quasi-markets, in the delivery of public services. Topics discussed include: * whether people should... Read more
1 The problematics of public service resource allocation 2 The heuristics of resource allocation: how people determine priorities 3 The apologetics of public sector organisations 4 The rhetoric of resource allocation: arguments about how priorities should be set and resources allocated 5 The mechanics of making markets 6 The dialectic of resource allocation 7 A polemic: conclusions about resource allocation and public services
Biography
C.M.Fisher is Principal Lecturer in HRM at Nottingham Business School.
