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Routledge Masters in Public Management

Series Editor: Stephen P. Osborne

Routledge Masters in Public Management is a series of original texts which offers students and practitioners a concise, coordinated and comprehensive learning resource.

The series benefits from a coordinated format, including the use of such pedagogical features as learning points, text boxes, annotated further reading and questions for further discussion. Each volume in the series stands in its own right as a textbook which is essential reading for a particular module in a public management degree scheme. Taken together, the series offers an integrated and up-to-date collection of core textbooks and supplementary reading that can provide the backbone of any student’s study of public management – whether based upon an MBA or MPA programme, a stand-alone course or through a period of individual study. Taking an expert look at an increasingly important and complex discipline, this is a groundbreaking series.

The resources represented in this series go beyond the “toolkit” or “recipe” format which does not reflect the way working in the public sector actually happens. Rather, the series encourages the reader to develop the core managerial skills and critical thinking required to excel in this discipline.

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  1. Ethics and Management in the Public Sector

    By Alan Lawton, Julie Rayner, Karin Lasthuizen

    Series: Routledge Masters in Public Management

    Grappling with ethical issues is a daily challenge for those working in organizations that deliver public services. Such services are delivered through an often bewildering range of agencies and amidst this constant change, there are fears that a public service ethos, a tradition of working in the...

    Published December 13th 2012 by Routledge

  2. Managing Local Governments

    Designing Management Control Systems that Deliver Value

    By Emanuele Padovani, David W. Young

    Series: Routledge Masters in Public Management

    Local Government is an area where management skills are tested to the extreme. With political considerations evident both locally and nationally, managing resources can be complex and subject to change. This book introduces new concepts and new ways of doing business that can greatly enhance the...

    Published December 19th 2011 by Routledge

  3. Marketing Management and Communications in the Public Sector

    By Martial Pasquier, Jean-Patrick Villeneuve

    Series: Routledge Masters in Public Management

    The fields of marketing and communication have become increasingly important for modern public administrations in recent years but the focus on these subjects has been geared mainly towards the generation of outputs, leaving somewhat behind the analysis and deeper reflections on the impact they...

    Published December 14th 2011 by Routledge

  4. Strategic Leadership in the Public Services

    By Paul Joyce

    Series: Routledge Masters in Public Management

    In turbulent times, strategic leadership of public services becomes ever more important. Strategic leaders are steering their organizations into a new relationship with the public, often in conditions of intensified competition between public services providers and thus the quality of leadership...

    Published November 7th 2011 by Routledge

  5. Financial Management and Accounting in the Public Sector

    By Gary Bandy

    Series: Routledge Masters in Public Management

    In light of the worldwide economic crises, the public sector is coming under increasing financial pressure as budgets are reduced on a large scale whilst demands for public services are on the rise. In such austere times managers working in the public sector are confronted daily with targets and...

    Published July 7th 2011 by Routledge

  6. Performance Management in the Public Sector

    By Wouter van Dooren, Geert Bouckaert, John Halligan

    Series: Routledge Masters in Public Management

    Tackling the key topics of reform and modernization, this important new book systematically examines performance in public management systems. The authors present this seminal subject in an informative and accessible manner, tackling some of the most important themes. Performance Management...

    Published May 25th 2010 by Routledge

  7. Contracting for Public Services

    By Carsten Greve

    Series: Routledge Masters in Public Management

    Insightful and comprehensive and covering new subjects like globalization and IT, this text, international in its approach, provides a thorough introduction to the key phases of the contracting process and the skills required by managers in its implementation. These include: policy for...

    Published August 22nd 2007 by Routledge

  8. Risk and Crisis Management in the Public Sector

    By Lynn T. Drennan, Allan McConnell

    Series: Routledge Masters in Public Management

    A particular feature of modern, post-industrial societies is their growing awareness of risk and crisis management. This book’s main theme is therefore the context, concepts and practice of risk and crisis management in the public sector in Western, notably European, and Asia Pacific countries....

    Published March 28th 2007 by Routledge

  9. Managing Change and Innovation in Public Service Organizations

    By Kerry Brown, Stephen Osborne

    Series: Routledge Masters in Public Management

    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...

    Published April 13th 2005 by Routledge

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Forthcoming Books

  1. Human Resource Management in Public Service Organizations
    Edited by Rona S. Beattie, Jennifer Waterhouse
    To Be Published June 29th 2013
  2. Making and Managing Public Policy
    By Karen Johnston Miller, Duncan McTavish
    To Be Published September 2nd 2013
  3. Research Methods for Public Management and Administration
    By Sandra van Thiel
    To Be Published March 30th 2014

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