Public & Nonprofit Management Books

New and Published Books

1. Second Victim

   Error, Guilt, Trauma, and Resilience

   By Sidney Dekker

   How do people cope with having "caused" a terrible accident? How do they cope when they survive and have to live with the consequences ever after? We tend to blame and forget professionals who cause incidents and accidents, but they are victims too. They are second victims whose experiences of an...

   Published March 25th 2013 by CRC Press
2. Accountability and Effectiveness Evaluation in Nonprofit Organizations

   By James Cutt, Vic Murray

   Series: Routledge Studies in the Management of Voluntary and Non-Profit Organizations

   This unique volume provides new perspectives on assessing the performance of nonprofit organizations whilst meeting the information needs of decision-makers, both internal (such as resource-providers, regulators and clients), and external (including boards, managers, staff and volunteers). Whilst...

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
3. The Private Sector after Communism

   New Entrepreneurial Firms in Transition Economies

   By Vladimir Banacek, Mihaly Laki, Jan Winiecki

   Series: Routledge Studies in Development Economics

   The transformation of state-owned enterprises into privately owned ones is commonly referred to as 'privatization'. Just as important as this process, though sometimes not given the attention it deserves and requires, is the establishment and expansion of new private firms.This book analyzes new...

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
4. Trust and Confidence in Government and Public Services

   Edited by Sue Llewellyn, Stephen Brookes, Ann Mahon

   Series: Routledge Critical Studies in Public Management

   Trust and confidence are topical issues. Pundits claim that citizens trust governments and public services increasingly less - identifying a powerful new erosion of confidence that, in the US, goes back at least to Watergate in the 1970s. Recently, media exposure in the UK about MP expenses has...

   Published March 4th 2013 by Routledge
5. Community Leadership Development

   A Compendium of Theory, Research, and Application

   Edited by Mark A. Brennan

   Series: Community Development – Current Issues Series

   The development of leadership capacities addresses a vital and continuing need in communities and organizations as they attempt to adapt to a wide range of social, economic, environmental, and political changes. Leadership development activities that focus on building new skills and ...

   Published February 26th 2013 by Routledge
6. The Routledge Companion to Public-Private Partnerships

   Edited by Piet de Vries, Etienne B. Yehoue

   Series: Routledge Companions in Business, Management and Accounting

   A public-private partnership (PPP) is a contractual arrangement with appropriate risk sharing between public and private partners for the delivery of public infrastructure or services, which is intended to create value-for-money to the taxpayer. The Routledge Companion to Public-Private...

   Published February 25th 2013 by Routledge
7. Public Administration Research Methods

   Tools for Evaluation and Evidence-Based Practice

   By Warren S. Eller, Brian J. Gerber, Scott E. Robinson

   The best decisions made by public sector managers are based not on instinct, but on an informed understanding of what’s happening on the ground. Policy may be directed by ideology, but it must also be founded on reality. The challenge of making the right decisions as a public sector manager are...

   Published February 25th 2013 by Routledge
8. Sustainability for Healthcare Management

   A Leadership Imperative

   By Carrie R. Rich, J. Knox Singleton, Seema S. Wadhwa

   Sustainability is not unique to health, but is a unique vehicle for promoting healthy values. This book challenges healthcare leaders to think through the implications of our decisions from fiscal, societal and environmental perspectives. It links health values with sustainability drivers in order...

   Published February 12th 2013 by Routledge
9. Corporate Responsibility for Cultural Heritage

   Conservation, Sustainable Development, and Corporate Reputation

   By Fiona Starr

   Series: Routledge Studies in Heritage

   This book examines the relationship between two divergent fields – corporate activity and heritage conservation – linking the financing of conservation and its benefits with the corporate social responsibility (CSR) goals of the private sector. Through discussion of physical conservation, benefits...

   Published December 19th 2012 by Routledge
10. Public-Private Partnerships in the USA

    Lessons to be Learned for the United Kingdom

    By Tony Wall

    Series: Routledge Critical Studies in Public Management

    Broadly, a Public-Private Partnership (or PPP) is any collaboration between the public and private sector, but research in the UK has tended to focus on those that have been used for major infrastructure projects, such as roads, schools, and hospitals. This book compares and contrasts PPP research...

    Published December 18th 2012 by Routledge