Beyond the Bottom Line: Management in Government

Beyond the Bottom Line: Management in Government
ISBN-10
0886450691
ISBN-13
9780886450694
Series
Beyond the Bottom Line
Category
Medical
Pages
496
Language
English
Published
1988
Publisher
IRPP
Authors
Institute for Research on Public Policy, Timothy Wynne Plumptre

Description

From the back cover: Subject to shifts of political mood, portrayed by the media as lazy and incompetent, hobbled by central agency regulations, criticized by auditors general, public service managers have a tough time of it....Is the good manager one who follows the rules, or the one who ignores lines of authority to get things done? Is the official who stays within the budget but doesn't deliver the program a better manager thlan the one who blows the budget but provides the public with a needed service? This book, one of very few on public sector management, suggests how to improve the system and foster management excellence.

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