The coordination of public sector organizations: shifting patterns of public management
Bouckaert, Geert
This book discusses the trajectories of creating specialized autonomous units. An analysis of the mechanisms and measures taken for granting autonomy to specialized autonomous units and subsequently to coordinating them back is described. The book shows a range of patterns in the dynamics of specialization andcoordination over 25 years. INDICE: PART I: CONCEPTS, THEORIES AND METHODOLOGY - The Main Argument: Specialization without Coordination is Centrifugal - Coordination: What is it and Why Should we have it? - Resources, Mechanisms and Instruments for Coordination - How to Map Coordination: Issues of Methodology - PART II: SPECIALIZATIONAND COORDINATION IN SEVEN COUNTRIES (1980-2005) - Coordination in New Zealand- Coordination in the United Kingdom - Coordination in Sweden - Coordination in The Netherlands - Coordination in France - Coordination in Belgium - Coordination in the United States - PART III: CROSS-COUNTRY COMPARISON - Specialization and Coordination in Seven Countries: Findings and Discussion - Appendix A.Comparative tables - References - End notes
- ISBN: 978-0-230-24015-5
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 344
- Fecha Publicación: 24/02/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés