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Public management : performance, professionalism and politics
\"This systematic introduction to Public Management provides the tools and theoretical understanding to improve Public Management practice, whilst integrating a focus throughout on the importance of interplay between performance, professionalism and politics for all public service providers\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Human capital : tools and strategies for the public sector
Take a sneak peak inside!Click on the link below to preview chapter one. Order your exam copy today by clicking on the BAD:quot;Request an Exam CopyBAD:quot; link above.Chapter 1With the shift from BAD:ldquo;human resourcesBAD:rdquo; to BAD:ldquo;human capital managementBAD:rdquo; (HCM), public agencies are striving to strategically manage their workforces. Sally SeldenBAD:rsquo;s groundbreaking book moves far beyond describing best practices and offers the context in which innovative practices have been implemented. She details how agencies are creating performance-aligned workforces by adopting systems and policies that are driven by their strategic missions.This book covers core topics of personnel coursesBAD:mdash;including hiring, training, retention, performance, and recognitionBAD:mdash;but also includes integrated coverage on measuring success through assessment. Further helping readers grasp how HCM works, the book uses original data from the Government Performance Project and incorporates many comparative examples across a wide range of states, plus federal and municipal agencies. Unlike anything else available, Human Capital fills a critical gap for both students and public personnel professionals.
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Policy bureaucracy : government with a cast of thousands
Policy-making is not only about the cut and thrust of politics. It is also a
bureaucratic activity. Long before laws are drafted, policy commitments made, or
groups consulted on government proposals, officials will have been working away to
shape the policy into a form in which it can be presented to ministers and the
outside world. Policy bureaucracies — parts of government organisations with
specific responsibility for maintaining and developing policy — have to be
mobilised before most significant policy initiatives are launched. This book
describes the range of work policy officials do. The 140 civil servants interviewed
for this study included officials who helped originate policies which were
subsequently taken over as manifesto commitments by Britain's Labour Party;
officials who helped devise the formula by which billions of pounds are allocated to
local government in grants; and also officials who recommended to the Secretary of
State that a controversial publisher be allowed to take over a national newspaper.
The background and career paths of middle-ranking officials show them to be a
diverse group who do not tend to develop long-term subject specialisms. The book
goes on to examine how ministers and senior officials affect the work of middle
ranking officials and the cues policy bureaucrats use to develop
policy.
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Civil Service Development in China and America: A Comparative Perspective
How has reform changed Chinese and American civil service systems in light of Chinas landmark reform in 1993 by contrast to the aftermath of the U.S. Civil Service Act of 1883? While there are significant differences, remarkable administrative and political similarities also emerge. Particularly salient is the role of educational systems in the civil service development of both countries. Surprisingly, this comparative analysis finds a common struggle to balance professional expertise with political accountability and control. King Kwun Tsao of the Chinese University of Hong Kong and John Abbott Worthley of Seton Hall University argue that further comparative research is essential to hone an improved understanding of China specifically as well as civil service systems generally.
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Crossing the River by Touching Stones: A Comparative Study of Administrative Reforms in China and the United States
To compare administrative reform in one of the worlds most ancient civilizations and in one of the worlds \"youngest countries\" produces some surprises. Administrative reforms in both countries are similar, but occur at different periods of history. Mengzhong Zhang of the University of Maryland at College Park discovers that some of China's recent reform efforts resemble historic efforts in the United States up to half a century ago. Other components of administrative reform in China reflect contemporary practices in the United States. This phenomenon reflects convergence, rather than divergence.
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Geopolitics and Expertise
Geopolitics and Expertise is an in-depth exploration of how expert knowledge is created and exercised in the external relations machinery of the European Union. * Provides a rare, full-length work on transnational diplomatic practice * Based on a rigorous and empirical study, involving over 100 interviews with policy professionals over seven years * Focuses on the qualitative and contextual, rather than the quantitative and uniform * Moves beyond traditional political science to blend human geography, international relations, anthropology, and sociology
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