ABSTRACT
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 change and innovation in public service organizations. Key features include:
- the use of figures, tables and boxes to highlight ideas and concepts of central importance
- a dedicated case study to serve as a focus for discussion and learning, and to marry theory with practice
- clear learning objectives for each chapter with suggestions for further reading.
Providing future and current public managers with the understanding and skills required to manage change and innovation, this groundbreaking text is essential reading for all those studying public management, public administration and public policy.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|46 pages
Introduction
chapter Chapter 1|8 pages
Change and innovation in public service organizations
Planned and emergent phenomena
chapter Chapter 2|13 pages
The volatile environment of public service organizations
chapter Chapter 3|23 pages
Assessing the need for change and innovation
part II|66 pages
Managing change in public service organizations
chapter Chapter 4|25 pages
The processes of change in public services and public service organizations
chapter Chapter 5|15 pages
Organizational culture and managing change in public service organizations
chapter Chapter 6|24 pages
Implementing change in public service organizations
part III|102 pages
Managing innovation in public service organizations
chapter Chapter 7|54 pages
Understanding and managing innovation in public services
chapter |15 pages
Developing and supporting innovators in public service organizations
chapter Chapter 9|31 pages
Managing the process of innovation in public services
part IV|24 pages
Conclusions