Growing the Productivity of Government Services - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Growing the Productivity of Government Services write by Patrick Dunleavy. This book was released on 2013-01-01. Growing the Productivity of Government Services available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 'Carrera and Dunleavy provide a crystal clear and comprehensive account of the complex issues involved in how best to improve the productivity of government services. They offer a nuanced but powerful explanation of productivity puzzles, conundrums and dilemmas in the public sector. But they also offer solutions to many of these problems. Finally, I have found a text on public economics that makes sense, gives genuine management insights and offers real suggestions to practitioners as to what to do next.' – Barry Quirk, Chief Executive, London Borough of Lewisham, UK 'This book presents a welcome and sobering analysis of productivity performance in UK central government – a subject that has received remarkably little serious academic attention up to now, in spite of decades of general commentary on managerialism.' – Christopher Hood, All Souls College, UK 'Leandro Carrera and Patrick Dunleavy have performed an amazing feat in this book through their rigorous examination of a thorny topic that has dogged pundits and academics alike. Just how efficient is government and how well does it do its job? As a result of an impressive – but accessible – set of data analyses, the authors make an authoritative attack on the proponents of the New Public Management, and offer some clear recommendations for reform based on better use of new technology.' – Peter John, University College London, UK Productivity is essentially the ratio of an organization's outputs divided by its inputs. For many years it was treated as always being static in government agencies. In fact productivity in government services should be rising rapidly as a result of digital changes and new management approaches, and it has done so in some agencies. However, Dunleavy and Carrera show for the first time how complex are the factors affecting productivity growth in government organizations – especially management practices, use of IT, organizational culture, strategic mis-decisions and political and policy churn. With government budgets under stress in many countries, this pioneering book shows academics, analysts and officials how to measure outputs and productivity in detail; how to cope with problems of quality variations; and how to achieve year-on-year, sustainable improvements in the efficiency of government services.
Improving Public Sector Productivity
Improving Public Sector Productivity - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Improving Public Sector Productivity write by Ellen Doree Rosen. This book was released on 1993-07-22. Improving Public Sector Productivity available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This volume shows how public agencies can be made more efficient and humane, providing practical guidance to enhance both service quality and client satisfaction at local, state and national levels. Examples focus on the issues of quality management, improving service delivery, job reorganization and worker empowerment.
An Overview of Productivity in Government and the Public Services
An Overview of Productivity in Government and the Public Services - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook An Overview of Productivity in Government and the Public Services write by Archie Austin Buchmiller. This book was released on 1975. An Overview of Productivity in Government and the Public Services available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Managing Under Austerity, Delivering Under Pressure
Managing Under Austerity, Delivering Under Pressure - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Managing Under Austerity, Delivering Under Pressure write by John Wanna. This book was released on 2015-10-30. Managing Under Austerity, Delivering Under Pressure available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Contemporary public managers find themselves under pressure on many fronts. Coming off a sustained period of growth in their funding and some complacency about their performance, they now face an environment of ferocious competitiveness abroad and austerity at home. Public managers across Australia and New Zealand are finding themselves wrestling with expenditure reduction, a smaller public sector overall, sustained demands for productivity improvement, and the imperative to think differently about the optimal distribution of responsibilities between states, markets and citizens. Given ever-shrinking resources, in terms of staffing, budgets and time, how can public managers and public services become more productive, more outcome-driven and more agile? How can we achieve better alignment between ever-growing citizen expectations and the realities of constrained service provision? What can we learn from the best combination of innovation and austerity already being delivered in other countries and sectors, including harnessing the grounded wisdom of frontline service delivery practitioners? This book focuses on practical ways public managers at home and abroad are dealing with these shared dilemmas. It brings together renowned scholars in the fields of public sector productivity, performance management, ‘frugal innovation’ and budget stringency, with leading international and Australasian practitioners sharing their successes and challenges.
Improving Productivity and Productivity Measurement in Local Governments
Improving Productivity and Productivity Measurement in Local Governments - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Improving Productivity and Productivity Measurement in Local Governments write by United States. President of the United States. National Commission on Productivity. This book was released on 1973. Improving Productivity and Productivity Measurement in Local Governments available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
