TY  - BOOK
AU  - Joyce, Paul
TI  - Strategic management in the public sector
SN  - 9780415527637
AV  - JF 1351 .J69 2015 
PY  - 2015///
CY  - London, United Kingdom
PB  - Routledge
KW  - PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Part I: Introduction -- 1. Introducing strategic planning and management -- Part II: Strategic Decision-Making -- 2. Different national experiences of planning -- 3. International case studies -- 4. Strategic Policy-Making -- 5. How to do strategic planning -- 6. Theories and Research: Inspired by the Private Sector -- 7. Theories and Research: Practice, Politics and Managing -- Part III: The Strategic State -- 8. Politics and planning in the UK -- 9. Strategic planning as a tool for reforming public services -- 10. The strategic state -- Part IV: Conclusions -- 11. Developments, a map and a personal view
N2  - "Strategic management is widely seen as essential to the public services, leading to better performance and better outcomes for the public. In fact, the private sector idea of strategic management has become so powerful in the public sector that politicians and policy makers have begun to talk about the importance of the modern state being strategic--and we may be witnessing the emergence of the Strategic State
ER  -