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dc.contributor.authorFerguson, Barry
dc.date.accessioned2019-09-11 13:38:54
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-01T10:07:56Z
dc.date.available2020-04-01T10:07:56Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifier1005375
dc.identifierOCN: 1126129045en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/24736
dc.description.abstract"Amidst growing dissatisfaction with the state of government performance and an erosion of trust in our political class, Competing for Influence asks: what sort of public service do we want in Australia? Drawing on his experience in both the public and private sectors – and citing academic research across the fields of public sector management, industrial organisation, and corporate strategy – Barry Ferguson argues the case for the careful selection and application of private sector management concepts to the public service, both for their ability to strengthen the public service and inform public policy. These include competitive advantage, competitive positioning, horizontal strategy and organisational design, and innovation as an all-encompassing organisational adjustment mechanism to a changeable environment. But these are not presented as a silver bullet, and Ferguson addresses other approaches to reform, including the need to rebuild the Public Sector Act, the need to reconsider the interface between political and administrative arms of government (and determine what is in the ‘public interest’), and the need for greater independence for the public service within a clarified role. This approach, and its implications for public sector reform, is contrasted with the straitjacket of path dependency that presently constricts the field."
dc.languageEnglish
dc.subject.classificationbic Book Industry Communication::1 Geographical Qualifiers::1M Australasia, Oceania & other land areas::1MB Australasia::1MBF Australia
dc.subject.classificationbic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JP Politics & government::JPH Political structure & processes::JPHV Political structures: democracy
dc.subject.classificationbic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JP Politics & government::JPP Public administration
dc.subject.otherAustralia
dc.subject.otherpolitics
dc.subject.othergovernance
dc.titleCompeting for Influence
dc.typebook
oapen.identifier.doi10.22459/CI.2019
oapen.relation.isPublishedByddc8cc3f-dd57-40ef-b8d5-06f839686b71
oapen.relation.isbn9781760462765
oapen.pages447
oapen.identifier.ocn1126129045


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