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dc.contributor.editorWanna, John
dc.contributor.editorLee, Hsu-Ann
dc.contributor.editorYates, Sophie
dc.date.accessioned2016-01-11 00:00:00
dc.date.accessioned2020-04-01T14:22:47Z
dc.date.available2020-04-01T14:22:47Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier588796
dc.identifierOCN: 945783178en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/32924
dc.description.abstractContemporary 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.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JP Politics and government::JPP Public administrationen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KJ Business and Management::KJM Management and management techniquesen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KJ Business and Management::KJM Management and management techniques::KJMD Management decision makingen_US
dc.subject.otherpublic service
dc.subject.othergovernment
dc.subject.othermanagement
dc.subject.otheraustralasia
dc.subject.otherPerformance management
dc.subject.otherPrivate sector
dc.titleManaging Under Austerity, Delivering Under Pressure
dc.typebook
oapen.identifier.doi10.26530/OAPEN_588796
oapen.relation.isPublishedByddc8cc3f-dd57-40ef-b8d5-06f839686b71
oapen.relation.isbn9781925022667
oapen.remark.publicRelevant Wikipedia pages: Performance management - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Performance_management; Private sector - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_sector; Public sector - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_sector; Public service - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_service
oapen.identifier.ocn945783178


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