Local Government Management - Softcover

Keen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0335198937 ISBN 13: 9780335198931

Publisher: Open University Press, 1998

Synopsis

This text explores the impact of the changes in local government upon the attitudes, behaviour and job satisfaction of the managers most affected by them. On the basis of a detailed review of recent research findings and theoretical debates, it outlines the major changes affecting local government organizations and the duties and responsibilities of those working with them. The text then examines how far the rhetoric of new managerialism is supported by the reality of change.

About this title

About the Author

Linda Keen is Lecturer in Management at the University of Kent at Canterbury. She has published widely on changes in local government with articles in Public Money and Management, Local Government Studies, and other public sector journals, and has worked in local government as both an officer and an elected member.Richard Scase is Professor of Sociology and Organizational Behaviour at the University of Kent at Canterbury. He is the author or co-author of several books including most recently Corporate Realities (1995) and Higher Education and Corporate Realities (1994). He has published widely in academic journals on issues of change in private and public sector organizations.

Review

"...a landmark book..." -Times Educational Supplement "At a time when policy changes require adult and youth work to achieve a greater mutual understanding than in the past,this book offers an invaluable guidebook to the persistent values of democracy common to both. It will be useful reading for policy-makers,managers and trainers at all levels." - Open Learning

Edition details

• Publisher: Open University Press
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0335198937
• ISBN 13: 9780335198931
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208