The Coordination of Public Sector Organizations Shifting Patterns of
This book discusses the trajectories of creating specialized autonomous units. An analysis of the mechanisms and measures taken for granting autonomy to specialized autonomous units and subsequently to coordinating them back is described. The book shows a
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Geert Bouckaert, B. Guy Peters and Koen Verhoest
The Coordination of Public Sector Organizations
Public Sector Organizations Editors: B. Guy Peters, Maurice Falk Professor of Government, Pittsburgh University, USA, and Geert Bouckaert, Professor at the Public Management Institute, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium Organizations are the building blocks of governments. The role of organizations, formal and informal, is most readily apparent in public bureaucracy, but all the institutions of the public sector are composed of organizations, or have some organizational characteristics that affect their performance. Therefore, if scholars want to understand how governments work, a very good place to start is at the level of the organizations involved in delivering services. Likewise, if practitioners want to understand how to be effective in the public sector, they would be welladvised to consider examining the role of organizations and how to make the organizations more effective. This series will publish research-based books concerned with organizations in the public sector and will cover such issues as: the autonomy of public sector organizations, networks and network analysis; bureaucratic politics; organizational change and leadership; and methodology for studying organizations. Titles include: Geert Bouckaert, B. Guy Peters and Koen Verhoest THE COORDINATION OF PUBLIC SECTOR ORGANIZATIONS Shifting Patterns of Public Management Koen Verhoest, Paul G. Roness, Bram Verschuere, Kristin Rubecksen and Muiris MacCarthaigh AUTONOMY AND CONTROL OF STATE AGENCIES Comparing States and Agencies Forthcoming title: Amanda Smullen TRANSLATING AGENCY REFORM Rhetoric and Culture in Comparative Perspective Public Sector Organizations Series Series Standing Order ISBN 978-0-230-22034-8 (Hardback) 978-0-230-22035-5 (Paperback) (outside North America only) You can receive future titles in this series as they are published by placing a standing order. Please contact your bookseller or, in case of difficulty, write to us at the address below with your name and address, the title of the series and the ISBNs quoted above. Customer Services Department, Macmillan Distribution Ltd, Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS, England
The Coordination of Public Sector Organizations Shifting Patterns of Public Management Geert Bouckaert Professor of Public Management, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium
B. Guy Peters Maurice Falk Professor of Government, University of Pittsburgh, USA and
Koen Verhoest Assistant Professor and Research Manager, Public Management Institute, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium
© Geert Bouckaert, B. Guy Peters and Koen Verhoest 2010 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2010 978-0-230-24015-5 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act
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