Constructing the Craft of Public Administration

Perspectives from Australia

AvChristine Shearer

Häftad, Engelska, 2022

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Beskrivning

This book draws on recent empirical research and reports unique insight into the craft of public administration of the most senior echelons of the Australian Public Service (APS).This work is set in the context of a comparative analysis of the significant public sector reforms by successive governments from the 1980s across Westminster polities.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2022-11-13
Mått:148 x 210 x 19 mm
Vikt:441 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:318
Förlag:Springer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN:9783030818982

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Christine Shearer is currently an Executive Director within the Australian Tax Office, and she holds a Ph.D. in Management from the University of Technology, Sydney, Australia.

Innehållsförteckning

Part I Introduction.- Chapter 1 Public Administration and the Reform Agenda.- Chapter 2 Contemporary Management Ideas and Public Sector Reforms across Westminster Polities.- Part II The Macro Level –Policy Contexts and Environments.- Chapter 3 The Environments in which Departmental Secretaries Construct the Craft of Public Administration.- Chapter 4 The Impact of Contemporary Management Ideas: Their Influence on Public Administration.- Part III Exploring the Everyday Work Life of the Most Senior Public Servants.- Chapter 5 Departmental Secretaries: The Public Actors who Construct the Craft of Public Administration.- Chapter 6 Roles, Responsibilities and Boundary Riding.- Part IV Discussion, Implications and Conclusions.- Chapter 7 Discussion, Conceptual Model, Contributions and Implications.- Chapter 8 Conclusions.