Download or read book Learning and Personal Development for Public Services Managers written by Ann Mahon and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-02-08 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Public service management is big global business and accounts for massive spending by governments in countries across the globe, rich and poor, developed and developing, left and right leaning, northern and southern hemisphere. Personal skills, such as flexibility, adaptability, communication and resilience, are increasingly valued by employers in the public sector. Learning and Personal Development for Public Service Managers explores key learning and personal development themes in the context of public sector management and from an international perspective. Inevitably there are different management challenges and experiences in different contexts but there are also similarities and the frameworks employed in this book provide useful analytical tools to aid learning and personal development. Divided into two parts Personal and Organizational Development in Public Management seeks to explore the relationships between the context of public service management (macro-level analysis), the practice of public service management (meso-level analysis) and the implications for learning and personal development (micro-level analysis). The book will be invaluable reading for graduate students on Public Management courses, middle to senior managers working in public sector organisations throughout the world including healthcare, local, regional and central governments, the police and prison service. It will also be of relevance to a wider market of managers working in private and third sector organisations where there may be an integral element of public service provision.
Download or read book Managing Public Services Implementing Changes written by Tony L. Doherty and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-01-03 with total page 785 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The work of a manager in a service organisation is not the same as the work of a manager in an organisation that manufactures goods. Managing Public Services, Implementing Changes – A Thoughtful Approach 2e, is for students and managers who intend to work in a service organisation whether it is owned publicly of privately. This book concentrates on how managers can change things for the better and explains ‘why’ as well as ‘how’. The second edition has been fully updated to address challenges facing public services with new material on managing cuts, managing risk, managing innovation, producing funding applications, Lean Management and process review. A new chapter on managing social enterprise and generating social capital has also been added. This text is both solidly practical and theoretically challenging and is supported by strong pedagogical features including: case studies and illustrative vignettes from public service managers working in Europe, Asia, Australia and the US; exercises and review questions. Students will develop learning skills that enable them to transfer their learning from one situation to another and thinking skills that enable them adapt the way that they apply their learning as circumstances change. This comprehensive text has been specifically designed and developed to meet the needs of students studying public services management at undergraduate and postgraduate level. It allows the reader to develop transferable skills in thinking and learning as they work through the book and gives greater awareness of the benefits of continuous learning for staff and managers.
Download or read book Managing Public Services Implementing Changes written by Tony L. Doherty and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-08-18 with total page 584 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on change as a constant factor in the management of any organization, this informative book helps the student and practitioner to develop the skills and knowledge they require to underpin the work of a modern service manager in rapidly-changing public sector organizations - whether publicly owned, privately managed or sub-contracted. Taking a distinctive approach, emphasizing management and organizational learning as keys to organizational success, this introductory text is solidly practical and is supported by strong pedagogical features including: case studies review questions illustrative vignettes. This comprehensive text has been specifically designed and developed to meet the needs of students studying public services management at undergraduate, certificate diploma and postgraduate level. It allows the reader to develop transferable skills in thinking and learning as they work through the book and gives greater awareness of the benefits of continuous learning for staff and managers.
Download or read book The Learning Organization in the Public Services written by Janice A. Cook and published by Gower Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 1997 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The learning organization is an idea informing management strategy in all sectors. Much of the pioneering work for this has already taken place in a public service context. This challenging book brings together the experiences of a wide range of people engaged in developing and applying the relevant concepts.Part I introduces the theoretical background and examines some current issues, including transferability and community learning. Part II presents case histories drawn from a variety of organizations, among them central and local government departments, a national charity, a fire brigade and a police force. Each chapter is contributed by someone personally involved. They show what worked - and what didn't - and what the main benefits and drawbacks proved to be.With its combination of analysis and practice, this unusual book will provide both information and inspiration for anyone concerned to improve efficiency, raise morale, enhance the quality of performance, design new ways of managing or simply create a more rewarding place to work in.
Download or read book Managing for Excellence in the Public Sector written by G. Van der Waldt and published by Juta and Company Ltd. This book was released on 1999-12-31 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides public admninistration instructors with a holistic South African perspective presented by means of a systems approach, the addressing of current and future distinctive issues and challenges and the presentation of specific remedies, the application of proven private sector principles to the public sector and the use of case studies to place theoretical knowledge within a practical frame of reference.
Download or read book Developing Public Sector Leadership written by Petri Virtanen and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-03-11 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents tools, techniques, and best practices to develop public-sector leadership. Based on scholarly research as well as the authors’ professional experience as leadership trainers and consultants, it offers guidance and practical know-how for public-sector managers, civil servants and policymakers in public administration on how to create and develop leadership skills and practice. By analyzing the particular nature of political processes and public policy decision-making as well as the complex challenges of public organizations, the authors identify competencies, leadership skills and methods required for successful governance, administration, and management of public organizations. The authors also discuss different leadership styles and philosophies, cover topics such as public sector leadership training of 2020’s, and present case studies on successful public-sector leadership development and future-oriented leadership models. Balancing public-sector leadership theory with practical illustrations and examples, tools and techniques, the book helps managers master the art of public-sector leadership.
Download or read book Public Sector Competency Based Development and Self Assessment Handbook written by Emerson J. Jones and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2018-06-22 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A handbook that maps out specific areas of competencies covering eleven functional disciplines. It focuses on a range of competencies, including job specific or functional competencies, essential competencies, and common or generic competencies in each discipline. It signposts all competency development and training needs at the basic, intermediate, and advanced levels of knowledge, skills, and abilities. It frames skills and performance development as a collaborative effort of employees, supervisors, and trainers. It is written with a focus on achieving greater organizational impact and effectiveness, individual performance and efficiency, value adding and outcome-based learning.
Download or read book Continuing Continuing Education for the Public Service written by Institute for Local Self Government and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Action Learning Leadership and Organizational Development in Public Services written by and published by Routledge. This book was released on with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Action Learning in Practice written by Mike Pedler and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-03-23 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Previous editions of Action Learning in Practice established this authoritative overview of action learning around the world. Over the last decade the move towards action-based organizational learning and development has accelerated, and action learning is now an established part of the education and development mainstream in large and small organizations. Fully revised and updated, this fourth edition covers the origins of action learning with Reg Revans' ideas, and looks at their development and application today. Action learning is self-directed learning through tackling business and work problems with the support of peers and colleagues. A professional and diverse workforce, attracted, influenced and developed in this way is more able to deal effectively with the growing complexity and pressures of working life. As the limits of conventional training and development become more obvious, leaders are increasingly attracted to action-based approaches to learning when seeking better outcomes and returns on investment.
Download or read book Professional Development For Educational Management written by Kydd, Lesley and published by McGraw-Hill Education (UK). This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book begins from the perspective that organizational effectiveness will be improved if the individuals within the organization are engaged in developing professionally. It takes the individual as the key resource of any institution and the notion of professional development as the key to the learning of educational managers. This book offers both theoretical and practical perspectives on the key components of professional development linking reflection and knowledge with skills and capabilities. It then takes educational managers on to consider the systems and tasks which they have to undertake in managing the professional development of others - from selecting the right person for the job to setting up appropriate appraisal systems. This book provides educational managers and those interested in the field with an introduction to the processes and skills which they will need in managing educational establishments both now and in the future. This volume forms part of the Leadership and Management in Education series. This four book series provides a carefully chosen selection of high quality readings on key contemporary themes in educational management: professional development, reflection on practice, leadership, team working, effectiveness and improvement, quality, strategy and resources. The series will be an important resource for classroom teachers and lecturers as well as those holding designated management posts in schools and colleges and will provide a valuable basis for professional development programmes.
Download or read book Integrating People Management into Public Service Reform written by OECD and published by OECD Publishing. This book was released on 1996-09-30 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using surveys and selected country case studies, this monograph identifies the factors driving human resource management reforms in the national public administrations of OECD countries.
Download or read book Transitions written by Early Years National Training Organisation and published by . This book was released on 1990-01-01 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Development Management written by Justice Nyigmah Bawole and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2016-10-04 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite significant financial investments, the rate of development and pace of poverty reduction in developing and transitional countries has not always matched expectations. Development management typically involves complex interactions between governmental and non-governmental organisations, donors and members of the public, and can be difficult to navigate. This volume brings together a group of international contributors to explore the theoretical and empirical underpinnings of development management, and to consider the prospects and challenges associated with it in the context of both developing and transitional countries. Referring to dominant norms and values in public and developmental organisations, development management is tied up with the attitudes and perceptions of various stakeholders including: government officials, public sector managers, aid workers, donors and members of the public. Attempting to make sense of complex interactions between these actors is highly problematic and calls for new approaches, models and insights. Based on cutting-edge research, the chapters challenge much of the previous discourse on the subject and evaluate the challenges and opportunities that it presents. Development Management offers academics, researchers and practitioners of public administration, business and management, international development and political science a comprehensive and state-of-the-art review of current research on development management in the context of developing and transitional countries.
Download or read book Post entry Training in the Local Public Service written by International City Managers' Association and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Developing Public Service Leaders written by Mike Wallace and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2022-10-17 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Developing Public Service Leaders examines why and how governments and representative bodies in public service organizations have mounted major interventions over the last two decades to develop senior staff as leaders. A critical explanation is developed of the foundational contribution made by national leadership development interventions in the 2000s to the emergence, proliferation, and normalization of leadership development provision. Through carrying out qualitative research in England, the authors investigate the national leadership development interventions for school education, healthcare, and higher education. Whilst also looking at the contemporary legacy of these interventions within a global scale, examining the growing international movement and comparing interventions across the world. The book looks at new ways to approach leadership development, adopting a novel perspective on leadership as a metaphorical concept and coining the concept of 'leaderism', and exploring how although senior staff may be widely acculturated as leaders, they may not necessarily be committed to acting as government change agents. Leadership development makes a diffuse contribution towards the ongoing neoliberalization of public services. Developing Public Service Leaders is a comprehensive and essential read for a researcher or policymaker striving for an in-depth understanding of the field and its ramifications.
Download or read book Managing Change and Innovation in Public Service Organizations written by Stephen P. Osborne and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, the first in the Routledge Masters in Public Management series, examines and explains change and innovation in the public sector to provide readers with the skills needed to manage the changes taking place.
