01757nam a2200277 i 4500001000700000003000500007005001700012008004100029020003800070040003000108082002000138100003500158245011000193264003100303264001100334300002700345336002100372337002500393338002300418500001900441520084200460650005301302650005501355650004301410650002601453729026MBIP20260209151252.0260206t20132013enk    e      001 0 eng d  a9780749467777cRM97.90qpaperback  aMBIPbengcMBIPdNMAerda04223a351.41bSTE1 aStevenson, Alexander,eauthor.14aTHE PUBLIC SECTOR :bMANAGING THE UNMANAGEABLE /cALEXANDER STEVENSON ; With a foreword by Lord Mandelson 1aLONDON :bKoganPage,c2013 4c©2013  axi, 200 pages ;c23 cm  2rdacontentatext  2rdamediaaunmediated  2rdacarrieravolume  aIncludes index  a"The Public Sector: Managing the Unmanageable offers practical advice to public sector managers on how to develop techniques to deal with the challenges they face, particularly in the areas of accountability, setting targets, risk management/ encouraging innovation, managing people, decision making and working with politicians. Based on original interviews with politicians and senior public sector managers, including the last four cabinet secretaries, it is full of anecdotes, actionable lessons and insights. Each chapter takes a specific aspect of management and starts by explaining why it is different in the public sector, then sets out ways for public sector managers to handle those differences and ends with an executive summary and a checklist to prompt managers to think about how they might change what they currently do".10aPublic administrationxManagementzGreat Britain20aAdministrative agenciesxManagementzGreat Britain20aGovernment productivityzGreat Britain20aOrganizational change