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Description - Leadership and Strategic Management for the Public Services by Paul Joyce

Providing a sound framework based on academic research, the book will be concerned with the needs of readers on management courses in universities and the needs of readers who are interested in the application of strategic planning and management as part of this worldwide trend to reforming public services. The book looks at experiences of public services not only in the UK but in public services from a range of countries (notably the US, New Zealand, Canada, and Ireland). The book looks at the subject of leadership through strategic planning and management in public services.It will address the following key questions: Are there different types of strategic planning and management in the public sector? Which types works best? How do circumstances affect the nature and consequences of strategic planning and management? What lessons can we learn from the pioneers of strategic planning and management in the public sector? What are the lessons from US, New Zealand, Canada, Ireland and elsewhere? Specifically, what are the lessons of using strategic planning and management to produce better results for government?Where might strategic planning and management in the public sector go in the future?

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