Strategic management in public services organizations concepts schools and contemporary issues

Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-241) and index.

Introduction : our core argument and overview -- Schools of strategic management and their implications for contemporary public services organizations : Part 1 from structure to culture -- Further proliferation of schools of strategic management : Part II the 1980s onwards -- Strategy as process : a review and prospective agenda -- Strategy making and governance in the third sector -- Framing the context : managing strategically public services organisations in different politico-administrative houses -- Strategy and performance -- Strategic management, the quest for excellence, and the best practices research in public management -- Conclusion : strategic management in the public sector as both science and art and profession.