Organizational Innovation in Public Services

Forms and Governance
2013. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-137-01183-1
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 283 Seiten, Format (B × H): 137 mm x 218 mm, Gewicht: 4581 g

Reihe: Governance and Public Management

In the wake of the economic crisis, many public services are facing a challenging environment in which they receive less funding but are expected to deliver better services. Organisational Innovation in Public Services develops new theoretical models and analyses case studies to provide an important insight into how to modernise public services.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Valkama, P.

Bailey, S.

Anttiroiko, A.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Öffentlicher Dienst, Öffentlicher Sektor
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Forschung & Entwicklung (F&E), Innovation
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Verwaltungswissenschaft, Öffentliche Verwaltung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Tables, Figures and Boxes Notes on Contributors 1. Contexts and Challenges of Organisational Innovation in Public Services 2. Supporting Organisational Innovation in the Public Sector: Creative Councils in England 3. Analysis Organisational Innovation in Public Services: Conceptual and Theoretical Issues 4. Agentifcation Processes and Agency Governance: Organisational Innovation at a Global Scale? 5. Corporatisation as Organisational Innovation 6. Mutulatisation and Public Services 7. Organisational Innovation in Public Procurement in Scotland: The Scottish Futures Trust (SFT) 8. Outsourcing Public Services: Process Innovation in Dutch Municipalities 9. Governance of Public Service Companies: Australian Cases and Examples 10. Governance of Social Enterprises as Producers of Public Services 11. Championing and Governing UK Public Service Mutuals 12. Improving Governance Arrangements for Academic Entrepreneurships 13. Governance and Accountability of Joint Ventures: A Swedish Case Study 14. Contractual Governance: A Social Learning Perspective 15. Lessons for the Governance of Organisational Innovations Index

Über Autor(innen)

Ari-Veikko Anttiroiko, University of Tampere, Finland
Anona Armstrong AM, College of Law and Justice, Victoria University Australia, Australia
Darinka Asenova, Glasgow Caledonian University, UK
Stephen J. Bailey, Glasgow Caledonian University, UK
Alex D. R. Corra, VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Jacobus de Ridder, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
Mel Evans, Middlesex University, London, UK
Giuseppe Grossi, Kristianstad University, Sweden
Paul Rainford, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK
Paul Roberts, Innovation Unit, UK
Anna Thomasson, Lund University, Sweden
Jane Tinkler, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK
Pekka Valkama, University of Tampere, Finland
Koen Verhoest, University of Antwerp, Belgium
Isabel Vidal, University of Barcelona, Spain
Peter Vincent-Jones, University of Sheffield, UK
Matthew S. Wood, Baylor University, USA