Rethinking Public Service Delivery. (2012)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Names: Alford, John
• Contents: Mapping the changing shape of public service delivery -- Benefits and costs: what government organizations seek from external providers -- Motivations and mechanisms: what external providers seek from government organizations -- Outsourcing and contracting to other organizations -- Partnering and collaboration with other organizations -- Calling on volunteers -- Regulatees as contributors to social outcomes -- Clients as co-producers -- Managing in multi-party networks of providers -- A contingency framework for decisions about externalization -- Organizational capabilities for managing external provision.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2012
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 351; Public Affairs & Administration; Public administration; Human services -- Management; Human services -- Contracting out; Public welfare administration; Public-private sector cooperation; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- General; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Affairs & Administration; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- Executive Branch; Human services -- Contracting out; Human services -- Management; Public administration; Public-private sector cooperation; Public welfare administration; Government/Executive Branch; Business strategy; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1137007249; 9781137007247
• Related ISBNs: 9780230237957; 0230237959; 9780230237940; 0230237940
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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