edited by Mike Wallace, Michael Fertig, Eugene Schneller.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Malden, MA :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Blackwell Pub.,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2007.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
vi, 238 pages ;
Dimensions
26 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Coping with complex and programmatic public service change / Mike Wallace -- Applying complexity theory to public service change : creating chaos out of order? / Mike Wallace and Michael Fertig -- The emergence of new organizational forms : networks of integrated services in health care / Lise Lamothe and Jean-Louis Denis -- An ironic perspective on public service change / Mike Wallace and Eric Hoyle -- Managing complex change : bringing meso-politics back in / Karen Seashore Louis -- The challenges of governance, leadership and accountability in the public services / Paul Thomas -- Inevitable tensions in managing large-scale public service reform / Ben Levin -- Unsystematic responses to a chaotic service environment : shaping the division of labour in patient care / Eugene Schneller and Mike Wallace -- How is knowledge transferred between organizations involved in change? / Jean Hartley and Lyndsay Rashman -- Learning to navigate the noise of change : lessons from complex health system contexts / Ann Casebeer -- Orchestration, coherence and the problem of conflicting accountabilities / William Firestone and Dorothy Shipps -- Prospects for understanding and improving complex public service change / Mike Wallace.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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"This book explores the management of change to improve public service effectiveness. It breaks new ground in addressing why public service change is becoming increasingly complex to manage, how people cope with this new complexity, what implications arise for improving policy and practice, and which avenues for further research and theory-building look particularly promising."--Jacket.