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Police management roles as determinants of knowledge sharing attitude in criminal investigations
Emil Berg, Morten; Dean, Geoff; Gottschalk, Petter; … - In: International Journal of Public Sector Management 21 (2008) 3, pp. 271-284
Purpose – The paper aims to argue that leadership by police managers is needed to stimulate and encourage knowledge …. Originality/value – Rather than stressing the importance of leadership in general to stimulate knowledge management, this paper is … original as it applies a set of management roles to empirically study where leadership makes a difference for knowledge sharing …
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Implementing change in a public agency
Stewart, Jenny; O'Donnell, Michael - In: International Journal of Public Sector Management 20 (2007) 3, pp. 239-251
leadership. Practical implications – Successful implementation of change involving new technology requires a balance between “top …‐down” planning and distributed leadership. Adequate attention to organisational learning is also a significant factor. Originality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014798916
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Implementing decentralised reform in local government
Jones, Robert - In: International Journal of Public Sector Management 12 (1999) 1, pp. 63-77
This article presents a longitudinal case study of the methods employed by the general managers of two leading Australian local authorities in an attempt to introduce decentralised reform into their organisations. The article commences by detailing the nature of the respective general...
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Making modernisation work
Maddock, Su - In: International Journal of Public Sector Management 15 (2002) 1, pp. 13-43
also that there is a lack of leadership and “know‐how” in the public sector about how to achieve transformation and that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014798699
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Cross‐sector collaboration: management decision and change model
Erakovich, Rod; Anderson, Trisha - In: International Journal of Public Sector Management 26 (2013) 2, pp. 163-173
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine critically private (for profit), public and not‐for‐profit sector management strategies with a focus to assess and enhance organizational capacity building through cross‐sector collaboration. This topic is considered from both a...
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From public administration to public sector management
Ackroyd, Stephen - In: International Journal of Public Sector Management 8 (1995) 2, pp. 19-32
Offers a general historical analysis of the development of public service provision in Britain. First discusses the slow emergence of industrialism in Britain, then discusses the development of social services in this context. Suggests that there are three significant stages in development:...
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Organizational underpinnings of interactive decision making: an empirical inquiry
Fedele, Paolo; Brusati, Luca; Ianniello, Mario - In: International Journal of Public Sector Management 29 (2016) 4, pp. 310-326
Purpose – Interactive decision making has become a recurrent practice across countries, policy sectors and tiers of government. The purpose of this paper is to analyze how organizational arrangements, i.e. the way the interactive process is designed, influence its outcomes....
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Improving quality of life in a region
Riecken, Glen; Yavas, Ugur - In: International Journal of Public Sector Management 14 (2001) 7, pp. 556-568
Proposes to determine the relative importance of factors on which people rely in choosing a place to live and their assessments of a local area in the Southeastern USA. Presents recommendations to aid local authorities in improving quality of life in the region. Concludes that this should be...
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Public acceptance of different approaches to determine drug reimbursement prices and whether it is influenced by framing
Gandjour, Afschin; Chernyak, Nadja; Icks, Andrea; … - In: International Journal of Public Sector Management 27 (2014) 6, pp. 501-511
Purpose – In Germany, the Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (Institut für Qualität und Wirtschaftlichkeit im Gesundheitswesen (IQWiG)) makes recommendations for reimbursement prices of drugs based on an evaluation of the relationship between incremental costs and effects....
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“How accurately does regeneration target local need?” Targeting deprived communities in the UK
Shiels, Chris; Baker, Deborah; Barrow, Stephen - In: International Journal of Public Sector Management 26 (2013) 3, pp. 203-215
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate to what extent urban regeneration programmes were targeted at the most deprived geographical areas and populations within the boundaries of nine local authorities (LAs) in the North West of England. Design/methodology/approach – For each...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014799915