Holistic public agency in complex environments /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Pečarič, Mirko (Author)
Corporate Author:	IGI Global Online
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Hershey, PA : IGI Global, Information Science Reference, an imprint of IGI Global, [2024]
Series:	Advances in public policy and administration (APPA) book series.
Subjects:	Administrative agencies > Management. Public welfare administration. Administration publique > Gestion. Aide sociale > Administration. Administrative agencies > Management Public welfare administration Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Public agencies : dynamic institutions with social meanings
Predispositions on the current state of affairs
Time and context
The importance of culture and values in public reforms
A brief history of public agencies
"Potemkin" reason for efficiency
Dimensions of public agencies
Agencies' tasks
Performance management
New institutionalism
Systems theory and agencies
Strategies and scenario planning
Collective wisdom : agencies' preconditions and the shift from experts to the people and databases
Towards holistic agency
Base-rate questions for present agencies.