Professionals and the new managerialism in the public sector / edited by Mark Exworthy and Susan Halford.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Exworthy, Mark, 1966-

Halford, Susan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Organizational change--Great Britain.

Organizational change.

Professional employees in government.

Government productivity.

Great Britain.

Government productivity--Great Britain.

Administrative agencies--Great Britain--Management.

Administrative agencies.

Management.

Professional employees in government--Great Britain.

Physical Description:

viii, 158 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Buckingham [England] ; Philadelphia, PA, USA : Open University Press, 1999.

Contents:

1 Professionals and managers in a changing public sector: conflict, compromise and collaboration? / Mark Exworthy, Susan Halford 1

2 Managerialism, professionalism and quasi-markets / Rob Flynn 18

3 Social work: regulation and managerialism / Chris Jones 37

4 Clinical autonomy and health policy: past and futures / Stephen Harrison 50

5 Markets and management: the case of primary schools / Ian Menter, Yolande Muschamp 65

6 Professionals as managers across the public sector / Gordon Causer, Mark Exworthy 83

7 New identities? Professionalism, managerialism and the construction of self / Susan Halford, Pauline Leonard 102.

Notes:

"The idea for this book originated from a seminar series funded by the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Southampton ... this support ... enabled the contributors to present earlier versions of their papers at a one day conference"--Acknowl.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [140]-153) and index.

ISBN:

0335198201

0335198198

OCLC:

38535960