Building service-oriented government : lessons, challenges and prospects / editor, Wu Wei.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wei, Wu.

Series:

NCPA research series.

NCPA research series, 2315-4896 ; 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public opinion--China.

Public opinion.

China--Politics and government--2002---Forecasting.

China.

China--Politics and government--2002---Public opinion.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (189 p.)

Place of Publication:

Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ : World Scientific, c2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Providing quality public service is one of the essential functions of a government. In the turbulent time, however, governments worldwide are experiencing a variety of unprecedented challenges to meet citizens' increasing demands and expectations. In China, building a service-oriented government and a harmonious society is central to the 12th Five-Year Plan and challenges the governance philosophies, capacities and competencies of Chinese government at every level. Researchers of Nanyang Centre for Public Administration (NCPA) at Nanyang Technological University systematically examined the con

Contents:

Preface; Contents; Chapter 1. Evaluating Public Service Performance in Urban China: Findings From the 2011 Lien Chinese Cities Service-Oriented Government Project WU Wei, YU Wenxuan, LIN Tingjin, WANG Jun and TAM Waikeung; 1.1. Public Service, Service-Oriented Government and Evaluation; 1.2. 2011 Lien Chinese Cities Service-Oriented Government Index; 1.3. 2011 Lien Survey of Service-Oriented Government in Chinese Cities; 1.3.1. Telephone survey of urban citizens; 1.3.2. Telephone survey of businesses; 1.4. Findings of the 2011 Lien Survey of Service-Oriented Government in Chinese Cities

1.4.1. The citizen perspective1.4.2. The business perspective; 1.4.3. General public service; 1.4.4. Overall ranking of service-oriented government; 1.5. Conclusion; References; Chapter 2. Public Ethical Values and Service-Oriented Government Kuotsai Tom LIOU; 2.1. Ethical Values in Public Service; 2.2. Challenging Issues in Service-Oriented Government; 2.2.1. Equity issues in policy option; 2.2.2. Accountability concerns in service delivery; 2.2.3. Transparency emphasis in service attitude; 2.3. Conclusion; References

Chapter 3. The Role of Emotional Labor in Public Service Meredith A NEWMAN3.1. What Emotional Labor Is and Is Not; 3.1.1. It is not emotional intelligence; 3.1.2. It is not public service motivation; 3.1.3. It is not leadership; 3.2. Emotional Labor: What It Is; 3.3. The Relationship Between Emotional Labor and Burnout; 3.3.1. First dimension: Emotional exhaustion; 3.3.2. Second dimension: Cynicism; 3.3.3. Third dimension: Ineffectiveness; 3.4. Implications for Practice; 3.4.1. Critical incident debriefings; 3.4.2. Self-care plans; 3.4.3. Redesign of jobs; 3.4.4. "Time-outs"; 3.5. Conclusion

ReferencesChapter 4. Irrationality, Bricolage, Quality and Performance Measurement: Unpacking the Conundrum in a Comparative East-West Context Paul HIGGINS; 4.1. Introduction; 4.2. The Engineer and Bricoleur in Instrumental Performance Management; 4.3. Higher Order Bricolage; 4.4. Data and Activity Manipulation; 4.5. Rationality: Bricolage Nexus; 4.6. Conclusion; References; Chapter 5. Social Accountability for Public Service in Higher Education: A Text Analysis of Chinese Research Universities' Undergraduate Teaching- Learning Quality Annual Reports TIAN Linghui and XIONG Qingnian

5.1. Introduction5.2. Analysis; 5.3. Conclusion; 5.3.1. University, government and the public: Who is the quality for? Who to report to?; (1) Government-oriented quality; (2) Who was being ignored?; 5.3.2. Transparency; 5.3.3. Depth of involvement and inclusiveness of participation; 5.4. Discussion; References; Chapter 6. Integrated Development of Metropolitan Governance and Public Service: A Case Study of the Pearl River Delta Region YE Lin; 6.1. Introduction: Urbanization in China - A Call for Change; 6.2. Metropolitan Development and Public Service Delivery

6.3. A Case Study of Public Transportation Development in the Pearl River Delta

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

981-4434-54-X

1-299-13323-1

OCLC:

828792774