Management in Public and Private Sector
Why have government attempts to introduce competition in public services been controversial, and to what
extent can they be said to have been successful?. Illustrate with particular reference to a public
service of your choice.
Core Text: Flynn, N (2012, 6th edition) (the 5th Edition, 2007, is also very useful) Public Sector
Management, London: Sage
Hughes OE, (2012, 4th ed), Public Management and Administration: An Introduction, Basingstoke: Palgrave
Macmillan (Note: earlier Editions of this book is also useful for topics in the early part of the
module).
Bovaird, T and Loffler, E (2009, 2nd Ed) Public Management and Governance, London: Routledge
Ferlie E, Lynn L, Pollitt C (eds) (2005) The Oxford Handbook of Public Management, Oxford: Oxford
University Press
Smith, MJ and Richards, D (2002) Governance and Public Policy in the UK (Oxford: Oxford University
Press)- Chapters 4, 5, 6, 7
Barr, N (2012) (5th Ed) The Economics of the Welfare State (Oxford: Oxford University Press)- Ch. 2 and
Ch. 3.4- 3.7.
Hood, C (1991) ‘A Public Management for all seasons?’ Public Administration69 1991: 3-19
Levy, R (2010) New Public Management end of an Era?Public Policy and AdministrationVol. 25 no. 2 234-240
McKinsey- Centre for Government- especially for ‘Government Designed for New Times’
www.mckinsey.com/client_service/public_sector/mckinsey_center_for_government
Osborne, S (2002) ‘From Public Administration to Public Governance: Public Management and Public
Services in the Twenty-First Century’ in McLaughlin, K, Osborne, SP and Ferlie, E (Eds) The New Public
Management: Current Trends and Future Prospects (London: Routledge)
2020 Public Services Trust (2010)A Brief History of Public Services Reform; also Drivers for Change
available on-line from their web-sitehttp://www.2020publicservicestrust.org/page.asp-p=3131.html
Kings Fund- Time to think differently – a very useful resource to be found at
http://www.kingsfund.org.uk/time-to-think-differently – see especially Future Trendsand the Future
Trends Timeline; also the Time for Change slidepackat http://www.kingsfund.org.uk/time-to-think-
differently/audio-video/case-change-slide-pack
For International perspectives
Hughes-Ch.14
OECD- on the OECD website there are a number of useful resources including country- by country profiles
of spending on public services and related data- see
http://www.oecd.org/gov/governmentataglance2011.htm
Public Services International Research Unit at http://www.psiru.org/about-us
World Bank- a variety of sources – International perspectives- on
http://blogs.worldbank.org/governance/category/tags/public-sector-management; in particular
http://blogs.worldbank.org/governance/30-years-of-public-management-reforms-has-there-been-a-pattern
Hodge, G, Greve, C and Boardman AE (2010) International Handbook on public-private
partnershipsCheltenham: Edward Elgar (this is available also as an e-book via the library).
Miles, E and Trott, W (2011) Collaborative Working -Available from the Institute for Government web-site
at http://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/