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The Role of the Information Systems Function and Organizational Need: An Example of Local Authority ″Competitive″ Services
Raymond A. HackneyThe information systems (IS) function dominates the delivery ofinformation technology within UK local authorities. There is increasingevidence that many services will now be…
Quality Progress in UK Social Services Departments: An Exploratory Study
Robert Isgrove, Anoop PatelThe introduction of quality in the public sector has received scantattention, particularly in the area of local authority social servicesdepartments. Examines the state of quality…
Urban Government and Administrative Reform in Post‐Mao China: Issues, Trends and Future Directions
Jack Man Keung LoChina′s market‐oriented reforms have brought about fundamentalchanges not just to its economy, but also to urban governance. Thereforms have significantly changed urban…
Developing Public Managers in the UK
Colin TalbotLooks at how radical some of the “Thatcherite” reformsin public management have been, and explores the structural changes topublic sector organizations. Briefly examines the…
The Prison Service and Executive Agency Status – HM Prisons plc?
John BlackOn 1 April 1993 the Prison Service in mainland Britain acquired anagency status. This is in conjunction with increasing news ofcontracting out of services and outright…
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- Professor Rocco Palumbo