{"product_id":"the-public-sector-managing-the-unmanageable-9780749467777","title":"The Public Sector: Managing the Unmanageable","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Public Sector: Managing the Unmanageable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e offers practical advice to public sector managers on how to develop techniques to deal with the challenges they face, particularly in the areas of accountability, setting targets, risk management\/encouraging innovation, managing people, decision making and working with politicians. Based on original interviews with politicians and senior public sector managers, including the last four cabinet secretaries, it is full of anecdotes, actionable lessons and insights. Each chapter takes a specific aspect of management and starts by explaining why it is different in the public sector, then sets out ways for public sector managers to handle those differences and ends with an executive summary and a checklist to prompt managers to think about how they might change what they currently do. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book has a foreword by Peter Mandelson and insights based on interviews with more than sixty successful public sector managers including: Michael Bloomberg, Brendan Barber, Sir Michael Barber, Lord (Michael) Bichard, Lord (John) Browne, Lord (Robin) Butler, Helen Carter, Sir Merrick Cockell, Charles Clarke, Lord (Geoffrey) Dear, Brian Dinsdale, Charles Farr, Lord (Charles) Guthrie, Lord (Chris) Haskins, Lord (Michael) Heseltine, Ken Livingstone, Paul Martin, Lord (John) Monks, Lord (Gus) O'Donnell, Sir Robert Naylor, Jan Parkinson, Sir Hayden Phillips, Jonathan Powell, Heather Rabbatts, John Ransford, Gill Rider, Paul Roberts, Sir Peter Rogers, Stephen Taylor, Lord (Andrew) Turnball, Sir Robin Wales, Nick Walkley, Ian Watmore and Lord (Richard) Wilson.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alexander Stevenson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Kogan Page\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/30\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.68lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.46d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780749467777\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlexander Stevenson\u003c\/b\u003e worked for the \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e and was a key member of the team which launched FT.com. He then set up a public sector consulting company and has advised over 150 public sector organizations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kogan Page","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40120028266611,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":29.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_dfc594ab-a052-4d77-a73a-2de136bb3ed7.jpg?v=1653662786","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/the-public-sector-managing-the-unmanageable-9780749467777","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}