Ferlie, Ewan, <br/><br/>
Strategic management in public services organizations :  concepts, schools and contemporary issues / 
Ewan Ferlie and Edoardo Ongaro. 
 - New York:  Routledge/  2015. 
 - 251 pages ; 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-241) and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction : our core argument and overview -- Schools of strategic management and their implications for contemporary public services organizations : Part 1 from structure to culture -- Further proliferation of schools of strategic management : Part II the 1980s onwards -- Strategy as process : a review and prospective agenda -- Strategy making and governance in the third sector -- Framing the context : managing strategically public services organisations in different politico-administrative houses -- Strategy and performance -- Strategic management, the quest for excellence, and the best practices research in public management -- Conclusion : strategic management in the public sector as both science and art and profession. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780415855372 (hardback) 9780415855389 (pbk.) 9780203736432 (ebook) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Public administration.<br/>Strategic planning.<br/>Administrative agencies
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>R 352.34 FER.S