TY - BOOK AU - Ferlie,Ewan AU - Ongaro,Edoardo TI - Strategic management in public services organizations: concepts, schools and contemporary issues SN - 9780415855372 (hardback) U1 - R 352.34 FER.S PY - 2015/// CY - New York PB - Routledge KW - Public administration KW - Strategic planning KW - Administrative agencies N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-241) and index; 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 ER -