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Promoting Productivity in the Public Sector

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  • © 1988

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Editors:
  1. Rita Mae Kelly

    1. School of Public Affairs, Arizona State University, Tempe, USA

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Part of the book series: Policy Studies Organization Series (PSOS)

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction: Success, Productivity and the Public Sector

    1. Introduction: Success, Productivity and the Public Sector

      • Rita Mae Kelly
      Pages 1-16

  3. Efficiency, Performance and Organizational Structures

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17
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    2. The Politics of Measuring Public Sector Performance: Productivity and the Public Organization

      • Thomas C. Dalton, Linda C. Dalton
      Pages 19-65

  4. Policy Environmental Factors, Program Design,and Productivity

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 67-67
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    2. Productivity Emphasis in Local Government: An Assessment of the Impact of Selected Policy Environment Factors

      • David N. Ammons, David J. Molta
      Pages 69-83

    3. Assessing the Relationships between Program Design and Productivity: A Framework for Analysis

      • Patricia W. Ingraham, Stephen H. Anderson
      Pages 85-98

    4. Workfare in New Jersey: A Five-Year Assessment

      • Valerie Englander, Fred Englander
      Pages 99-111

    5. Indirect Provision of Government Services: Contracts and Productivity

      • James Latimore
      Pages 113-124

  5. Cost Containment Strategies and Productivity

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 125-125
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    2. Obstacles to Doing More with Less: Illustrations from the Kansas Experience

      • Kim S. Hunt
      Pages 127-139

    3. Why Government Cannot Contain Health Care Costs: An Interpretation of the US Health Care System

      • William P. Brandon
      Pages 141-159

  6. Value Trade-Offs and Productivity

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 161-161
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    2. Local Government Productivity: Efficiency and Equity

      • Jeffrey L. Brudney, David R. Morgan
      Pages 163-175

    3. Productivity and Social Goals: A Case Study from Cincinnati, Ohio

      • Douglas H. Shumavon
      Pages 177-188

  7. Human Resources and Productivity

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 189-189
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    2. Public Sector Productivity and Role Conflicts

      • Dorothy I. Riddle
      Pages 191-208

    3. Policy Initiatives in Worksite Research: Implications from Research on a Phase Model of Burn-out

      • Robert T. Golembiewski
      Pages 209-227

  8. Conclusions about Promoting Productivity In the Public Sector

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 229-229
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    2. The New Productivity

      • Stuart S. Nagel
      Pages 231-246
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    Rita Mae Kelly

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