£145.94

Routledge Public Management and Complexity Theory: Richer Decision-Making in Public Services: 6 (Routledge Critical Studies in Public Management)

Illustrated

Price data last checked 135 day(s) ago - refreshing...

View at Amazon

We'll watch every seller, every day. One email when your price arrives.

This is the most expensive it has ever been. Walk away.

£146 today · previous high £146 · all-time low £127

NEW HERE?

Amazon shows you one price. We show you all of them.

Tosheroon watches Amazon prices so you don't have to. Every product on Amazon has a price history — we make it visible. Set the price you'd actually pay, and we'll email you the second it gets there. No app, no account, one email.

WHAT'S ON THIS PAGE

↓ Price chart
when this has been cheap or pricey
↓ Forecast
where the price is heading next
↓ Statistics
all-time high & low, recent range
↑ Price alert
name your number, we'll email you

Price History & Forecast

Grey patches = out of stock. Cheaper = lower on the chart. Hover for exact prices.

Last 596 days • 596 data points (No recent data available)

Historical
Generating forecast...
£145.94 £125.13 £129.67 £134.21 £138.75 £143.29 £147.83 09 June 2024 04 November 2024 02 April 2025 29 August 2025 25 January 2026

Price Distribution

Price distribution over 596 days • 4 price levels

Days at Price
Current Price
16 days 286 days 293 days 1 day · current 0 73 147 220 293 £127 £133 £137 £146 Days at Price

Price Analysis

Most common price: £137 (293 days, 49.2%)

Price range: £127 - £146

Price levels: 4 different prices over 596 days

Description

That public services exhibit unpredictability, novelty and, on occasion, chaos, is an observation with which even a casual observer would agree. Existing theoretical frameworks in public management fail to address these features, relying more heavily on attempts to eliminate unpredictability through increased reliance on measurable performance objectives, improved financial and human resource management techniques, decentralisation of authority and accountability and resolving principal-agent behaviour pathologies. Essentially, these are all attempts to improve the ‘steering’ capacity of public sector managers and policy makers.By adopting a Complex Adaptive Systems (CAS) approach to public services, this book shifts the focus from developing steering techniques to identifying patterns of behaviour of the participants with the ultimate objective of increasing policy-makers’ and practitioners’ understanding of the factors that may enable more effective public service decision-making and provision. The authors apply a CAS framework to a series of case studies in public sector management to generate new insights into the issues, processes and participants in public service domains. Review 'In sum, the book is useful in teaching students about how to view real world problems with a CAS framework and shows that traditional bureaucratic approaches to accountability may frustrate flexible management of the CAS dynamics.'- Sungho Lee, Samsung Economic Research Institute"This is an interesting and brave attempt to apply complexity theory to the nitty-gritty and messy world of public services" - Graham Room, University of Bath, Social Policy and Administration, Vol. 48, No.5, October 2014. About the Author Mary Lee Rhodes is Lecturer in Service Delivery & Systems at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.Joanne Murphy is Research Fellow in Governance, Public Policy and Social Research at Queen's University Belfast, UK.Jenny Muir is Lecturer in Spatial & Environmental Planning at Queen's University Belfast, UK.John A. Murray is Professor of Business Studies at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.

Product Specifications

Format
hardcover
Domain
Amazon UK
Release Date
17 October 2010
Listed Since
21 March 2008

Barcode

No barcode data available

Similar Products You Might Like

Public Management and Complexity Theory: Richer Decision-Making in Public Services (Routledge Critical Studies in Public Management)
96% match

Public Management and Complexity Theory: Richer Decision-Making in Public Services (Routledge Critical Studies in Public Management)

Routledge

£37.00 07 Mar 2026
Managing Complexity in the Public Services
96% match

Managing Complexity in the Public Services

Routledge

£120.00 12 Dec 2025
Complexity, Institutions and Public Policy: Agile Decision-Making in a Turbulent World
96% match

Complexity, Institutions and Public Policy: Agile Decision-Making in a Turbulent World

Edward Elgar Publishing

£41.99 12 Mar 2026
Public Administration in Theory and Practice
96% match

Public Administration in Theory and Practice

Routledge

£66.51 08 Mar 2026
The Routledge Handbook of Global Public Policy and Administration (Routledge International Handbooks)
96% match

The Routledge Handbook of Global Public Policy and Administration (Routledge International Handbooks)

Routledge

£213.98 05 Apr 2026
Complex Systems and Evolutionary Perspectives on Organisations: The Application of Complexity Theory to Organisations: 4 (Advanced Series in Management, 4)
96% match

Complex Systems and Evolutionary Perspectives on Organisations: The Application of Complexity Theory to Organisations: 4 (Advanced Series in Management, 4)

Pergamon Press

£99.17 30 Jan 2026
From Machinery to Mobility: Government and Democracy in a Participative Age: 2 (Public Administration and Information Technology, 2)
96% match

From Machinery to Mobility: Government and Democracy in a Participative Age: 2 (Public Administration and Information Technology, 2)

Springer

£75.68 08 Mar 2026
Handbook on Complexity and Public Policy (Handbooks of Research on Public Policy series)
96% match

Handbook on Complexity and Public Policy (Handbooks of Research on Public Policy series)

Edward Elgar Publishing

£100.00 02 Mar 2026
Routledge - Organization Theory and the Public Sector Book
96% match

Routledge - Organization Theory and the Public Sector Book

Routledge

£136.45 19 Apr 2026
Strategic Leadership in the Public Sector (Routledge Masters in Public Management)
96% match

Strategic Leadership in the Public Sector (Routledge Masters in Public Management)

Routledge

£170.20 10 Feb 2026
Governance Structures and Mechanisms in Public Service Organizations: Theories, Evidence and Future Directions (Contributions to Management Science)
96% match

Governance Structures and Mechanisms in Public Service Organizations: Theories, Evidence and Future Directions (Contributions to Management Science)

Physica

£73.91 08 Mar 2026
Worldly Leadership: Alternative Wisdoms for a Complex World
96% match

Worldly Leadership: Alternative Wisdoms for a Complex World

MACMILLAN

£72.98 12 Mar 2026
What Government Does: How Political Executives Manage Different Agencies
96% match

What Government Does: How Political Executives Manage Different Agencies

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

£71.74 28 Feb 2026
Adaptive Administration: Practice Strategies for Dealing with Constant Change in Public Administration and Policy (ASPA Series in Public Administration and Public Policy)
96% match

Adaptive Administration: Practice Strategies for Dealing with Constant Change in Public Administration and Policy (ASPA Series in Public Administration and Public Policy)

Routledge

£77.63 12 Apr 2026
Semiotic Analysis and Public Policy: Connecting Theory and Practice (Routledge Studies in Governance and Public Policy)
96% match

Semiotic Analysis and Public Policy: Connecting Theory and Practice (Routledge Studies in Governance and Public Policy)

Routledge

£133.40 10 Feb 2026
Chaos, Complexity and Leadership 2018: Explorations of Chaotic and Complexity Theory (Springer Proceedings in Complexity)
96% match

Chaos, Complexity and Leadership 2018: Explorations of Chaotic and Complexity Theory (Springer Proceedings in Complexity)

£143.97 12 Jan 2026
Die Polizei des Bundes in der rechtsstaatlichen pluralistischen Demokratie
96% match

Die Polizei des Bundes in der rechtsstaatlichen pluralistischen Demokratie

VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften

£47.91 07 Mar 2026
Performance-Based Budgeting in the Public Sector (Governance and Public Management)
96% match

Performance-Based Budgeting in the Public Sector (Governance and Public Management)

MACMILLAN

£92.42 19 Apr 2026
Systemic Work with Organizations: A New Model for Managers and Change Agents (The Systemic Thinking and Practice Series: Work with Organizations)
96% match

Systemic Work with Organizations: A New Model for Managers and Change Agents (The Systemic Thinking and Practice Series: Work with Organizations)

Routledge

£133.40 12 Apr 2026
Women in Governing Institutions in South Asia: Parliament, Civil Service and Local Government
96% match

Women in Governing Institutions in South Asia: Parliament, Civil Service and Local Government

MACMILLAN

£84.79 10 Feb 2026
Civil Service Management and Administrative Systems in South Asia
96% match

Civil Service Management and Administrative Systems in South Asia

MACMILLAN

£84.79 23 Feb 2026
Logics of Legitimacy: Three Traditions of Public Administration Praxis: 167 (Public Administration and Public Policy)
96% match

Logics of Legitimacy: Three Traditions of Public Administration Praxis: 167 (Public Administration and Public Policy)

Routledge

£76.89 21 Feb 2026
Local Government Management: Current Issues and Best Practices (ASPA Classics (Paperback))
96% match

Local Government Management: Current Issues and Best Practices (ASPA Classics (Paperback))

Routledge

£105.00 29 Mar 2026