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100 1 _aVan der Waldt, Gerrit,
_d1965-
_9117837
245 1 0 _aManaging for excellence in the public sector /
_cGerrit van der Waldt.
250 _aFourth edition.
264 1 _aCape Town :
_bJuta & Company, Limited,
_c2023.
300 _axv, 477 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c24 cm
336 _atext
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337 _aunmediated
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_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
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_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aIntroduction to public management -- Management ethics, approaches and principles -- Public management context and functional environment -- South African government system and public managers -- Public management functions -- Public management skills -- Managing specialised applications in government -- Management tools, supportive technology and management techniques -- Public management issues, challenges and remedies.
520 _a"The South African Government requires a more holistic and integrated approach to management to address the pressing shortage of competent and capable public managers. By pursuing an objective- or criterion-oriented approach designed for mastery learning, this fourth edition makes provision for the latest governance trends and managerial developments by incorporating these in the scholarly frame of Public Management and Administration. As such, both a theoretical (i.e. academic) and practical basis are pursued for building the knowledge and competencies of current and prospective public managers. Especially the practical examples as well as self-evaluation exercises and questions make a significant contribution in this regard. Examples used are also updated to be more relevant to the current trends and developments in the public sector. Emphasis is placed on the managerial dimensions associated with these paradigms and as such the scope is rather limited and narrow. In other words, the focus falls on the knowledge, skills, competencies and capacities of an individual public sector manager and not necessarily on a broader analysis of governance. In this sense, this publication does not conform to the more traditional or conventional content associated with general Public Administration and Management or Public Governance study texts.Learners should have easy access to such sources. The lists of supplementary literature at the end of each chapter were compiled with these purposes in mind." --
_cPublisher's description
650 0 _aPublic administration
_xStudy and teaching
_zSouth Africa.
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651 0 _aSouth Africa
_xPolitics and government.
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_cBOOK
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_xLettie Matukane
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_zLettie Matukane
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