... in the public sector. This implies that the county government should invest in management development programs and leadership development workshops. The investment can equip leaders to effectively implement and foster a supportive work environment, driving ES. Originality/value The study introduces a more...

... of public sector services. This systematic review summarizes the existing knowledge in the field of management development in the public sector to investigate the main justifications for its implementation and identify factors that contribute to or hinder its effectiveness in the public sector. Design...

... Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Competency Superior performance Public sector Competency model Human resource management Employee competence is a critical component of an organisation's effort to successfully achieve its desired goals. As a consequence, today's...

... This study identifies the competencies necessary for effective middle managers within the public sector context. Conducting behavioral event interviews with two distinct groups provides empirically unique behavioral evidence of competencies that characterize effective public middle managers and enables...

...Saša Baškarada; Brian Hanlon Purpose Although corporate portfolio management (CPM) has been a popular tool for strategic management of multi-business portfolios in the private sector since the late 1960s, it has received limited attention in the public sector. Accordingly, empirical research...

...Farhad Analoui Despite the considerable attention given to managers and their effectiveness in the last few decades, a great deal of confusion and concern still surrounds the subject. Recently, attention has been drawn to the importance of the role of the public sector to the realisation...

... of women under 45 with children were job‐sharing or working reduced hours. © MCB UP Limited 1999 Career development Management Public sector Women The under‐representation of women in management is stubborn: despite women entering the workforce in ever greater numbers, providing...

... study which has been carried out in the Romanian public sector. Finds that senior managers are aware of the needs for their own and others’ effectiveness and desire for development, and that the presence of certain conditions, some specific to Eastern European countries, tend to act as inhibiting...

... Civil Service Competences Management Public sector Australia has been engaged in a comprehensive process of federal civil service reform for more than 20 years[ 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 ]. It began in the 1970s, when the long undisturbed Australian Public Service (APS) was confronted...

... sector investment in the country. Official grants, which currently average about $2.5 billion annually, are expected to fall by over 50 per cent by the year 2000. Aside from the Government proper and public utilities, the public sector has a total of 399 SOEs operating in virtually all areas...

... to a newly created directorate, was quick to introduce changes and keen to respond to new demands and directions, and had a reputation as a doer and a politician rather than a thinker. © MCB UP Limited 1996 Customers Internal markets Managers Public sector Service Suppliers...

.... They are in the business, not of developing niche markets, but of meeting, as far as they can, the whole variety of needs in selected but vital aspects of human existence. © MCB UP Limited 1996 Decentralization Local government Public sector Quality Service United Kingdom Local government...

... support services. © MCB UP Limited 1996 Decentralization Local government Public sector Quality Service United Kingdom This article draws on project work with a major international private sector firm during 1993 and on work over the last five years with a range of public...

... the common language of public sector reform across six European countries ‐ Denmark, France, (West) Germany, Norway, Sweden and the UK ‐ is reflected in common responses in human resource management. We include comparisons with private sector patterns of human resource management as a reference point...

...B.K. Bakhshi Focuses on India as an example of Asia in general to emphasise the importance of the public sector in establishing the infrastructure necessary to develop the Third World. Argues that the Third World cannot follow Western or other models to solve its problems. Due to the unique...

...′s officials responsible for such support looks into issues which need to be taken into account when an international agency tries to provide support to improving public sector management. It considers the problems of institutional training and on‐the‐job training of managers, and proposes...

...Thord Palmlund The UNDP governing council established the Management Development Programme (MDP) in 1988 with a facility of $60 million. The objective of the MDP is to assist developing countries in improving their public sectors by enhancing their governments′ management capabilities...

... Approaches", Academy of Management Review, Vol. 4, 1979, pp. 531-42. The Case Group 63 Canada Case studies Management development Public sector © MCB UP Limited 1991 ...