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The Public Sector
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The Public Sector

Managing the Unmanageable

Alexander Stevenson
Kogan Page, 2013

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8

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Recommendation

It is a truth universally acknowledged that – to borrow a phrase from Jane Austen – the public sector produces little besides bureaucracy and bad management. Management consultant Alexander Stevenson argues otherwise. He provides worthwhile lessons about how to manage well in government and how managers in private businesses and corporations could benefit from the public sector’s example. His insights may cause you to look at the civil service in a whole new light. Stevenson writes from a British point of view, and many of his examples are based in London, but readers everywhere will glean useful tips. getAbstract recommends his surprisingly breezy advice to leaders in either sector.

Take-Aways

  • In the public sector, it’s hard to know if you’re managing well.
  • Measuring performance accurately is difficult.
  • Public sector managers must answer to the public and the press in ways that private-sector managers do not.

About the Author

Management consultant Alexander Stevenson specializes in the public sector and was affiliated with the Financial Times group.

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