Promoting Productivity in the Public Sector: Problems, Strategies and Prospects

Front Matter....Pages i-x
Introduction: Success, Productivity and the Public Sector....Pages 1-16
Front Matter....Pages 17-17
The Politics of Measuring Public Sector Performance: Productivity and the Public Organization....Pages 19-65
Front Matter....Pages 67-67
Productivity Emphasis in Local Government: An Assessment of the Impact of Selected Policy Environment Factors....Pages 69-83
Assessing the Relationships between Program Design and Productivity: A Framework for Analysis....Pages 85-98
Workfare in New Jersey: A Five-Year Assessment....Pages 99-111
Indirect Provision of Government Services: Contracts and Productivity....Pages 113-124
Front Matter....Pages 125-125
Obstacles to Doing More with Less: Illustrations from the Kansas Experience....Pages 127-139
Why Government Cannot Contain Health Care Costs: An Interpretation of the US Health Care System....Pages 141-159
Front Matter....Pages 161-161
Local Government Productivity: Efficiency and Equity....Pages 163-175
Productivity and Social Goals: A Case Study from Cincinnati, Ohio....Pages 177-188
Front Matter....Pages 189-189
Public Sector Productivity and Role Conflicts....Pages 191-208
Policy Initiatives in Worksite Research: Implications from Research on a Phase Model of Burn-out....Pages 209-227
Front Matter....Pages 229-229
The New Productivity....Pages 231-246
Back Matter....Pages 247-249