Professionals under Pressure: The Reconfiguration of Professional Work in Changing Public Services (Care & Welfare) - Softcover

 
9789089645098: Professionals under Pressure: The Reconfiguration of Professional Work in Changing Public Services (Care & Welfare)

Inhaltsangabe

Over the past decades, professional public services have been burdened with demands for accountability and with businesslike managerial systems that are endemic to the private sector. In this volume, a team of international experts shows that these influences are relative. They present theoretical and empirical insights on broader changes in and around professional work in healthcare, social welfare, education, and policing. They also analyze coping mechanisms of professionals, which vary from sector to sector and they argue that public professionals will need to develop new skills for working in reconfigured public services.  

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Mirko Noordegraaf is professor of public management at Utrecht University. Bram Steijn is professor HRM in the public sector at Erasmus University Rotterdam. 


Mirko Noordegraaf is professor of Public Management, Utrecht University, The Netherlands. Bram Steijn is professor HRM in the public sector at the Erasmus University Rotterdam.

Mirko Noordegraaf is professor of Public Management, Utrecht University, The Netherlands.Bram Steijn is professor HRM in the public sector at the Erasmus University Rotterdam.

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Volgens velen liggen publieke professionals als politieagenten, rechters, artsen, verpleegkundigen en leraren onder vuur. De opkomst van het zogenoemde bedrijfsmanagement of 'managerialism' wordt hiervoor als hoofdoorzaak aangewezen. Professionals worden aangestuurd door zakelijke managers, ze worden beoordeeld aan de hand van prestatiesystemen die

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Over the past decade, public services have come under increasing pressure to perform like private-sector organisations. This study demonstrates that professionals have much leeway in coping with changes caused by IT developments, distributed knowledge and more demanding public which have all created new pressures on public services. The authors conclude that rather than demanding more autonomy and space, public service professionals need renewed and workable professional standards.

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