Constructing the Craft of Public Administration

Christine Shearer is currently an Executive Director for the Public Multinational Business Client Experience, within the Australian Tax Office, and she holds a Ph.D. in Management from the University of Technology, Sydney, Australia. She is a professional in the field of organisation development with over twenty years' experience working with large and complex organisations, corporations, and statutory government bodies in public and private sectors. 

Part I Introduction.- Chapter 1 Public Administration and the Reform Agenda.- Chapter 2 Contemporary Management Ideas and Public Sector Reforms across Westminster Polities.- Part II The Macro Level -Policy Contexts and Environments.- Chapter 3 The Environments in which Departmental Secretaries Construct the Craft of Public Administration.- Chapter 4 The Impact of Contemporary Management Ideas: Their Influence on Public Administration.- Part III Exploring the Everyday Work Life of the Most Senior Public Servants.- Chapter 5 Departmental Secretaries: The Public Actors who Construct the Craft of Public Administration.- Chapter 6 Roles, Responsibilities and Boundary Riding.- Part IV Discussion, Implications and Conclusions.- Chapter 7 Discussion, Conceptual Model, Contributions and Implications.- Chapter 8 Conclusions.