Planning and performance in public organizations an empirical analysis

Public Management Review

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 115-132

  Boyne, George ^a   Gould Williams, Julian ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Local government; Performance; Public organizations; Strategic planning; Wales

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242718181     PISSN: 14719037     EISSN: 14719045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/146166702200002889     Document Type: Article

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