Steering not rowing: Co-ordination and control in the management of public services in Britain and Germany

International Journal of Public Sector Management

Volumn 9, Issue 5-6, 1996, Pages 73-89

  Barlow, John ^a   Röber, Manfred ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b Fachhochschule Verwalt/Rechtspflege   (Germany)

Author keywords

Co ordination; Germany; Management control; Public administration; Public sector; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 7744233590     PISSN: 09513558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513559610146366     Document Type: Article

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