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Public Sector

An industry like no other: The public sector operates differently from the private sector. Is this a good thing or should it change as soon as possible? Covering the spectrum from traditional bureaucracy to new public management, these summaries will help you form your own opinion.

Summaries

9 Article

Have You Been to the Library Lately?

Librarians once worried about shushing patrons. Now they have to deal with mental health episodes, the homelessness crisis, and random violence
Nicholas Hune-Brown
The Walrus, 2023
8 Book

Social Value Investing

A Management Framework for Effective Partnerships
Howard W. Buffett and William Eimicke
Columbia UP, 2018
8 Article

Including Non-Binary People

Guidance for Service Providers and Employers
Vic Valentine
Scottish Trans, 2016
7 Book

The Audit Society

Rituals of Verification
Michael Power
Oxford UP, 1999
9 Article
Neveen Awad et al.
Boston Consulting Group, 2022
7 Book

Driving Excellence

Transform Your Organization's Culture - And Achieve Revolutionary Results
Mark Aesch
Hyperion, 2011
9 Article
François Candelon et al.
Boston Consulting Group, 2022
9 Article
Daniel Acosta et al.
Boston Consulting Group, 2021
8 Book

Extreme Cities

The Peril and Promise of Urban Life in the Age of Climate Change
Ashley Dawson
Verso Books, 2017
8 Article

Machine Bias

There’s software used across the country to predict future criminals. And it’s biased against blacks.
Julia Angwin et al.
ProPublica, 2016
9 Book

More Human

Designing a World Where People Come First
Steve Hilton et al.
Public Affairs, 2016
8 Book
Friedrich A. Hayek
University of Chicago Press, 2011