Category: Public Service Management
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Understanding how austerity makes public sector organisations collaborate
Although collaboration between public sector organisations is often understood as a response to cross-cutting policy needs that cannot be met individually, collaboration can also reduce costs say Muiris MacCarthaigh, Thomas Elston, and Koen Verhoest.
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A Public Private Partnership Revival?
Gail Sheppard and Matthias Beck ask whether Public Private Partnership (PPP) is once again ‘open for business’ in the UK and Ireland.
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Putting wellbeing at the heart of governance in Northern Ireland
Academics from the School of Law have been working with the Carnegie UK Trust and others from government, industry and wider civic society to propose a new ‘wellbeing framework’ for Northern Ireland, exploring how the concept of wellbeing can be used to promote social change.
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Where now for the Northern Ireland public service?
The Northern Ireland public service has entered a period of contraction and rationalisation that is likely to persist for several years. Dr Muiris MacCarthaigh asks how can Northern Ireland weather the storm and plan for a better future?