Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. Ways of Thinking about Public Sector Governance 3. The Experience of Leading Public Sector Organizations in a Performance Management Regime 4. The Emotional Experience of Performance Management in the Health Sector: The Corridor 5. The Experience of Clinical Risk Assessment in the Health Sector 6. The Experience of Power, Blame and Responsibility in the Health Sector 7. The Experience of Strategic Planning and Performance Management in the Education Sector

About the Author

University of Hertfordshire, UK.