The highly-anticipated sixth edition of Norman Flynn's Public Sector Management continues to provide students with an insightful, jargon-free description, analysis and critique of the management of the public sector by the UK government. New to the sixth edition: - Fully updated against the backdrop of the coalition government and the impact of the financial crisis on public spending. - Strengthens the coverage of key areas of management including Partnership Working, ICTs and HRM. - Expanded learning features including: mini-case studies with accompanying questions, additional boxed examples, annotated suggestions for further reading and references to journal articles. - New companion website with free access to full-text journal articles, policy documents, links to useful websites, and relevant multimedia and social media resources, as well as additional case studies and discussion questions. www.sagepub.co.uk/flynn Public Sector Management will prove invaluable reading for students studying public sector management as part of a business, management, social policy, politics or sociology degree.