Consultancy in Public Services
Empowerment and Transformation
$116.67
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
24 July 2012
Summary
Based on the authors’ twenty-five year experience of consultancy in the public services, this book develops an empowering approach to thinking about and doing consultancy with public services. It challenges the traditional view that the consultants are brought in as experts and instead examines ways of using consultancy to empower staff, patients, service users and members of the public, so that they can take part in developing, changing, innovating and ultimately transforming these servic…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781847424686 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1847424686 |
| Author: | Robert Adams, Wade Tovey |
| Publisher: | Bristol University Press |
| Imprint: | Policy Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 24 July 2012 |
| Weight: | 386g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 156mm |
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Critics Review
“This invaluable book genuinely breaks new ground in the use of consultancies, showing you how to work positively with staff to develop creative solutions in order to provide effective services.” Brian Littlechild, University of Hertfordshire
About The Author
Robert Adams
Robert Adams, Emeritus Professor, School of Health and Social Care, Teesside University, has carried out consultancies with many public sector organisations. He has researched and written widely on public services including health and social care.
Wade Tovey, Assistant Dean Enterprise and Director of EPICC [Enhancing Practice and Innovation Centre for Care], School of Health and Social Care, Teesside University, has completed a wide variety of consultancy work in public services over the past 20 years.
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