Public And Private Management

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This paper examines the question of whether public management is more difficult than private management. The paper compares internal and external environments, discusses the purposes of public and private organizations and looks at the issue of accountability. The paper concludes that there is not a large difference between public and private management.

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"A long-standing popular belief holds that there are fundamental differences between public agencies and private agencies or firms. This belief has the further implication that management in public agencies is in some essential ways different from management in private firms. Specifically, the implication is generally that public management is a more difficult task operating under a broader range of internal and external constraints than is private management. Is this time-honored belief accurate or are..."

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