Principles of Management Efficiency and Effectiveness in the Private and Public Sector /

• Main Authors: Eichhorn, Peter (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Towers, Ian (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: Springer Texts in Business and Economics,
• Subjects: Management.; Organization.; Planning.; Industrial organization.; Industrial Organization.

This textbook presents an overview of how the activities of an organisation can be managed to satisfy the needs of stakeholders through the cost effective, operationally efficient and sustainable transformation of resources into outputs. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, the authors show the rel...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1: Understanding Economic Activity
• Chapter 2: Economies and Needs
• Chapter 3: Individuals and Institutions in the Economy
• Chapter 4: A Principle for Action
• Chapter 5: Goals, Production Factors and Results
• chapter 6:    The Conceptual Basis
• Chapter 7: Calculating Economic Efficiency
• Chapter 8: Economic Efficiency in Practice
• Chapter 9: Managerial Methods.