Description
Product ID: | 9781529732665 |
Product Form: | Hardback |
Country of Manufacture: | GB |
Series: | Sage Swifts |
Title: | The Myth of Measurement |
Subtitle: | Inspection, audit, targets and the public sector |
Authors: | Author: Nick Frost |
Page Count: | 128 |
Subjects: | Social work, Social work, Non-profitmaking organizations, Non-profitmaking organizations |
Description: | Select Guide Rating An investigation across the public sector into inspection regimes, audits, and performance targets In the public sector inspection regimes and performance targets provide a powerful and dominant narrative, often placing pressure on professionals and organisations to continuously quantify the quality of services and to achieve targets. This book explores the background, development, techniques and impact of such regimes across areas of the public sector including schools, universities, police forces, children’s services and health services. Putting inspection and audit regimes under scrutiny, the author questions their role and function across these organisations and builds a persuasive critical argument for the re-thinking of public accountability mechanisms and techniques. |
Imprint Name: | Sage Publications Ltd |
Publisher Name: | Sage Publications Ltd |
Country of Publication: | GB |
Publishing Date: | 2021-09-02 |