The hope is that government agencies will help build a stronger economy by creating social policies that support families and communities to enable better methods for dealing with difficulties and problems that arise on a daily basis.
Recent public surpluses within the government have caused contemporary PS agencies to focus on giving back to the community and to citizens to focus on better education, healthcare and assistance among other important functions (Paterson, 2005). The government is also now focusing on developing policies that encourage work life balance and responding to community breakdowns; their focus includes providing programs that integrate citizen support in areas including health, early education and creating communities that are child and family oriented, capable of providing affordable and high quality child and elder care (Patterson, 2005; Bradley & Parker, 2001).
Managing Out Imperative and Changing Managers Roles
The role and responsibilities of middle managers have changed and will likely continue to change as organizational structures within PSOs become less bureaucratic and monopolistic in upcoming years (Teo, 2000). More emphasis will likely be placed on strategic planning, adopting strong HRM practices instead of merely emphasizing personnel management, more emphasis on evaluating performance and adopting more emphasis on bottom line profitability (TEO, 2000; Metcalfe & Richards, 1992).
With managing out public sector managers now have multiple stakeholders to report to, various interest groups, the media and even government and members of other departments (PSM, 2005:1). Managers are now emphasizing on finding out how to become more outward focused by managing relationships in a new network type environment (PSM, 2005; Bradley & Parker, 2001). Managers must work with governments to become more involved in communities and focus on social inclusion among other subjects; they must also focus more attention on managing media and sending positive messages to the community (PSM, 2005). They will need to work to develop policies that govern their handling of media and consider their ethical obligations while working as public servants (PSM, 2005).
Middle managers will also have to work directly with senior management to improve customer relations and people management. This will include job functions like planning work, organizing resources that include people, materials and time, communicating with people and the community so people know what is expected of them and how work must be accomplished (Agyeman, 2004; Bradley & Parker,...
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