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Author Beckford, John

Title The Intelligent Nation How to Organise a Country
Published Milton : Taylor & Francis Group, 2021

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Description 1 online resource (185 p.)
Series Citizenship and Sustainability in Organizations Ser
Citizenship and Sustainability in Organizations Ser
Contents Cover -- Endorsement Page -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of case studies -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1: The dysfunctional state and the state of the problem -- Introduction -- Bureaucracy and the centralisation of power -- Functional or systemic organisation -- The pursuit of effectiveness -- The democratic imperative -- Democracy and technology: the emerging challenge -- The Intelligent Nation: A transformation -- Summary -- Key points -- References -- Notes
Chapter 2: Sustainable and resilient state -- Introduction -- Principles of Intelligent Organisation -- Purpose, identity and legitimate governance -- Integration by design -- Autonomy -- Resilience -- Reformation or revolution -- Summary -- Key points -- References -- Notes -- Chapter 3: Sustainable and resilient citizen -- Introduction -- The individual as Intelligent Organisation -- Nurturing identity -- Personal resilience -- Networking for resilience -- Resilient citizens and democracy -- What is the purpose of government? -- Model for an Intelligent Nation -- Summary -- Key points
Infrastructure ownership and business models -- Towards a future ownership model -- Summary -- Key points -- References -- Notes -- Chapter 6: Understanding performance, serving citizens right -- Introduction -- Performance beyond GDP -- Systemic reporting: Managing the whole -- Governance in a complex adaptive system -- Measurement and judgement -- The homeostat: A governance device -- Dimensions of performance -- The potentiometer -- The compound potentiometer -- Governance and the Intelligent Nation -- Key points -- References -- Notes -- Index
Notes Description based upon print version of record
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781000286854
1000286851