Debate: Surviving complexity: How can public managers cope with dynamism and decay in complex public service systems?

Public services sit within complex adaptive systems. People live interconnected lives, in which their health and social care, education, employment and housing don’t fit the neat silos of governmen...

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Public Money & Management
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2026-06-30
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https://doi.org/10.1080/09540962.2026.2693668
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Chaos, Complexity, and Education
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Debate: Surviving complexity: How can public managers cope with dynamism and decay in complex public service systems?

Emily Burn, Catherine ; id_orcid 0000-0001-8519-4171 Needham
Public Money & Management
Chaos, Complexity, and Education
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Debate: Surviving complexity: How can public managers cope with dynamism and decay in complex public service systems?

Emily Burn, Catherine ; id_orcid 0000-0001-8519-4171 Needham
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Public services sit within complex adaptive systems. People live interconnected lives, in which their health and social care, education, employment and housing don’t fit the neat silos of governmen...

Public Money & Management
University of Birmingham (GB)
Sustainable cities and communities
Openalex Percentile: Top 6%
Chaos, Complexity, and Education
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