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A ‘3Rs’ Strategy for Public Service Turnaround: Retrenchment, Repositioning and Reorganization

George A. BoyneCardiff Business School & Advanced Institute of Management Public Services
Pages 97-103 | Published online: 15 Mar 2010

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