Session 3A: Tom Aldred

1. Management and productivity in the public sector
Tom Aldred, HM Treasury

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Hospitals with better management have better outcomes

3. So do schools
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4. Management scores in schools and manufacturing
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UK Sweden Canada US Germany Italy
Manufacturers

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What influences management quality?
Autonomy
Size
Competitio
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Accountabili
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6. Sources
• Chad Syverson: Managers as ‘conductors of an input orchestra’
• Does management matter in schools? CEP discussion paper 1312
• Management practices in the NHS
• The new empirical economics of management, NBER working
paper 20102
• The world management survey
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