Public management reform is mostly presented as a rational, technical and objective process in public administration discourse. Driven by the neo-liberal ideological assault on the welfare state and influenced by the “private is better” mantra, it has been claimed, especially by NPM/Managerialism advocates, that there are superior ideas, concepts and models out there which are value free and have universal validity and application. It is also claimed that the adoption and implementation of these ideals can secure the goals of efficiency, efficacy and economy in public organization. Based on an analysis of the critical management literature however, this paper (1) explores the extent to which concepts such as visionary and strategic leadersh...
Kuhn’s notion of a paradigm has been widely used in the social sciences even though its author was n...
The aim of this essay is threefold: (1) to identify the tasks of public managers in public value man...
As an academic field, public management has several aspects: the one that we may refer to as the tec...
textabstractNew public management (NPM) refers to an ideology that underpinned public sector reform ...
Is it possible to reform public administration? Can management theory help? If so, why is the recent...
This articte discusses: the doctrinal content of the group of ideas known as 'new public manage...
There has been a plethora of research into the introduction of New Public Management (NPM) to public...
Abstract: Administrative reforms, through processes and structures inspired by New Public Management...
Many authors have claimed that New Public Management (NPM) has entailed a paradigm shift away from t...
This theoretical inquiry is undertaken on the basis of the problematization methodology proposed by ...
The role and competencies of public managers are a central topic of public administration reforms im...
ABSTRACT Public administration has always been under constant review. Such reviews were mostly paroc...
Purpose This conceptual article aims primarily to illustrate the impact of public value thinking on...
In recent years, the failure of models based on rules and procedures fostered the development of new...
textabstractNew Public Management has been around for a quarter of a century in European public sect...
Kuhn’s notion of a paradigm has been widely used in the social sciences even though its author was n...
The aim of this essay is threefold: (1) to identify the tasks of public managers in public value man...
As an academic field, public management has several aspects: the one that we may refer to as the tec...
textabstractNew public management (NPM) refers to an ideology that underpinned public sector reform ...
Is it possible to reform public administration? Can management theory help? If so, why is the recent...
This articte discusses: the doctrinal content of the group of ideas known as 'new public manage...
There has been a plethora of research into the introduction of New Public Management (NPM) to public...
Abstract: Administrative reforms, through processes and structures inspired by New Public Management...
Many authors have claimed that New Public Management (NPM) has entailed a paradigm shift away from t...
This theoretical inquiry is undertaken on the basis of the problematization methodology proposed by ...
The role and competencies of public managers are a central topic of public administration reforms im...
ABSTRACT Public administration has always been under constant review. Such reviews were mostly paroc...
Purpose This conceptual article aims primarily to illustrate the impact of public value thinking on...
In recent years, the failure of models based on rules and procedures fostered the development of new...
textabstractNew Public Management has been around for a quarter of a century in European public sect...
Kuhn’s notion of a paradigm has been widely used in the social sciences even though its author was n...
The aim of this essay is threefold: (1) to identify the tasks of public managers in public value man...
As an academic field, public management has several aspects: the one that we may refer to as the tec...