... public management relational public services relational public management new public management transactionality action research public service innovation public service reform Introduction Public management is facing a crisis both in terms of its legitimacy and its effectiveness. Social...

... to revert back to the certainties of new public management (NPM) practice, which we suggest serves as a caution for all relational policy initiatives. Human learning systems relational health new public management leadership local government Introduction Human Learning Systems (HLS) is one of a number...

.... Multiple complex needs burning platform public services new public management relational metrics failure demand waste outcomes costs Introduction In 2020, it was estimated that 363,000 adults were experiencing multiple disadvantage across England, including a combination of homelessness...

... in the future. Council housing privatisation welfare state governance London new public management Introduction Since the 1980s, the UK state has been the focus of politicians' attention and has undergone a permanent revolution. Successive governments have sought to reform and modernise it. After...

... for talent management will be discussed in more detail. Research Growing Influence of Government and Society: New Public Management and Counting the Numbers With the increase in the number of students, the entire system of higher education expanded ( Schofer & Meyer, 2005 ). Existing institutions...

... administration—theoretical and empirical challenges , Public Organization Review , 11 ( 4 ), 407 – 423 . Common, 1998 Common , R.   1998 . Convergence and transfer: a review of the globalisation of new public management , International Journal of Public Sector Management , 11 ( 6 ), 440 – 448...

... theories can be pursued through a collective impact strategy. New public management process evaluation formative evaluation summative evaluation developmental evaluation collective impact Why Should We Evaluate Cocreation? Classical forms of bureaucratic government have always emphasized the need...

... and instruction, seem to have enabled the national goal achievement. Nevertheless, there are a large group of schools where the regulated and national support work as a barrier to challenge the local school culture and enable change. School for all segregation comprehensive school reform new public management...

... means and how it evolved in practice and in the academic literature are considered. In Section 1.2, the foundations of entrepreneurial policing considering its ontological and epistemological development from ‘New Public Management’ to ‘New Entrepreneurialism’ and also the influence of the merging...

.... Double loop learning supreme audit institution control organisational learning accountability comparative public administration New Public Management public organization Well-functioning public bureaucracies are essential in securing stable and responsible structures where private initiatives...

... Nicholas of Cusa, who has a broader understanding of reason, and analyse some aspects of contemporary metric culture by means of his philosophy. My example will be New Public Management (NPM) in elderly care and health care in Sweden. Introduction Reason Nicholas of Cusa intellect not-knowing...

... to this universal issue where the king and public officials have to be transparent and accountable through regular checks and balance ( Trautmann, 2012 , p. 41). Introduction School supervision new public management school-based management education policy educational quality Abstract School inspection...

..., they are becoming ever more important players in their respective local economies. At the same time, concerns have been raised regarding how to govern hybrid organisations in order to secure accountability and to protect public sector values. Public enterprises new public management hybrid organisations public...

... the principal and the agent. The relationship between government as an initiator of changes based on the New Public Management philosophy and managers who are expected to implement this philosophy in a healthcare organisation can be viewed through the prism of agency theory, in which the government...

...Abstract This chapter focuses on the use of target-setting in Scottish higher education to boost participation by under-represented groups. The central question I address is whether the technology of New Public Management, such as performance indicators and targets, is likely to be useful...

... and the nature of the leadership that facilitated these reforms. There are two significant periods of reforms that are discussed, the New Public Management (NPM) reforms of the late 1980s through the mid-1990s, and the more recent reforms starting in 2009, which can be linked to New Public Governance (NPG...

...Abstract This chapter discusses the implications of New Public Management (NPM) and of alternative theories on the higher education sector. Three clusters of alternative concepts and theories are identified, positioned in relation to NPM, and discussed. The chapter concludes that the different...

...Abstract Purpose In the past decades, Dutch public sector organizations (PSOs) have been encouraged to become more “business-like” in their internal control and accountability processes, following a more general trend toward New Public Management (NPM) in Western societies. However...

... by the “new public management” policy perspectives that operate at the backstage of the contemporary pervasive “regime of excellence,” still remains a black box worth exploring in depth. This paper intends to fill this loophole. It first sets the stage for this new action field by stressing the differences...

... Accountants, ICASL for Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka, IMF for International Monetary Fund, IPSAS for International Public Sector Accounting Standards, LDCs for Less Developed Countries, NPM for New Public Management, PAC for Public Accountant Committee, PPB for Planning, Programming...