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...Petri Virtanen; Jari Stenvall Purpose – Based on the concept of “intelligent public organisation” as a new theoretical trajectory for New Public Management (NPM) theory, this paper brings together the recent critical discussion on NPM as it relates to public services and service science while...

... perspective on leadership and management in the public sector. We will begin by examining critiques of new public management (NPM) because, first, it has been a powerful force shaping public sector management and leadership; second, part of the critique of it is based on its inability to adequately cope...

... strategic management. As the ‘new public organisation’ replaces bureaucracy, then the flat and boundary‐less organisation will need more of a strategic management focus, especially when combined with outsourcing. © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Strategic management New public management...