... factor may play a significant role in how participants navigate their work-from-home routines and manage their responsibilities, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Practical implications Working from home presents two sides of the same coin according to the vision of those involved in this type...

...Tomi Rajala; Harri Laihonen; Petra Kokko Purpose Fragmentation can inhibit joint goals and performance measures. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to investigate the level of fragmentation between public, private and third sectors in a hybrid organization's performance management systems...

...Daniela Cristofoli; Mattia Martini; Benedetta Trivellato; Dario Cavenago Purpose It is generally recognized that network management is a critical factor for network success. It is also acknowledged that different managerial behaviors are necessary in different network settings. Scholars have...

... in human resource management and performance management, service development and public procurement, and creation of new organizations or organization reform and network organizations. While the proven utility of matrix organization is often unclear, especially CFTs are linked to better organizational...

...Anu Pynnönen; Tuomo Takala Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to qualitatively describe and explain the contemporary Finnish discourse of municipal managers. The emphasis within is on analyzing the encounters of the public sector management discourse and the private sector management...

...Dr Ingo Bode and Professor Mike Dent; Laila Nordstrand Berg; Haldor Byrkjeflot Purpose – The hospital sector has expanded in Norway with reforms and a strong demand for better management. The purpose of this paper is to examine: first, how this has affected physicians and nurses in management...

...Dr Ingo Bode and Professor Mike Dent; Haldor Byrkjeflot; Peter Kragh Jespersen Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to bring the discussion on the relationship between management and medicine a step forward by focussing on: first, how the notion of hybrid and hybridity has been used...

...K.L.H. Wynn‐Williams Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore how the public sector entity within New Zealand's public health system, the Pharmaceutical Management Agency (PHARMAC), continues to operate unfettered, with minimal government interference, in the face of ongoing public...

...Sharon C. Bolton Recent government proposals seek to extend the role of nurses into management at a time of (yet another) cultural transformation for the British National Health Service (NHS). This is especially the case for line managers involved in service‐delivery, ward managers and clinical...

...Paul D. Blakeman Interviews and observation of NHS state‐registered chiropody (podiatry) has been used to study the effects of NHS reforms on professional identity, which inevitably yielded information on management processes. This paper adapts and expands Hood's interpretation of Douglas's grid...

... and responsible government principles, is evident in the emergence of contract employment for departmental secretaries in the APS. Second, at the very time that the managerialist ethos enhances the position of professional managers, the political executive seeks to reinforce the central tenet...

...”. Furthermore, the Industry Commission (1996) found that, whilst there was potential for some of the savings to derive from transfers, the greater proportion of documented savings was likely to come from efficiency gains. The sources of efficiency gains cited include “improvements in management and work...

...Süleyman Sozen; Ian Shaw One of the central tenets of “new public management” is that it is universally applicable. Indeed the European Union advocates the adoption of such management approaches for countries seeking entry to the EU. This paper questions this position with reference...

...John Diamond Partnerships to lead on urban regeneration initiatives in the UK claim to facilitate inter‐agency working and local involvement. They are presented both as ways of ensuring the effective management of services within neighbourhoods and as potential “change agents” in the way they bring...

.... Responsibilities and accountability have been decentralised to the individual institution. Subsequently this has led to pressure from sources, such as the Government and teaching profession, for a more articulate approach to leadership and management development. In 1990 Handy warned that not all staff are equally...

... in the conceptual framework is used to explore personal or individual effectiveness. The main focus is on how public sector managers make sense of their world and the consequences of this in terms of managerial action. This supports the notion of effectiveness as socially‐constructed in the minds of organisational...

...Ruth Kowalczyk The NHS is largely dependent on two groups of professionals – medics and nurses. Recent government changes support the development of a central role for management. The impact of these changes on the roles and relationships of those working in the NHS must be understood in light...

... interviews with 17 project managers, discussions with participants on three large SSADM projects and from observing 90 end users in training. The conclusions are that prescriptive information systems methodologies are unlikely to cope well with strategic uncertainty, user communication or staff development...

... public sector as leading away from a system founded on administration to one of non‐bureaucratic, autonomous, local and market‐based management. In local government terms, in order to achieve customer sensitivity, this involves the decentralization of decision making to entrepreunerial middle managers...

...Stephen Cope; Frank Leishman; Peter Starie Explores the links between processes of globalization and new public management (NPM), and examines their effects on the management of the police in particular. Assesses whether managerial unity or managerial disunity will characterize the future of police...