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Globalization, new public management and the enabling State

Cope, Stephen; Leishman, Frank; Starie, Peter - In: International Journal of Public Sector Management 10 (1997) 6, pp. 444-460

Explores the links between processes of globalization and new public management (NPM), and examines their effects on … future of police management. Looks at the effects of globalization on academic disciplines; the role of the State in an era … of globalization; the rise of NPM; the effects of NPM on the management of the British police; the implications of police …

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Convergence and transfer: a review of the globalisation of new public management

Common, Richard K. - In: International Journal of Public Sector Management 11 (1998) 6, pp. 440-450

There is much talk about a new global paradigm in public administration. However, many claims surrounding the existence of this new paradigm remain largely unsubstantiated. This article reviews some of these claims by attempting to explain how new public management (NPM) could be said to be...

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Performance management model

Isaac Mwita, John - In: International Journal of Public Sector Management 13 (2000) 1, pp. 19-37

The delivery of public services in developing countries is over‐centralised. One of the reasons for this is the presence of centralised decision‐making apparatus, which distances power from communities. The centralised decision making reduces accountability among public sector employees and...

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Contracting in ten English local authorities: preferences and practices

Darwin, John; Duberley, Joanne; Johnson, Phil - In: International Journal of Public Sector Management 13 (2000) 1, pp. 38-57

During the 1990s the contract has become a key feature in the restructuring of the UK public sector. Currently available literature demonstrates an awareness that the implementation of contracting must entail new forms of management control and organizational structure which involve new patterns...

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Reaffirming public‐private partnerships in retirement pension provision

McKinnon, Roddy; Charlton, Roger - In: International Journal of Public Sector Management 13 (2000) 2, pp. 153-168

Contemporary debates over the future direction of retirement pensions policy have been dominated by a polemic over the scope of, and the future balance between, the respective roles of public and private sectors in the management and delivery of benefit “entitlements”. This debate has...

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New modes of service delivery in the public sector – Commercialising government services

Brown, Kerry; Ryan, Neal; Parker, Rachel - In: International Journal of Public Sector Management 13 (2000) 3, pp. 206-221

There is an international trend to contestability and marketisation in the delivery of public services. The underlying foundation of these trends is that competition results in improved outcomes such as greater efficiency, higher quality of service, a clearer focus on customers and better value...

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Introduction – the competency movement: its origins and impact on the public sector

Horton, Sylvia - In: International Journal of Public Sector Management 13 (2000) 4, pp. 306-318

This introduction seeks to locate the origins of the competency management in American and British management concerns with declining international competitiveness and the need for more efficient and effective managers. It examines the distinctive American and British approaches and identifies...

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Professional sense‐makers: managerial competencies amidst ambiguity

Noordegraaf, Mirko - In: International Journal of Public Sector Management 13 (2000) 4, pp. 319-332

In this article, managerial competencies are derived from observations of public managers in action. Based on institutional theory, it is assumed that public managers are competent when they know how to play the game of public management and how to apply the rules of the game. This assumption is...

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Changing competences of public managers: tensions in commitment

Virtanen, Turo - In: International Journal of Public Sector Management 13 (2000) 4, pp. 333-341

The literature on managerial competences has not sufficiently addressed the value contents of competences and the generic features of public managers. This article presents a model of five competence areas: task competence, professional competence in substantive policy field, professional...

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Competency management in the Flemish and Dutch civil service

Hondeghem, Annie; Vandermeulen, Filip - In: International Journal of Public Sector Management 13 (2000) 4, pp. 342-353

Competency management has become a new trend in the public sector. There is some doubt, however, if competency management is really something new or whether it is just old wine in new bottles. Academics seem to be more sceptical about its novelty than practitioners. This article attempts to...

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