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Apposition, contradiction, conflict and domination
Pynnönen, Anu; Takala, Tuomo - In: International Journal of Public Sector Management 27 (2014) 7, pp. 581-597
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 discourse, and the effects that these encounters have on the construction and representation of municipal …
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Making sense of the lack of evidence discourse, power and knowledge in the field of sport for development
Adams, Andrew; Harris, Kevin - In: International Journal of Public Sector Management 27 (2014) 2, pp. 140-151
the lack of evidence discourse, which is critical of the way evidence is produced within and for the sport for development … located is critical. Design/methodology/approach – Using a Foucauldian conceptual framework, power, knowledge and discourse … assessed. This paper addresses two key questions: How is the lack of evidence discourse constructed, and what is its impact …
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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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