This paper focuses on the transition of governmental management innovations from the national, political level to the local, institutional level. In order to throw some light on the complex process of two-level reforms in public sector financial management, I discuss the case of introducing...

Hospital effectiveness is a topic of great importance in public sector management. This article focuses on group effectiveness in Intensive Care Units (ICUs) in 44 Norwegian hospitals. The effectiveness of ICUs is for many patients a question of life and death, and the staff members should be...