<title>Abstract</title> The article explores which reform trends are expected to play a significant role in the further development of local government in European countries. Analysis is based on an adopted Delphi survey of (mainly academic) local government experts from thirty-two countries. Results include a...

Die Führung und Steuerung von Museen steht vor verschiedenen Herausforderungen und Veränderungen gegenüber. Organisation, Philosophie und Instrumente der Museumsführung wurden bisher kaum wissenschaftlich untersucht. Insbesondere die Art und Weise, wie Museen gesteuert werden, stand bislang...

<title/> This article explains why it is impossible to use cost and performance accounting in public administration purely as an instrument for internal management. The authors report on a survey in Switzerland which highlighted the different expectations that politicians and managers have for cost and...

This article illuminates the relationship between the increased importance management has gained in public institutions, and political reality in everyday work lives. It attempts to gauge the rationalities behind the managerial and the political system and derives a heuristic structure from...