Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to discuss the value of shadowing managers, in relation to other methods for …. Findings – Shadowing managers enables researchers to cope with the paradoxical situation that arises when managerial work is …) studies of managers and managerial work, research and bodies of knowledge, and puts available insights into perspective …

This article focuses on the managerial discretion that public managers experience. More specifically, it discusses how … managerialism is an embedded ideological stance that influences understandings of public sector governance. I argue that managers …, demonstrating how public managers engage discourses emanating from managerialism in order to rationalize increased discretion. The …

organization objectives. The art of effective public sector management requires public managers to be cognizant of the cultural …Contemporary public sector managers are forced develop a myriad of skills in order to effectively pursue and achieve … public sector managers and ultimately the organizations they work for, it may not be enough. Public sector employees today …

organization objectives. The art of effective public sector management requires public managers to be cognizant of the cultural …Contemporary public sector managers are forced to develop a myriad of skills in order to effectively pursue and achieve … sector managers are asked to do more than simply mobilize resources aimed at achieving specific organizational goals and …