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Public Management Reform and Organizational Performance: An Empirical Assessment of the U.K. Labour Government's Public Service Improvement Strategy.

Forfatter
Walker, Richard og George Boyne

Årstall
2006

Utgiver
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, 25: 371-393.

Publikasjonstype:
Tidsskriftsartikkel

Fulltekst:
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/112470021/PDFSTART

Omtale:
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/112470021/ABSTRACT?CRETRY=1&SRETRY=0

Antall sider:
23

Publiseringsspråk:
Engelsk

NSD-referanse:
2375

Disse opplysningene er sist endret:
2007-07-12 14:28:02.7

Publikasjonens datagrunnlag
  • Primærdata
  • Kvantitativ
  • Spørreskjema
Land som er gjenstand for studien
  • Storbritannia
Verkemiddel i den konstituerande styringa
  • 1.1 Organisering generelt
  • 1.2 Endring i tilknytningsform
  • 1.3 Privatisering/markedsretting
  • 1.5 Lov- og regelverk
Verkemiddel i den operative styringa av ststlege verksemder
  • 2.1 Formell styringsdialog
Studieoppdrag
  • Forskning
Studietype
  • Effektstudie/implikasjoner/resultater
Type effekt
  • Strukturelle og styringsmessige effektar
  • Verdimessige effektar
Sektor (cofog)
  • Overføringar av generell karakter mellom forvaltningsnivåa K
  • Staten generelt

Sammendrag
We present the first empirical assessment of the U.K. Labour government's program of public management reform. This reform program is based on rational planning, devolution and delegation, flexibility and incentives, and enhanced choice. Measures of these variables are tested against external and internal indicators of organizational performance. The setting for the study is upper tier English local governments, and data are drawn from a multiple informant survey of 117 authorities. The statistical results indicate that planning, organizational flexibility, and user choice are associated with higher performance. Conclusions are drawn for the theory and practice of public management reform.