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

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Author
Walker, Richard og George Boyne

Year
2006

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

Type of publication:
Tidsskriftsartikkel

Link to publication:
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/fulltext/112470021/PDFSTART

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

Number of pages:
23

Language of publication:
Engelsk

NSD-reference:
2375

This page was last updated:
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

Summary
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.