The author discusses the state of public management in the US in 2005, and suggests two
improvements. First, the relatively small cohort of scholars active in studying public …

The study of public organizations has withered over time in mainstream organization studies
research, as scholars in the field have migrated to business schools. This is so even though …

In this article we examine the state of public management research, specifically focusing on
the scope of research and variety of methodologies pursued in the field. We use a sample of …

Public Management Review (PMR) has just completed its eighteenth volume. It commenced
publication in 1999 with Blair as prime minister of the United Kingdom and Clinton as …

In recent times, research on public management has grown rapidly. Nevertheless, despite
the expansion of attention to management in the public sector, many important questions …

Organization Theory and Public Management is written for current and future public
managers. Understanding organization theory helps managers at all levels define program …

While the field of public management has become increasingly international, research and
policy recommendations that work for one country often do not work for another. Why, for …

What are the big questions that scholars of public management should be attempting-
through their research-to answer? Robert D. Behn suggests three consciously prescriptive …

Public management as an applied, problem-oriented field will always, and should always,
wrestle with the exquisite tension between theory and prac-tice. Researchers in public …

Public management has been rapidly developing as a subfield. Since other recent reviews
have discussed many disciplinary and paradigmatic issues, this one concentrates on …