Australia and New Zealand are routinely presented as sharing more in common than the
federal and unitary systems separating them. As two modernising Antipodean settler …

The public administration (PA) discipline recognizes public sector organizations' need to
manage tensions and competing pressures, especially in the context of turbulence and …

New Zealand is frequently cited as the archetypical example of New Public Management
(NPM), having gone 'further and faster'than other jurisdictions in radically reforming their …

The question of how agencies can work together has been central to the field of public
administration for several decades. Despite significant research, the process of collaboration …

It is increasingly evident that performance management practices prevalent in the public
sector are underpinned by assumptions that do not serve a contemporary public service …

The chapter clarifies the nature of a civil service system through its constituent elements, and
then explores civil service styles and associated cases. A civil service style is a mode of …

La Nouvelle-Zélande est souvent citée comme l'archétype du nouveau management public
(NMP), car elle est allée «plus loin et plus vite» que d'autres pays en réformant radicalement …

In this section of the book we are presenting research related to the systems and
governance aspects of performance management. As demonstrated in Chapter 1, there is a …

This dissertation examines the role of leadership development in forming a leader identity in
public sector leaders. It investigates the perceived impacts on public sector leaders …

This thesis explores the question 'What happens in the early stage of administrative culture
reform?'by examining an exemplar of this type of reform in the New Zealand public service …