The expected improvements in performance, accountability, transparency, quality of service
and value for money have not yet materialised in the public sector. There are three classes …

This new in paperback edition provides a comprehensive, state-of-the art review of current
research in the field of New Public Management (NPM) reform. Aimed primarily at a student …

New public management (NPM) has been the dominant orthodoxy in analysing public
service reform with major implications for employment relations. Drawing on comparative …

The Nature of the Nonprofit Sector is a collection of insightful and influential classic and
recent readings on the existence, forms, and functions of the nonprofit sector—the sector that …

This major new text on the theory and practice of public management moves away from
descriptive accounts of its evolution to provide a systematic treatment of the key paradigms …

Die Arbeitsbeziehungen im öffentlichen Dienst finden-anders als die industriellen
Beziehungen der Privatwirtschaft-in der fachlichen und öffentlichen Diskussion hierzulande …

Resumen La Nueva Gestión Pública convierte servicios hospitalarios y universitarios en
empresas de mercado. El objetivo del artículo es analizar y describir el impacto de esta …

In the United Kingdom (UK), since 1997 the New Labour government has built on the
principles of 'new public management'(NPM) introduced under previous Conservative …

Failings in employee relations in the public services can have catastrophic consequences.
Stephen Bach and Ian Kessler open their book with an account of Lord Laming's 2003 report …

This article examines changes in public sector employment relations in Germany,
traditionally regarded as a very stable case and a country that has not been conducive to the …