Cultural aspects of public management reform

In an international context, public management arrangements differ significantly from country to country, but also regionally and locally. One reason for these differences may be differences in culture resulting in differing views of the state and its institutions. This may sound trivial, but it bec...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schedler, Kuno
Other Authors: Proeller, Isabella, Jones, Lawrence
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Bingley, U.K. Emerald 2007
Series:Research in public policy analysis and management
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Collection: Emerald Business, Management and Economics eBook Collection Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Public management as a cultural phenomenon. Revitalizing societal culture in international public management research / Kuno Schedler, Isabella Proeller
  • Cultural characteristics from public management reforms worldwide / Geert Bouckaert
  • The poetics of management, and the politics of organizational cultures. A sociological view on NPM-reforms in Switzerland / Christoph Maeder
  • Reforms of central government coordination in OECD-countries : culture as counterforce for cross-national unifying processes? / Eva Beuselinck, Koen Verhoest, Geert Bouckaert
  • Public managers religiosity : impacts on work attitudes and perceptions of co-workers / Barry Bozeman, Alex Murdock
  • Public administration modernization : common reform trends or different paths and national understandings in the EU countries / Gerhard Hammerschmid, Renate E. Meyer, Christoph Demmke
  • Determinants of confidence in the civil service : an international comparison / Steven Van de Walle
  • Cultural evolution of organizations from bureaucracy to hyperarchy and netcentricity : reaping the advantages of IT and modern technology / Fred Thompson, Lawrence R. Jones
  • Time out? / Christopher Pollitt
  • Culture and public management reforms : a review and research agenda on the basis of experiences in Switzerland / Martin Koci
  • Governance reform outcomes through cultural lens : Thailand / Bidhya Bowornwathana
  • Deconstructing administrative culture : exploring the relationship between cultural patterns and public sector change in the UK and Germany / Eckhard Schröter
  • Triggering change through culture clash : the UK civil service reform program, 1999-2005 / Tony Bovaird
  • E-government in Asia : how culture affects patterns of adoption / Clay Wescott