Person Job Fit Changes As A Consequence Of Public Management Reforms In Self Governmental Units

Author : Omar Scharifi
Publisher : epubli
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2016-08-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783741841194

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Person-Job Fit Changes As A Consequence Of Public Management Reforms In Self-Governmental Units by Omar Scharifi Pdf

The research is based on the assumption that management reforms cause changes in municipal administration and its person-job fit. The theoretical description of the problem is possible by drawing on Edward's (1991) person-job fit theorem. Literature on modernisation concepts as e.g. the New Public Management (NPM) shows a general awareness of reforms' consequences on the personnel. The human capital theory delivers explanations for the incentive to react of both the organisation's executive level as well as the employees, in case management reforms cause a discrepancy in person job-fit. The conducted empirical studies confirm that management reforms do result in changes with impact on the person-job fit. The literature research brought evidence that NPM has only been adopted partially. Since the transformation, some reforms and changes in legislation have laid the foundation for a self-governmental administration that scores compared to the EU standard as relatively modern. The investigated Polish municipalities react on the changes in the person job fit. For example, employees do learn in a self-organised way. The administration reacts on the discrepancies mainly by recruiting new staff and by reallocating the tasks. Training is not applied systematically as means to problem solving and is available in many cases only in the context of externally financed projects, and even then not oriented towards individual needs. Changes do have enormous consequences for the personnel management of municipal administration. They change the requirements for the job holders substantially, and the administrations seem not able to react on the changes in a way that the personnel is enabled to meet the requirements. Unclear is if such an objective seems feasible if one considers the extreme dimensions of change, that spread between the paradigms of socialist administration and modernisation concepts in the sense of NPM.

Author : Christopher Pollitt,Geert Bouckaert
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1999-12-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780191582974

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Public Management Reform : A Comparative Analysis by Christopher Pollitt,Geert Bouckaert Pdf

In this major new contribution to a rapidly expanding field, the authors offer an integrated analysis of the wave of management reforms which have swept through so many countries in the last twenty years. The reform trajectories of ten countries are compared, and key differences of approach discussed. Unlike some previous works, this volume affords balanced coverage to the 'New Public Management' (NPM) and the 'non-NPM' or 'reluctant NPM' countries, since it covers Australia, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden, the UK and the USA. Unusually, it also includes a preliminary analysis of attempts to improve management within the European Commission.

Author : Howard Whitton
Publisher : Org. for Economic Cooperation & Development
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015062439727

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Managing Conflict of Interest in the Public Sector by Howard Whitton Pdf

Conflicts of interest in both the public and private sectors have become a major matter of public concern world-wide. The OECD Guidelines define a conflict of interest as occurring when a public official has private-capacity interests which could improperly influence the performance of their official duties and responsibilities. However, identifying a specific conflict of interest in practice can be difficult. And resolving the conflicting interests appropriately in a particular case is something that most people find even more challenging. The Toolkit focuses on specific techniques, resources and strategies for: Identifying, managing and preventing conflict-of-interest situations more effectively; and Increasing integrity in official decision-making, which might be compromised by a conflict of interest. This Toolkit provides non-technical, practical help to enable officials to recognise problematic situations and help them to ensure that integrity and reputation are not compromised. The tools themselves are provided in generic form. They are based on examples of sound conflict-of-interest policy and practice drawn from various OECD member and non-member countries. They have been designed for adaptation to suit countries with different legal and administrative systems. FURTHER READING: Managing Conflict of Interest in the Public Service: OECD Guidelines and Country Experiences

Author : Michael Barzelay
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2001-02-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780520224438

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The New Public Management by Michael Barzelay Pdf

How policymakers should guide, manage, and oversee public bureaucracies is a question that lies at the heart of contemporary debates about government and public administration. This text calls for public management to become a vibrant field of public policy.

Author : Qiang Li
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2010-08-03
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789004187177

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Thirty Years of Reform and Social Changes in China by Qiang Li Pdf

Thirty Years of Reform and Social Changes in China is translated from the original Chinese to provide a look into how scholars in China have been assessing their country's recent societal and political history. This volume and the others in the SSRC series, provide western scholars with an accessible English language look at the state of current scholarship in China on the interplay of the country's political and economic reforms with the society and daily life of its people.

Author : Jacob Torfing,Lotte Bøgh Andersen,Carsten Greve,Kurt K. Klausen
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2020-04-24
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781788971225

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Public Governance Paradigms by Jacob Torfing,Lotte Bøgh Andersen,Carsten Greve,Kurt K. Klausen Pdf

This enlightening book scrutinizes the shifting governance paradigms that inform public administration reforms. From the rise to supremacy of New Public Management to new the growing preference for alternatives, four world-renowned authors launch a powerful and systematic comparison of the competing and co-existing paradigms, explaining the core features of public bureaucracy and professional rule in the modern day.

Author : Brian O'Neal,Canada. Library of Parliament. Research Branch
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UIUC:30112000107398

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Reorganizing Government by Brian O'Neal,Canada. Library of Parliament. Research Branch Pdf

In Canada, as in other countries, politicians, public servants, academics, members of the private sector, and other citizens, are engaged in a serious examination of the function of government in society and how that function can best be performed. This document provides background for a discussion of government reform in a contemporary context and discusses a current attempt to alter the administrative environment of the federal government that picks up a number of the earlier themes. It provides an introduction to the following points: highlights of administrative reform attempts at the Canadian federal level since 1962, and government reform in a contemporary setting.

Author : Steven Van de Walle,Sandra Groeneveld
Publisher : Emerald Group Publishing
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2011-10-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781780521107

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New Steering Concepts in Public Management by Steven Van de Walle,Sandra Groeneveld Pdf

Multifaceted social problems such as safety, social inclusion, poverty, mobility, rural development, city regeneration, or labour market integration require integrated approaches to steering. This book looks at various organisational arrangements and mechanisms, including whole-of-government, collaborative governance, and outcome steering.

Author : C. Pollitt,S. Van Thiel,V. Homburg,Sandra Van Thiel
Publisher : Springer
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2007-01-09
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780230625365

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New Public Management in Europe by C. Pollitt,S. Van Thiel,V. Homburg,Sandra Van Thiel Pdf

The New Public Management paradigm seems to have produced a convergence of administrative reform. However, specific implementations of NPM show range of forms and results including performance indicators, personal reforms and evaluations of reforms. This text demonstrates how NPM is crafted differently in various institutional contexts.

Author : Owen E. Hughes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Public administration
ISBN : 7300216781

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Public Management and Administration by Owen E. Hughes Pdf

Author : Carolyn Noble,, Helle Strauss,Brian Littlechild
Publisher : Sydney University Press
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2014-06-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781743324042

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Global social work by Carolyn Noble,, Helle Strauss,Brian Littlechild Pdf

Global social work: crossing borders, blurring boundaries is a collection of ideas, debates and reflections on key issues concerning social work as a global profession, such as its theory, its curricula, its practice, its professional identity; its concern with human rights and social activism, and its future directions. Apart from emphasising the complexities of working and talking about social work across borders and cultures, the volume focuses on the curricula of social work programs from as many regions as possible to showcase what is being taught in various cultural, sociopolitical and regional contexts. Exploring the similarities and differences in social work education across many countries of the Americas, Asia, Europe and the Pacific, the book provides a reference point for moving the current social work discourse towards understanding the local and global context in its broader significance.

Author : Jan-Erik Lane
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2000-02-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0761967494

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The Public Sector by Jan-Erik Lane Pdf

The Third Edition of this successful textbook introduces students to the major concepts, models, and approaches surrounding the public sector. Now fully updated to include coverage of the New Public Management (NPM), The Public Sector is the most comprehensive textbook on theories of public policy and public administration. The Public Sector is introduced within a three-part framework: public resource allocation, redistribution and regulation. Jan-Erik Lane explains the basic concepts of each of these broad areas, and goes on to examine their consequences for various approaches to the making and implementation of public policy. The book explores models of management, effectiveness and

Author : Ali Farazmand
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2001-11-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780313074127

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Administrative Reform in Developing Nations by Ali Farazmand Pdf

Under pressure from the World Bank, the International Monetary Funds and the World Trade Organization governments of both industrialized and less developed nations have undertaken extensive reforms and reorganization to streamline their public sectors. This volume, with chapters written by authorities from around the world, provides information on administrative reform in varied nations. Following an introduction, which sets a theoretical framework, the book contains sections devoted to Asia, the Near/Middle East, Africa, and a comparison of East/South Europe and Asia. Administrative reform has become a widespread challenge to national and sub-national governments around the globe. Under pressure from the World Bank, the International Monetary Funds and the World Trade Organization governments of both industrialized and less developed nations have undertaken extensive reforms and reorganization to streamline their public sectors. This volume, with chapters written by authorities from around the world, provides information on administrative reform in varied nations. Developing nations face acute problems on a daily basis, making administrative reform an essential function of public administration. With chapters devoted to experiences in such nations as Korea, India, Iran, Turkey, the Arab States, Nigeria, and South Africa, this volume sheds valuable light on administrative reform in developing countries and provides lessons for future policy actions.

Author : Vernon Bogdanor
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2005-07-21
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 019726333X

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Joined-Up Government by Vernon Bogdanor Pdf

'Joined- up government' is a key theme of modern government. The Labour government, first elected in 1997, decided that intractable problems such as social exclusion, drug addiction and crime could not be resolved by any single department of government. Instead, such problems had to be made the object of a concerted attack using all the arms of government - central and local government and public agencies, as well as the private and voluntary sectors. This book seeks to analyse 'joined-up government', to consider its history, and to evaluate its consequences for British institutions such as the Cabinet, the civil service and local authorities. Is joined-up government a new idea, or merely a new label for a very old idea? What lessons can be learnt from previous attempts at joined-up government? How does it affect our traditional constitutional conceptions relating to Cabinet government, a politically neutral and non-partisan civil service, and an independent system of local government? Will it lead to the concentration of power in 10 Downing Street or is it compatible with a political system based on checks and balances? Drawing together papers given at a conference held at the British Academy, Joined-Up Government provides a broad overview of one of the most significant aspects in modern government. Its contributors include not only distinguished academics, but also those who have themselves been engaged as practitioners in developing joined-up programmes. This book will be indispensable to all those who seek to understand how new developments in government are affecting our lives.

Author : Sabine Kuhlmann,Isabella Proeller,Dieter Schimanke,Jan Ziekow
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 415 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2021-01-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783030536978

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Public Administration in Germany by Sabine Kuhlmann,Isabella Proeller,Dieter Schimanke,Jan Ziekow Pdf

This open access book presents a topical, comprehensive and differentiated analysis of Germany’s public administration and reforms. It provides an overview on key elements of German public administration at the federal, Länder and local levels of government as well as on current reform activities of the public sector. It examines the key institutional features of German public administration; the changing relationships between public administration, society and the private sector; the administrative reforms at different levels of the federal system and numerous sectors; and new challenges and modernization approaches like digitalization, Open Government and Better Regulation. Each chapter offers a combination of descriptive information and problem-oriented analysis, presenting key topical issues in Germany which are relevant to an international readership.