Cultural aspects of public management reform

• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Schedler, Kuno, Proeller, Isabella, Jones, Lawrence
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2007.
• Σειρά: Research in public policy analysis and management ; v. 16.
• Θέματα: Business & Economics > Management.; Management & management techniques.; Civil service & public sector.; Management.

 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 becomes highly important when public management reform models are proposed and transferred from one country to others, such as was (and still is) the case with, for example, the new public management. Scholars in public management as well as internationally acting practitioners should be aware of the impact culture has on the possibilities and limits of concept transfers between different jurisdictions.Having said this, one precondition for a better consideration of cultural elements in public management reforms is a better understanding of culture itself. Among the public management community, cultural theory has gained considerable attention. There are, however, other concepts for the analysis of cultural facts that may be of interest to the subject, too. In this book, cultural influences (including organizational culture of public organizations) on public management and its reform are explored. The articles address definitions and conceptualizations of culture in the context of public management, cultural artifacts in public management, and give examples of cultural elements in public management from various countries. This volume helps to structure the discussion of cultural elements and points out approaches to study and incorporate cultural aspects in public management research and debate. 

 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.