Governance of Public Sector Organizations

Proliferation, Autonomy and Performance
2010. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-0-230-23820-6
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 343 Seiten, Format (B × H): 146 mm x 223 mm, Gewicht: 559 g

Reihe: Governance and Public Management

Governance of Public Sector Organizations a nalyzes recent changes in government administration by focusing on organizational forms and their effects. Contributors to this edited volume demonstrate how generations of reform result in increased complexity of government organizations, and explain this layering process with multiple theories.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lægreid, P.

Verhoest, K.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Reforming Public sector organizations; P.Lægreid & K.Verhoest PART I: PROLIFERATION AND SPECIALIZATION The Structural Autonomy of the Norwegian State: Increased Specialization or a Pendulum Shift?; P.Lægreid, V.W.Rolland, P.G.Roness, & J-E.Ågotnes The Agency Landscape in Hungary 2002-2006; G.Hajnal Specialization and Fragmentation in Regulatory Regimes; J.Rommel, K.Verhoest & J.Matthys PART II: AUTONOMY AND CONTROL Policy and Management Autonomy of Federal Agencies in Germany; T.Bach Explaining Autonomy in Public Agencies: the Case of Hong Kong; M.Painter, J.P.Burns  & W-H.Yee Determinants of Result-based Control in Italian Agencies; D.Barbieri, P.Fedele, D.Gall & E.Ongaro PART III: PERFORMANCE AND RESULTS The Long-run Performance of Decentralized Agencies in Québec; M-E.Quenneville, C.Laurin & N.Thibodeau Comparing Impacts of Modes of Governance; M.Van Genuchten Are Regulatory Agencies Delivering What they Promise?; M.Maggetti Performance of Public Sector Organizations: Do Managerial Tools Matter?; K.Verhoest, B.Verschuere, F.Meyers &  A.Sulle PART IV: POST-NPM AND WHOLE -OF-GOVERNMENT: INCREASED COMPLEXITY Post-PNM Responses to Disaggregation through Coordinating Horizontally and Integrating Governance; J.Halligan Increased Complexity in Public Organizations – the Challenges of Combining NPM and POST-NPM features; T.Christensen & P.Laegreid Organizing Public Sector Agencies: Challenges and Reflections; K.Verhoest & P.Laegreid

Über Autor(innen)

TOBIAS BACH Research Fellow, University of Potsdam, Germany
DARIO BARBIERI Assistant Professor, Bocconi University, Italy
JOHN P. BURNS Professor, University of Hong Kong, China
TOM CHRISTENSEN Professor, University of Oslo, Norway
PAOLO FEDELE Assistant Professor, Udine University, Italy
DAVIDE GALLI Consultant at Business Integration Partners, Italy
MARIEKE VAN GENUGTEN Assistant Professor, University of Twente, the Netherlands
GYÖRGY HAJNAL Senior Researcher/Head of Department, ECOSTAT Government Research Institute, Department of Public Administration Research, Hungary
JOHN HALLIGAN Professor, University of Canberra, Australia
CLAUDE LAURIN Professor, HEC Montreal, Canada
MARTINO MAGGETTI Senior Researcher/Lecturer, University of Zurich and University of Lausanne, Switzerland
JOERY MATTHYS Researcher, Catholic University Leuven, Belgium
FALKE MEYERS Expert, Flemish Agency for Personnel and Organization, Belgium
EDOARDO ONGARO Professor, Bocconi University, Italy
MARTIN PAINTER Professor, City University of Hong Kong, China
MARIE-ÈVE QUENNEVILLE Lecturer, HEC Montreal, Canada
VIDAR WANGEN ROLLAND Adviser, Norwegian Social Science Data Services, Norway
JAN ROMMEL Researcher, Catholic University Leuven, Belgium
PAUL G. RONESS Professor, University of Bergen, Norway
ANDREW SULLE Research Fellow, Catholic University Leuven, Belgium
NICOLE THIBODEAU Assistant Professor, Willamette University, USA
BRAM VERSCHUERE Assistant Professor, University CollegeGent, Belgium
WAY-HANG YEE Senior Research Associate, City University of Hong Kong, China
JOHN-ERIK ÅGOTNES Adviser, Directorate of Fisheries, Norway