Sökning: "New Public Management"
Visar resultat 21 - 25 av 367 avhandlingar innehållade orden New Public Management.
21. Manager and civil servant : exploring actors' taken-for-granted assumptions in public administration
Sammanfattning : Manager and Civil Servant is an exploration of actors' taken-for-granted assumptions that govern perceptions concerning how public administration should be undertaken within contemporary welfare states. It is argued that more than 30 years of continuous reforms directed towards public administration have caused dilemmas to arise. LÄS MER
22. Performance Management, Rationality and Participation in Public Sector Organisation
Sammanfattning : This doctoral thesis critically examines the role of performance management in public sector organisations. In particular, it explores how performance management relates to different concepts of rationality (instrumental, value and communicative), including issues around rationality and power, and the relationship between these concepts and various models of participation and democracy. LÄS MER
23. Improving the Efficiency of Public Procurement : Empirical evidence using micro-level contract data
Sammanfattning : Among OECD countries, close to one-third of government expenditure is allocated using public procurement. This implies that the skill of public authorities in handling the procurement format has a significant impact on how much the public sector accomplish in relation to their goals and responsibilities. LÄS MER
24. Narratives of governing : rationalization, responsibility and resistance in social work
Sammanfattning : For many years, Sweden has had a reputation for having a comprehensive and women friendly welfare state. However, as in many other European countries during the past few decades, the organization and governing of welfare has undergone profound changes. LÄS MER
25. 'The Emperor's New Clothes' Recordkeeping in a New Context
Sammanfattning : This thesis examines if and how information capture and documentation practices and the function of the public archive are changing in relation to archival concepts in contemporary administrative settings, as a result of e-government strategic development. The study aims for a holistic approach from the beginning of the life of the records to their long-term preservation. LÄS MER