From Public Administration to Public Management: Reassessing a Revolution?

Gray, Andrew; Jenkins, Bill

doi:10.1111/j.1467-9299.1995.tb00818.x

Cited by 143 publications

(43 citation statements)

References 46 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…For the purpose of this article, we focus on the former. Liberalisation questions the role of the state, focusing on a shift toward a retraction of protected state monopolies, which includes both deregulation and privatisation (Gray and Jenkins, 1995). Deregulation relates to initiating a competitive market via breaking up monopolies, which involves a shift in the legal framework to foster market competition (Considine and Lewis, 2003).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Neoliberalism and sustainable urban water sectors: A critical reflection of sector characteristics and empirical evidence

Lieberherr

Fuenfschilling

2016

Environ Plann C Gov Policy

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Urban water sectors in industrialised countries are increasingly facing a diverse range of challenges. Aging assets, environmental concerns and economic issues put pressure on the current governance and organisation of these sectors. In recent years, a plethora of neoliberal reforms have been initiated in various countries as efforts to counteract these developments. While rather successful in infrastructure sectors, such as energy or telecommunication, neoliberal reforms have proven difficult in many industrialised, urban water sectors. The article argues that this is related to distinct characteristics of the water sectors. Specificities include large-scale technologies, high externalities and the nature of the good. This article analyses these key characteristics of urban water sectors and shows their implications and challenges for neoliberal reforms by drawing on the privatisation of the English water sectors. The results show key trade-offs between economic and environmental issues, and less with social goals.

show abstract

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Neoliberalism and sustainable urban water sectors: A critical reflection of sector characteristics and empirical evidence

Lieberherr

Fuenfschilling

2016

Environ Plann C Gov Policy

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…communication and organization) (Amit & Schoemaker, 1993;Butler, 2003;Devas, 1997;Guijarro, 2007;Intarakumnerd et al, 2002;Stapel & Schneider, 2012). Third, the quality of the public administration that refers to the extent to which public administration can be trusted and considered satisfactory by a community; the indicators are transparent processes, administrative procedures, and the coordination of different public institutions that (Comfort, 2007;Gray & Jenkins, 1995;Indraningsih et al, 2015;Kelly, 2005;Löffler, 2001;Porter, 2000). Fourth, the economic context (market) refers to the extent to which market conditions (e.g.…”

Section: Analytical Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

Toward a more sustainable coffee production

Ibnu

Offermans

Glasbergen

2020

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This paper contributes to the literature on the emerging trend of Southern sustainability standards and certifications as a reaction to the Northern-based private standards by businesses and NGOs. It particularly analyzes the implementation capacity of ISCoffee as a public standard and certification initiated by the Indonesian government. We analyze the opportunities and barriers in the process of implementing ISCoffee and examine whether ISCoffee can become a viable alternative to Northern-based private standards and certification. We first conclude that the implementation capacity of ISCoffee is low, because of weak administrative structures, and communication and coordination deficiencies. Second, we conclude that ISCoffee will unlikely being able to solve smallholder-related problems in the coffee sector such as limited access to market, insufficient capital, and underdeveloped farmer organizations. Finally, we conclude that ISCoffee - on the short term - will not manage to become a viable alternative to Northern-based private standards and certifications.

show abstract

“…In scientific research into the problems of public administration, there is mention of a high percent of turnover in personnel among civil servants, and that finding qualified replacements for them is becoming ever more complicated [2][3][4][5].…”

Section: Analysis Of the Structure Of The Federal Bodies Of Executivementioning

confidence: 99%

Competence-based approach to managing staff in public administration on the basis of ontologies

Altukhova¹,

Васильева²,

Mirzoyan³

2018

Bus. Inform.

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The introduction of new management principles in public administration is in many countries linked to the introduction of client-orientation and evaluation by results. In this connection, a good deal of attention should be directed to raising the quality of work of public administration civil servants. This problem is inextricably bound with the task of raising the qualifi cations and competency level of workers in public administration. In this work, we present an analysis of the current situation in management of public administrations. We distinguish between the problems of managing the competences of public servants. As part of the research, we polled more than 365 public servants from the rank of specialist to chiefs of sections. We highlighted the competences in highest demand among public servants. These are general professional skills, regulatory-legal, competences of results orientation and work effi ciency. Least in demand were groups of competences such as change management, self-management and professional growth. The respondents also noted the high demand for renewal of their professional knowledge. However, there remains a problem with exchange of knowledge, when the knowledge received by employees in the best case turns up in conferences but mostly remains only for personal use and is not attached to a single carrier of information. We present proposals for applying an ontological approach to evaluation of the competences of public servants. The set of competences makes it possible with suffi cient precision to describe the work behavior which is required for successful performance of the work in the given position or in a group of similar positions. The application of ontologies makes it possible to link the task of evaluating competences through transformation of the enquiry into a set of terms and concepts with the concrete requirements of the project of the planned task or performed function. Computerization is one of the main components in the strategy for developing the public services. Creation of a system of decision MODELING OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC SYSTEMS

show abstract

From Public Administration to Public Management: Reassessing a Revolution?

Cited by 143 publications

References 46 publications

Neoliberalism and sustainable urban water sectors: A critical reflection of sector characteristics and empirical evidence

Neoliberalism and sustainable urban water sectors: A critical reflection of sector characteristics and empirical evidence

Toward a more sustainable coffee production

Competence-based approach to managing staff in public administration on the basis of ontologies

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About