Minimalism and Experimentalism in the Administrative State

Sabel, Charles F.; Simon, William H.

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“…Although theory and research on public policy and organizational learning thus developed along separate lines, policy researchers generally were aware of the importance of organizations for policy learning, as is, for example, evidenced in the concepts of the Bself evaluating organization^ (Wildavsky 1972;Boyne et al 2004), and more recently the neo-Pragmatist Bexperimentalist organization^ (Evans 2000;Sabel and Simon 2011;Sabel and Zeitlin 2012;Zeitlin 2011).…”

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Learning in Public Sector Organizations: A Theory of Action Approach

Visser

Togt

2015

Public Organiz Rev

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The importance of learning has since long been acknowledged for both business and public sector organizations. However, learning theory and research have tended to neglect the differences between these organizations, and to develop in separate and unrelated directions. To address these developments, this paper purports, first, to develop a theoretical framework that integrates various concepts from the fields of public policy learning and organizational learning, and that is specifically directed at public sector organizations. Second, the paper purports to illustrate the utility of this framework by applying it to policy-making in a Dutch municipality, the Pegasustown prostitution case.

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Learning in Public Sector Organizations: A Theory of Action Approach

Visser

Togt

2015

Public Organiz Rev

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“…In response to the second class of pressures, control and accountability in and by PSOs increasingly have received attention. PSOs should be made publicly accountable for their performance and achievements so as to increase both their responsiveness to social and political demands and the tax payers' "value for money" (Bovens, Schillemans & 't Hart, 2008;Sabel, 2004;Sabel & Simon, 2011). To accomplish this, PSOs have become both "flat" and "accountable" (Hood, 1995;Sabel, 2004).…”

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Management Control, Accountability, and Learning in Public Sector Organizations: A Critical Analysis

Visser¹

2016

Studies in Public and Non-Profit Governance

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Purpose À In the past decades, Dutch public sector organizations (PSOs) have been encouraged to become more "business-like" in their internal control and accountability processes, following a more general trend toward New Public Management (NPM) in Western societies. However, in the Netherlands, this trend has met with increasing resistance and discontent among public sector professionals. In this chapter, a framework is developed that enables these public sector professionals themselves to discuss and reflect on their internal control and accountability processes, and possibly to effect changes in it.Methodology/approach À The chapter contains a critical analysis of existing research on management control, accountability, and learning in PSOs and describes a reflection and discussion session with a group of Findings À It is argued that, generally speaking, the "business-like" approach of NPM does not appear appropriate for most public sector activities and may even negatively affect accountability and learning in PSOs.Social implications À The chapter critically assesses the impact of NPM on PSOs and provides an alternative to NPM in the form of experimentalist governance, with possible positive implications for the effectiveness of public sector activities.Originality/value À This chapter is among the first to adapt a framework, developed for scientific and descriptive use, for more practical and prescriptive purposes, that is, as an instrument for public sector professionals to discuss and reflect on their internal control and accountability processes.

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“…In 2010, more than 30 years after Coombs first promoted the idea of a socially diverse public service, the Australian Government was still proposing that 'the APS should mirror the diversity of the broader population' (Moran 2010), regardless that the government no longer offered the direct delivery work that had attracted some in the broader population. And New Public Management is under review as scholars like Charles Sabel argue that governments are, or should be, decentralising through 'experimentalist' approaches that acknowledge local discretion and support ground-up learning (Sabel & Simon 2011). These approaches are reviving the discretionary/deliberative account.…”

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Minimalism and Experimentalism in the Administrative State

Cited by 55 publications

References 18 publications

Learning in Public Sector Organizations: A Theory of Action Approach

Learning in Public Sector Organizations: A Theory of Action Approach

Management Control, Accountability, and Learning in Public Sector Organizations: A Critical Analysis

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