The Efficient Public Administrator: Pareto and a Well-Rounded Approach to Public Administration

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Grandy, Christopher
• 署名单位: University of Hawaii System; University of Hawaii Manoa
• 刊物名称: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REVIEW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0033-3352
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-6210.2009.02069.x
• 发表日期: 2009
• 页码: 1115-1123
• 关键词: governmental efficiency; management; VALUES; LESSONS; science; LIMITS

摘要

The New Public Management movement was only the latest demand that public organizations promote efficiency by adopting business methods. There again followed reactions from those arguing that other values, such as equity, citizen participation, and democracy, are as important as efficiency. This article suggests that an economic rather than business perspective on efficiency may usefully contribute to the scholarly conversation. It also suggests that it is efficient to identify the public values in play within any given situation.