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作者：Morrell, Kevin
摘要：Beginning with a brief review of the governance literature, a definition of governance in the National Health Service of England and Wales (NHS) is offered. This introduces an analysis of NHS reform, as presented in the recent policy literature. Using narrative theory, I critique this literature with reference to three key actors: the new organizational form of the 'Foundation Trust', NHS staff, and NHS patients. For each actor, a motif is identified and examined: 'freedom' for Foundation Trus...
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作者：Learmonth, Mark; Harding, Nancy
作者单位：University of Nottingham; University of Leeds
摘要：This essay critically evaluates the recent phenomenon of 'evidence-based management' in public services that is especially prominent in health care. We suggest that the current approach, broadly informed by evidence-based health care, is misguided given the deeply contested nature of 'evidence' within the discipline of management studies. We argue that its growing popularity in spite of the theoretical problems it faces can be understood primarily as a function of the interests served by the u...
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作者：Shaw, Eric
作者单位：University of Stirling
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作者：Chapman, Richard A.
作者单位：Durham University
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作者：Milakovich, Michael E.
作者单位：University of Miami
摘要：Successful performance management strategies are intrinsically linked to the political environment in which public policy-making occurs. Since the mid-1990s, many governments have re-examined how to simultaneously reduce costs, increase performance and achieve results. Public agencies are experimenting with performance measurement and management systems designed to meet public policy goals and respond to citizen demands. Various reform models have been proposed and public administrators now ex...
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作者：Tavares, Luis V.; Alves, Andre A.
作者单位：Universidade de Lisboa; Universidade de Lisboa; University of London; London School Economics & Political Science
摘要：u This paper addresses the changing role of the Portuguese state, the present priority assigned to the process of reform and the new challenges to be overcome by public administration. Such processes are demanding a new agenda for education and research in public administration sciences, shifting from the public law paradigm to an interdisciplinary problem-solving approach and giving special attention to 10 key areas of study, which we describe in the final section of the paper. It should be n...
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作者：Walker, Richard M.
作者单位：University of Hong Kong; Cardiff University
摘要：This paper presents the first empirical test of innovation type and diffusion in local government. Five types of innovations - one product, three process and one ancillary - were tested in a multivariate model that included environmental, organizational and diffusion variables. The research was conducted on 120 upper tier English local authorities using a multiple informant survey instrument. Results indicate that adoption of innovation is both complex and contingent - different factors drive ...
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作者：Dahl, Poul Skov; Hansen, Kasper M.
作者单位：University of Southern Denmark; University of Copenhagen
摘要：Organizational standards or guidelines, although commonly applied in public sector organizations, are rarely studied systematically. We report insights gained here into the circumstances present when organizations adopt standards by studying the diffusion of the Common Language Standard (CLS). Neo-institutional organization theory constitutes the theoretical framework, which highlights the empirical phenomenon that standards occasionally spread extremely rapidly to some - but not all - organiz...
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作者：Kelly, Josie
作者单位：Aston University
