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作者：Laffan, Brigid; O'Mahony, Jane
作者单位：University College Dublin; University of Kent
摘要：This article analyses the management of European Union (EU) business by the Irish core executive. More specifically, it investigates the demands placed by EU membership on the Irish system of public administration and how the system has responded to these demands. Employing an institutionalist analytical framework, the article maps the formal and informal organizational and procedural devices or structures used to manage EU affairs in Ireland, as well as dissecting the key relationships that g...
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作者：Fink-Hafner, Danica
作者单位：University of Ljubljana
摘要：Scholarly research into Estonia, Hungary and Slovenia has shown that the idiosyncrasies of the new EU countries (especially with respect to institutionalizing and centralizing the co-ordination of core executives in managing EU affairs at home) persist. They are complemented by trends toward convergence (such as growing co-ordination efforts and a common tendency: that of the prime minister to be the centre of co-ordination). In this article external Europeanization pressures, national adminis...
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作者：Ackroyd, Stephen; Kirkpatrick, Ian; Walker, Richard M.
作者单位：Lancaster University; University of Leeds; University of Hong Kong; Cardiff University
摘要：It is often assumed in the literature on public management reforms that radical changes in values, work and organization have occurred or are under way. In this paper our aim is to raise questions about this account. Focusing on three services in the UK, each dominated by organized professions - health care, housing, and social services - significant variations in the effectiveness of reforms are noted. The available research also suggests that these outcomes have been inversely proportional t...
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作者：Freeman, Tim; Peck, Edward
作者单位：University of Birmingham
摘要：This paper explores the governance of complex public sector partnerships through a detailed case study of a Joint Commissioning Partnership Board (JCPB) in the South East of England. It argues that a theoretical and empirical focus on the instrumental roles of boards has resulted in an under-appreciation of their symbolic purposes, especially in the context of the governance of inter-organizational relationships. The paper considers the performative dimension of partnership governance, highlig...
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作者：Greenaway, John; Salter, Brian; Hart, Stella
作者单位：University of East Anglia; University of Nottingham
摘要：This article examines a detailed case study of implementation networks in England using the example of the relocation of the Norfolk and Norwich hospital, which became a flagship PFI project for the Labour government after 1997. The case study illustrates the workings of the new order of multi-layered governance with both local and national networks from different policy areas interacting. However, it also sheds light on the governance debate and illustrates how in the world of new public mana...
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作者：Moran, Michael
作者单位：University of Manchester
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作者：Kelly, Josie
作者单位：Aston University
摘要：In the UK, the government continues its project to reform public services. Earlier projects have focused on the modernization of public sector organizations; in the latest round of reform, New Labour has focused on widening choice and the personalization of services. To this end, the government has been working with Third Sector (TS) organizations to expand their role in shaping, commissioning and delivering public services. The government's vision is predicated on a normative assertion, that,...
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作者：Fernandez, Sergio
作者单位：Indiana University System; Indiana University Bloomington
摘要：During the last decade the field of public administration has undergone a period of renewed interest in the topic of performance and effectiveness. Key contributions to the growing stream of research on public sector performance include work focusing on the adoption and implementation of performance measurement in the public sector (see, for example, Julnes and Holzer 2001; Behn 2003); theoretical and empirical research on management's effect on organizational performance (see, for example, O'...
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作者：Lewis, Duncan; Gunn, Rod
作者单位：University of South Wales
摘要：This paper reports the research findings of the experiences of public sector workers of bullying at work across 13 organizations in South Wales. The study explored the experiences of White and Ethnic minority respondents and found that there are significant differences in the type and frequency of bullying behaviours being experienced by the two groups. Ethnic minority respondents are more likely to label themselves as suffering from bullying behaviours than their White counterparts. The evide...
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作者：Hartley, Jean; Downe, James
作者单位：University of Warwick; Cardiff University
摘要：Award schemes have proliferated in the public sector worldwide - yet there is little analysis of their role in improving public services through celebrating performance and sharing good practice. This paper theorizes this development, establishing a research agenda to examine the functioning, attractiveness and effectiveness of award schemes, which may be classified as being threshold or competitive schemes. The paper examines a major English competitive award, the Beacon Scheme, and focuses i...
