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From New Public Management to Public Value

Paradigmatic Change and Managerial Implications

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ID5774485
AuthorsJanine O’flynn (0000-0002-5565-5923, Australian National University, corresponding author)
Year2007
Volume66
Issue3
Pages353-366
Publication date2007-08-27
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAustralian Journal of Public Administration (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0313-6647 • E-ISSN: 1467-8500
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1467-8500.2007.00545.x
OpenAlexW2161122976
LanguageEN
Citations received212
References cited45

Both practitioners and scholars are increasingly interested in the idea of public value as a way of understanding government activity, informing policy-making and constructing service delivery. In part this represents a response to the concerns about 'new public management', but it also provides an interesting way of viewing what public sector organisations and public managers actually do. The purpose of this article is to examine this emerging approach by reviewing new public management and contrasting this with a public value paradigm. This provides the basis for a conceptual discussion of differences in approach, but also for pointing to some practical implications for both public sector management and public sector managers

New public management · Public management · Public value · Value (mathematics · Local Government Finance and Decentralization · Public Policy and Administration Research · Public-Private Partnership Projects

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