After reform : Accommodating old values and assimilating new ones
Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews (RGC: 21, 22, 62) › 21_Publication in refereed journal › peer-review
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Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 69-78 |
Journal / Publication | Australian Journal of Public Administration |
Volume | 67 |
Issue number | 1 |
Publication status | Published - Mar 2008 |
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Abstract
Public administration is characterised by a multiplicity of incompatible values. In the 1990s, reformers avoided confronting the inevitable tradeoffs among these values by focusing almost exclusively on the cost-effective achievement of results. However, older values have a tendency to 'bite back' and new ones emerge. In the near term future, public administration will have to deal with at least three sets of values: 1) those that are non-mission based, and consequently not directly related to achieving results; 2) those that go unprotected when government work is outsourced to private entities; and 3) those associated with globalisation. © 2008 National Council of the Institute of Public Administration Australia.
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- Contracting, Globalisation, Public administration values
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After reform : Accommodating old values and assimilating new ones. / Chan, Hon S.; Rosenbloom, David H.; Rene, Helena.
In: Australian Journal of Public Administration, Vol. 67, No. 1, 03.2008, p. 69-78.Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews (RGC: 21, 22, 62) › 21_Publication in refereed journal › peer-review