Many of the methodology textbooks that business and management students are
encouraged to use employ a simple and, in our view, flawed dichotomy between objectivist …

Performance Management is the challenge confronting public service managers. However,
the enduring research focus on performance measurement in public services, without …

The term 'managerialism'has been widely used but theoretical publications on
managerialism remain rare while theory development continues to be insufficient. This …

Traditionally, professionals such as medical doctors, lawyers, and academics are protected.
They work within well-defined jurisdictions, belong to specialized segments, have been …

The “new public management”(NPM) wave in public sector organizational change was
founded on themes of disaggregation, competition, and incentivization. Although its effects …

For many years the proponents of New Public Management (NPM) have promised to
improve public services by making public sector organizations much more 'business‐like' …

The project of writing this book back in 1999 began with a simple concern that the account of
organisational behaviour expressed or implied in academic work often did not give an …

This paper addresses the paradox that despite all organizational change towards flatter and
postmodern organizations, hierarchical order is quite persistent. We develop a differentiated …

A perspectiva contemporânea sobre o estado da arte na Administração Pública revela não
só uma recorrência de temas, dilemas e paradoxos mas também uma constante busca de …