This paper provides an overview of the New Public Management discussions characteristic of both the developed and the developing worlds. It argues that the New Public Management is neither new, nor public, nor even about management. Rather, there are overtones about government that are all too reminiscent of mercantilist thinking. The real and not too subtly concealed agenda is simply to dimini...

IntroductIon New public management and the more recent concept of new public governance have become the dominant management doctrines in the public sector. Public organizations have become increasingly network-like units with various governance relations with actors from the public, business, and voluntary sectors. Their organization is based more on networks than on traditional hierarchies, ac...

Understanding the linkage between New Public Management (NPM) reforms and Human Resource (HRM) are required to be highlighted. A Systematic Literature Review (SLR) used as a research methodology discuss implementation of NPM reforms, gaps challenges NPM, effects implications these on HRM. This paper contributes existing literature by offering important lessons experiences implemented alongside ...

This article explores where the increasing adoption of SIBs and outcomes-based contracting may lead public service systems—toward New Public Governance, or ‘back’ to Management. We present analysis from first significant longitudinal qualitative study a major UK SIB focused on improving outcomes in context social determinants health analyze how two governance logics manifest interact across lif...

The development of mobile IT continuously provides new resources of use in the road environment. However, there are problems turning technical options into meaningful applications. This paper presents a method where observation of daily practices to identify users' demands to inform ITS-design. The particular case is bus driving and public transport management, seen from the bus-drivers’ perspe...