From New Public Management to Public Value: Paradigmatic Change and Managerial Implications

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2007

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O'Flynn, Janine

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Blackwell Publishing Ltd

Abstract

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.

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Keywords: New public management; Public value; Role of managers

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Australian Journal of Public Administration

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Journal article

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2037-12-31