Governance of Public Sector Organizations: Proliferation, Autonomy and Performance (Governance and Public Management)

Governance Of Public Sector Organizations Examines Recent Changes In Central Governmental Administration In Contemporary Democracies By Focusing On Organizational Forms And Their Effects. There Is A Considerable Need For Such Knowledge In A Period When Governments Are Constantly Restructuring Their Administration. This Book Studies And Explains How New Public Management (npm) And Post-npm Reforms Affect The Organizational Proliferation And Specialization, As Well As The Autonomy And Control Of Central Agencies. New Empirical Data Sheds Light On The Effects Of These Changes On Organizational Performance. The Book Describes How 'whole-of-government' Initiatives With Emphasis On Reassertion Of The Centre And Horizontal Coordination Supplement Npm Reforms, Producing Increased Layering And Complexity In Government Organizations. The Contributors To This Volume Examine Agencies In Australia, Canada, The Uk, Hong Kong, Norway, Germany, The Netherlands, Switzerland, Belgium, Italy And Hungary. By Combining Survey, Mapping And Case Study Methodologies, They Show That Structural, Cultural, Task-related And Historical Features Interact In Shaping Organizational Reforms--provided By Publisher. Introduction: Reforming Public Sector Organizations -- Per Lægreid And Koen Verhoest -- The Structural Anatomy Of The Norwegian State: Increased Specialization Or A Pendulum Shift? / Per Lægreid [and Others] -- The Agency Landscape In Hungary, 2002-2006 / György Hajnal -- Specialization And Fragmentation In Regulatory Regimes / Jan Rommel, Koen Verhoest And Joery Matthys -- Policy And Management Autonomy Of Federal Agencies In Germany / Tobias Bach -- Explaining Autonomy In Public Agencies: The Case Of Hong Kong / Martin Painter, John P. Burns And Wai-hang Yee -- Determinants Of Result-based Control In Italian Agencies / Dario Barbieri [and Others] -- The Long-run Performance Of Decentralized Agencies In Québec / Marie-Ève Quenneville, Claude Laurin And Nicole Thibodeau -- Comparing Impacts Of Modes Of Governance / Marieke Van Genugten -- Are Regulatory Agencies Delivering What They Promise? / Martino Maggetti -- Performance Of Public Sector Organizations: Do Managerial Tools Matter? / Koen Verhoest [and Others] -- Post-npm Responses To Disaggregation Through Coordinating Horizontally And Integrating Governance / John Halligan -- Increased Complexity In Public Organizations -- The Challenges Of Combining Npm And Post-npm / Tom Christensen And Per Lægreid -- Organizing Public Sector Agencies: Challenges And Reflections / Koen Verhoest And Per Lægreid. Edited By Per Lægreid And Koen Verhoest. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 298-329) And Index.