Public Sector Reform - Einzelansicht

All places in the course are already taken, there are no further admissions.

The following books are compulsory readings for the seminar:

Pollitt Christopher and Bouckaert Geert. Public Management Reform: A Comparative Analysis: New Public Management, Governance, and the Neo-Weberian State. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2011 (fourth edition) – this book is available at the University library to copy/scan/read. There will be an online version available from May 2020 through the University library.

Van Dooren Wouter, Geert Bouckaert, John Halligan (2015, 2d edition) Performance Management in the Public Sector. Routledge: London – this book is available at the coordination office of the Master of Public Management (MPM) to copy/scan. Please register for usage.

Managing performance is a common denominator in all reform models. This course is about understanding the content of managing performance as a driver for public sector reform. Three models of reform will be presented: New Public Management (a market based model), Neo Weberian State (a hierarchy based model), and New Public Governance (a network based model). The connection with performance implies its measurement, its incorporation, and its use.

The models will be illustrated with examples from ‘pilot’ countries in the OECD. Students will be required to present texts, to critically assess these, and to implement them to their home country or their 'chosen country'. There will be exercises in class, including a role play of a performance budget and discussions on quality models in the public sector.