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Title: No "One Best Way" to Manage Change: Developing and Describing Distinct Administrative Reform Dimensions Across the Fifty American States (Report)
Author : Public Administration Quarterly
Release Date : January 22, 2009
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 329 KB

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INTRODUCTION Administrative Reform (AR) is in some respects like the 57 ingredients in Heinz ketchup or the 31 flavors of Baskin Robbin's ice cream. It may be imported, marketed, sold, and consumed by a diverse array of jurisdictional and/or organizational "customers." Thus the character and content of the commodity as well as the complexion of the consumers produces a complex collage on the intellectual and practical landscapes of public management. Kettl (2005) sketched the global "market" for reform and offered two dominant patterns, the Westminster (found in the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, and most comprehensively in New Zealand's "managerial" approach) and American ("reinvention" in three phases during the 1990's). The scope and significance of AR is demonstrated by his claim (2005, 60) that, "Perhaps never before have so many governments tried to change so much so fast in such similar ways." The continued currency of AR is exemplified by Light's updating of his "tides" of reform (Light 1997, 2006). Moynihan (2006) recently assessed the use of "Managing for Results" (MFR) among the American states in the late 1990's as a component of the "New Public Management" (NPM). He found significant discrepancies in the states between an emphasis on performance (results) and enhanced managerial authority, especially less of the latter.