International Journal of Public Sector Management: Volume 30 Issue 6-7

30 years of International Journal of Public Sector Management: looking back and forward

30 years of IJPSM publications: an analysis

By using the analysis of 30 years of publications in the journal International Journal of Public Sector Management, the purpose of this paper is to discover trends in…

The provenance of public management and its future: is public management here to stay?

The purpose of this paper is to present the views of authors in regard to the provenance and future of PM and the advantages of using management science in administrative science…

Public management: 30 years on

The purpose of this paper is to conduct a conceptual survey of transformation in the management of the public sector over the past 30 years.

Public administration research since 1980: slipping away from the real world?

This paper seeks to explore one particular aspect of recent PA research: the apparently widening gap between top academic research and practitioner concerns. This topic was…

Thirty years of public management scholarship: plenty of “how,” not enough “why”

The purpose of this paper is to determine the overarching lessons to be gleaned from 30 years of public management literature.

Is there still a need for teaching and research in public administration and management? A personal view from the UK

The purpose of this paper is to explain the global, historic context of public administration and the specific British context of teaching and research for public administration…

Getting to Norway – 30 years of public management research: Theoretical, empirical and practical challenges

The purpose of this paper is to examine three substantial trends in public administration research from a Norwegian perspective with a special focus on administrative reform that…

Three decades, four phases: Public administration development in Central and Eastern Europe, 1989-2017

The purpose of this paper is to provide a comprehensive overview of the public administration (PA) development in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) from an ex post perspective…

Management, management everywhere: whatever happened to governance?

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the relationships between governance and a variety of approaches to public administration, especially New Public Management.

Exploring 30 years of UK public services management reform – the case of health care

The purpose of this paper is to offer a personal interpretation of the nature and impact of alternative narratives of public management reform evident in the UK since the 1980s…

Collaborative public management and systems thinking

Over the 30 years, public management and administration scholars have crossed disciplinary boundaries to build a body of scholarship on collaboration for public good, services…