Public Sector Reform

ALAN BARCAN Honorary Associate, University of Newcastle, NSW, AustraliaRICHARD BOYLE Senior Research Officer, Institute of Public Administration, IrelandCHRIS BREWSTER Professor of International Human Resource Management, Cranfield School of ManagementMICHAEL DEMPSEY Doctoral Student, Cranfield School of Management JOSIE GREGORY Lecturer, School of Educational Studies, University of Surrey, GuildfordJOHN HALLIGAN Professor of Public Administration, University of CanberraBILL HARDING Superintendent, Surrey PoliceGRANT HARMAN Professor of Educational Management, University of New EnglandARIANE HEGEWISCH Lecturer, European Human Resource Management, Cranfield School of ManagementANDREW KORAC-KAKABADSE Professor of Management Development and Deputy Director, Cranfield School of ManagementNADA KORAC-KAKABADSE Senior Research Fellow, Cranfield School of ManagementPER LAEGREID Professor of Administration and Organization Theory, University of Bergen, NorwayV.LYNN MEEK Director, Centre for Higher Education Management and Policy, University of New EnglandCHESTER A. NEWLAND Duggan Distinguished Professor of Public Administration, University of Southern CaliforniaGARETH PARRY Reader in Education, University of SurreyALEXANDER ZOUZMIN Foundation Chair in Management, University of Western Sydney, Australia

• Preface Acknowledgements Notes on the Contributors Introduction PART I: OVERVIEW OF PUBLIC SECTOR REFORM IN THE OECD Comparing Public Sector Reform in the OECD; J.Halligan PART II: NATIONAL PUBLIC SECTOR REFORM Public Management and Reform in the United States; C.A.Newland Australian Public Sector Reform; V.L.Meek A Partnership Approach to Change: The Civil Service Reform Programme in the Republic of Ireland; R.Boyle Administrative Reforms in Scandinavia: Testing the Cooperative Model; P.Loegreid PART III: SECTORAL CASE STUDIES The Reform of State Education in Australia; A.Barcan Ethics as a Change Strategy in Policing in the United Kingdom; J.Gregory & B.Harding Reform of Higher Education in the United Kingdom; G.Parry PART IV: ORGANIZATIONAL ADAPTATIONS TO PUBLIC SECTOR REFORM The Union's Response to Change in the Public Sector; C.Brewer, M.Dempsey & A.Hegewisch Impact of the New Public Management on Higher Education Reform in Australia; G.Harman Towards Electronic Service Delivery: Canadian, Australian and United Kingdom Government Initiatives; N.Korac-Kakabadse, A.Korac-Kakabadse & A.Zouzmin CONCLUSION Themes and Future Directions of Public Sector Reform; B.Nolan Bibliography Index