Staff Participation and Public Management Reform

DAVID FARNHAM is Professor at the University of Portsmouth and Visiting Professor at the Universities of Greenwich and East London. He was Visiting Fellow at the Catholic University of Leuven whilst this book was being written. He is Joint Convenor of the Personal Policies Study Group of the European Group of Public Administration and Chief Examiner for the CIPD, London. ANNIE HONDEGHEM is Associate Professor at the Public Management Institute (Catholic University of Leuven). She is responsible for research, continuous education and advice concerning public personnel management and equal opportunities policies. She is coordinator of the Policy Research Centre Governmental Organisation in Flanders at KULeuven. She co-chairs the study group of EGPA on public personnel policies. SYLVIA HORTON is a researcher and teacher in the field of public management at the University of Portsmouth. She has worked with European colleagues in EGPA and published jointly a series of research monographs on new public managers, human resources flexibilities and competency management in public services. She regularly contributes to management seminars and workshops at the European Institute of Public Administration and the Public Management Institute, Leuven.

• List of Figures and Tables List of Contributors Preface PART I: INTRODUCTION The Contexts of Staff Participation and Public Management Reform Trajectories, Institutions and Stakeholders in Public Management Reform Staff Participation in the Public Services PART II: COUNTRY STUDIES Austria: The Dynamics of Public Management Reform and Staff Participation; G.Hammerschmid & R.Meyer Belgium: Staff Participation in the Copernic Reform; M.Parys & A.Hondeghem Britain: Staff Participation and Modernisation under 'New' Labour; D.Farnham, S.Horton & G.White The Czech Republic: Staff Participation and Modernization of Central State Administration; Z.Dvorakova Finland: Catchall Systems, Developing Practices; T.Virtanen France: From Direct to Indirect Participation to Where?; J-M.Denis & G.Jeannot Germany: Limited Reforms and Restricted Participation; D.Farnham & R.Koch Italy: The Case of the Revenue Agency; F.P.Cerese The Netherlands: Modernization, Participation and Strategic Choice; P.Leisink & B.Steijn New Zealand: Public Management Reform and the Partnership for Quality Agreement; R.Shaw Switzerland: Staff Participation in Government Agencies Undergoing Change; Y.Emery & D.Giauque The United States: Staff Participation in Administrative Reform 1993-2004; J.R.Thompson PART III: CONCLUSION Making Sense of Staff Participation within Public Management Reform Appendix A: Questionnaire for the Leuven Project Appendix B: An Analysis of the Range of Direct Participation Methods Used in 12 Civil Services Index

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