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Colin Talbot
Researcher at University of Manchester
Publications - 50
Citations - 2193
Colin Talbot is an academic researcher from University of Manchester. The author has contributed to research in topics: Government & Public sector. The author has an hindex of 20, co-authored 49 publications receiving 2097 citations. Previous affiliations of Colin Talbot include University of South Wales & University of Nottingham.
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Unbundled Government:A critical analysis of the global trend to agencies, quangos & contractualisation
Christopher Pollitt,Colin Talbot +1 more
TL;DR: Talbot and Pollitt as mentioned in this paper discussed the international trend towards agencies, quangos and contratualization, and proposed a model of effective contracting drawn from the U.S. experience.
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Agency fever? Analysis of an international policy fashion
TL;DR: In the last 15 years, the governments of many OECD countries have transferred a wide range of functions to new, agency-type organizations as mentioned in this paper, and there seems to be a widespread belief, derived from a variety of theoretical traditions, that agencification can unleash performance improvements.
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Theories of Performance: Organizational and Service Improvement in the Public Domain
TL;DR: In this article, the authors propose a theory of performance and theory of performance, as well as a framework for public performance in institutions, organizations, and public value in organizations.
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Public Value—The Next “Big Thing” in Public Management?
TL;DR: A special issue of the International Journal of Public Administration on "Public Management: A New Era of Public Management" as mentioned in this paper is devoted to the public management of the public sector, with a focus on public finance.