Reinventing government: how the entrepreneurial spirit is transforming the public sector
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This article is published in Rae-revista De Administracao De Empresas.The article was published on 1993-11-01 and is currently open access. It has received 1934 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Public sector & Government.read more
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Globalisation and higher education restructuring in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Mainland China
TL;DR: In the last decade, government bureaucracy, public service institutions and higher education institutions and universities have been significantly affected by the tidal wave of the public sector reform around the world as mentioned in this paper.
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Organizational Effectiveness and Bureaucratic Red Tape: A Multimethod Study
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Transforming the Public Sector: Management Consultants as Agents of Change
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors examine the practices of a distinctive group of change agents in the reform of the UK public sector -management consultants, and seek to shed light on the management consultant as change agent in the UK Public Sector.
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Green Tape: A Theory of Effective Organizational Rules
TL;DR: The theory argues that the probability of rule effectiveness depends on the combined presence of written requirements and means-ends relationships which employ optimal control, are consistently applied, and that have purposes understood by stakeholders.
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The Enterprising Self: An Unsuitable Job for an Older Worker
Susan Ainsworth,Cynthia Hardy +1 more
TL;DR: This paper examined the ability of the older worker to become part of this enterprise culture through the analysis of an Australian government inquiry and found that older workers are unable to don the mantle of enterprise, although they are nonetheless subjected to it.