04004oam 2200553I 450 991015513500332120240505165946.01-317-19791-71-315-56032-11-317-19792-510.4324/9781315560328(CKB)4340000000023786(MiAaPQ)EBC4766911(OCoLC)965826675(EXLCZ)99434000000002378620180706d2017 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierModernizing the public sector Scandinavian perspectives /edited by Irvine Lapsley and Hans Knutsson1st ed.London ;New York :Routledge,2017.1 online resource (279 pages) illustrationsRoutledge critical studies in public management1-138-67594-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Making Sense of Public Sector Reforms: Scandinavian Perspectives / Irvine Lapsley -- New Public Management in a Scandinavian Context /Hans Knutsson, Ola Mattisson, Salme Nasi, Kari Nyland and Peter Skarbak -- Shaping NPM : Social Democratic Values at Work / Tom S. Karlsson -- Challenging the Myth of NPM in Denmark : An Argument From the Health System / Nikolaj Kure and Margit Malmmose -- Process-Orientation and Management Control in Health Care Organizations / Gert Paulsson -- The Welfare State That Wanted to Keep Track of its Citizens : Personal Identity Numbers as Administrative Technology / Alexander Paulsson -- The Unfolding of Agency Autonomy over Time : The Swedish Social Insurance Agency 2003-2015 / Louise Bringselius -- Audit in a Trusting Climate / Age Johnsen, Kristin Reichborn-Kjennerud, Thomas Carrington and Kim Klarskov Jeppesen -- Local Government Cooperation : A Better Way to Respond to Conditions? / Ola Mattisson -- What About the Boards? : Issues of Transparency and Accountability in Board Composition / Anna Thomasson -- Leadership and Strategy in a Transforming Academic Field / Christine Blomqvist -- Market Solutions / Fredrik Andersson -- Introducing Quasi-Markets in Primary Care : The Swedish Experience / Anna Hager Glenngard and Anders Anell -- Managing Profits and Professionalism in the Swedish School System / Robert Wenglen -- Welfare Choices : A Story of Market Forces and Social Progress / Hans Knutsson -- Modernizing the Public Sector : The Scandinavian Way / Hans Knutsson, Ola Mattisson, Ulf Ramberg and Age Johnsen.As policy makers evaluate options in the reform and renewal of public services, this book offers an in-depth analysis of the development of the "Scandic" way of modernizing the public sector management. Organised into themes of management, governance and marketization, the contents revolve around empirical accounts, revealing distinctive Scandic characteristics of reform initiatives. This book reveals a radical edginess, particularly in Sweden, which is a largely unrecognized. Without compromising the welfare state, it may be a bold frontrunner in the development of the New Public Management. Researchers, advanced students and policy makers will find this innovative collection invaluable.Routledge critical studies in public management.Public administrationScandinaviaAdministrative agenciesScandinaviaManagementWelfare stateScandinaviaOrganizational changeScandinaviaPublic administrationAdministrative agenciesManagement.Welfare stateOrganizational change352.3/67Knutsson Hans1965-929915Lapsley Irvine929916MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910155135003321Modernizing the public sector2091111UNINA