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Author-Name: Francis Terry
Author-X-Name-First: Francis
Author-X-Name-Last: Terry
Title: Viewpoint: Editorial
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 3-4
Issue: 1
Volume: 17
Year: 1997
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00048
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Author-Name: Peter Taylor
Author-X-Name-First: Peter
Author-X-Name-Last: Taylor
Title: Viewpoint: Cash or Kind? Partnership Schemes and the Welfare State
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 4-5
Issue: 1
Volume: 17
Year: 1997
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00049
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Author-Name: Alan Pike
Author-X-Name-First: Alan
Author-X-Name-Last: Pike
Title: Viewpoint: Why a New Local Governance is Needed
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 5-6
Issue: 1
Volume: 17
Year: 1997
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00050
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Author-Name: Christopher Pollitt
Author-X-Name-First: Christopher
Author-X-Name-Last: Pollitt
Author-Name: Hilkka Summa
Author-X-Name-First: Hilkka
Author-X-Name-Last: Summa
Title: Trajectories of Reform: Public Management Change in Four Countries
Abstract:
It is fashionable to think there is a tide, or sequence, of basically
similar public management changes sweeping through Western Europe, North
America and Australasia, and British ministers have proclaimed that the UK
is an admired and copied leader in public sector reforms. This article
argues that a uniform ‘one-track’ picture is not at all
accurate. Looking at 15 years of change in Finland, New Zealand, Sweden
and the UK, the authors argue there are not only significant differences
between each of the countries, but a more general and persistent
distinction between the two Nordic countries and the UK and New Zealand.
In the ‘Westminster system’ countries, the aim appears to
have been to minimize the extent and distinctiveness of the state sector,
whereas in the Nordic countries much greater emphasis has been placed on
modernizing the state apparatus so that it can deal better with a changing
environment.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 7-18
Issue: 1
Volume: 17
Year: 1997
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00051
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Author-Name: John W. Raine
Author-X-Name-First: John W.
Author-X-Name-Last: Raine
Author-Name: Michael J. Willson
Author-X-Name-First: Michael J.
Author-X-Name-Last: Willson
Title: From Performance Measurement to Performance Enhancement: An Information System Case-Study from the Administration of Justice
Abstract:
This article describes a pilot initiative at the magistrates’
courts of East Sussex, which was designed to promote better performance in
administration. The project continues, but it is already possible to
conclude that a transformation of some significance has been achieved:
from ‘information for monitoring purposes’ to
‘information for enhanced performance’. The process that has
been set in place promises to achieve what a nationally-driven, more
generalized and standardized approach has struggled to deliver for more
than a decade.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 19-25
Issue: 1
Volume: 17
Year: 1997
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00052
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Author-Name: Mike Broussine
Author-X-Name-First: Mike
Author-X-Name-Last: Broussine
Author-Name: Rob Wakefield
Author-X-Name-First: Rob
Author-X-Name-Last: Wakefield
Title: Quality Defined by Public Service Users—The Case of the Avon Probation Service
Abstract:
Avon Probation Service and Bristol Business School have developed a means
of assessing user-defined quality of service provision. Building on that
work, this article reports on an attempt to involve
‘consumers’ in devising criteria by which they can judge the
performance of a public service. It begins with a review of the debate
about quality in public service management, arguing that it is a mistake
to import uncritically ‘business’ approaches to quality into
the public services. The impossibility of defining a uniform set of
expectations of the probation service’s role is a major reason why
conventional notions of quality cannot be grafted directly on to public
service management. The case study of the probation service suggests
broader lessons for public services which wish to involve users in
addressing quality issues.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 27-34
Issue: 1
Volume: 17
Year: 1997
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00053
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Author-Name: Ron Hodges
Author-X-Name-First: Ron
Author-X-Name-Last: Hodges
Title: Competition and Efficiency after Privatization: The Role of the NAO
Abstract:
One of the arguments for privatization is to promote market competition
in order to facilitate efficiency gains. This review of NAO privatization
reports shows that the promotion of competition is rarely stated as an
objective of a privatization and, where it is, it can lead to difficulties
in drawing objective audit conclusions. The work of the regulators is of
considerable importance after privatization; and a more recent role for
the NAO is that of responsibility for the financial audit and
value-for-money studies of these regulators. These NAO studies provide new
opportunities to review the effectiveness of the regulators and to promote
accountability in competition policy after privatization.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 35-42
Issue: 1
Volume: 17
Year: 1997
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00054
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Author-Name: Chris Painter
Author-X-Name-First: Chris
Author-X-Name-Last: Painter
Author-Name: Kester Isaac-Henry
Author-X-Name-First: Kester
Author-X-Name-Last: Isaac-Henry
Title: Relations with Non-Elected Agencies: Local Authority Good Practice
Abstract:
The controversy over reform of the local unelected state has tended to
over-shadow principles of good practice for local authorities. This
article shows how local authorities can get the best out of their
relationships with non-elected agencies. In particular, how should they
develop their strategic capabilities and representational roles in the
‘new local governance’?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 43-48
Issue: 1
Volume: 17
Year: 1997
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00055
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Author-Name: Richard Boyle
Author-X-Name-First: Richard
Author-X-Name-Last: Boyle
Title: Civil Service Reform in the Republic of Ireland
Abstract:
This article sets out the background to the current management reforms in
the Irish civil service, and identifies some of the key features of the
programme ‘Delivering Better Government’. It explores how
the programme relates to international developments in public service
provision, and describes some of the challenges to be faced if the
programme is to become reality.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 49-53
Issue: 1
Volume: 17
Year: 1997
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00056
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Author-Name: Talib Younis
Author-X-Name-First: Talib
Author-X-Name-Last: Younis
Author-Name: Tony Boland
Author-X-Name-First: Tony
Author-X-Name-Last: Boland
Title: Towards Total Quality Management in a Supportive Employment Workplace
Abstract:
When Total Quality Management (TQM) is being implemented in an
organization, what are the implications if the workforce is disabled?
BlindCraft, an organization owned by the former Strathclyde Regional
Council, provides employment in a sheltered environment and made the
decision to develop a system to improve the quality of their products.
Their system is analysed from three perspectives: communication, culture
and commitment. The authors highlight the importance of organizational
culture and human resource policies in implementing TQM in any
organization, and the role of front-line supervisors in ensuring the
success of the present and any future system.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 55-62
Issue: 1
Volume: 17
Year: 1997
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00058
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Author-Name: Colin Talbot
Author-X-Name-First: Colin
Author-X-Name-Last: Talbot
Title: Editorial
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 3-4
Issue: 2
Volume: 17
Year: 1997
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00060
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Author-X-Name-Last: Borrie
Title: Competition For All
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 4-6
Issue: 2
Volume: 17
Year: 1997
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00061
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Author-Name: Julia Clarke
Author-X-Name-First: Julia
Author-X-Name-Last: Clarke
Title: Will Increased Lorry Weights Really Bring Benefits
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 6-8
Issue: 2
Volume: 17
Year: 1997
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00062
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Author-Name: Paul Jervis
Author-X-Name-First: Paul
Author-X-Name-Last: Jervis
Author-Name: Sue Richards
Author-X-Name-First: Sue
Author-X-Name-Last: Richards
Title: Public Management: Raising Our Game
Abstract:
Whatever the colour of the new government after the election,
success in tackling social and economic policy problems will prove elusive
without a fundamentally different approach to policy making and
implementation. The authors argue that the fundamental challenge to the
new government is to change the architecture of the system of public
policy formulation and implementation to make it fit for purpose. There is
growing evidence that the current system can no longer deliver effective
responses to the increasingly complex problems faced by society. Radical
change is needed to the processes and machinery which exist today, without
abandoning innovations in public service management or the Thatcher and
Major regimes, or returning to previous systems of government. The
practice of public management is central to this change.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 9-16
Issue: 2
Volume: 17
Year: 1997
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00063
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Author-Name: Andrew Gray
Author-X-Name-First: Andrew
Author-X-Name-Last: Gray
Title: Viewpoint Editorial: Private Finance Initiative
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 3-4
Issue: 3
Volume: 17
Year: 1997
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00072
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Author-Name: Neil Kinnock
Author-X-Name-First: Neil
Author-X-Name-Last: Kinnock
Title: Viewpoint: A Fresh Look at Transport Policy
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 4-6
Issue: 3
Volume: 17
Year: 1997
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00073
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Author-Name: Derek Collins
Author-X-Name-First: Derek
Author-X-Name-Last: Collins
Title: Viewpoint: The 4Ps and PFI
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 6-7
Issue: 3
Volume: 17
Year: 1997
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00074
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Author-Name: Colin Hewitt
Author-X-Name-First: Colin
Author-X-Name-Last: Hewitt
Title: Viewpoint: Complexity and Cost in PFI Schemes
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 7-9
Issue: 3
Volume: 17
Year: 1997
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00075
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Author-Name: David Heald
Author-X-Name-First: David
Author-X-Name-Last: Heald
Author-Name: Neal Geaughan
Author-X-Name-First: Neal
Author-X-Name-Last: Geaughan
Title: Private Finance Initiative: Accounting for the Private Finance Initiative
Abstract:
This article examines how the context out of which the PFI emerged has
conditioned its implementation. Attention is directed, in particular,
towards how public expenditure is scored for the purposes of the national
accounts and for public expenditure planning. The Treasury’s
decision to substitute accruals for cash accounting across central
government has significant implications for the accounting treatment of
PFI assets. Certain important distinctions are analysed, notably that
between assets which generate revenue streams from third-party payers and
those which do not. The authors conclude that disclosure practices must
give primacy to transparency about future obligations, over claims to
commercial confidentiality.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 11-16
Issue: 3
Volume: 17
Year: 1997
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00076
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Author-Name: Jim McKendrick
Author-X-Name-First: Jim
Author-X-Name-Last: McKendrick
Author-Name: Bill McCabe
Author-X-Name-First: Bill
Author-X-Name-Last: McCabe
Title: An Observer’s Tale: Stonehaven Community Hospital
Abstract:
The authors have been observing the progress of a PFI project for the
health service in Scotland. The case is significant for its being a modest
scheme in contrast to some of the giant 25-year and £50M ventures
receiving so much attention elsewhere. In addition, the scheme challenges
some of the structural and policy givens of the new NHS.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 17-20
Issue: 3
Volume: 17
Year: 1997
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00077
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Author-Name: John McWilliam
Author-X-Name-First: John
Author-X-Name-Last: McWilliam
Title: A Commissioner’s Tale: Avery Hill Student Village, University of Greenwich
Abstract:
Avery Hill was one of the first Private Finance Initiative (PFI) projects
in higher education. It illustrates some possible opportunities for the
sector to increase its capital investment and demonstrates that
commissioning PFI projects involves more than identifying capital costs
and transferring risks. It also signifies the benefits of an experience of
procurement and a commitment to ride through the peaks and troughs of a
tortuous process.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 21-24
Issue: 3
Volume: 17
Year: 1997
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00078
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Author-X-Name-First: Christopher G.
Author-X-Name-Last: O’Boyle
Title: A Client’s Tale: The Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds
Abstract:
The Royal Armouries was the first arts and heritage project to receive
funding through the Private Finance Initiative. In 1993 the author led the
team to incorporate Royal Armouries (International) plc, which involved
securing institutional investors and structuring all commercial and legal
negotiations. This process called on a strong commitment from all parties,
as well as technical and organizational capabilities. The museum opened to
the public at the end of March 1966.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 25-29
Issue: 3
Volume: 17
Year: 1997
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00079
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Author-Name: Nicholas Barr
Author-X-Name-First: Nicholas
Author-X-Name-Last: Barr
Title: Developments: Student Loans: Towards a New Public/Private Mix
Abstract:
This article discusses how to construct student loans to ensure that, for
the most part, they count as private spending. Though the specifics relate
to the finance of higher education, the issue has much wider ramifications
for flexible combinations of public and private activity, for example in
financing public transport, paying for infrastructure, and the like. The
opening section explains the issue, section 2 justifies the specific loan
proposal and section 3 discusses ways of ensuring that the scheme is
classified as private.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 31-39
Issue: 3
Volume: 17
Year: 1997
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00080
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Author-Name: Linda Keen
Author-X-Name-First: Linda
Author-X-Name-Last: Keen
Author-Name: Sarah A. Vickerstaff
Author-X-Name-First: Sarah A.
Author-X-Name-Last: Vickerstaff
Title: ‘We’re all Human Resource Managers Now’: Local Government Middle Managers
Abstract:
In the context of the much-publicised moves within local government from
traditional Personnel Management to new Human Resource Management (HRM)
systems, this article explores the extent to which line managers’
day-to-day people management practices had changed as a consequence of
their local authority’s formal adoption of HRM policies. While many
of these managers had made real and substantial changes in their people
management activities, it was nevertheless clear that barriers remained to
the full realization of the HRM ideal, with potentially adverse
consequences for the managers’ motivation and performance levels
and for overall organizational effectiveness.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 41-46
Issue: 3
Volume: 17
Year: 1997
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00081
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Author-Name: Carolyn Strong
Author-X-Name-First: Carolyn
Author-X-Name-Last: Strong
Author-Name: Stuart Hanmer Lloyd
Author-X-Name-First: Stuart
Author-X-Name-Last: Hanmer Lloyd
Title: An Application of Keaveney’s Model of Service Switching Behaviour to GP Fundholders
Abstract:
The introduction of competition within the National Health Service (NHS),
with the purchasers having a degree of choice among providers, has raised
a variety of issues for buyer-supplier relationships. Purchasers,
especially GP fundholders, have power in relation to their provider in the
sense that they may ultimately take their custom elsewhere and by
transferring their business, or part of their business, from one trust
provider to another. As GP fundholders increase in number, and in
confidence, this practice seems likely to grow. Using evidence from
commercial markets, this article explains why fundholders might switch
provider and the implications this has for hospital trusts.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 47-51
Issue: 3
Volume: 17
Year: 1997
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00082
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Author-Name: Francis Terry
Author-X-Name-First: Francis
Author-X-Name-Last: Terry
Title: Viewpoint: Editorial: Strategic Alliances
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 3-4
Issue: 4
Volume: 17
Year: 1997
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00083
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Author-Name: Brian Briscoe
Author-X-Name-First: Brian
Author-X-Name-Last: Briscoe
Title: Viewpoint: The New Local Government Agenda
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 4-6
Issue: 4
Volume: 17
Year: 1997
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00084
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Author-Name: Gillian Rowley
Author-X-Name-First: Gillian
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowley
Title: Strategic Alliances: United We Stand: A Strategic Analysis of Mergers in Higher Education
Abstract:
A great deal has been written about mergers in industry, but those in the
public sector have received much less attention. This article sets out to
redress the balance, analysing 30 recent merger examples in the higher
education (HE) sector. It draws parallels with the wider literature, and
includes recommendations for practitioners.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 7-12
Issue: 4
Volume: 17
Year: 1997
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00085
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Author-Name: Philip James
Author-X-Name-First: Philip
Author-X-Name-Last: James
Author-Name: Abby Ghobadian
Author-X-Name-First: Abby
Author-X-Name-Last: Ghobadian
Author-Name: Howard Viney
Author-X-Name-First: Howard
Author-X-Name-Last: Viney
Title: Strategic Alliances: Alliances and Mergers in Electricity Supply
Abstract:
The takeovers that have occurred within the Regional Electricity
Companies (RECs) since the privatization of the UK electricity industry
are reviewed. The article describes the nature and scale of the changes
that have occurred, and the policy considerations that have influenced the
behaviour of the companies. A variety of emergent behaviour patterns among
the companies are identified, which reflect apparent differences in the
RECs’ policy objectives; the mergers are then grouped on the basis
of this behaviour. There is strong evidence of a learning process among
the companies.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 13-18
Issue: 4
Volume: 17
Year: 1997
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00086
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Author-Name: Stephen Barber
Author-X-Name-First: Stephen
Author-X-Name-Last: Barber
Title: Strategic Alliances: International, Local and Regional Government Alliances
Abstract:
Kent County Council now promotes itself as the ‘European
County’, a message that it seeks to deliver to the heart of
institutional Europe through its Brussels office. Commentators generally
agree that Kent has demonstrated how British local authorities can play an
influential role at the European level, but will this acknowledged success
be sufficient to maintain Kent’s position over the coming years in
a rapidly changing Europe where large regions look set to wield the power?
This article reviews how Kent formed alliances with authorities in the
same region of north-west Europe. How real are these supra-national
groupings and what benefits can they bring to the partner areas?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 19-23
Issue: 4
Volume: 17
Year: 1997
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00087
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Author-Name: Bob Hudson
Author-X-Name-First: Bob
Author-X-Name-Last: Hudson
Author-Name: Brian Hardy
Author-X-Name-First: Brian
Author-X-Name-Last: Hardy
Author-Name: Melanie Henwood
Author-X-Name-First: Melanie
Author-X-Name-Last: Henwood
Author-Name: Gerald Wistow
Author-X-Name-First: Gerald
Author-X-Name-Last: Wistow
Title: Strategic Alliances: Working Across Professional Boundaries: Primary Health Care and Social Care
Abstract:
Effective joint working between health and local authorities, and between
health, social services and housing professionals, has long been
recognized as vital to the provision of ‘seamless’ services
for the most vulnerable members of society. Unfortunately, the history of
formal joint working over the past 20 years has been largely a poor one.
In this article the authors outline the findings from a recent study of
working alliances across the primary health care/social care boundary.
They examine how obstacles are being overcome and how, in some localities,
the essential ingredients of inter-professional and inter-organizational
trust are leading to the improved integration of services.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 25-30
Issue: 4
Volume: 17
Year: 1997
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00088
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Author-Name: Stephen P. Osborne
Author-X-Name-First: Stephen P.
Author-X-Name-Last: Osborne
Author-Name: Norman Flynn
Author-X-Name-First: Norman
Author-X-Name-Last: Flynn
Title: Strategic Alliances Managing the Innovative Capacity of Voluntary and Non-Profit Organizations in the Provision of Public Services
Abstract:
This article considers the implications of recent research about the
innovative capacity of voluntary and non-profit organizations for their
management by their organizational leaders. Its core points are that
innovation has to be seen as one possible direction for the work of such
organizations to follow, rather than being a defining characteristic of
their work, and that the expectations of funders, and especially
governmental funders, are as important in setting this direction as are
the concerns of the organization itself.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 31-39
Issue: 4
Volume: 17
Year: 1997
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00089
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Author-Name: Mark Clatworthy
Author-X-Name-First: Mark
Author-X-Name-Last: Clatworthy
Author-Name: Howard Mellett
Author-X-Name-First: Howard
Author-X-Name-Last: Mellett
Title: Developments: Managing Health and Finance: Conflict or Congruence?
Abstract:
National Health Service trusts are required to report publicly on two
distinct aspects of their activities: finance and patient care. Financial
information is included in an annual report and accounts, while patient
care performance is released in league tables as part of the
Patient’s Charter. This article discusses the background to the
different measures and reports managerial reactions to them. It reports on
a comparison of the results of a sample of NHS trusts in these two
separate fields, which found no correspondence between financial and
patient care performance. This finding is used to illuminate the role of
such information in the process of accountability, drawing comparisons
with the private sector.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 41-46
Issue: 4
Volume: 17
Year: 1997
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00090
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Author-Name: Howard Davis
Author-X-Name-First: Howard
Author-X-Name-Last: Davis
Author-Name: Bruce Walker
Author-X-Name-First: Bruce
Author-X-Name-Last: Walker
Title: Trust-Based Relationships in Local Government Contracting
Abstract:
This article examines issues of trust and competition as they relate to a
number of services provided by British local government. The first section
outlines the changing policy context of competition for local authority
services and is followed by a discussion of the nature of trust under
contracting, drawing on elements of (primarily) economic theory to
identify the features of contracting which we would expect to find in a
‘low trust world’. The authors ask whether these features
appear to be present in contracting and point to some features of the CCT
legislative framework which may help to explain this. After reviewing
private sector practice, the extent to which it could be replicated under
CCT is examined.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 47-54
Issue: 4
Volume: 17
Year: 1997
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00091
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Author-Name: Peter Curwen
Author-X-Name-First: Peter
Author-X-Name-Last: Curwen
Title: The End of the Line for British Rail
Abstract:
The privatization of British Rail is now effectively complete, although
criticisms directed at the outcome are extensive. This article examines
the National Audit Office’s work on rail privatization, and looks
at problems highlighted by various pressure groups. It is argued that the
new system has been going through its teething stages, and that many of
the most obvious deficiencies are being addressed. The longer-term outlook
is therefore reasonably positive.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 55-67
Issue: 4
Volume: 17
Year: 1997
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00092
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Author-Name: Graeme Currie
Author-X-Name-First: Graeme
Author-X-Name-Last: Currie
Author-Name: Andrew D. Brown
Author-X-Name-First: Andrew D.
Author-X-Name-Last: Brown
Title: Implementation of an IT System in a Hospital Trust
Abstract:
This article presents a case study of IT implementation in a hospital
trust which highlights the problems between clinicians and management in
the UK health service. Using the work of Strauss et al., it analyses the
different meanings attached to the implementation of IT and how they
impact upon the actions of stakeholders. The conclusion is that there is a
gap between government policy and organizational practice in the NHS, and
that managerialist prescriptions for using IT in that context are
insufficiently sophisticated and unlikely to have the consequences their
authors intend.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 69-76
Issue: 4
Volume: 17
Year: 1997
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00093
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Author-Name: Andrew Gray
Author-X-Name-First: Andrew
Author-X-Name-Last: Gray
Title: Viewpoint: Editorial: Public Service Ethics
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 3-4
Issue: 1
Volume: 18
Year: 1998
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00094
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Author-Name: David Walker
Author-X-Name-First: David
Author-X-Name-Last: Walker
Title: Viewpoint: The New Local Government Agenda: A Response
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 4-5
Issue: 1
Volume: 18
Year: 1998
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00095
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Author-Name: Michael Woods
Author-X-Name-First: Michael
Author-X-Name-Last: Woods
Title: Viewpoint: London Government—Recognizing the Key Role of Transport
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 5-7
Issue: 1
Volume: 18
Year: 1998
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00096
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Author-Name: Jeff Brown
Author-X-Name-First: Jeff
Author-X-Name-Last: Brown
Title: Viewpoint: Public Service Ethics—A Viewpoint from Local Government
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 7-8
Issue: 1
Volume: 18
Year: 1998
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00097
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Author-Name: Richard A. Chapman
Author-X-Name-First: Richard A.
Author-X-Name-Last: Chapman
Title: Problems of Ethics in Public Sector Management
Abstract:
This article draws attention to some of the effects of new public
management on questions of ethics. It does not argue that there was some
past golden period when all was right in the context of public sector
management but that it is important to consider how moral standards were
appreciated and applied in official work in a previous period, how
difficulties arose, what they were and how they were resolved. In the
contemporary context it is important to understand what difficulties are
currently arising, to ensure that the ethical dimensions of public sector
work today are appreciated, and to suggest that new approaches should be
considered if previous provisions are no longer adequate or practicable.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 9-13
Issue: 1
Volume: 18
Year: 1998
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00098
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Author-Name: Johan van der Westhuizen
Author-X-Name-First: Johan
Author-X-Name-Last: van der Westhuizen
Title: Public Sector Transformation and Ethics: A View from South Africa
Abstract:
This article describes the change processes the Government of National
Unity adopted after the 1994 elections in order to transform the South
African public service. It shows that the Government is faced with a
number of problems (reasons for change) some of which emanate from the
legacy of the apartheid past and others from the current situation.
Further, the article looks at the vision, mission and objectives set by
the Government for the transformation process, while the current change
policies and programmes are also highlighted. Finally, the article
explores how the Government is dealing with the ethical issues arising
from the transformation.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 15-20
Issue: 1
Volume: 18
Year: 1998
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00099
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Author-Name: Colin Dunnighan
Author-X-Name-First: Colin
Author-X-Name-Last: Dunnighan
Author-Name: Clive Norris
Author-X-Name-First: Clive
Author-X-Name-Last: Norris
Title: Some Ethical Dilemmas in the Handling of Police Informers
Abstract:
Decision-making by police officers often involves complex problems and
this is particularly so in the recruitment and management of
informers—and area of policing generally shrouded in mystery and
secrecy. Drawing on research conducted in two police force areas, this
article identifies and discusses some of the concerns of officers involved
in this activity and concludes they are ill-prepared to deal with the
ethical dilemmas they are confronted with.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 21-25
Issue: 1
Volume: 18
Year: 1998
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00100
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Author-Name: Sarah Banks
Author-X-Name-First: Sarah
Author-X-Name-Last: Banks
Title: Codes of Ethics and Ethical Conduct: A View From the Caring Professions
Abstract:
A growing number of occupational groups are creating codes of ethics,
which prompts the question ‘What is the relationship between codes
of ethics and ethical conduct?’ This article examines some of the
issues around this question, with reference to examples from nursing,
social work, physiotherapy and occupational therapy. The variability of
the form, content and functions of the different codes is examined in
order to shed light on the extent to which codes of ethics enhance or
inhibit ethical conduct. It is argued that codes can perform a useful
function in encouraging ethical reflection and debate, provided they are
not treated as ‘tablets of stone’ or rigid rulebooks
prescribing the minutiæ of professional practice.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 27-30
Issue: 1
Volume: 18
Year: 1998
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00101
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Author-Name: Neil Grice
Author-X-Name-First: Neil
Author-X-Name-Last: Grice
Author-Name: John Wilson
Author-X-Name-First: John
Author-X-Name-Last: Wilson
Author-Name: George Foster
Author-X-Name-First: George
Author-X-Name-Last: Foster
Author-Name: Graham Padgett
Author-X-Name-First: Graham
Author-X-Name-Last: Padgett
Title: The Nature of Business Planning Undertaken by General Practitioner Fundholding Practices in the North West Region
Abstract:
This article focuses on a central feature of the former Conservative
Government’s approach to the National Health Service (NHS), the
introduction of General Practitioner Fundholding. It examines the nature
of business planning undertaken by fundholding practices in the North West
Region by looking at the participation of various stakeholders in the
business planning process, the business planning techniques adopted and
the extent to which fundholding practices set and monitor their
objectives.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 31-40
Issue: 1
Volume: 18
Year: 1998
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00102
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Author-Name: Robin Hambleton
Author-X-Name-First: Robin
Author-X-Name-Last: Hambleton
Title: Strengthening Political Leadership in UK Local Government
Abstract:
Many councillors and officers in local government have begun to question
long-established approaches to local authority leadership and management.
This article shows that there is growing interest in developing new ways
of revitalizing local democracy and projecting the value of local
government. It examines some of the models of local authority management
found in other countries, including the directly elected mayor. The
article argues that the responsibilities of the executive need to be
separated from those of the council. Legal barriers which prevent UK local
authorities from reshaping their organizations to meet new challenges need
to be removed.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 41-51
Issue: 1
Volume: 18
Year: 1998
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00103
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Author-Name: Penelope M. Mullen
Author-X-Name-First: Penelope M.
Author-X-Name-Last: Mullen
Title: Is it Necessary to Ration Health Care?
Abstract:
Although there have been restrictions on access to health care since the
inception of the National Health Service (NHS), there has been increasing
debate on rationing and priority-setting following the changes introduced
from 1991. Much of this debate has been fuelled by the fact that local
Health Authorities (HAs), working with limited budgets to purchase health
care services for their local population, must set priorities in order to
remain within their budget. Some commentators go further and argue that
health care rationing is both necessary and inevitable. Others suggest
that acceptance of the necessity of rationing may be self-defeating, and
question the underlying assumptions. This article reviews some of the
arguments and asks whether health care rationing is really necessary.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 52-58
Issue: 1
Volume: 18
Year: 1998
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00104
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Author-Name: Christine Ennew
Author-X-Name-First: Christine
Author-X-Name-Last: Ennew
Author-Name: David Whynes
Author-X-Name-First: David
Author-X-Name-Last: Whynes
Author-Name: Jacqueline Jolleys
Author-X-Name-First: Jacqueline
Author-X-Name-Last: Jolleys
Author-Name: Phil Robinson
Author-X-Name-First: Phil
Author-X-Name-Last: Robinson
Title: Entrepreneurship and Innovation Among GP Fundholders
Abstract:
The introduction of quasi-markets into the public sector suggests that
entrepreneurship may have an increasing role to play within the resulting
new structures. This article examines the nature of public sector
entrepreneurship in the context of the new arrangements for the provision
of primary care in the UK. Preliminary evidence points to the existence of
different types of entrepreneurship. In particular, there is evidence of
entrepreneurship in the form of the reduction in inefficiency,
price-quality arbitrage and innovation. There is also evidence to suggest
that the GPs who became fundholders early on are rather more
entrepreneurial than those who have adopted fundholding at a later stage.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 59-64
Issue: 1
Volume: 18
Year: 1998
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00105
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Author-Name: Howard Mellett
Author-X-Name-First: Howard
Author-X-Name-Last: Mellett
Title: Viewpoint: Editorial: Resource Accounting and Budgeting in the Public Sector
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 3-4
Issue: 2
Volume: 18
Year: 1998
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00106
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Author-Name: Colin Talbot
Author-X-Name-First: Colin
Author-X-Name-Last: Talbot
Title: Viewpoint: Output and Performance Analysis—Time to Open up the Debate?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 4-4
Issue: 2
Volume: 18
Year: 1998
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00107
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Author-Name: John Perrin
Author-X-Name-First: John
Author-X-Name-Last: Perrin
Title: Resource Accounting and Budgeting: From Cash to Accruals in 25 Years
Abstract:
In a personal account, the author looks back over nearly 25 years of
public sector accounting in the UK. He reviews the period when accruals
accounting began to replace cash accounting in the operational branches of
the public sector, and concludes that, for the public sector, capital
asset and depreciation accounting is the most important innovation.
Accrual accounting’s impact on ‘ex ante’ budgeting,
funding, pricing and investment may be much more important than on
‘ex post’ financial reporting and accountability.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 7-10
Issue: 2
Volume: 18
Year: 1998
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00108
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Author-Name: Rowan Jones
Author-X-Name-First: Rowan
Author-X-Name-Last: Jones
Title: The Conceptual Framework of Resource Accounting
Abstract:
This article explains the underlying principles of resource accounting in
UK central government and some of the theoretical and practical
complications involved in meeting the requirement that it should be based
on company accounting. The author argues that the principles of resource
accounting are very different from those underlying company accounting,
and that accounting for the effects of changes in the general level of
prices might be being stifled only because there is no parallel in company
accounting. The implication is that competition will arise between
resource accounting and company accounting for dominance.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 11-16
Issue: 2
Volume: 18
Year: 1998
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00109
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Author-Name: Andrew Likierman
Author-X-Name-First: Andrew
Author-X-Name-Last: Likierman
Title: Resource Accounting and Budgeting—Where are we Now?
Abstract:
The project to introduce Resource Accounting and Budgeting (RAB) into
central government is now at about the half-way stage and this article
sets out how it is progressing. For those who are newcomers to this field,
the figure overleaf gives the outline details of RAB. More detailed
information is available in a wide variety of official publications, a
selection of which is included in the bibliography.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 17-20
Issue: 2
Volume: 18
Year: 1998
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00110
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Author-Name: Angela Gillibrand
Author-X-Name-First: Angela
Author-X-Name-Last: Gillibrand
Author-Name: Brian Hilton
Author-X-Name-First: Brian
Author-X-Name-Last: Hilton
Title: Resource Accounting and Budgeting: Principles, Concepts and Practice—The MoD Case
Abstract:
In 1998/99 resource accounting will be trialed in the final group of
departments to which it is to apply. Prominent among these will be the
Ministry of Defence (MoD). The huge size of the MoD’s asset base,
and the difficulty of assessing much of its value, raises problems which
will not have to be faced by other government departments.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 21-28
Issue: 2
Volume: 18
Year: 1998
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00111
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Author-Name: Maurice Pendlebury
Author-X-Name-First: Maurice
Author-X-Name-Last: Pendlebury
Author-Name: Yusuf Karbhari
Author-X-Name-First: Yusuf
Author-X-Name-Last: Karbhari
Title: Resource Accounting and Executive Agencies
Abstract:
Executive agencies have had several years’ experience of the
introduction and development of accruals based accounting systems. Senior
agency managers therefore provide an authoritative source of information
on the problems that could follow from introducing it more widely across
government. A survey of senior managers revealed that, despite major
improvements in accounting information systems, agencies still face
difficulties in implementing accruals accounting. Government departments
also seem unlikely to accept easily the switch from cash accounting to
accruals accounting without extensive training. The effort and resources
required for this should not be underestimated.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 29-33
Issue: 2
Volume: 18
Year: 1998
Month: 4
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Author-Name: Jack Straw
Author-X-Name-First: Jack
Author-X-Name-Last: Straw
Title: Resource Accounting and NHS Trusts
Abstract:
The introduction of capital charges into the National Health Service
(NHS) was part of the movement to reflect the use of resources to deliver
public sector services rather than simply report cash flows. At the time
of its introduction, it was justified with reference to what was deemed to
be private sector ‘good practice’. This article discusses
the underlying principles, examines the practical implications of this
dogma and seeks to separate the rhetoric from reality.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 35-38
Issue: 2
Volume: 18
Year: 1998
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00113
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Author-Name: Ivan Horrocks
Author-X-Name-First: Ivan
Author-X-Name-Last: Horrocks
Author-Name: Neil Hambley
Author-X-Name-First: Neil
Author-X-Name-Last: Hambley
Title: Developments: The ‘Webbing’ of British Local Government
Abstract:
The use of information and communication technologies by governments to
facilitate the exchange of information with the public, and, increasingly,
the electronic delivery of services, is a topic of much debate and
development throughout the world. At the end of 1995, there were about 40
local authority World Wide Web sites, most of which fell below the
standards of design and content associated with the majority of commercial
and academic sites. Now there are over 300 local authority
sites—some better than many commercial or academic ones in terms of
design and features. Is this simply a case of jumping on the digital
bandwagon or is it something more? This article discusses the main
findings from a research project aimed at exploring the
‘Webbing’ of local government in Britain.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 39-44
Issue: 2
Volume: 18
Year: 1998
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00114
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Author-Name: Peter Simpson
Author-X-Name-First: Peter
Author-X-Name-Last: Simpson
Author-Name: Robert French
Author-X-Name-First: Robert
Author-X-Name-Last: French
Title: Managing Oneself in Role: A Working Tool for the Management of Change
Abstract:
Changes in the nature of work and in organizational structures in the UK
public sector have had a major impact on working roles and relationships.
The authors explore whether a new approach to organizational role could
help managers in HM Customs and Excise to meet the changing demands and
challenges now facing them. A dynamic, rather than bureaucratic, view of
role is required, which can support flexible working patterns and
encourage innovation. Role should be seen as a method or ‘working
tool’, rather than a prescribed set of behaviours, and being
provisional, it is something to be worked with, rather than fixed and
merely learned by rote. This conceptualization of role can contribute
significantly to the implementation of change initiatives.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 45-50
Issue: 2
Volume: 18
Year: 1998
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00115
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Author-Name: Anthony Kearsey
Author-X-Name-First: Anthony
Author-X-Name-Last: Kearsey
Author-Name: Richard J. Varey
Author-X-Name-First: Richard J.
Author-X-Name-Last: Varey
Title: Manageralist Thinking on Marketing for Public Services
Abstract:
The authors examine the nature of marketing in the public sector as a
response to government-led reforms during the past 15 years. They conclude
that the public sector is a context in which marketing management differs
in both theory and application from the approaches found in
profit-oriented, privately-owned organizations. There are elements of
commercial marketing theory and practice that are useful at an operational
level in public bodies, but the democratic process is a major
complication. The development of a new framework for marketing in the
special context of public services is urged and a tentative start is
attempted.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 51-60
Issue: 2
Volume: 18
Year: 1998
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00116
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Author-Name: Christopher Hood
Author-X-Name-First: Christopher
Author-X-Name-Last: Hood
Author-Name: Oliver James
Author-X-Name-First: Oliver
Author-X-Name-Last: James
Author-Name: George Jones
Author-X-Name-First: George
Author-X-Name-Last: Jones
Author-Name: Colin Scott
Author-X-Name-First: Colin
Author-X-Name-Last: Scott
Author-Name: Tony Travers
Author-X-Name-First: Tony
Author-X-Name-Last: Travers
Title: Regulation Inside Government: Where New Public Management Meets the Audit Explosion
Abstract:
This article explores the scale and growth of regulation inside UK
government, defined as standard-setting and monitoring by bodies
constituted at arm’s-length from those they oversee. It argues
regulation inside government is comparable in scale to regulation of
business and has grown sharply over two decades, while public
organizations in general have substantially downsized. Regulation inside
government is highly diverse and there is a marked disjunction between the
control regimes applied by regulators of government to those they regulate
and the way the regulators are themselves assessed and controlled.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 61-68
Issue: 2
Volume: 18
Year: 1998
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00117
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Author-Name: Francis Terry
Author-X-Name-First: Francis
Author-X-Name-Last: Terry
Title: Viewpoints: Editorial
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 3-4
Issue: 3
Volume: 18
Year: 1998
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00048a
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Author-Name: Steve Leach
Author-X-Name-First: Steve
Author-X-Name-Last: Leach
Title: Viewpoints: The New Local Government Agenda: A Contribution to the Debate
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 4-5
Issue: 3
Volume: 18
Year: 1998
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00119
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Author-Name: Ken Jarrold
Author-X-Name-First: Ken
Author-X-Name-Last: Jarrold
Title: Viewpoints: The New NHS
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 5-7
Issue: 3
Volume: 18
Year: 1998
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00120
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Author-Name: Bruce Walker
Author-X-Name-First: Bruce
Author-X-Name-Last: Walker
Author-Name: Alex Marsh
Author-X-Name-First: Alex
Author-X-Name-Last: Marsh
Author-Name: Simon Delay
Author-X-Name-First: Simon
Author-X-Name-Last: Delay
Title: Challenging Local Authority Accounts—A Process in Need of Reform?
Abstract:
This article examines the challenges made by local electors to local
authority and parish accounts in England and Wales, and the role of the
District Auditor in this process. This matter has recently received some
attention from the Nolan Committee. The different sorts of challenges that
electors can make are explained and auditors’ responses to
challenges and the opportunities for abuse of the process by electors are
examined. Finally, the authors look at the strength of the case for the
reform of the system.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 9-14
Issue: 3
Volume: 18
Year: 1998
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00121
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Author-Name: Howard Elcock
Author-X-Name-First: Howard
Author-X-Name-Last: Elcock
Title: Council Leaders in the ‘New Britain’: Looking Back and Looking Forward
Abstract:
This is an interesting time to review the attitudes and expectations of
some leading figures in local government as the old age of despair is
drawing to an end and a new dawn seems to be brightening the horizon. This
article reports the view of half a dozen local government leaders. Early
indications are that the Labour Government is serious about restoring at
least some of local government’s lost powers and functions. These
interviews suggest that Ministers will find a ready and eager response
when they do so, for example the enthusiasm with which the best value
scheme has been greeted. In other areas, including tax capping and the
introduction of regional government, the future is less certain but the
more radical proposals being canvassed are likely to command support from
senior councillors if Ministers have the nerve to proceed with them.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 15-21
Issue: 3
Volume: 18
Year: 1998
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00122
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Author-Name: Noel S. Hyndman
Author-X-Name-First: Noel S.
Author-X-Name-Last: Hyndman
Author-Name: Robert Anderson
Author-X-Name-First: Robert
Author-X-Name-Last: Anderson
Title: Performance Information, Accountability and Executive Agencies
Abstract:
The growth of executive agencies in the UK has been rapid. The first
agency was established in 1988 and, by October 1997, over 75% of civil
servants were working in such organizations. They were created to improve
the efficiency and effectiveness of the delivery of central government
services. Accountability was widened, and an emphasis was placed on the
need to develop performance measurement and performance reporting systems.
This article discusses the importance of performance information for
accountability by agencies, and, through a time-series study of annual
reports, examines changes over time. While highlighting the increasing use
of performance information in external reporting, the article identifies
significant weaknesses.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 23-30
Issue: 3
Volume: 18
Year: 1998
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00123
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Author-Name: Andrew Goddard
Author-X-Name-First: Andrew
Author-X-Name-Last: Goddard
Author-Name: Kean Ooi
Author-X-Name-First: Kean
Author-X-Name-Last: Ooi
Title: Activity-Based Costing and Central Overhead Cost Allocation in Universities: A Case Study
Abstract:
This article examines the development of ABC in university accounting and
assesses the contribution it might make to solving the problems associated
with central overhead cost allocation systems. A case study using an ABC
methodology was developed and applied to library services at the
University of Southampton. The results showed substantial differences in
the allocation of the central overhead costs as between academic faculties
using the model and the existing system. The authors argue that although
the ABC approach may overcome some of the problems of overhead allocation
and improve the economic efficiency of organizations, there are
significant problems with its practical application.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 31-38
Issue: 3
Volume: 18
Year: 1998
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00124
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Author-Name: Andrew Hawker
Author-X-Name-First: Andrew
Author-X-Name-Last: Hawker
Title: Costing a Secure NHS Network
Abstract:
Much debate has surrounded the development of computer networks in the
National Health Service (NHS), particularly in connection with perceived
threats to the confidentiality of patient records. Cryptography has been
proposed as a means of protecting such information although significant
costs are involved, not simply because modifications have to be made to
existing computer equipment and software, but because of new
administrative overheads. There is a danger that the complexities of
implementation, and the costs which derive from them, will be
under-estimated. Lessons should be applied from previous IT projects in
the NHS, in which initial vagueness in definitions of scope and cost were
identified as one of a number of factors likely to contribute to project
failure.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 39-42
Issue: 3
Volume: 18
Year: 1998
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00125
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Author-Name: George A. Boyne
Author-X-Name-First: George A.
Author-X-Name-Last: Boyne
Title: Public Services Under New Labour: Back to Bureaucracy?
Abstract:
The public service policies of the present Labour Government are assessed
against a conceptual model of bureaucracy. In particular, is there
evidence of a shift away from the market reforms of the Conservatives, and
a move towards bureaucratic methods of resource allocation and service
delivery? It is concluded that there is a small, but significant, shift
back to bureaucracy: if Conservative policies consisted of
‘marketization at the margins’, then Labour reforms can be
described as ‘bureaucratization at the boundaries’. The
potential consequences of this change in emphasis are considered.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 43-50
Issue: 3
Volume: 18
Year: 1998
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00126
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Author-Name: Sarah Miller
Author-X-Name-First: Sarah
Author-X-Name-Last: Miller
Author-Name: John Wilson
Author-X-Name-First: John
Author-X-Name-Last: Wilson
Title: Perceptions of Stakeholding: The Case of an NHS Trust
Abstract:
This article considers the significance of stakeholding for an NHS trust.
The trust concerned was confronted with significant changes in its
environment which posed a threat to its services and, therefore, its
contract income. The trust appeared to be in a vulnerable position because
it had not given adequate consideration to its relationship with its
stakeholders. To establish where the trust needed to improve relations
with stakeholders, the article adopts a model drawn from Johnson and
Scholes (1993) and presents an analysis of the view of key individuals
through the use of structured interviews.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 51-58
Issue: 3
Volume: 18
Year: 1998
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00127
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Author-Name: Ian Kessler
Author-X-Name-First: Ian
Author-X-Name-Last: Kessler
Author-Name: Sue Dopson
Author-X-Name-First: Sue
Author-X-Name-Last: Dopson
Title: Change and Decision-Making in the NHS: The Case of the Care Programme Approach
Abstract:
Using the Care Programme Approach (CPA) as an example, this article
examines the difficulties of implementing change within the National
Health Service (NHS). A framework is suggested which aims to clarify the
nature of change by distinguishing where, when and how decisions are made.
It is argued that structural change in the NHS and the related emergence
of new institutions, systems, relationships and operational principles,
have generated new uncertainties and ambiguities. A fuller appreciation of
how the decision-making process operates is necessary to an understanding
of how different policy objectives are pursued.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 59-64
Issue: 3
Volume: 18
Year: 1998
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00128
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Author-Name: Alan Earl-Slater
Author-X-Name-First: Alan
Author-X-Name-Last: Earl-Slater
Title: Report
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 65-68
Issue: 3
Volume: 18
Year: 1998
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00129
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Author-Name: Steve Freer
Author-X-Name-First: Steve
Author-X-Name-Last: Freer
Title: Viewpoint: Making a Success of Best Value
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 3-4
Issue: 4
Volume: 18
Year: 1998
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00130
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Author-X-Name-First: Des
Author-X-Name-Last: Wilson
Title: Viewpoint: The Need for Lobbying
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 4-5
Issue: 4
Volume: 18
Year: 1998
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00131
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Author-Name: Henry Gordon
Author-X-Name-First: Henry
Author-X-Name-Last: Gordon
Title: Viewpoint: Effectiveness Audit in the Audit Offices
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 5-6
Issue: 4
Volume: 18
Year: 1998
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00132
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Author-Name: Denis Smith
Author-X-Name-First: Denis
Author-X-Name-Last: Smith
Author-Name: Brian Toft
Author-X-Name-First: Brian
Author-X-Name-Last: Toft
Title: Risk and Crisis Management in the Public Sector: Editorial: Issues in Public Sector Risk Management
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 7-10
Issue: 4
Volume: 18
Year: 1998
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00133
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Author-Name: Liam Donaldson
Author-X-Name-First: Liam
Author-X-Name-Last: Donaldson
Title: Risk and Crisis Management in the Public Sector: Commentary: Clinical Governance and Service Failure in the NHS
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 10-11
Issue: 4
Volume: 18
Year: 1998
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00134
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Author-Name: Jenny Simpson
Author-X-Name-First: Jenny
Author-X-Name-Last: Simpson
Title: Risk and Crisis Management in the Public Sector: Commentary: Managing Professional Performance--A Major Challenge for Health Care
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 12-14
Issue: 4
Volume: 18
Year: 1998
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00135
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Author-Name: Kieran Walshe
Author-X-Name-First: Kieran
Author-X-Name-Last: Walshe
Author-Name: Trevor A. Sheldon
Author-X-Name-First: Trevor A.
Author-X-Name-Last: Sheldon
Title: Risk and Crisis Management in the Public Sector: Dealing with Clinical Risk: Implications of the Rise of Evidence-Based Health Care
Abstract:
This article considers the nature of risk in health care and the use the
National Health Service (NHS) makes of risk management. It explores how
the concept of risk has been challenged by the rise of
‘evidence-based’ health care, accompanied and accelerated by
a decline in professional prestige, status and mystique and much greater
use of external measurement and controls as part of the New Public
Management. The nature of evidence-based health care is outlined and the
implications of the use of guidelines and other practice aids are
explored. Finally, the article discusses how evidence-based health care is
affecting our views of clinical risk.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 15-20
Issue: 4
Volume: 18
Year: 1998
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00136
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Author-Name: Francis Terry
Author-X-Name-First: Francis
Author-X-Name-Last: Terry
Title: Risk and Crisis Management in the Public Sector: Regulation and Emergency Management: An Exclusive Domain for the Experts?
Abstract:
The technology of communications regularly brings news about crises and
emergencies across the globe, but it does virtually nothing to inform our
understanding of risk, nor of the regulatory frameworks that are
appropriate to controlling it. This article considers the risks from
industrial applications of modern technology, compares the institutional
responses to controlling them and finally poses the question of what role
ordinary citizens should have in the process of regulation.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 21-26
Issue: 4
Volume: 18
Year: 1998
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00137
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Author-Name: Eve Coles
Author-X-Name-First: Eve
Author-X-Name-Last: Coles
Title: Risk and Crisis Management in the Public Sector: What Price Emergency Planning? Local Authority Civil Protection in the UK
Abstract:
The Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR) will have far-reaching effects on
government departments and on local government. Terms such as ‘best
value’, ‘bench-marking’ and ‘national
performance standards’ are now being used to describe the way in
which local authority accountability and efficiency are to be tackled and
improved. The local authorities’ emergency planning function is no
exception to this process. This article explores the present status of
local authority emergency planning and examines the suggestions currently
being made for its future structure and funding.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 27-32
Issue: 4
Volume: 18
Year: 1998
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00138
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Author-Name: Dave Whyte
Author-X-Name-First: Dave
Author-X-Name-Last: Whyte
Title: Risk and Crisis Management in the Public Sector: Overcoming the Fear Factor: Workforce Involvement and Health and Safety Offshore
Abstract:
Despite recent campaigns to present the UK oil and gas industry as one
with an ever-improving safety record, there is overwhelming evidence that
there hasactually been little or no improvement. The data presented in
this article show the degree to which victimization and intimidation of
the workforce on offshoreplatforms acts to prevent an open and
constructive approach to safety management. A number of particular
problems in relation to workforce involvement and the safety
representatives and committee system are identified. The article concludes
by placing these empirical findings within a policy context.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 33-40
Issue: 4
Volume: 18
Year: 1998
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00139
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Author-Name: Denis Smith
Author-X-Name-First: Denis
Author-X-Name-Last: Smith
Author-Name: Jo McCloskey
Author-X-Name-First: Jo
Author-X-Name-Last: McCloskey
Title: Risk and Crisis Management in the Public Sector: Risk Communication and the Social Amplification of Public Sector Risk
Abstract:
Concerns exist within the public sector about the ability of
organizations to communicate issues of risk. These concerns include: the
nature and magnitude of risks; the vulnerability of those who may bear the
consequences associated with an event; and the sense of helplessness felt
by victim groups. Apart from the public sector’s role as risk
generator, regulator and communicator, it also has some responsibility for
dealing with the consequences of a major catastrophic event through
agencies such as health care and the emergency services. Under certain
conditions, it is apparent that concerns over risk issues can escalate
beyond a level expected by those charged with the management of that risk.
Within this framework, the effective communication of risk and uncertainty
is an integral, but often neglected, part of public sector activities.
This article explores the process of risk communication and risk
amplification and suggests a number of perspectives on policy development.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 41-50
Issue: 4
Volume: 18
Year: 1998
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00140
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Author-Name: David Parker
Author-X-Name-First: David
Author-X-Name-Last: Parker
Title: Developments: Reducing Regulatory Risk: The Case for a New Regulatory Contract with the Privatized Utilities
Abstract:
Privatization was intended to reverse the inefficiencies of state
ownership. When the public utilities were privatized in the UK, between
1984 and 1996, newdedicated regulatory offices were established: Oftel,
Ofgas, Ofwat, Offer and the ORR. Terms of reference for the regulators
were set out in the privatization legislation, but more generally the
regulators were given considerable discretion over their industries.
Against the background of the Government Green Paper on the future of
regulation in the UK, this article argues that while regulatory discretion
was desirable in the early days of regulation, there is now a stronger
case for introducing ‘contracts’ which constrain regulatory
discretion and reduce regulatory risk.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 51-57
Issue: 4
Volume: 18
Year: 1998
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00141
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Author-Name: Francis McGeough
Author-X-Name-First: Francis
Author-X-Name-Last: McGeough
Title: Developments: Resource Accounting in Ireland
Abstract:
The advocates of resource accounting see it as improving financial
management and thereby improving the accountability of the organization,
while critics see it as making the whole process of accounting more
complicated than it should be. The Department of Public Enterprise in
Ireland has published resource accounts for the past two years. While it
has encountered many difficulties in making the accounts meaningful, the
end result is a set of accounts comparable in standard to those of the
private sector. This article explores the issues encountered by the
Department and how it overcame these difficulties.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 58-61
Issue: 4
Volume: 18
Year: 1998
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00142
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Author-Name: Andrew Likierman
Author-X-Name-First: Andrew
Author-X-Name-Last: Likierman
Title: Developments: Report: Recent Developments in Resource Accounting and Budgeting (RAB)
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 62-64
Issue: 4
Volume: 18
Year: 1998
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00143
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Author-Name: Huw T. O. Davies
Author-X-Name-First: Huw T. O.
Author-X-Name-Last: Davies
Author-Name: Sandra M. Nutley
Author-X-Name-First: Sandra M.
Author-X-Name-Last: Nutley
Author-Name: Peter C. Smith
Author-X-Name-First: Peter C.
Author-X-Name-Last: Smith
Title: Viewpoint: Editorial: What Works? The Role of Evidence in Public Sector Policy and Practice
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 3-5
Issue: 1
Volume: 19
Year: 1999
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00144
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Author-Name: Graham Leicester
Author-X-Name-First: Graham
Author-X-Name-Last: Leicester
Title: Viewpoint: The Seven Enemies of Evidence-Based Policy
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 5-7
Issue: 1
Volume: 19
Year: 1999
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00145
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Author-Name: Paul Foley
Author-X-Name-First: Paul
Author-X-Name-Last: Foley
Title: Viewpoint: New Labour: A New Deal for Communities?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 7-8
Issue: 1
Volume: 19
Year: 1999
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00146
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Author-Name: Huw T.O. Davies
Author-X-Name-First: Huw T.O.
Author-X-Name-Last: Davies
Author-Name: Sandra M. Nutley
Author-X-Name-First: Sandra M.
Author-X-Name-Last: Nutley
Title: The Rise and Rise of Evidence in Health Care
Abstract:
Health care practitioners (especially doctors) have always given
assurances that what they do is efficacious. But in the past 50 years
justification of the effectiveness of health care interventions has
attained a new prominence. Evidence, at least notionally, now lies at the
heart of health care policy and practice. This article provides an
overview of the generation and use of evidence on effectiveness in health
care. It explains why rigorous methodologies have taken hold and describes
the major preoccupation with trying to ensure that research evidence has
an impact on clinical practice. The strengths and weaknesses of
evidence-based health care are explored to identify the opportunities for
profitable transfer of experience across the public sector.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 9-16
Issue: 1
Volume: 19
Year: 1999
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00147
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Author-Name: Duncan Maclennan
Author-X-Name-First: Duncan
Author-X-Name-Last: Maclennan
Author-Name: Alison More
Author-X-Name-First: Alison
Author-X-Name-Last: More
Author-Name: Alison More
Author-X-Name-First: Alison
Author-X-Name-Last: More
Title: Evidence, What Evidence? The Foundations for Housing Policy
Abstract:
Developments in housing policy and practice have been marked by strong
ideological stances and a persistent unwillingness to clarify ends and
means, so that key policy questions remain unresolved. Evidence can, and
does, impact on policy, but only under certain conditions; for example, if
it relates to a specific policy question, is restricted to the interests
of a single government department and, especially, if it implies
reductions in public spending. Moreover, housing’s complexity and
relationship with a range of policy areas requires a linked perspective,
at a local scale. A predominance of sector-specific, cross-sectional and
qualitative research, allied to inadequate data impede the production of
evidence to meet this challenge.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 17-23
Issue: 1
Volume: 19
Year: 1999
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00148
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Author-Name: Geraldine Macdonald
Author-X-Name-First: Geraldine
Author-X-Name-Last: Macdonald
Title: Evidence-Based Social Care: Wheels off the Runway?
Abstract:
British social services departments are a beleaguered species. Political
ideology continues to play a major role in shaping policy and practice,
despite a change of government. Sheltering beneath the ideological
umbrella are more considered views of the need to rethink structures
developed as a means of solving social problems and delivering services,
some of which have themselves become problematic, some of which are simply
too expensive. These influences have combined radically to reframe the
roles and responsibilities of many who work face-to-face with service
users and carers. It is in this context of change and threat to
professional identity that the implementation of evidence-based approaches
to policy and practice within social work has to be considered.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 25-32
Issue: 1
Volume: 19
Year: 1999
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00149
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Author-Name: Carol Taylor Fitz-Gibbon
Author-X-Name-First: Carol
Author-X-Name-Last: Taylor Fitz-Gibbon
Title: Education: High Potential Not Yet Realized
Abstract:
Knowledge is not easily plucked from the stream of existence and social
scientists have to offer the sobering suggestion that while ‘What
matters is what works’, what matters first is how we find out what
works. If a blind lurching from one good idea to yet another fashion is to
be avoided, the task of finding out what works must be central. The
widespread use of systematic monitoring (performance indicators) in
education in England provides the kind of data stream needed to make it
likely that the occasional dramatic outcome will be noticed, particularly
by teachers. This article explains the problems and possibilities of using
evidence-based information to improve education.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 33-40
Issue: 1
Volume: 19
Year: 1999
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00150
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Author-Name: Francis Terry
Author-X-Name-First: Francis
Author-X-Name-Last: Terry
Title: The Impact of Evidence on Transport Policy-Making: The Case of Road Construction
Abstract:
For many years, lack of consensus about the goals of transport policy
resulted in evidence being used selectively to justify particular
policies—rather than to establish whether (when judged against
suitable criteria) the policies were actually working. Forecasts of
traffic growth were taken as evidence of the need for road construction
programmes; now, the phenomenon of ‘induced traffic’ has led
to a re-think, and a more evidence-based approach to transport policy.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 41-46
Issue: 1
Volume: 19
Year: 1999
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00151
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Author-Name: Sandra M. Nutley
Author-X-Name-First: Sandra M.
Author-X-Name-Last: Nutley
Author-Name: Huw T.O. Davies
Author-X-Name-First: Huw T.O.
Author-X-Name-Last: Davies
Title: The Fall and Rise of Evidence in Criminal Justice
Abstract:
Practitioners within the criminal justice system have been cautious about
claiming that their work with offenders directly impacts on the level of
subsequent re-offending. This article provides an overview of the
generation and use of evidence on effectiveness within the criminal
justice system, particularly focusing on the supervision of offenders by
the probation service. The article outlines the continuing debates about
appropriate methodologies for evaluating effectiveness. It also describes
some of the problems encountered in trying to get research evidence to
have an impact on offender supervision practice. Finally, the strengths
and weaknesses of the present move towards evidence-based criminal justice
services are explored in order to provide learning opportunities for other
public services.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 47-54
Issue: 1
Volume: 19
Year: 1999
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00152
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Author-Name: Declan Gaffney
Author-X-Name-First: Declan
Author-X-Name-Last: Gaffney
Author-Name: Allyson M. Pollock
Author-X-Name-First: Allyson M.
Author-X-Name-Last: Pollock
Title: Pump-Priming the PFI: Why are Privately Financed Hospital Schemes Being Subsidized?
Abstract:
The authors explain how the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) has raised
the costs of infrastructure development in the health service. They
demonstrate that the assumption that higher capital costs would be offset
by savings resulting from the involvement of the private sector is
wrong—rather, NHS trusts and health authorities have been obliged
to make savings on other budgets in order to make the high costs of
investment affordable. There is no reason to believe that these problems
will disappear as the volume of PFI investment increases.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 55-62
Issue: 1
Volume: 19
Year: 1999
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00153
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Author-Name: Linda Steg
Author-X-Name-First: Linda
Author-X-Name-Last: Steg
Author-Name: Gerard Tertoolen
Author-X-Name-First: Gerard
Author-X-Name-Last: Tertoolen
Title: Sustainable Transport Policy: The Contribution from Behavioural Scientists
Abstract:
Publication of the UK Government’s White Paper on Transport, in
July 1998, has raised public awareness of the problems associated with
widespread car use. The authors argue that these problems, which largely
result from the aggregated choices and behaviour of many individual car
uses, could be mitigated if the main determinants of car use and the
underlying behavioural mechanisms were better understood. This article
examines six strategies for changing social behaviour, and some important
conditions for reducing car use. Examples are presented of how the
insights gained can be applied in practice.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 63-69
Issue: 1
Volume: 19
Year: 1999
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00154
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Author-X-Name-First: John
Author-X-Name-Last: Hibbs
Title: Review: A New Deal for Transport—Analysis of the Transport White Paper (Cm 3950)
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 70-72
Issue: 1
Volume: 19
Year: 1999
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00155
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Author-Name: Francis Terry
Author-X-Name-First: Francis
Author-X-Name-Last: Terry
Title: Viewpoint: Editorial
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 3-4
Issue: 2
Volume: 19
Year: 1999
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00048b
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Author-Name: Jane Stride-Darnley
Author-X-Name-First: Jane
Author-X-Name-Last: Stride-Darnley
Author-Name: Helen Johnson
Author-X-Name-First: Helen
Author-X-Name-Last: Johnson
Title: Viewpoint: Alice in Pension-Land: The Story of the Teachers’ Superannuation Scheme (TSS)
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 4-5
Issue: 2
Volume: 19
Year: 1999
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00157
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Author-Name: Reg Harman
Author-X-Name-First: Reg
Author-X-Name-Last: Harman
Title: Viewpoint: The Transport White Paper—A Landmark in an Undefined Country?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 5-6
Issue: 2
Volume: 19
Year: 1999
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00158
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Author-Name: David Brooksbank
Author-X-Name-First: David
Author-X-Name-Last: Brooksbank
Author-Name: Michael Connolly
Author-X-Name-First: Michael
Author-X-Name-Last: Connolly
Author-Name: Bob Morgan
Author-X-Name-First: Bob
Author-X-Name-Last: Morgan
Title: Competitive Bidding and Regional Development in the UK
Abstract:
This article examines competitive bidding among development agencies.
Some commentators argue that English regions are at a disadvantage
compared with Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales in attracting Foreign
Direct Investment (FDI). The authors look at the evidence on the
attraction of FDI to the regions of the UK and discuss some of the
arguments about unfair advantage. The impact of the Regional Development
Agencies on FDI and the need for a concordat are also discussed.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 7-12
Issue: 2
Volume: 19
Year: 1999
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00159
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Author-Name: Rudy B. Andeweg
Author-X-Name-First: Rudy B.
Author-X-Name-Last: Andeweg
Title: Advising Prime Ministers
Abstract:
There is a long-standing debate in the UK on the best way to organize
advice to the prime minister. This article explores whether there are
lessons to be learnt from a comparison with other European countries.
There are huge variations in prime ministers’ advice structures
depending on whether there is a coalition government; whether the country
is federal; whether the prime minister shares or competes for power with
an elected president; whether the concept of the ‘stage’ is
important in the administrative culture. What works in Bonn or Paris might
not work in London, and what does not work in Rome, might well work in
Whitehall.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 13-17
Issue: 2
Volume: 19
Year: 1999
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00160
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Author-Name: Ian Cunningham
Author-X-Name-First: Ian
Author-X-Name-Last: Cunningham
Title: Human Resource Management in the Voluntary Sector: Challenges and Opportunities
Abstract:
This article discusses issues facing personnel specialists within the
voluntary sector who are trying to implement people management policies
associated with the Human Resource Management (HRM) model. It outlines the
pressures for change in management practice in the voluntary sector and
then focuses more precisely on the definition of HRM theory, providing a
rationale for voluntary agencies to develop policies and practices. The
difficulties managers and personnel practitioners may face when attempting
to implement these practices are described. Finally, an agenda for further
research in this area is proposed.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 19-25
Issue: 2
Volume: 19
Year: 1999
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00161
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Author-Name: Gillian McCallion
Author-X-Name-First: Gillian
Author-X-Name-Last: McCallion
Author-Name: Donal G. McKillop
Author-X-Name-First: Donal G.
Author-X-Name-Last: McKillop
Author-Name: J. Colin Glass
Author-X-Name-First: J. Colin
Author-X-Name-Last: Glass
Author-Name: Christine Kerr
Author-X-Name-First: Christine
Author-X-Name-Last: Kerr
Title: Rationalizing Northern Ireland Hospital Services Towards Larger Providers: Best-Practice Efficiency Studies and Current Policy
Abstract:
This article explores the relative efficiency of Northern Ireland
hospitals, and in particular the efficiency of small hospitals relative to
their large counterparts, employing a technique called data envelopment
analysis. The empirical analysis revealed that larger hospitals displayed
higher cost efficiency, higher allocative efficiency and higher technical
efficiency than their smaller counterparts. These results support Northern
Ireland’s recent strategy of concentrating hospital services in six
large hospitals, supported by medium sized hospitals, and closing or
restructuring smaller hospitals.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 27-32
Issue: 2
Volume: 19
Year: 1999
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00162
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Author-Name: Christopher J. Cowton
Author-X-Name-First: Christopher J.
Author-X-Name-Last: Cowton
Author-Name: Julie E. Drake
Author-X-Name-First: Julie E.
Author-X-Name-Last: Drake
Title: Went Fundholding, Going Commissioning? Some Evidence-Based Reflections on the Prospects for Primary Care Groups
Abstract:
Following the publication of the White Paper, ‘The New NHS:
Modern, Dependable’ (Cm 3807), the Labour Government has abolished
GP fundholding. Family doctors retain a lead role for primary care in
planning health care with the creation of Primary Care Groups (PCGs). In
due course, it is expected that health authorities will relinquish direct
commissioning of care to PCGs. Although fundholding is ending, its
operation provides useful evidence about how GPs approach participation in
the planning of health care. This article reflects on the prospects for
PCGs, drawing on original research into the reasons why practices
volunteered to ‘go fundholding’ and how those practices
selected their ‘lead’ partner, on whom much of the
fundholding burden fell.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 33-37
Issue: 2
Volume: 19
Year: 1999
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00163
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Author-Name: Roger Ottewill
Author-X-Name-First: Roger
Author-X-Name-Last: Ottewill
Author-Name: Peter Magirr
Author-X-Name-First: Peter
Author-X-Name-Last: Magirr
Title: Changes in the Ownership of Community Pharmacies: Policy Implications
Abstract:
Based on an ‘independent contractor’ model, most community
pharmacies have traditionally been owned by self-employed pharmacists
running them as small businesses. With the rapid erosion of this pattern
of ownership, issues arise for public, professional and commercial policy
makers. For health policy purposes, particular consideration needs to be
given to options for fully utilizing the expertise of community
pharmacists; securing equal access to services; and ensuring rationality
and transparency in making decisions about the location of pharmacies.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 39-44
Issue: 2
Volume: 19
Year: 1999
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00164
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Author-Name: Robert Pyper
Author-X-Name-First: Robert
Author-X-Name-Last: Pyper
Title: The Civil Service: A Neglected Dimension of Devolution
Abstract:
Devolution comes in the wake of a decade of substantial reform in the
civil service. The establishment of the Scottish Parliament and the Welsh
Assembly is likely to have significant implications for the civil service
in Scotland, Wales, and perhaps also at the centre. However, on the
evidence of the official publications and debates generated by the policy
process to date, this issue has been given consideration only belatedly
and in rather limited form.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 45-49
Issue: 2
Volume: 19
Year: 1999
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00165
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Author-Name: Arthur Midwinter
Author-X-Name-First: Arthur
Author-X-Name-Last: Midwinter
Title: The Politics of Needs Assessment: The Treasury Select Committee and the Barnett Formula
Abstract:
Parliamentarians’ interest in Scottish public expenditure has been
rising since 1987, when the electoral results left the Conservatives
vulnerable in Scotland. Southern English MPs described the Scottish Office
budget as a ‘slush fund’, and argued that Scots were being
‘force-fed’ with public expenditure. This interest has
deepened as a direct result of the public debate over devolution
(Midwinter, 1989). Although the author focuses here on developments in
Scotland, many of the issues are relevant to devolution proposals in
Wales, Northern Ireland and perhaps the English regions also.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 51-54
Issue: 2
Volume: 19
Year: 1999
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00166
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Author-Name: Huw Talfryn Oakley Davies
Author-X-Name-First: Huw
Author-X-Name-Last: Talfryn Oakley Davies
Author-Name: Russell Mannion
Author-X-Name-First: Russell
Author-X-Name-Last: Mannion
Title: The Rise of Oversight and the Decline of Mutuality?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 55-59
Issue: 2
Volume: 19
Year: 1999
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00167
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Author-Name: Ken Simons
Author-X-Name-First: Ken
Author-X-Name-Last: Simons
Title: Shutting the Stable Door—In Time?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 59-60
Issue: 2
Volume: 19
Year: 1999
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00168
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Author-Name: Michael Chisholm
Author-X-Name-First: Michael
Author-X-Name-Last: Chisholm
Title: Viewpoints: Editorial: Central Control of Local Expenditure
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 3-5
Issue: 3
Volume: 19
Year: 1999
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00169
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Author-Name: Bryan Watson
Author-X-Name-First: Bryan
Author-X-Name-Last: Watson
Title: Viewpoints: Living up to Expectations--Can the Public Sector Deliver?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 5-7
Issue: 3
Volume: 19
Year: 1999
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00170
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Author-Name: Sheila Ellwood
Author-X-Name-First: Sheila
Author-X-Name-Last: Ellwood
Title: Viewpoints: Parish and Town Councils: Left Out in the Cold but Invited to the Party
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 7-9
Issue: 3
Volume: 19
Year: 1999
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00171
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Author-Name: Jane Steele
Author-X-Name-First: Jane
Author-X-Name-Last: Steele
Author-Name: John Seargeant
Author-X-Name-First: John
Author-X-Name-Last: Seargeant
Title: Viewpoints: Does Public Involvement Work?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 9-10
Issue: 3
Volume: 19
Year: 1999
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00172
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Author-Name: P.M. Jackson
Author-X-Name-First: P.M.
Author-X-Name-Last: Jackson
Title: Central Control of Local Expenditure: Central/Local Fiscal Relations: The Macroeconomic Dimension
Abstract:
Central/local fiscal relations are being re-evaluated by policy makers
intent upon reducing the alleged burdens of a large and growing public
sector. The reforms of the Thatcher administrations during the 1980s
placed central-local relationships high on the policy agenda and many
powers were taken back to central government in an effort to achieve
greater control over public spending. Behind many of the reforms in the
1980s was a set of economic arguments advocated primarily by the Treasury.
More recently in its evidence to the Hunt Committee (1996) the Treasury
has reaffirmed these arguments, despite the counter-evidence supplied by
academic economists and others over the past 20 years. This article
rehearses some of the earlier arguments and reviews the most recent
contributions. Arguments which were contingent upon the prevailing
conditions of the late 1970s and early 1980s might no longer be relevant
to the world of the late 1990s.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 11-16
Issue: 3
Volume: 19
Year: 1999
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00173
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Author-Name: P.A. Watt
Author-X-Name-First: P.A.
Author-X-Name-Last: Watt
Author-Name: J. Fender
Author-X-Name-First: J.
Author-X-Name-Last: Fender
Title: Central Control of Local Expenditure: Feasible Changes in the UK Controls on Local Government Expenditure
Abstract:
Local government finance has recently been the subject of a review, three
consultation papers, a White Paper and major reports from both the House
of Lords and House of Commons. This article examines current and feasible
changes to the system of local government finance with particular
reference to the effects they have on marginal and average accountability.
Council tax capping, council tax benefit subsidy limitation, business
rates and capital expenditure are among the topics discussed.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 17-22
Issue: 3
Volume: 19
Year: 1999
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00174
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Author-Name: David N. King
Author-X-Name-First: David N.
Author-X-Name-Last: King
Author-Name: Yue Ma
Author-X-Name-First: Yue
Author-X-Name-Last: Ma
Title: Central Control of Local Expenditure: Central Government Control over Local Authority Expenditure: The Overseas Experience
Abstract:
This article compares the macroeconomic performance of centralized
countries and decentralized countries in the OECD between 1984 and 1995.
It considers three views of decentralization: the level of state and local
taxes, the degree of decentralized power over tax rates, and the freedom
of access for states or local authorities to capital markets. The evidence
does not support the commonly held fear that decentralized countries may
perform worse. In terms of growth, the two types of country seem evenly
matched, and in terms of inflation and unemployment, decentralized
countries actually seem to perform consistently better. It is possible,
because central governments in decentralized countries concentrate on
fewer activities, such as macroeconomic policy, that they tend to perform
these activities better.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 23-28
Issue: 3
Volume: 19
Year: 1999
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00175
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Author-Name: Stephen Glaister
Author-X-Name-First: Stephen
Author-X-Name-Last: Glaister
Title: Past Abuses and Future Uses of Private Finance and Public Private Partnerships in Transport
Abstract:
The article explains the origins of the Private Finance Initiative (PFI)
and the way the policy has evolved under the present Labour administration
into Public Private Partnership (PPP). The author gives an assessment of
the future prospects for the PFI/PPP in the transport sector. He believes
that PPPs can make a considerable contribution towards efficient transport
service delivery and this will be maximized if there is a better
understanding of what the policies are seeking to achieve. Much of the
action in the immediate future in transport PPPs will be with the local
authorities, including the new Greater London Authority.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 29-36
Issue: 3
Volume: 19
Year: 1999
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00176
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Author-Name: Andrew Erridge
Author-X-Name-First: Andrew
Author-X-Name-Last: Erridge
Author-Name: Ruth Fee
Author-X-Name-First: Ruth
Author-X-Name-Last: Fee
Author-Name: John McIlroy
Author-X-Name-First: John
Author-X-Name-Last: McIlroy
Title: An Assessment of Competitive Tendering using Transaction Cost Analysis
Abstract:
Competitive tendering is the means by which most goods and services are
produced by public bodies: therefore it is important to try to improve it.
Transaction cost analysis, in particular the concepts of bounded
rationality, asset specificity and opportunism, provided the framework for
examining two competitively tendered contracts let by the Government
Purchasing Agency (in Northern Ireland). The firms tendering for the
contracts were surveyed and interviews were carried out with purchasing
staff managing the tendering process. The authors found that the main
areas for further improvement in competitive tendering are the
availability of information on previous contracts and debriefing,
providing a clearer specification of user needs and of quantities.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 37-42
Issue: 3
Volume: 19
Year: 1999
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00177
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Author-Name: Alan Gillie
Author-X-Name-First: Alan
Author-X-Name-Last: Gillie
Title: Efficiency in Universities and Resource-Based Learning: A CaseStudy of Assumptions versus Analysis
Abstract:
As higher education expands, proposals for a switch from traditional to
resource-based learning in universities reflect the concern with
efficiency highlighted over a decade ago in the Jarratt Report. In
contrast to recent attempts to measure the costs of inputs to university
courses, this article focuses on outputs and compares the outcome of some
traditional and resource-based learning at the Open University--which has
been a pioneer both in the expansion of higher education, and in the
development of resource-based learning. The author concludes that
conventional assumptions about the outcome of some traditional learning
provide a relatively poor basis for efficient resource allocation
decisions.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 43-49
Issue: 3
Volume: 19
Year: 1999
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00178
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Author-Name: Kathryn Riley
Author-X-Name-First: Kathryn
Author-X-Name-Last: Riley
Author-Name: Rob Watling
Author-X-Name-First: Rob
Author-X-Name-Last: Watling
Title: Education Action Zones: An Initiative in the Making
Abstract:
‘Zones’ are closely defined localities which have special
status in terms of recent Government initiatives. This article begins by
examining the early stages of the Education Action Zone (EAZ) initiative
which was launched in 1998, and the policy context into which it fits. It
offers a critique of the selection processes used in the first round of
applications for EAZ status, and an account of LEA responses to the
changes introduced for the second round of zones. The article concludes by
identifying a series of tensions, problems and paradoxes which lie at the
heart of the initiative-problems which may not have been solved by the
revised application procedures.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 51-58
Issue: 3
Volume: 19
Year: 1999
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00179
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Author-Name: Howard Davis
Author-X-Name-First: Howard
Author-X-Name-Last: Davis
Author-Name: Guy Daly
Author-X-Name-First: Guy
Author-X-Name-Last: Daly
Title: Extended Viewpoint: Achieving Democratic Potential in the NHS
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 59-62
Issue: 3
Volume: 19
Year: 1999
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00180
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Author-Name: George Boyne
Author-X-Name-First: George
Author-X-Name-Last: Boyne
Title: Viewpoints: Editorial: Markets, Bureaucracy and Public Management
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 1-2
Issue: 4
Volume: 19
Year: 1999
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00181
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Author-Name: Vincent Lawton
Author-X-Name-First: Vincent
Author-X-Name-Last: Lawton
Title: Viewpoints: Pharmaceuticals: From Regulations to Competition
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 4-6
Issue: 4
Volume: 19
Year: 1999
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00182
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Author-Name: Ian Kirkpatrick
Author-X-Name-First: Ian
Author-X-Name-Last: Kirkpatrick
Title: Markets, Bureaucracy and Public Management: The Worst of Both Worlds? Public Services without Markets or Bureaucracy
Abstract:
In recent years there has been growing support for the idea of developing
collaborative network relationships between purchasers and providers in UK
public services. Under the new Labour Government this idea found its way
into policies aimed at promoting a ‘third way’ between
markets and hierarchies in health and local government. This article
addresses a number of concerns about these developments. Drawing on the
wider management literature, it argues that recent discussions have
largely under-stated the problems associated with relational contracting
and networks. The author also considers why the option of a return to
hierarchy has so far been dismissed and argues for a reversal of this
tendency.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 7-14
Issue: 4
Volume: 19
Year: 1999
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00183
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Author-Name: Mark Exworthy
Author-X-Name-First: Mark
Author-X-Name-Last: Exworthy
Author-Name: Martin Powell
Author-X-Name-First: Martin
Author-X-Name-Last: Powell
Author-Name: John Mohan
Author-X-Name-First: John
Author-X-Name-Last: Mohan
Title: Markets, Bureaucracy and Public Management: The NHS: Quasi-market, Quasi-hierarchy and Quasi-network?
Abstract:
It has been argued that the British National Health Service (NHS) has
moved from a hierarchical and bureaucratic organization to a market and,
more recently, towards a network. The authors believe that this view is
too simplistic: the three organizational forms have co-existed and
continue to do so. It is more accurate to view moves over time as a
changing mix between quasi-hierarchies, quasi-markets and quasi-networks.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 15-22
Issue: 4
Volume: 19
Year: 1999
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00184
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Author-Name: George Boyne
Author-X-Name-First: George
Author-X-Name-Last: Boyne
Author-Name: Julian Gould-Williams
Author-X-Name-First: Julian
Author-X-Name-Last: Gould-Williams
Author-Name: Jennifer Law
Author-X-Name-First: Jennifer
Author-X-Name-Last: Law
Author-Name: Richard Walker
Author-X-Name-First: Richard
Author-X-Name-Last: Walker
Title: Markets, Bureaucracy and Public Management: Competitive Tendering and Best Value in Local Government
Abstract:
The Government has introduced legislation to replace compulsory
competitive tendering (CCT) with a new regime of Best Value (BV) in local
government. Although CCT is to be abolished, competitive tendering is
retained as part of the BV framework. The specific role of competitive
tendering in BV has not been identified—what are the circumstances
that determine whether councils should provide services themselves or seek
external suppliers? The authors develop a theoretical framework that may
help central and local policy-makers to answer this question. The
framework emphasises the joint importance of organizational performance
and contracting costs. Practical issues that arise in the application of
the framework are also identified.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 23-29
Issue: 4
Volume: 19
Year: 1999
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00185
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Author-Name: Catherine M. Farrell
Author-X-Name-First: Catherine M.
Author-X-Name-Last: Farrell
Author-Name: Jonathan Morris
Author-X-Name-First: Jonathan
Author-X-Name-Last: Morris
Title: Markets, Bureaucracy and Public Management: Professional Perceptions of Bureaucratic Change in the Public Sector: GPs, Headteachers and Social Workers
Abstract:
Public sector organizations have undergone immense changes over the last
two decades. Bureaucratic structures of governance have been reformed with
the aim of promoting a more market-oriented approach, intended to improve
efficiency and encourage greater responsiveness to the client. On the
basis of interviews with senior managers and professionals, this article
argues that the public sector is not in a state of
‘post-bureaucracy’ as claimed in some recent academic
writing. Far from reducing bureaucratic tendencies, the reforms have
created additional workloads, heightened the tensions surrounding the
meeting of client needs and the management of resources and led to more,
and not fewer, tiers of management.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 31-36
Issue: 4
Volume: 19
Year: 1999
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00186
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Author-Name: Chris Aulich
Author-X-Name-First: Chris
Author-X-Name-Last: Aulich
Title: Markets, Bureaucracy and Public Management: Bureaucratic Limits to Markets: The Case of Local Government in Victoria, Australia
Abstract:
Compulsory competitive tendering (CCT) was introduced into local
government in the state of Victoria (Australia) as the centrepiece of a
reform package to make local government more
‘business-like’ and market-oriented. This article evaluates
the extent of changes introduced by the reforms. To some extent,
post-bureaucratic organizational characteristics have been adopted,
although the degree of change has been limited by several factors,
including: the bureau-shaping behaviour of senior managers, the failure of
competition to generate contestable environments for all services, and the
increased level of formalization which has accompanied the introduction of
CCT in local authorities.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 37-43
Issue: 4
Volume: 19
Year: 1999
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00187
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Author-Name: John Houston
Author-X-Name-First: John
Author-X-Name-Last: Houston
Author-Name: Anne Gasteen
Author-X-Name-First: Anne
Author-X-Name-Last: Gasteen
Author-Name: Darinka Asenova
Author-X-Name-First: Darinka
Author-X-Name-Last: Asenova
Title: Developments: Structural Change in the Scottish Labour Market, the Tax Take and the New Parliament's Income Tax-varying Powers
Abstract:
This article examines the implications of increased labour market
flexibility, in the form of part-time work, for the Scottish public
finances in the context of devolution and the establishment of a Scottish
Parliament with income tax-varying powers. The income tax contributions of
different Scottish household types are calculated using a
spreadsheet-based model. The findings show that any trend towards
part-time, rather than full-time, employment could seriously erode the
country's total income tax take and reduce the effectiveness of the
tax-varying powers to provide a source of additional revenue for the
Scottish Parliament.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 45-50
Issue: 4
Volume: 19
Year: 1999
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00188
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Author-X-Name-First: Young-Chool
Author-X-Name-Last: Choi
Title: Developments: The Politics of Transaction Costs
Abstract:
This article aims to develop a model for analysing the operation and
outcomes of the contracting process as it applies to public services, and
to explore the politics of transaction costs involved in this process
using a case study of Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) in the UK.
For this purpose the article deals with the policy outputs from two time
periods, 1991 and 1994, which are regarded as the most dynamic years in
terms of CCT policy implementation. The article also demonstrates how
transaction costs may be manipulated in the contracting process by the
interested parties. Finally, it suggests that the politics of transaction
costs should be studied systematically in the future.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 51-56
Issue: 4
Volume: 19
Year: 1999
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00189
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Author-X-Name-First: Steve
Author-X-Name-Last: Martin
Title: Developments: Visions of Best Value: Modernizing or Just Muddling Through?
Abstract:
This article presents an empirical analysis of current local authority
capacity and future plans to implement the Best Value framework. It
analyses the perceptions of two groups of practitioners who are among the
closest to what is currently taking place in individual authorities and
will play a key role in implementing the new regime. The article
highlights important differences between the views of local authority
‘Best Value officers’ and external auditors. It concludes
that the prospects for fundamental improvements in local services depend
on a more strategic approach to the capacity problems facing authorities
which are willing to change but lack some of the tools and technologies
required.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 57-61
Issue: 4
Volume: 19
Year: 1999
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00190
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Author-X-Name-First: Des
Author-X-Name-Last: McConaghy
Title: Developments: Measuring (Accountable) Success—Analysis of The Government's Measures of Success
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 62-64
Issue: 4
Volume: 19
Year: 1999
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00191
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Author-Name: Andrew Gray
Author-X-Name-First: Andrew
Author-X-Name-Last: Gray
Title: Viewpoints: Editorial: The Public Manager in 2010
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 3-4
Issue: 1
Volume: 20
Year: 2000
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00192
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Author-Name: Francis Terry
Author-X-Name-First: Francis
Author-X-Name-Last: Terry
Title: Viewpoints: Public Management 2010
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 4-6
Issue: 1
Volume: 20
Year: 2000
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00193
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Author-Name: Sandra Nutley
Author-X-Name-First: Sandra
Author-X-Name-Last: Nutley
Title: Viewpoints: Public Manager 2010: A Recognizable Future?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 6-8
Issue: 1
Volume: 20
Year: 2000
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00194
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Author-Name: Edward Crew
Author-X-Name-First: Edward
Author-X-Name-Last: Crew
Title: Viewpoints: Policing in 2010
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 8-10
Issue: 1
Volume: 20
Year: 2000
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00195
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Author-X-Name-First: P. M.
Author-X-Name-Last: Jackson
Author-Name: L. Stainsby
Author-X-Name-First: L.
Author-X-Name-Last: Stainsby
Title: The Public Manager in 2010: Managing Public Sector Networked Organizations
Abstract:
The authors argue that we are in the age of the networked society. Lying
between the governance structures of markets and hierarchies, networks
have emerged as an organizational form which seeks to confront many of the
‘wicked problems’ faced by public and private organizations.
While the precise architecture of networks remains vague, much is claimed
for them in terms of their potential contribution to adding value and
enhancing performance. This article explores the use of networks in the
delivery of public services and the problems and issues that arise for
their management. Public service managers need to be aware of the costs
and benefits of alternative network architectures and how these might be
actively managed. The treatment of public sector networks here is also
intended to contribute to the current debate on ‘joined-up’
government.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 11-16
Issue: 1
Volume: 20
Year: 2000
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00196
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Author-Name: Graeme Currie
Author-X-Name-First: Graeme
Author-X-Name-Last: Currie
Title: The Public Manager in 2010: The Role of Middle Managers in Strategic Change in the Public Sector
Abstract:
This article questions an assumption, commonly held by policy-makers,
that the middle management group has little to contribute to the effective
provision of health care. The article takes a case study approach to
examine how middle managers influence strategic change in the area of
marketing activity in an acute hospital trust. Data gathering took place
in the case study over a period of two years and included observation,
analysis of documentation, and a series of 85 interviews.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 17-22
Issue: 1
Volume: 20
Year: 2000
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00197
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Author-Name: Sheila Ellwood
Author-X-Name-First: Sheila
Author-X-Name-Last: Ellwood
Title: The Public Manager in 2010: The NHS Financial Manager in 2010
Abstract:
In the White Paper, ‘The New NHS’ (Cm 3807), the
competitive nature of the internal market was removed and annual contracts
were replaced with long-term service agreements to facilitate best value.
Using the findings from earlier research studies, the implications for NHS
financial managers are discussed in this article. Financial managers have
a major task in maintaining financial stability in the move from one
financial regime to another. Improving budget devolution to Primary Care
Groups and encouraging good financial planning and control are essential.
Financial managers must develop and integrate reliable cost information
into the wider performance framework.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 23-30
Issue: 1
Volume: 20
Year: 2000
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00198
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Author-Name: Catherine M. Farrell
Author-X-Name-First: Catherine M.
Author-X-Name-Last: Farrell
Title: The Public Manager in 2010: Citizen Participation in Governance
Abstract:
The existence of an effective means of citizen participation within
public service decision-making forums will be one of the biggest
challenges for public mangers in 2010. The establishment of systems which
bring citizen representatives into the polity can provide unique
opportunities for citizen inputs-one such system is the school governing
body, made up of citizen, professional and political representatives. This
article reports on an investigation into citizen participation within the
governance of schools. It finds that while governing bodies provide the
opportunity for citizen participation, citizens are not actively involved
in school governance. A number of measures are recommended which may
assist in enhancing the citizen governance role.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 31-37
Issue: 1
Volume: 20
Year: 2000
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00199
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Author-Name: Russ Vince
Author-X-Name-First: Russ
Author-X-Name-Last: Vince
Title: The Public Manager in 2010: Learning in Public Organizations in 2010
Abstract:
The theme of this article is the future of learning in public
organizations. It outlines a way of thinking that might underpin learning,
and argues that, by the year 2010, public organizations could develop a
radical approach to organizational learning that would make the concept
more meaningful in their everyday practice. This approach is based on
various shifts in the ways in which management is thought about and
enacted. These changes are a movement away from the idea of ‘the
public manager’ to a more relational notion: ‘management in
public’. The author explains what ‘management in
public’ means, and discusses how it can be put into practice in
order to transform learning in public organizations.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 39-44
Issue: 1
Volume: 20
Year: 2000
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00200
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Author-Name: Judith Smith
Author-X-Name-First: Judith
Author-X-Name-Last: Smith
Author-Name: Marian Barnes
Author-X-Name-First: Marian
Author-X-Name-Last: Barnes
Title: Developments: Developing Primary Care Groups in the New NHS: Towards Diversity or Uniformity?
Abstract:
This article examines how the Government's ‘third way’ is
being implemented in relation to the involvement of primary care
professionals in the commissioning of health services. Prior to 1997, the
single preferred model of GP fundholding evolved into a diversity of
approaches to commissioning and these approaches became increasingly
collaborative rather than competitive. From this starting point, the
authors examine the key assumptions underlying the present single model of
the primary care group (PCG) as the commissioning body for the ‘New
NHS’. They suggest that PCGs will also evolve into a diversity of
models, but there will be tensions arising over the greater emphasis on
central direction and performance management.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 45-52
Issue: 1
Volume: 20
Year: 2000
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00201
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Author-Name: Kate Baxter
Author-X-Name-First: Kate
Author-X-Name-Last: Baxter
Author-Name: Max Bachmann
Author-X-Name-First: Max
Author-X-Name-Last: Bachmann
Author-Name: Gwyn Bevan
Author-X-Name-First: Gwyn
Author-X-Name-Last: Bevan
Title: Developments: Primary Care Groups: Trade-offs in Managing Budgets and Risk
Abstract:
The NHS reforms introduced on 1 April 1999 were intended to remove
competition and promote co-operation in the delivery of health care. This
was to be achieved in part by the development of joint working by groups
of General Practitioner (GP) practices covering populations of around
100,000-known as Primary Care Groups (PCGs). A key element is the
integration of responsibility for managing both the clinical and financial
aspects of delivering health care. The authors report on the success of
this new joint role, based on findings from a national survey. There are
trade-offs in choosing the scale at which to encourage GPs to take on
their new roles. Smaller groups will be better able to integrate
practices' clinical and financial responsibilities, while larger groups
will have less financial risk due to random variation.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 53-62
Issue: 1
Volume: 20
Year: 2000
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00202
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Author-Name: Mark Clatworthy
Author-X-Name-First: Mark
Author-X-Name-Last: Clatworthy
Author-Name: Howard Mellett
Author-X-Name-First: Howard
Author-X-Name-Last: Mellett
Author-Name: Michael Peel
Author-X-Name-First: Michael
Author-X-Name-Last: Peel
Title: Developments: External Audit Fee Levels in NHS Trusts
Abstract:
This article discusses the external auditing regime of NHS trusts and
analyses the fees charged by their auditors. It adapts approaches
developed in the private sector to investigate audit fees paid by NHS
trusts and finds that, while similar factors are associated with the audit
fees of trusts, there is no evidence of a ‘Big 6’ premium
and trust audit fees are significantly lower than those of similar private
sector organizations. Explanations for this are sought in the different
natures of public and private sector audits, which indicate that
differences in fees might be anticipated in the public sector, especially
with the presence of a quasi-regulator in the form of the Audit
Commission.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 63-68
Issue: 1
Volume: 20
Year: 2000
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00203
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Author-Name: John Benington
Author-X-Name-First: John
Author-X-Name-Last: Benington
Title: Editorial: The Modernization and Improvement of Government and Public Services
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 3-8
Issue: 2
Volume: 20
Year: 2000
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00204
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Author-Name: Peter Housden
Author-X-Name-First: Peter
Author-X-Name-Last: Housden
Title: The Modernization and Improvement of Government and Public Services: Turning Strategy into Practice: Organizational Development in the Modernization of Local Government
Abstract:
Organizational development—measures to build the inherent and
generic capacity of an organization—is an important, but neglected,
aspect of the current debate on the joined-up modernization of public
services. Where organizational development has featured in the debate, it
has tended to focus on ‘what’ questions, rather than
‘how’ individual agencies can effect change in their
organization. The author shows how organizational development could help
local government in gearing up to meet the new challenges set by the
Government's social agenda which centres on joining-up governance. He
shares some practitioner experience on possible ways forward, and poses
some questions for wider debate.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 9-13
Issue: 2
Volume: 20
Year: 2000
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00205
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Author-Name: Howard Davis
Author-X-Name-First: Howard
Author-X-Name-Last: Davis
Author-Name: Mike Geddes
Author-X-Name-First: Mike
Author-X-Name-Last: Geddes
Title: The Modernization and Improvement of Government and Public Services: Deepening Democracy or Élite Governance? New Political Management Arrangements in Local Government
Abstract:
This article discusses the introduction of new political management
arrangements in local government. It places the Government's current
proposals for change in the context of recent research and debate about
the strengths and weaknesses of local democracy, and then draws on recent
research evidence, which suggests that current reforms may have a
contradictory impact. The Government’s proposals are likely to
bring tighter and more strategic political leadership, more effective
partnership with other local organizations and, if certain steps are
taken, better ‘scrutiny’ of policy and performance. However,
there are serious concerns about democratic accountability and
transparency, community involvement and the implications for many
councillors, party groups and a healthy local party politics. It is
concluded that more thorough evaluation of the impact of the changes is
desirable.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 15-20
Issue: 2
Volume: 20
Year: 2000
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00206
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Author-Name: Mary Bowerman
Author-X-Name-First: Mary
Author-X-Name-Last: Bowerman
Author-Name: Amanda Ball
Author-X-Name-First: Amanda
Author-X-Name-Last: Ball
Title: The Modernisation and Importance of Government and Public Services: Great Expectations: Benchmarking for Best Value
Abstract:
Many local authorities have embarked on benchmarking as one way of
satisfying the Government’s requirement that local authorities
provide ‘best value’ services. This article suggests that
the Government’s initial enthusiasm for benchmarking was based on
an incomplete understanding of the previous experiences of benchmarking in
the local government sector. The most recent pronouncements make little
mention of benchmarking, but there has been no explicit statement that it
is no longer a key feature of best value. Local authorities are investing
in developing benchmarking technology that may well fail to pay back in
terms of meeting best value stipulations or in satisfying the authorities'
own internal management needs. The authors suggest how local authority
benchmarking efforts might be redirected to better effect.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 21-26
Issue: 2
Volume: 20
Year: 2000
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00207
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Author-Name: Carol Hayden
Author-X-Name-First: Carol
Author-X-Name-Last: Hayden
Author-Name: John Benington
Author-X-Name-First: John
Author-X-Name-Last: Benington
Title: The Modernisation and Importance of Government and Public Services: Multi-Level Networked Governance—Reflections from the Better Government for Older People Programme
Abstract:
The concept of joined up government has been interpreted mainly in terms
of the need for horizontal integration between services which
traditionally have been delivered through stand-alone departments,
specialist professions, and ‘silo’ organizational
structures. Two parallel concepts within the Government's modernization
programme, namely ‘citizen-centred governance’ and
‘community leadership’, imply the need also for vertical
integration between different levels of governance. This article explores
multi-level governance in terms of the complex inter-relationships between
UK central government, local government, and civil society, drawing on an
evaluation of the Cabinet Office-led programme of Better Government for
Older People (BGOP). New structures, on their own, are inadequate without
the necessary changes in the inter-connections and inter-relationships. A
number of suggestions are made on how the Government might bring about the
type of cultural changes required to make multi-level networked governance
a reality.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 27-34
Issue: 2
Volume: 20
Year: 2000
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00208
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Author-Name: Jean Hartley
Author-X-Name-First: Jean
Author-X-Name-Last: Hartley
Author-Name: Maria Allison
Author-X-Name-First: Maria
Author-X-Name-Last: Allison
Title: The Modernization and Improvement of Government and Public Services: The Role of Leadership in the Modernization and Improvement of Public Services
Abstract:
This article examines the central role of leadership in the Government's
conception of modernization and improvement, before outlining key
approaches to understanding leadership and the management of influence in
and by local authorities. Local authorities are increasingly concerned
with distributed leadership (even though new structural arrangements may
concentrate political leadership); of leadership at the cross-roads of
different organizational cultures and structures; of the importance of
inter organizational leadership not just leadership by individuals; and
the importance of influence across organizational boundaries not just
control of the internal organization. The authors call for models of
leadership to be updated to reflect new challenges.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 35-40
Issue: 2
Volume: 20
Year: 2000
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00209
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Author-X-Name-First: Michael
Author-X-Name-Last: Bichard
Title: The Modernization and Improvement of Government and Public Services: Creativity, Leadership and Change
Abstract:
The Department for Education and Employment's (DfEE) Permanent Secretary
asks what needs to be done to deliver better public services. What are the
priorities for modernization and how can these be achieved? He explains
that the civil service has often under-valued management, skimped on
management development, left project managers inadequately trained and
recognized, and failed to reward effective service delivery. Improving
delivery therefore requires a major cultural shift. He discusses four key
issues: creativity, leadership, delivery, and community ownership.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 41-46
Issue: 2
Volume: 20
Year: 2000
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00210
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Author-X-Name-First: Steve
Author-X-Name-Last: Martin
Author-Name: Annette Boaz
Author-X-Name-First: Annette
Author-X-Name-Last: Boaz
Title: The Modernization and Improvement of Government and Public Services: Public Participation and Citizen-Centred Local Government: Lessons from the Best Value and Better Government for Older People Pilot Programmes
Abstract:
This article examines the contribution that public participation can make
to the development of ‘citizen-centred government’. It draws
upon the evidence of two major initiatives established by central and
local government to develop and test out new approaches to service
delivery (the Best Value and the Better Government for Older People pilot
programmes). Evaluation of these two sets of pilots suggests that the
notion of ‘citizen-centred government’ and the forms of
participation that are required to achieve it are liable to a range of
different interpretations. In particular there is an important distinction
between approaches which seek to promote community planning and
user-focused services, and those that envisage a much more active role for
local people in designing and delivering local services.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 47-54
Issue: 2
Volume: 20
Year: 2000
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00211
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Author-Name: Mike Geddes
Author-X-Name-First: Mike
Author-X-Name-Last: Geddes
Author-Name: Amanda Root
Author-X-Name-First: Amanda
Author-X-Name-Last: Root
Title: The Modernization and Improvement of Government and Public Services: Social Exclusion—New Language, New Challenges for Local Authorities
Abstract:
National policy initiatives such as the establishment of the Social
Exclusion Unit and the new government strategy, ‘Opportunity for
All’, have provided a new stimulus to local authorities to develop
more effective local strategies to promote social inclusion. The major
features of current local initiatives are described, and the leadership
and management challenges presented to local authorities are discussed.
However, for local government to tackle social exclusion and poverty more
effectively it is also necessary for the structural and regional
dimensions of social exclusion to be taken more into account by central
government, and for a new equilibrium between central, regional and local
initiative to be achieved.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 55-60
Issue: 2
Volume: 20
Year: 2000
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00212
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Author-Name: Paul Cropper
Author-X-Name-First: Paul
Author-X-Name-Last: Cropper
Author-Name: Roger Cook
Author-X-Name-First: Roger
Author-X-Name-Last: Cook
Title: Developments: Activity-Based Costing in Universities—Five Years On
Abstract:
This article describes the current state of costing within the higher
education sector, reviewing recent published literature and analysing the
progress made by institutions in implementing activity-based costing
(ABC). It draws on the findings of two cross-sectional surveys of all UK
universities, undertaken in 1993 and 1998/99. The data collected suggests
that while implementation of ABC systems has been slow, this might be
about to change because of pressures being exerted by funding bodies and
central government.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 61-68
Issue: 2
Volume: 20
Year: 2000
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00213
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Author-Name: Francis Terry
Author-X-Name-First: Francis
Author-X-Name-Last: Terry
Title: Viewpoints: Editorial
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 3-3
Issue: 3
Volume: 20
Year: 2000
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00048c
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Author-Name: Rebecca Boden
Author-X-Name-First: Rebecca
Author-X-Name-Last: Boden
Author-Name: Anne Corden
Author-X-Name-First: Anne
Author-X-Name-Last: Corden
Title: Viewpoints: Joining-Up with the Self-Employed
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 4-5
Issue: 3
Volume: 20
Year: 2000
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00215
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Author-Name: George Boyne
Author-X-Name-First: George
Author-X-Name-Last: Boyne
Title: Developments: External Regulation and Best Value in Local Government
Abstract:
Best Value has been presented by central government as a means of
promoting local diversity and innovation. However, it contains a large
superstructure for regulating the behaviour and performance of local
authorities, through performance indicators, audit, and inspection. The
characteristics of these regulatory instruments are analysed and their
potential strengths and weaknesses are assessed. The instruments overlap
not only with local authorities' own internal management processes, but
also with each other. Therefore it is concluded that the costs of
regulation may outweigh the benefits.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 7-12
Issue: 3
Volume: 20
Year: 2000
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00217
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Author-Name: Alan Lawton
Author-X-Name-First: Alan
Author-X-Name-Last: Lawton
Author-Name: David McKevitt
Author-X-Name-First: David
Author-X-Name-Last: McKevitt
Author-Name: Michelle Millar
Author-X-Name-First: Michelle
Author-X-Name-Last: Millar
Title: Developments: Coping with Ambiguity: Reconciling External Legitimacy and Organizational Implementation in Performance Measurement
Abstract:
This article reports the results of a study of the implementation of
performance measurement in 74 UK public sector organizations. Performance
measurement is often imposed on organizations by external stakeholders and
those charged with implementation have to reconcile the demands of
competing interests. These interests reflect the complex relations that
‘street-level’ public organizations engage in. The authors
use institutional theory to make sense of how these relations, and the
competing demands of performance measurement, are managed.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 13-20
Issue: 3
Volume: 20
Year: 2000
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00218
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Author-Name: Michael Chisholm
Author-X-Name-First: Michael
Author-X-Name-Last: Chisholm
Title: Developments: Financial Implications of Major Legislation
Abstract:
It is highly desirable that public policy should be based on good
evidence, but the information available to the Westminster Parliament
concerning the costs and benefits of proposed legislation is seriously
inadequate. This theme is discussed in relation to laws affecting local
government, where the costs of change have been under-estimated and the
benefits exaggerated. If better information had been available, the
legislation might have been altered. The author argues that some form of
independent scrutiny is needed to assist legislators in assessing the
costs and benefits of proposed enactments, and that American practice, in
particular the Congressional Budget Office, may provide a suitable model
for reform.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 21-26
Issue: 3
Volume: 20
Year: 2000
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00219
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Author-X-Name-First: Alan
Author-X-Name-Last: Jones
Title: Developments: Privatized Utilities and the ‘Third Way’
Abstract:
The Government is planning new regulations to ensure that utility
companies ‘reflect a sense of social responsibility’. Their
intention to overlay social objectives on the regulatory frameworks
inspired by free market economics can be seen as an attempt to find a
‘Third Way’ policy for the utilities. Neoliberals would
argue that social policy has no place in the privatized utility sector,
which is now well established. Interference in regulatory processes to
achieve social objectives is likely to be counter-productive by distorting
prices and inhibiting the incentive system designed to achieve
efficiencies. Rather than requiring the companies to act as instruments of
government policy, the Government could achieve its social objectives
through subsidies, or through the social security system, leaving the
regulatory framework to operate unfettered.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 27-34
Issue: 3
Volume: 20
Year: 2000
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00220
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Author-Name: Adrian Kay
Author-X-Name-First: Adrian
Author-X-Name-Last: Kay
Author-Name: Darrin Baines
Author-X-Name-First: Darrin
Author-X-Name-Last: Baines
Title: Developments: The Rapid Increase in Generic Prices in the UK: A Failure of Competition or Regulation?
Abstract:
There have been steep rises in the price of some generic drugs since
September 1998. These rises have been the subject of an inquiry by the
House of Commons Select Committee on Health. This article comments on the
pricing of generic drugs and suggests possible solutions to the recent
price rises. A fall in the price ofgenerics in the five years prior to
September 1998 was a result of regulatory action, rather than strong price
competition. However, this regulatory system has now been shown not to
have the incentives to encourage suppliers to meet the Government’s
objective of cheaper generic drugs. This raises the question of whether
cost control strategies for primary care prescribing based on the greater
use of generics are reasonable.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 35-38
Issue: 3
Volume: 20
Year: 2000
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00221
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Author-X-Name-First: Charlotte
Author-X-Name-Last: Dargie
Title: Developments: Observing Chief Executives: Analysing Behaviour to Explore Cross-Sectoral Differences
Abstract:
This article is an exploration of the role of the chief executive and its
relation to the political and environmental context. It draws on case
studies of chief executives from the public, private and voluntary
sectors, which looked at what chief executives do and how their role
relates to the context in which they work. The author uses a comparative
theoretical framework, which includes position, organization, environment
and decision-making to highlight cross-sectoral differences. Comparative
concepts are used to explain difference and variability in the chief
executives' work. The article develops propositions about the nature of
chief executives' work that could be tested in further studies.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 39-44
Issue: 3
Volume: 20
Year: 2000
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00222
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Author-X-Name-First: John
Author-X-Name-Last: Keenan
Title: Developments: Just How New Is Best Value?
Abstract:
This article compares Best Value, the performance measurement framework
presently being introduced in local government in the UK, with Planning
and Programming Budgeting Systems (PPBS) and Zero Base Budgeting (ZBB).
PPBS and ZBB are resource allocation techniques which became popular in
the 1960s and 1970s, but later declined in popularity. It appears that
there is much of PPBS and ZBB in the Best Value framework. There may be a
lot to learn from the past, and many issues to be addressed, if Best Value
is not to suffer the same fate as PPBS and ZBB.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 45-49
Issue: 3
Volume: 20
Year: 2000
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00223
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Author-Name: John R. Morris
Author-X-Name-First: John R.
Author-X-Name-Last: Morris
Author-Name: Paul S. Phillips
Author-X-Name-First: Paul S.
Author-X-Name-Last: Phillips
Author-Name: Adam D. Read
Author-X-Name-First: Adam D.
Author-X-Name-Last: Read
Title: Developments: The UK Landfill Tax: Financial Implications for Local Authorities
Abstract:
Local authorities in the UK are responsible for waste management. Since
the introduction of the landfill tax in 1996, the costs of disposing of
municipal solid waste in landfill has increased markedly. The money
collected is being paid to central government, through Customs and Excise.
Some remission of landfill tax money can be claimed by commercial
organizations to develop sustainable waste management, but local
authorities, which also have an important role in this, cannot do so. The
authors explain why the hypothecation of landfill tax revenue would be
helpful and why local authorities need additional funds to develop
sustainable waste management projects.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 51-54
Issue: 3
Volume: 20
Year: 2000
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00224
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Author-Name: Sandra Nutley
Author-X-Name-First: Sandra
Author-X-Name-Last: Nutley
Author-Name: Huw T. O. Davies
Author-X-Name-First: Huw T. O.
Author-X-Name-Last: Davies
Author-Name: Nick Tilley
Author-X-Name-First: Nick
Author-X-Name-Last: Tilley
Title: Viewpoints: Editorial: Getting Research into Practice
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 3-6
Issue: 4
Volume: 20
Year: 2000
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00225
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Author-X-Name-First: Naomi
Author-X-Name-Last: Eisenstadt
Title: Viewpoints: Sure Start: Research into Practice; Practice into Research
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 6-8
Issue: 4
Volume: 20
Year: 2000
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00226
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Author-X-Name-First: Judy
Author-X-Name-Last: Sebba
Title: Viewpoints: Education: Using Research Evidence to Reshape Practice
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 8-10
Issue: 4
Volume: 20
Year: 2000
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00227
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Author-Name: Chris Lusk
Author-X-Name-First: Chris
Author-X-Name-Last: Lusk
Title: Viewpoints: Human Rights Act—Should you Panic?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 10-12
Issue: 4
Volume: 20
Year: 2000
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00228
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Author-X-Name-First: William
Author-X-Name-Last: Brown
Title: Viewpoints: Helping Trade Unions into the 21-super- st Century—Following up the Employment Relations Act
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 12-13
Issue: 4
Volume: 20
Year: 2000
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00229
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Author-Name: Bryan Watson
Author-X-Name-First: Bryan
Author-X-Name-Last: Watson
Title: Viewpoints: Democratic Renewal in Local Government—A False Dream!
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 14-15
Issue: 4
Volume: 20
Year: 2000
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00230
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Author-Name: Gloria Laycock
Author-X-Name-First: Gloria
Author-X-Name-Last: Laycock
Title: From Central Research to Local Practice: Identifying and Addressing Repeat Victimization
Abstract:
This article describes the action taken by a central government research
group to ensure the implementation of recommendations for both policy and
practice, which arose from a major programme of research on the prevention
of crime. The research, which demonstrated that significant reductions in
a range of offences could be achieved by focusing on the protection of
first-time victims, is used as an example of what needs to be done to
ensure implementation. The article outlines the research findings and
describes what the staff of the research group did to increase the likely
uptake of these findings by policy-makers and practitioners.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 17-22
Issue: 4
Volume: 20
Year: 2000
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00231
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Author-Name: Jane Furniss
Author-X-Name-First: Jane
Author-X-Name-Last: Furniss
Author-Name: Sandra Nutley
Author-X-Name-First: Sandra
Author-X-Name-Last: Nutley
Title: Getting Research into Practice: Implementing What Works with Offenders—The Effective Practice Initiative
Abstract:
The Effective Practice Initiative is a bold attempt to introduce
systematic change in the Probation Service so that its practices are based
on best evidence of what works with offenders. The main elements of this
holistic strategy are outlined and the key implementation issues are
discussed.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 23-28
Issue: 4
Volume: 20
Year: 2000
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00232
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Author-Name: Martin Buxton
Author-X-Name-First: Martin
Author-X-Name-Last: Buxton
Author-Name: Steve Hanney
Author-X-Name-First: Steve
Author-X-Name-Last: Hanney
Author-Name: Tim Packwood
Author-X-Name-First: Tim
Author-X-Name-Last: Packwood
Author-Name: Simon Roberts
Author-X-Name-First: Simon
Author-X-Name-Last: Roberts
Author-Name: Penny Youll
Author-X-Name-First: Penny
Author-X-Name-Last: Youll
Title: Getting Reearch into Practice: Assessing Benefits from Department of Health and National Health Service Research & Development
Abstract:
Public services in the UK are increasingly expected to account for their
outputs and performance. This article describes a retrospective evaluation
of the benefits from the R&D funded by a regional office of the NHS
Executive. The methods adopted enabled the various elements of the
region's R&D portfolio to be examined and provided a basis for the
development of a plan for regular monitoring. The proposals for
implementation are now also feeding into a debate as to how health
services R&D might best be monitored nationally in a way that is
compatible with the norms and practices of research in other contexts.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 29-34
Issue: 4
Volume: 20
Year: 2000
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00233
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Author-Name: Sandra Nutley
Author-X-Name-First: Sandra
Author-X-Name-Last: Nutley
Author-Name: Huw T. O. Davies
Author-X-Name-First: Huw T. O.
Author-X-Name-Last: Davies
Title: Getting Research into Practice: Making a Reality of Evidence-Based Practice: Some Lessons from the Diffusion of Innovations
Abstract:
The 1990s saw an upsurge of interest in using research evidence to inform
public sector policy and practice. Yet, if such evidence is to have
impact, ways must be found to move beyond the simple dissemination of
research findings. Strategies need to be developed which encourage the
uptake and utilisation of evidence. In exploring ways in which
evidence-based practice might be achieved, the lessons gleaned from an
examination of the literature on the diffusion of innovations are
presented. The implications of these lessons for ongoing organizational
learning are also outlined.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 35-42
Issue: 4
Volume: 20
Year: 2000
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00234
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Author-Name: Mark Halladay
Author-X-Name-First: Mark
Author-X-Name-Last: Halladay
Author-Name: Lisa Bero
Author-X-Name-First: Lisa
Author-X-Name-Last: Bero
Title: Getting Research into Practice: Implementing Evidence-Based Practice in Health Care
Abstract:
This article summarizes recent research on the effectiveness of efforts
to implement evidence-based health care. The authors conclude that the
evidence in support of single interventions being effective in bringing
about practitioner change is weak at best. The authors give examples and
evaluative comments on more complex organizational and systemic
interventions that are aimed at changing clinical practice, and discuss
some of the barriers to their application.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 43-50
Issue: 4
Volume: 20
Year: 2000
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00235
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Author-X-Name-First: David R.
Author-X-Name-Last: Stiles
Title: Higher Education Funding Patterns Since 1990: A New Perspective
Abstract:
Conventional wisdom is that the restructuring of UK universities in 1992
has had significant effects on the pattern of funding. This perception is
challenged in this article by an analysis of aggregated HEFC data since
1990. The extent of the higher education funding squeeze is evident, but
this can be seen as the intensification of a trend from the 1980s rather
than a major policy redirection. Institutional consolidation in the sector
has been minimal, with HEFC policies serving to reorganize the existing
number of institutions under a single funding umbrella rather than
creating new institutions or forming widespread mergers and closures.
Petrifaction is also apparent in the continuing gap between pre- and
post-1992 universities in terms of real research income per student
capita. This is of particular interest for higher education institutions
preparing for the 2001 Research Assessment Exercise.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 51-57
Issue: 4
Volume: 20
Year: 2000
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00236
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Author-Name: Diane Dawson
Author-X-Name-First: Diane
Author-X-Name-Last: Dawson
Author-Name: Andrew Street
Author-X-Name-First: Andrew
Author-X-Name-Last: Street
Title: Comparing NHS Hospital Unit Costs
Abstract:
Efforts to improve the efficiency of the hospital sector in the National
Health Service (NHS) have concentrated on measuring the unit costs of
service provision. Hospitals identified as having high unit costs are
considered poor performers. Several indices have been constructed to
measure unit costs. These produce conflicting messages: hospitals with
relatively high unit costs as measured using one index may have low unit
costs according to another index. Furthermore, the publication of cost
information may lead to unintended consequences and perverse behaviour,
rather than genuine performance improvements. To get a more accurate
picture of performance, cost information should be included within a
broader performance assessment framework for hospitals.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 58-62
Issue: 4
Volume: 20
Year: 2000
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00237
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Author-X-Name-First: Colin
Author-X-Name-Last: Talbot
Title: Performing ‘Performance’—A Comedy in Five Acts
Abstract:
The public service in the United Kingdom is awash with performance data.
From the ubiquitous league tables for schools, local authorities and
police services, through key performance indicators for civil service
agencies right up to Government-level Public Service Agreements, the
number of published performance data sets probably now reaches five
figures annually. The author discusses some of the aspects of being what
are probably the most ‘performance-reported’ public services
in the world.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 63-68
Issue: 4
Volume: 20
Year: 2000
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00238
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Author-X-Name-First: Sandra
Author-X-Name-Last: Nutley
Title: Viewpoints: Editorial
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 3-4
Issue: 1
Volume: 21
Year: 2001
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00239
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Author-Name: Francis Terry
Author-X-Name-First: Francis
Author-X-Name-Last: Terry
Title: Viewpoints: The Nemesis of Privatization: Railway Policy in Retrospect
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 4-6
Issue: 1
Volume: 21
Year: 2001
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00240
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Author-X-Name-First: Richard A.
Author-X-Name-Last: Chapman
Title: Viewpoints: Ethics in Public Service for the New Millennium
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 6-7
Issue: 1
Volume: 21
Year: 2001
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00241
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Author-Name: Victoria Wegg-Prosser
Author-X-Name-First: Victoria
Author-X-Name-Last: Wegg-Prosser
Title: Thirty Years of Managerial Change at the BBC
Abstract:
The recent attempts of the BBC to become more accountable and
cost-efficient are examined in the context of the McKinsey reforms of 1968
to 1972. They, too, set out to achieve improved resource management, 25
years before the similar initiative known as ‘Producer
Choice’. The BBC has entered the digital age and is poised to
launch even more new services around the world. Few doubt that this would
have been possible without Producer Choice, but the change programme did
not realize its full intentions and the BBC still has organizational
difficulties when trying to meet the strategic challenges it has set
itself. It needs to do this if it is going to survive the current shift to
new forms of delivery mechanisms in the 21st century.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 9-14
Issue: 1
Volume: 21
Year: 2001
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00242
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Author-Name: Moira Fischbacher
Author-X-Name-First: Moira
Author-X-Name-Last: Fischbacher
Title: Improving Secondary Care Efficiency: Motives and Mechanisms in Scotland
Abstract:
Improving the efficiency of the NHS has been a consistent policy
objective of British governments in recent years and the structures and
mechanisms appropriate for stimulating efficiencies have led to both
radical and incremental changes. This article discusses the attitudes and
behaviour of fundholding and non-fundholding general practitioners (GPs)
under the market system, and uses this as a basis for proposing efficiency
improvements within the new health service structures in Scotland.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 15-19
Issue: 1
Volume: 21
Year: 2001
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00243
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Author-Name: Martin Powell
Author-X-Name-First: Martin
Author-X-Name-Last: Powell
Author-Name: Mark Exworthy
Author-X-Name-First: Mark
Author-X-Name-Last: Exworthy
Title: Joined-Up Solutions to Address Health Inequalities: Analysing Policy, Process and Resource Streams
Abstract:
New Labour argues that its ‘new NHS’ will achieve the
traditional goal of fairness using the modern NHS means of partnership and
co-operation. The authors examine the issue of reducing inequalities in
health using the framework of policy, process and resource streams. While
the policy stream is a little muddy, the process and resource streams are
more opaque. In particular, there are concerns about technical and
political feasibility, and little apparent attention to issues of
opportunity costs and trade-offs. The low priority given to health
inequalities is reflected in the resource stream, where there are also
issues of accountability and budgetary slack. The authors argue that the
limited confluence of the streams is unlikely to lead to a sea-change in
the level of health inequalities.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 21-26
Issue: 1
Volume: 21
Year: 2001
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00244
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Author-Name: Colin Duncan
Author-X-Name-First: Colin
Author-X-Name-Last: Duncan
Title: The Impact of Two Decades of Reform of British Public Sector Industrial Relations
Abstract:
The results of some 20 years of industrial relations reform in the
British public sector are assessed, along with current trade union
responses and future prospects for industrial relations in the public
services. The author pinpoints limitations in the perspectives that have
driven reform processes in labour practices, and in the outcomes achieved,
and concludes that the process of convergence that is often assumed to
have occurred between public and private sector industrial relations
arrangements may be more apparent than real.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 27-34
Issue: 1
Volume: 21
Year: 2001
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00245
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Author-Name: Marie McHugh
Author-X-Name-First: Marie
Author-X-Name-Last: McHugh
Author-Name: Geraldine O'Brien
Author-X-Name-First: Geraldine
Author-X-Name-Last: O'Brien
Author-Name: Joop Ramondt
Author-X-Name-First: Joop
Author-X-Name-Last: Ramondt
Title: Finding an Alternative to Bureaucratic Models of Organization in the Public Sector
Abstract:
Demands for enhanced levels of efficiency and effectiveness have caused
many to question traditional bureaucratic forms in public sector
organizations. Team-based structures have been cited as an attractive
alternative, perceived as facilitating the necessary levels of
flexibility, innovation and responsiveness. Through the case of one Next
Steps agency, the authors explore the difficulties encountered by rigid
bureaucracies in their attempts to introduce team-working. It is argued
that cultural change must act as a pivot for movement towards structural
change, embodying all of the perceived positive aspects of team-working
within public sector organizations. This will, in turn, facilitate the
achievement of desired performance outcomes.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 35-42
Issue: 1
Volume: 21
Year: 2001
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00246
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Author-Name: Philip James
Author-X-Name-First: Philip
Author-X-Name-Last: James
Author-Name: Abby Ghobadian
Author-X-Name-First: Abby
Author-X-Name-Last: Ghobadian
Author-Name: Howard Viney
Author-X-Name-First: Howard
Author-X-Name-Last: Viney
Title: Business Separation and the Future Shape of the UK Energy Industry
Abstract:
The Utilities Act 2000 is principally focused upon promoting greater
competition within the electricity industry. Its provisions will have a
profound, but possibly unintended, impact upon the structure of the
electricity industry in the UK, and ensure the continued requirement for
a regulatory presence in both the competitive as well as monopoly sectors
of the industry. The question of business separation, and its impact upon
the potential for vertical integration is discussed. This article argues
that, while vertical integration is discouraged, future horizontal
integration is a likely consequence of business separation.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 43-48
Issue: 1
Volume: 21
Year: 2001
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00247
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Author-Name: Graham Francis
Author-X-Name-First: Graham
Author-X-Name-Last: Francis
Author-Name: Ian Humphreys
Author-X-Name-First: Ian
Author-X-Name-Last: Humphreys
Title: Airport Regulation: Reflecting on the Lessons from BAA plc
Abstract:
This article discusses the implications of airport privatization and
regulation with reference to the case of BAA plc. It concludes that
regulation should be implemented in a coordinated manner which is
consistent with wider policy goals and which respects the outcomes for all
stakeholders. The need for countries to have a strategic airports policy
to guide development towards national economic and environmental goals is
highlighted. The implications of the regulation of BAA to protect public
interest is both timely and topical given that the next government
airports policy is due to be released in 2002 and current plans for the
privatization of air traffic control. Regulation may be the only policy
lever to shape a privatized and commercialised airport system and its role
within a wider integrated transport strategy.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 49-52
Issue: 1
Volume: 21
Year: 2001
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00248
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Author-Name: Andrew Likierman
Author-X-Name-First: Andrew
Author-X-Name-Last: Likierman
Title: From Planning to Implementation: The New UK Central Government Financial Framework
Abstract:
This article provides an outline of the new arrangements for resource
accounting and budgeting (RAB) in central government and Parliament. The
author discusses some of the issues involved in the full implementation of
RAB. He updates the position set out in two previous ‘Public Money
& Management’ articles (Likierman, 1998a and 1998b), which
described the background to the project and its progress. Some benefits of
the new financial arrangements are already evident, the challenge now is
to maximize the potential of what they can offer.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 53-56
Issue: 1
Volume: 21
Year: 2001
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00249
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Author-Name: Ameen Ali Talib
Author-X-Name-First: Ameen Ali
Author-X-Name-Last: Talib
Title: Formula Based Allocation of Public Funds: The Case of Higher Education Research Funding
Abstract:
Formula funding models can be used to achieve broad objectives while
maintaining the recipients’ autonomy to take decisions. In order to
avoid the transfers becoming a complex web of specific grants, formula
funding models can incorporate a ‘veil of ignorance’ which
permits the recipient to spend the resources on a different pattern from
the one on which they were ‘earned’. The Research
Selectivity Exercise, operated by the Higher Education Funding Council for
England is one such model. This article analyses the use of formula
funding to shed light on whether the outcome reflects national policy
objectives.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 57-64
Issue: 1
Volume: 21
Year: 2001
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00250
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Author-Name: Martin Laffin
Author-X-Name-First: Martin
Author-X-Name-Last: Laffin
Title: Viewpoint: Editorial—Beyond Westminster: The New Machinery of Subnational Government
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 3-5
Issue: 2
Volume: 21
Year: 2001
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00251
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Author-Name: Huw T. O. Davies
Author-X-Name-First: Huw T. O.
Author-X-Name-Last: Davies
Author-Name: Russell Mannion
Author-X-Name-First: Russell
Author-X-Name-Last: Mannion
Author-Name: Martin N. Marshall
Author-X-Name-First: Martin N.
Author-X-Name-Last: Marshall
Title: Viewpoint: Treading a Third Way for Quality in Health Care
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 6-8
Issue: 2
Volume: 21
Year: 2001
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00252
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Author-Name: John Halligan
Author-X-Name-First: John
Author-X-Name-Last: Halligan
Title: Beyond Westminster: The New Machinery of Subnational Government: Political Management in the Australian States
Abstract:
Government in Australia is three-tiered—commonwealth (or federal),
state and local. The Australian states and territories operate within a
Westminster tradition, although demonstrating significant departures. As
large sub-national systems, they have developed central mechanisms for
providing direction and co-ordination at the state level, and for seeking
control of and responsiveness from the public service. This article
reviews the patterns of change at the state level in Australia with regard
to three sets of design issues: the organization of the political
executive and central political direction; the vertical and horizontal
aspects of the policy function; and the relations between the public
service and politicians.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 9-15
Issue: 2
Volume: 21
Year: 2001
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00253
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Author-Name: Gavin Drewry
Author-X-Name-First: Gavin
Author-X-Name-Last: Drewry
Title: Viewpoints: Editorial: Law and Public Management—The Human Rights Challenge
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 3-4
Issue: 3
Volume: 21
Year: 2001
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00264
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Author-X-Name-First: Andrew
Author-X-Name-Last: Oswald
Title: Viewpoints: An Economist's View of University League Tables
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 5-6
Issue: 3
Volume: 21
Year: 2001
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00265
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Author-X-Name-First: Chris
Author-X-Name-Last: Mellor
Title: Viewpoints: Water isn't Enough
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 6-7
Issue: 3
Volume: 21
Year: 2001
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00266
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Author-Name: Maurice Sunkin
Author-X-Name-First: Maurice
Author-X-Name-Last: Sunkin
Title: Law and Public Management—The Human Rights Challenge: Trends in Judicial Review and the Human Rights Act
Abstract:
It was widely predicted that the Human Rights Act 1998 would have a
significant effect on the incidence of litigation against public bodies.
This article considers the early impact of the Act on the use of judicial
review to challenge public decision-making. It compares the use of
judicial review prior to the coming into effect of the Act, focusing on
the subject areas litigated and the types of respondent challenged, with
the trends during the first five months of Act's operation. Contrary to
predictions, an increase in the use of judicial review has not
materialized. Nor, as yet, has there been a significant change in the
nature of judicial review litigation.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 9-12
Issue: 3
Volume: 21
Year: 2001
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00267
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Author-Name: Terence Daintith
Author-X-Name-First: Terence
Author-X-Name-Last: Daintith
Title: Law and Public Management—The Human Rights Challenge: Organizing Legal Advice and Litigation: The Human Rights Challenge
Abstract:
In subjecting the activities of government to a further set of relatively
precise standards which are judicially enforceable, the Human Rights Act
offers a fundamental challenge to the way the executive thinks, further
reinforcing and expanding the importance of legal standards as a key
discipline of government, at the expense of political responsiveness. This
article asks how government's internal legal
arrangements—especially for legal advice and
litigation—might be affected by this step-change in the importance
of law to government.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 13-18
Issue: 3
Volume: 21
Year: 2001
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00268
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Author-Name: David Feldman
Author-X-Name-First: David
Author-X-Name-Last: Feldman
Title: Law and Public Management—The Human Rights Challenge: Whitehall, Westminster and Human Rights
Abstract:
No single institution can offer adequate protection for people's human
rights. All public bodies must incorporate human rights into their
procedures if proper protection is to be established. Bodies such as
central government and Parliament may appear to be in confrontation with
each other, but they can actually complement each other's respect for
human rights. This article examines the arrangements made by Whitehall
departments and Parliament to implement the Human Rights Act 1998, and
suggests that both Whitehall and Westminster have significantly improved
their capacities to secure respect for human rights.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 19-24
Issue: 3
Volume: 21
Year: 2001
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00269
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Author-Name: Charles Blake
Author-X-Name-First: Charles
Author-X-Name-Last: Blake
Title: Law and Public Management—The Human Rights Challenge: Judging Asylum and Immigration Claims: The Human Rights Act and the Refugee Convention
Abstract:
Immigration appeals have not received much attention from legal scholars
or from public administrators. This is despite the increased interest in
asylum law, practice and decisions. There is much to be considered in
relation to the jurisdiction of the immigration appellate process to
include human rights issues arising in immigration and asylum decisions
taken by the Home Office after 2 October 2000. The nature of the appellate
process, especially in asylum cases, is analysed. The question of the best
form of hearing (adversarial, inquisitorial) is discussed. Issues of
expert evidence, credibility and the form of adjudication are also
addressed. Finally, the political context of asylum decisions is
considered.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 25-28
Issue: 3
Volume: 21
Year: 2001
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00270
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Author-X-Name-First: David
Author-X-Name-Last: Miers
Title: Law and Public Management—The Human Rights Challenge: Regulatory Reform Orders: A New Weapon in the Armoury of Law Reform
Abstract:
The Regulatory Reform Act 2001 gave legislative expression to the New
Labour Government's re-interpretation of the Conservatives' deregulation
initiative. In its emphasis on better regulation, the Labour Government
significantly expanded the general authorization to amend primary
legislation by order that was given to Ministers under legislation enacted
in 1994. This article summarizes the background to the new Act. It
analyses the opportunities now available to Whitehall to remove, reduce or
reallocate red-tape burdens and evaluates the enhanced scrutiny role that
falls to Westminster to ensure Ministers' compliance with the statutory
constraints.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 29-34
Issue: 3
Volume: 21
Year: 2001
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00271
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Author-Name: Paul M. Collier
Author-X-Name-First: Paul M.
Author-X-Name-Last: Collier
Title: Police Performance Measurement and Human Rights
Abstract:
The management of police performance through cash-limited budgets,
performance indicators and crime statistics is the result of a control
systems paradigm. This article uses examples of police practice to raise
the possibility that this performance culture may be in tension with human
rights legislation. The article suggests a shift to a values-based
learning paradigm and the need for greater balance between the rationality
of a control paradigm and the subjectivity of values.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 35-39
Issue: 3
Volume: 21
Year: 2001
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00272
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Author-Name: Robert J. Kirk
Author-X-Name-First: Robert J.
Author-X-Name-Last: Kirk
Author-Name: Anthony P. Wall
Author-X-Name-First: Anthony P.
Author-X-Name-Last: Wall
Title: Substance, Form and PFI Contracts
Abstract:
The Private Finance Initiative (PFI) was launched by the United Kingdom
Government in 1992 in order to encourage the private sector in the UK to
become more involved in public sector development projects. A key theme of
the initiative was that the public should receive ‘value for
money’. This article investigates the accounting issue as to
whether or not the private or the public sector should record any property
related to PFI projects on balance sheet. It argues that although both HM
Treasury and the Accounting Standards Board (ASB) might agree on the
accounting principles, the practical impact is that in order for related
properties to stay off the public sector's balance sheet, substantial risk
needs to be transferred to the private sector. As a consequence of this,
the objective of providing value for money to the public may not be
achieved.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 41-46
Issue: 3
Volume: 21
Year: 2001
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00273
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Author-Name: Arthur Midwinter
Author-X-Name-First: Arthur
Author-X-Name-Last: Midwinter
Author-Name: Neil McGarvey
Author-X-Name-First: Neil
Author-X-Name-Last: McGarvey
Title: The New Accountability? Devolution and Expenditure Politics in Scotland
Abstract:
Devolution is seen to be a means for enhancing democratic control and
accountability in the British political system (Scottish Office, 1997).
Proponents of such change have presented it as offering the prospect of a
more consensual, transparent and inclusive form of governance, in effect a
‘new politics’, with less executive dominance than at
Westminster. This would be delivered in part by proportional
representation, by strengthening the role of the legislature, and by
adopting a more consultative approach to decision-making (Scottish
Constitutional Convention, 1995). This article focuses on expenditure
politics in the budget and audit processes of the Scottish Parliament.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 47-55
Issue: 3
Volume: 21
Year: 2001
Month: 6
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Author-X-Name-First: Bryan
Author-X-Name-Last: Watson
Title: Report: A New Deal? Understanding the Psychological Contract
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 57-60
Issue: 3
Volume: 21
Year: 2001
Month: 6
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Author-Name: Tony Travers
Author-X-Name-First: Tony
Author-X-Name-Last: Travers
Title: Viewpoints: Editorial: London—Better Government
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 3-6
Issue: 4
Volume: 21
Year: 2001
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00276
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Author-X-Name-First: Sarah
Author-X-Name-Last: Webb
Title: Viewpoints: Transforming Homes or Privatizing Social Housing?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 6-7
Issue: 4
Volume: 21
Year: 2001
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00277
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Author-X-Name-First: Donald
Author-X-Name-Last: Riley
Title: Viewpoints: Transport, Taxpayers and the Treasury
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 8-9
Issue: 4
Volume: 21
Year: 2001
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00278
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Author-Name: Eleanor Burt
Author-X-Name-First: Eleanor
Author-X-Name-Last: Burt
Author-Name: John Taylor
Author-X-Name-First: John
Author-X-Name-Last: Taylor
Title: Viewpoints: Giving Greater ‘Political Voice’ to Charities in Scotland?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 9-10
Issue: 4
Volume: 21
Year: 2001
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00279
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Author-Name: Stephen Glaister
Author-X-Name-First: Stephen
Author-X-Name-Last: Glaister
Author-Name: Tony Travers
Author-X-Name-First: Tony
Author-X-Name-Last: Travers
Title: London: Crossing London: Overcoming the Obstacles to CrossRail
Abstract:
London's main transport modes are over-loaded. An important part of the
solution is CrossRail, a new east-west underground railway. It was agreed
and fully planned all of ten years ago; but the obstacles to its
construction are severe and have become worse as time has passed. While
the value of CrossRail is clear and generally recognized, a large number
of direct interests have both the incentive and the power to object to it
as a specific proposal, in an attempt to secure a better outcome for
themselves. Many commercial, public and governing institutions will have
to be persuaded to make a sacrifice in the interests of the project going
ahead.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 11-18
Issue: 4
Volume: 21
Year: 2001
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00280
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Author-X-Name-First: Jon
Author-X-Name-Last: Wakeford
Author-Name: Jo Valentine
Author-X-Name-First: Jo
Author-X-Name-Last: Valentine
Title: London: Learning through Partnership: Private Finance and Managementin the Delivery of Services for London
Abstract:
This article looks at the attractiveness of the Private Finance
Initiative (PFI) and Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) to the private
sector. One of the authors works for Jarvis plc—the company has
been a major participant in PFI projects and, more recently, in various
PPPs in London and across the UK. The article aims to identify a realistic
model of the role of the private sector in PPPs. The authors use three
case studies from London to recommend ways of improving the partnership
element of PPPs in order to reach a ‘win-win’ situation,
rather than the traditional adversarial approach between private and
public sectors.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 19-26
Issue: 4
Volume: 21
Year: 2001
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00281
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Author-X-Name-First: George
Author-X-Name-Last: Houpis
Author-Name: Michael Littlechild
Author-X-Name-First: Michael
Author-X-Name-Last: Littlechild
Author-Name: Stephen Gifford
Author-X-Name-First: Stephen
Author-X-Name-Last: Gifford
Title: London: The Police Funding Formula: Does it Reflect London's Crime Management Needs?
Abstract:
The allocation of funds to police authorities in England and Wales is
based on a formula which has been constructed to capture the key drivers
of the main activities of the police: crime management, call management,
public order and reassurance and traffic management. The formula was based
on data from a 1995/96 survey by the Association of Chief Police Officers
(ACPO), using data on police activity and recorded crime from 1990--92. In
this article, the authors argue that the resulting allocation no longer
reflects accurately the policing needs of London.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 27-34
Issue: 4
Volume: 21
Year: 2001
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00282
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Author-X-Name-First: John
Author-X-Name-Last: Ross
Title: London: Management Philosophy of the Greater London Authority
Abstract:
On 5 May 2000, Ken Livingstone became Mayor of London and Britain's first
directly elected executive head of an administration. Returned as an
independent, he had no backing from a party machine and inherited a weak
administrative apparatus. Nevertheless, key strategies on transport,
economic development, and land planning have been put in place in full or
in their main outlines. A series of radical developments in management and
policy have been carried through, while retaining high ratings in the
opinion polls and rising approval from the business community. A popular
explanation for this is the ‘pragmatism’ shown by the
Livingstone administration. This article seeks to explain in greater depth
its managerial/economic approach and to show that, while internally
consistent, it is not readily understandable in terms of either the
traditional right or the traditional left of the political spectrum.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 35-42
Issue: 4
Volume: 21
Year: 2001
Month: 10
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Author-Name: Sylvia Godden
Author-X-Name-First: Sylvia
Author-X-Name-Last: Godden
Author-Name: Allyson M. Pollock
Author-X-Name-First: Allyson M.
Author-X-Name-Last: Pollock
Author-Name: Stewart Player
Author-X-Name-First: Stewart
Author-X-Name-Last: Player
Title: Developments: Capital Investment in Primary Care—The Funding and Ownership of Primary Care Premises
Abstract:
The authors describe the complexity of the financing arrangements of
primary care premises. They explain how the early vision of integrating
health and social services within local health centres failed to be
realized, with GP-owned practice premises remaining as the dominant model.
There was a switch to private finance when the government loan body
(General Practice Finance Corporation) was privatized in 1989. Although
capital can now be freely raised by the private sector for investment in
the National Health Service (NHS), these debts have to be repaid through
NHS funds or user charges. The complexity, combined with demographic
factors, makes it likely that as GPs opt for the Personal Medical Services
(PMS) scheme and a salaried service, the trend towards for-profit
corporations owning and buying out GP premises will accelerate.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 43-50
Issue: 4
Volume: 21
Year: 2001
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00284
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Author-X-Name-First: Adrian
Author-X-Name-Last: Kay
Title: Developments: Pharmaceutical Policy in the UK
Abstract:
For many years drug price regulation posed few public management
problems. However, the overall NHS drugs budget has been increasing by
almost 9% per annum over the past decade. Governments in the 1990s tried
to control this growth by introducing new pharmaceutical policy
instruments. This has led to an element of instability in the regulation
of the pharmaceutical industry, which is affecting NHS financial
programming, as well as R&D investment decisions by companies. This
article recommends the creation of an office for drug regulation (an
‘OFDRUG’) to reintroduce stability into pharmaceutical
policy.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 51-54
Issue: 4
Volume: 21
Year: 2001
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00285
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Author-X-Name-First: Pauline
Author-X-Name-Last: Dibben
Author-Name: Philip James
Author-X-Name-First: Philip
Author-X-Name-Last: James
Author-Name: Ian Cunningham
Author-X-Name-First: Ian
Author-X-Name-Last: Cunningham
Title: Developments: Absence Management in the Public Sector: An Integrative Model?
Abstract:
Workforce absence rates in Britain have been found to be higher in the
public sector than the private. The Government has set ambitious targets
for the reduction of public sector absence rates and published a range of
recommendations. The authors look at the ways the two sectors manage
long-term absence. Although many public sector organizations, as well as
some large private services ones, have systems in place, this article
shows that these often contain structural weaknesses, and frequently do
not operate in an integrated way. It is therefore concluded that many
public organizations have some way to go to achieve the holistic approach
to absence management advocated by the Government.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 55-60
Issue: 4
Volume: 21
Year: 2001
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00286
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Author-X-Name-First: Sandra
Author-X-Name-Last: Nutley
Author-Name: Stella Perrott
Author-X-Name-First: Stella
Author-X-Name-Last: Perrott
Author-Name: Fiona Wilson
Author-X-Name-First: Fiona
Author-X-Name-Last: Wilson
Title: Viewpoints: Editorial: Gender, the Professions and Public Management
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 3-4
Issue: 1
Volume: 22
Year: 2002
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00287
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Author-X-Name-First: Ann
Author-X-Name-Last: Hansford
Author-Name: John Hasseldine
Author-X-Name-First: John
Author-X-Name-Last: Hasseldine
Title: Viewpoints: Best Practice in Tax Administration
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 5-6
Issue: 1
Volume: 22
Year: 2002
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00288
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Author-X-Name-First: Janet
Author-X-Name-Last: Newman
Title: Theme: Gender, the Professions and Public Management: Changing Governance, Changing Equality? New Labour, Modernization and Public Services
Abstract:
This article explores the implications for issues of equality and
diversity in the Labour government’s programme of public service
modernization. Networks and partnerships are viewed as a response to the
increasing complexity and ambiguity of the public realm. But in the new
knowledge-based and networked economy, ‘who you know’, and
whether you can access the crucial networks, is becoming highly
significant. As the site of action shifts, so equality agendas must be
renegotiated.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 7-14
Issue: 1
Volume: 22
Year: 2002
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00289
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Author-X-Name-First: Fiona M.
Author-X-Name-Last: Wilson
Title: Theme: Gender, the Professions and Public Management: Management and the Professions: How Cracked is That Glass Ceiling?
Abstract:
All prestigious or highly-paid occupations in Britain are dominated by
men: this is as true of the public sector as it is of industry. This
article examines the evidence for discrimination in the public sector. It
deals with both the situation at work and the one at home. It looks at
various explanations as to why this is the case, as well as the evidence
on how men and women deal with the inequality. The author concludes that
there are good reasons why men and women do not see or confront the issues
discussed in her article. Unless men and women wake up to the fact that we
live in an unequal society and wish to see the glass ceiling well and
truly broken, little is likely to change.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 15-20
Issue: 1
Volume: 22
Year: 2002
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00290
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Author-X-Name-First: Stella
Author-X-Name-Last: Perrott
Title: Theme: Gender, the Professions and Public Management: Gender, Professions and Management in the Public Sector
Abstract:
This article examines the location and status of women professionals in
the public services, noting their small numbers in the élite sectors and
at the highest levels. It also charts the rise in managerialism in the
public sector, particularly in those areas where women dominate, and
argues that the rise in managerialism is a gendered phenomenon which
ensures that women remain in roles and occupations subordinate to men.
Equal opportunities policies will have little effect while occupations
numerically dominated by women remain devalued and continue to be
controlled by men from outside the profession.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 21-24
Issue: 1
Volume: 22
Year: 2002
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00291
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Author-X-Name-First: Susan
Author-X-Name-Last: Miller
Author-Name: Roulla Hagen
Author-X-Name-First: Roulla
Author-X-Name-Last: Hagen
Author-Name: Marie Johnson
Author-X-Name-First: Marie
Author-X-Name-Last: Johnson
Title: Theme: Gender, the Professions and Public Management: Divergent Identities? Professions, Management and Gender
Abstract:
This article critically examines issues of gender in relation to the
‘professionalization’ of management, with particular
reference to the National Health Service (NHS). It focuses on the Master
of Business Administration (MBA) qualification and the role this plays in
professional development of managers and clinicians. One MBA course, which
has included a number of participants from the NHS and has attempted to
include some recognition of gender issues, is used for illustrative
purposes. The article raises important concerns about the implications of
gender for NHS and other public sector professionals, and draws some
conclusions about the ways in which management education might incorporate
gender into the curriculum.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 25-30
Issue: 1
Volume: 22
Year: 2002
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00292
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Author-X-Name-First: Anne-Marie
Author-X-Name-Last: Barry
Author-Name: Lis Cook
Author-X-Name-First: Lis
Author-X-Name-Last: Cook
Title: New Developments: Managing Health Boards: The Difference That Women Could Make
Abstract:
This article looks at women’s representation on trust boards and
health boards in Scotland. Women are out-numbered by two to one on boards,
but there is a more worrying pattern in terms of the type of posts held by
women—there are four chairmen of boards for every chairwoman, and
chief executives are 14 times more likely to be male. The authors show
that this under-representation of women is denying the health service
access to a huge reserve of talent and skills.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 31-34
Issue: 1
Volume: 22
Year: 2002
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00293
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Author-X-Name-First: Philip
Author-X-Name-Last: Morgan
Author-Name: Nigel Allington
Author-X-Name-First: Nigel
Author-X-Name-Last: Allington
Title: Has the Public Sector Retained its ‘Model Employer’ Status?
Abstract:
The authors investigate whether public sector organizations can still be
considered ‘model employers’ as they were before the late
1970s. Comparisons are made with private sector human resource management
(HRM) practices to determine how closely the ‘model
employer’ rhetoric approximates the public sector reality. The
article focuses on recent changes in the core and traditional non-traded
areas of public sector employment funded directly through either central
or local taxation—the National Health Service, central and local
government and higher education. Objective quantitative data on public
sector HRM practices and flexible work patterns are examined from both
primary and secondary sources. Central to the discussion is the question
of which sector offers the greater job security to employees.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 35-42
Issue: 1
Volume: 22
Year: 2002
Month: 1
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Author-X-Name-First: Andy
Author-X-Name-Last: Wiggins
Author-Name: Peter Tymms
Author-X-Name-First: Peter
Author-X-Name-Last: Tymms
Title: Dysfunctional Effects of League Tables: A Comparison Between English and Scottish Primary Schools
Abstract:
League tables based on Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) have become an
important part of the management of the UK’s education system.
While the performance measured by KPIs has apparently improved, concerns
have been raised that they may have unintended or dysfunctional effects.
This article compares English with Scottish schools. The authors found
that English primary schools perceive their KPI systems (with league
tables), as being significantly more dysfunctional than those of their
Scottish counterparts (without tables). The article provides empirical
evidence to support the many arguments that high-stakes single proxy
indicators can have significant dysfunctional effects.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 43-48
Issue: 1
Volume: 22
Year: 2002
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00295
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Author-X-Name-First: John
Author-X-Name-Last: Stittle
Title: Regulatory Control of the Track Access Charges of Railtrack plc
Abstract:
Railtrack plc, floated in 1996, was the private sector owner of
Britain’s railway track, signals and stations. Its major source of
revenue came from track access charges, which individual train operating
companies (TOCs) paid for use of the infrastructure. Since many of these
TOCs received substantial subsidies to assist in paying their track access
charges, Railtrack was in effect being heavily subsidised. In October
2001, the Government decided that these arrangements were no longer viable
and placed Railtrack into administration. This article explains how the
level of indirect subsidies to Railtrack had become excessive, and raises
crucial questions that need to be addressed in settling the future shape
of the railway industry.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 49-54
Issue: 1
Volume: 22
Year: 2002
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00296
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Author-X-Name-First: Stephen P.
Author-X-Name-Last: Osborne
Author-Name: Kate McLaughlin
Author-X-Name-First: Kate
Author-X-Name-Last: McLaughlin
Title: Trends and Issues in the Implementation of Local ‘Voluntary Sector Compacts’ in England
Abstract:
This article evaluates the current attempt to develop local
‘compacts’ between local government and the voluntary and
community sector, as a way of structuring the evolving relationships
between these sectors. It is based on documentary analysis and
semi-structured interviews with key national and local informants. The
first part of the article charts local government-voluntary sector
relationships in England from 1979 to 2000. The second part introduces the
concept of the ‘voluntary sector compact’, and argues that
this is central to the Government’s approach to these
relationships. The third part explores the implementation of the Voluntary
Sector Compact in England at both the national and local level. Finally,
the authors draw out key lessons for the future of relationships between
local government and the voluntary sector in England.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 55-64
Issue: 1
Volume: 22
Year: 2002
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00297
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Author-X-Name-First: Andrew
Author-X-Name-Last: Gray
Title: Viewpoints: Editorial: Local Government
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 3-4
Issue: 2
Volume: 22
Year: 2002
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00298
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Author-Name: John Stewart
Author-X-Name-First: John
Author-X-Name-Last: Stewart
Title: Viewpoints: Will Best Value Survive?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 4-5
Issue: 2
Volume: 22
Year: 2002
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00299
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Author-Name: Steve Freer
Author-X-Name-First: Steve
Author-X-Name-Last: Freer
Title: Viewpoints: Comprehensive Performance Assessment in Local Government
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 5-6
Issue: 2
Volume: 22
Year: 2002
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00300
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Author-Name: Cllr Charles Gordon
Author-X-Name-First: Cllr Charles
Author-X-Name-Last: Gordon
Title: Viewpoints: From War of Attrition to Roller-coaster Ride: Local and Central Government in Scotland
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 6-8
Issue: 2
Volume: 22
Year: 2002
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00301
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Author-X-Name-First: Amanda
Author-X-Name-Last: Ball
Author-Name: Jane Broadbent
Author-X-Name-First: Jane
Author-X-Name-Last: Broadbent
Author-Name: Cynthia Moore
Author-X-Name-First: Cynthia
Author-X-Name-Last: Moore
Title: Theme: Local Government: Best Value and the Control of Local Government: Challenges and Contradictions
Abstract:
This article offers some understanding of the early experience of
implementing Best Value in the local authority sector. Implementation is
dependent on how local government understands the concept; what local
government is able to deliver; and what central government is prepared to
accept. For the case study authority described in this article, Best Value
is understood to depend on three deliverable ‘cornerstones’,
embedded in a context that emphasises accountability, seeks to develop
‘learning’ and pursues change in organizational culture,
emphasising the tenets of ‘business excellence’. The authors
conclude that Best Value represents an unusual cocktail of top-down
concept and bottom-up realization, providing a new twist in the control of
the local government sector.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 9-16
Issue: 2
Volume: 22
Year: 2002
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00302
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Author-Name: George A. Boyne
Author-X-Name-First: George A.
Author-X-Name-Last: Boyne
Title: Theme: Local Government: Concepts and Indicators of Local Authority Performance: An Evaluation of the Statutory Frameworks in England and Wales
Abstract:
A conceptual framework for evaluating statutory performance indicators
for local authorities is developed. The framework, which contains 14
dimensions of organizational performance, is then applied to the
indicators set for local government from 1993/94 to 2001/02. The results
show that the validity and comparability of the indicators has improved
substantially over time. However, a critical weakness that remains is the
absence of indicators that link spending with service outcomes. Such
indicators are essential if judgements about value for money and Best
Value are to be made.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 17-24
Issue: 2
Volume: 22
Year: 2002
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00303
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Author-Name: David Mullins
Author-X-Name-First: David
Author-X-Name-Last: Mullins
Title: Theme: Local Government: Redefining ‘Competition’ as ‘Competitiveness’—The Best Value Activities of Registered Social Landlords
Abstract:
This article draws on studies of 23 Best Value pilots in the housing
sector to assess the ways in which competition has been incorporated into
Best Value strategies. While out-sourcing appeared to comprise a very
small element of pilot activities, closer examination identified a range
of approaches taken by Registered Social Landlords (RSLs) to providing a
more competitive service. Like local authorities, RSLs are struggling with
the ‘make-or-buy’ decision. Pilots identified three
essential prerequisites for using competition to promote Best Value:
specifying services, finding out about suppliers, and acquiring client
skills.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 25-30
Issue: 2
Volume: 22
Year: 2002
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00304
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Author-Name: Robert Jones
Author-X-Name-First: Robert
Author-X-Name-Last: Jones
Title: Theme: Local Government: With a Little Help From My Friends: Managing Public Participation in Local Government
Abstract:
As the system of Best Value develops and matures, this article argues
that there is a need within the literature for more research into the
micro-management processes of public participation within local
government. The article presents the findings of a study into the
management of ‘friends’ groups as a form of public
participation in a Best Value pilot council for parks and grounds
maintenance situated in northern England. The conclusion is that this form
of innovative community involvement is unlikely to be successful without
substantial two-way commitment on the part of both the local council and
the community, and unless parks officers are able to manage groups of this
kind through their clearly demarcated developmental stages.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 31-36
Issue: 2
Volume: 22
Year: 2002
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00305
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Author-Name: Arthur Midwinter
Author-X-Name-First: Arthur
Author-X-Name-Last: Midwinter
Title: Theme: Local Government: The New Politics of Local Spending: Central--Local Financial Relations under Scottish Devolution
Abstract:
This article focuses on the Scottish Executive’s strategy and
practice over local authority current expenditure since devolution. Since
the introduction of the community charge in 1989, central government has
provided more than 80% of local authority public expenditure in Scotland.
The Scottish Executive has been able to control spending through its grant
mechanisms, while still permitting local diversity. Scottish councils have
delivered reasonable increases in council tax levels since devolution.
This approach is consistent with the statutory basis of local
government—much of which is permissive and facilitates local
discretion.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 37-46
Issue: 2
Volume: 22
Year: 2002
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00306
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Author-Name: Mary Bowerman
Author-X-Name-First: Mary
Author-X-Name-Last: Bowerman
Title: Theme: Local Government: Isomorphism Without Legitimacy? The Case of the Business Excellence Model in Local Government
Abstract:
The White Paper ‘Modern Local Government: In Touch with the
People’ suggested the Business Excellence Model as a way for local
authorities to demonstrate Best Value in service delivery. The author uses
the concept of isomorphism, developed within institutional theory, to
explain the progress of the Model in local government. She draws out some
important lessons: first, central government needs to be beware of its
ability to create coercive isomorphic forces, which can lead to unintended
consequences. Second, local authorities should embark on new initiatives
only if they are convinced of a practical benefit to the organization.
Alternatively, where conferment of legitimacy is the desired result, they
should wait until the bandwagon is well and truly rolling towards a named
destination before they join it.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 47-52
Issue: 2
Volume: 22
Year: 2002
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00307
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Author-Name: Jean Shaoul
Author-X-Name-First: Jean
Author-X-Name-Last: Shaoul
Title: New Developments: A Financial Appraisal of the London Underground Public-Private Partnership
Abstract:
This article examines whether the Government’s policy of
Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) in the context of London Underground is
likely to satisfy the financial criteria for approving a partnership
proposal: value for money (VFM), including risk transfer, and
affordability. After analysing the implications of the
Underground’s cost structure for the PPP, the author looks at the
methodology for appraising the PPP. She concludes that the methodology
cannot be relied upon to provide a sound decision-making tool for London
Underground. She demonstrates that the London Underground project is not
affordable, and questions the appropriateness of the partnership policy in
the context of vital capital-intensive industries.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 53-60
Issue: 2
Volume: 22
Year: 2002
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00308
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Author-Name: Tony Bolden
Author-X-Name-First: Tony
Author-X-Name-Last: Bolden
Author-Name: Reg Harman
Author-X-Name-First: Reg
Author-X-Name-Last: Harman
Title: New Developments: Realizing the New Opportunity for Railways
Abstract:
Britain’s railway system has a pivotal role in the implementation
of the Government’s transport policies, which include effective
integration with land-use development planning. A higher and more
sustained proportion of public funds has already been allocated in order
to achieve this role. The structure of the railway industry needs to take
these policies into account. The new structure should also reflect general
trends in European transport and railway policies. And its operation must
be underpinned by a cohesive national system of management training and
skills development.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 61-68
Issue: 2
Volume: 22
Year: 2002
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00309
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Author-Name: Francis Terry
Author-X-Name-First: Francis
Author-X-Name-Last: Terry
Title: Viewpoints: Editorial
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 3-4
Issue: 3
Volume: 22
Year: 2002
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00048d
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Author-Name: Derek Wanless
Author-X-Name-First: Derek
Author-X-Name-Last: Wanless
Title: Viewpoints: Health Care: The 20--Year Plan
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 4-5
Issue: 3
Volume: 22
Year: 2002
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00311
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Author-X-Name-First: Bryan
Author-X-Name-Last: Watson
Title: Viewpoints: Management Problems in the Public Sector
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 5-7
Issue: 3
Volume: 22
Year: 2002
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00312
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Author-Name: George A. Boyne
Author-X-Name-First: George A.
Author-X-Name-Last: Boyne
Author-Name: Julian S. Gould--Williams
Author-X-Name-First: Julian S.
Author-X-Name-Last: Gould--Williams
Author-Name: Jennifer Law
Author-X-Name-First: Jennifer
Author-X-Name-Last: Law
Author-Name: Richard M. Walker
Author-X-Name-First: Richard M.
Author-X-Name-Last: Walker
Title: Core Articles: Best Value—Total Quality Management for Local Government?
Abstract:
This article argues that Best Value is a form of Total Quality Management
(TQM). At the core of Best Value are the TQM principles of customer focus,
continuous improvement and team--working. To discover if Best Value will
deliver the performance improvements expected of local government, the
authors examine evidence on the relationship between TQM and performance.
Performance is most likely to be improved if the whole TQM approach is
implemented in the Best Value framework.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 9-16
Issue: 3
Volume: 22
Year: 2002
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00313
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Author-Name: Noel S. Hyndman
Author-X-Name-First: Noel S.
Author-X-Name-Last: Hyndman
Author-Name: Ron Eden
Author-X-Name-First: Ron
Author-X-Name-Last: Eden
Title: Core Articles: Executive Agencies, Performance Targets and External Reporting
Abstract:
Since 1988, the role of Next Steps executive agencies has been crucial in
delivering central government services. Agencies were established to
improve service delivery, with changes being supported by an increasing
focus on quantification. The Government argued that performance measures
and targets are vital in supporting management in planning and controlling
the operation of an agency, and that they are also important in providing
a basis for reporting to those outside its immediate management—an
aspect of discharging accountability. This article discusses the
connections between targeting and reporting performance in agencies and,
through an empirical study of business plans, corporate plans and annual
reports, shows the extent of such linkages. The article provides evidence
that key targets in planning documents of agencies provide a useful
platform for external reporting, although improvements can still be made.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 17-24
Issue: 3
Volume: 22
Year: 2002
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00314
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Author-Name: Aggie Paulus
Author-X-Name-First: Aggie
Author-X-Name-Last: Paulus
Author-Name: Arno van Raak
Author-X-Name-First: Arno
Author-X-Name-Last: van Raak
Author-Name: Femke Keijzer
Author-X-Name-First: Femke
Author-X-Name-Last: Keijzer
Title: Core Articles: ABC: The Pathway to Comparison of the Costs of Integrated Care
Abstract:
In recent years, health care demand has become increasingly complicated
and care has had to be integrated. The main reasons for this are a rising
number of chronically ill patients and ageing of populations. Integrated
health care is processual so there are continuous changes in care
delivery; it incorporates many co--ordinating and co--operative activities
which can produce uncertain outcomes; and activities are directed at
delivering tailor--made care so there are no standardized or generalized
outcomes. These characteristics mean that it is difficult to determine and
compare the costs of different integrated care structures. This article
argues that using Activity Based Costing (ABC) and integrated care
pathways provides the best information possible for decision--making by
health care managers, insurers, care suppliers and governments.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 25-32
Issue: 3
Volume: 22
Year: 2002
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00315
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Author-Name: Mervyn Stone
Author-X-Name-First: Mervyn
Author-X-Name-Last: Stone
Title: Core Articles: Can Public Service Efficiency Measurement be a Useful Tool of Government? The Lesson of the Spottiswoode Report
Abstract:
This article critically reviews the Spottiswoode Report on
‘Improving Police Performance’ produced for the Public
Services Productivity Panel. The article questions the report’s
recommendations that Data Envelopment Analysis (supported by Stochastic
Frontier Analysis) be used to measure the efficiency of the 43 police
forces in England and Wales and that the technique might be extended to
other public services. The article gives, as simply as possible, the basic
technical details needed for readers to understand the key issues raised
by the report.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 33-40
Issue: 3
Volume: 22
Year: 2002
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00316
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Author-Name: Gerald Crompton
Author-X-Name-First: Gerald
Author-X-Name-Last: Crompton
Author-Name: Robert Jupe
Author-X-Name-First: Robert
Author-X-Name-Last: Jupe
Title: Core Articles: Delivering Better Transport? An Evaluation of the Ten--Year Plan for the Railway Industry
Abstract:
In July 2000, the Government published Transport 2010, its ten--year plan
to improve Britain’s transport. This article reviews the proposals
to improve the railway system, and examines their likely effects on
investment by the railway companies and on passenger safety. The plan is
analysed in the context of the structure of the privatized railway
industry and its regulatory bodies, with particular reference to the
performance of Railtrack (now in administration). The authors conclude
that the Government was over--confident in believing that a defective
privatized structure could deliver the expansion it wanted. The article
shows that the Government has been relying on inadequate and
under--performing instruments, over some of which it had little control.
This will probably continue unless Railtrack is restructured and taken
back into public ownership. Progress so far has been limited, and the
prospects of success are not good.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 41-48
Issue: 3
Volume: 22
Year: 2002
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00317
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Author-Name: Ron Hodges
Author-X-Name-First: Ron
Author-X-Name-Last: Hodges
Author-Name: Louise Macniven
Author-X-Name-First: Louise
Author-X-Name-Last: Macniven
Author-Name: Howard Mellett
Author-X-Name-First: Howard
Author-X-Name-Last: Mellett
Title: New Developments: Annual Reporting Mechanisms of National Health Service Trusts
Abstract:
This article investigates the role of the annual report and the annual
general meeting (AGM) in the context of NHS trusts. The authors report the
results of a questionnaire survey of every NHS trust in the UK.
Significant variation in the approach taken within a common framework of
accountability was found. In general, there seems to be little public
demand for trusts’ annual reports and attendance at their AGMs was
low. The research indicates possibilities of extending annual reporting in
the public sector beyond the annual report and AGM and discloses
innovative ways that trusts have attempted to overcome the limited
interest of stakeholders produced by the traditional reporting mechanisms.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 49-54
Issue: 3
Volume: 22
Year: 2002
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00318
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Author-X-Name-First: David
Author-X-Name-Last: Quarmby
Title: New Developments: Delivering the Transport Renaissance Locally
Abstract:
This article focuses on how real transport change might be achieved
through effective delivery of good local transport plans. It concentrates
on two questions: (1) What has changed in the institutional, policy and
political environment and what can we learn from those changes as we face
the future challenges? (2) How well can we expect people at large to
understand the nature of the problems, and how can we best engage to
change their travel behaviour?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 55-60
Issue: 3
Volume: 22
Year: 2002
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00319
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Author-X-Name-First: Jill
Author-X-Name-Last: Schofield
Author-Name: Charlotte Sausman
Author-X-Name-First: Charlotte
Author-X-Name-Last: Sausman
Title: Viewpoints: Editorial: Delivering Public Services—Mechanisms and Consequences
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 3-5
Issue: 4
Volume: 22
Year: 2002
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00320
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Author-X-Name-First: George
Author-X-Name-Last: Jones
Title: Viewpoints: Against a Civil Service Act
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 5-6
Issue: 4
Volume: 22
Year: 2002
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00321
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Author-X-Name-First: Andrew
Author-X-Name-Last: Massey
Title: Viewpoints: In Support of a Civil Service Act
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 6-8
Issue: 4
Volume: 22
Year: 2002
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00322
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Author-X-Name-First: Mervyn
Author-X-Name-Last: Stone
Title: Viewpoints: Will the Audit Commission and the Commission for Racial Equality Achieve their Joint Objectives for Schools?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 9-11
Issue: 4
Volume: 22
Year: 2002
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00323
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Author-Name: Nigel Sprigings
Author-X-Name-First: Nigel
Author-X-Name-Last: Sprigings
Title: Delivering Public Services—Mechanisms and Consequences: Delivering Public Services Under the New Public Management: The Case of Public Housing
Abstract:
One of the biggest changes in public sector housing practice in recent
years has been the introduction of New Public Management techniques.
Housing associations, promoted by successive governments to supplement
local authority provision of social housing, have readily taken on the new
management agendas of performance indicators and business disciplines in
service delivery. The author identifies a conflict between the social
purposes of public funding for housing and the business practices of
housing associations. The limited accountability of housing associations
allows for practices that lead to social exclusion. For local authorities,
a parallel conflict arises because of government emphasis on ‘what
works’ in public housing management, rather than on ‘what
matters’.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 11-17
Issue: 4
Volume: 22
Year: 2002
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00324
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Author-Name: Mike Rowe
Author-X-Name-First: Mike
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowe
Title: Delivering Public Services—Mechanisms and Consequences: Discretion and Inconsistency: Implementing the Social Fund
Abstract:
The Social Fund relies on officials to judge the merits of applications
for assistance within a closely circumscribed framework of directions and
guidance. Variations in the treatment of cases are inevitable in such a
framework. However, the variations are not readily explicable in terms of
the circumstances, or needs, of the applicants. This article outlines the
complex interplay of financial constraints, management targets and other
pressures, describing a system akin to a game in which not all rules are
known to all players, producing results that could not have been intended.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 19-24
Issue: 4
Volume: 22
Year: 2002
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00325
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Author-Name: Colin F. Smith
Author-X-Name-First: Colin F.
Author-X-Name-Last: Smith
Author-Name: C. William R. Webster
Author-X-Name-First: C. William
Author-X-Name-Last: R. Webster
Title: Delivering Public Services—Mechanisms and Consequences: Delivering Public Services Through Digital Television
Abstract:
Digital television (DTV) is central to the future electronic delivery of
public services in the UK. Central government has been actively promoting
the use of DTV in the public sector, for example in policy statements and
by funding pilot schemes to be implemented at the local level. Although
DTV technology is at an early stage, this article provides an important
opportunity to assess the nature of the platform as a state--of--the--art
mechanism for delivering services and the factors that are likely to be
central to its success.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 25-32
Issue: 4
Volume: 22
Year: 2002
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00326
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Author-Name: Stephen Cope
Author-X-Name-First: Stephen
Author-X-Name-Last: Cope
Author-Name: Jo Goodship
Author-X-Name-First: Jo
Author-X-Name-Last: Goodship
Title: Delivering Public Services—Mechanisms and Consequences: The Audit Commission and Public Services: Delivering For Whom?
Abstract:
This article examines the role of the Audit Commission in the delivery of
public services. It charts the changing role of the Audit Commission since
its inception in 1983 from that of a financial watchdog to a delivery
monitor. Though its impact upon public services generally has increased,
its impact is uneven between public services because of their different
regulatory regimes. The authors conclude that the public, however defined,
has very little influence upon the regulation of public
services—despite official rhetoric. Consequently, the role of the
public in regulating the delivery of public services represents a
relatively excluded and even forgotten dimension, thus undermining claims
made by the Audit Commission of acting in the public interest when
monitoring the delivery of public services.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 33-40
Issue: 4
Volume: 22
Year: 2002
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00327
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Author-Name: Lourdes Torres
Author-X-Name-First: Lourdes
Author-X-Name-Last: Torres
Author-Name: Vicente Pina
Author-X-Name-First: Vicente
Author-X-Name-Last: Pina
Title: Delivering Public Services—Mechanisms and Consequences: Changes in Public Service Delivery in the EU Countries
Abstract:
In the 1990s, a number of EU countries adopted New Public Management
(NPM) techniques to restructure their public sectors. Countries have been
widely ‘deconcentrating’ (moving delivery away from the
centre) and ‘externalizing’ (using the private sector,
either totally or in part) their public services. The authors chart the
extent of this change and highlight some of the problems—for
example the difficulty countries are experiencing in developing value for
money audits. The article questions whether current methods of delivery
and audit are appropriate for 21st--century public services.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 41-48
Issue: 4
Volume: 22
Year: 2002
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00328
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Author-Name: Simon Lee
Author-X-Name-First: Simon
Author-X-Name-Last: Lee
Author-Name: Richard Woodward
Author-X-Name-First: Richard
Author-X-Name-Last: Woodward
Title: Delivering Public Services—Mechanisms and Consequences: Implementing the Third Way: The Delivery of Public Services under the Blair Government
Abstract:
This article focuses on the implementation of the Blair
governments’ agenda for the delivery of public services in England.
A distinctive approach to policy is identified which has effectively
nationalized the implementation process in England. This has been achieved
by a move from negotiated discretion towards centralized prescription in
resource allocation by the Treasury; the construction of a ‘new
center’ for joined--up and integrated policy--making; and the
application of the principle of ‘earned autonomy’ to the
delivery of public services’ reform. Devolution has been confined
to the delegation of responsibility for delivering services within a
centrally--defined national framework.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 49-56
Issue: 4
Volume: 22
Year: 2002
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00329
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Author-X-Name-First: John
Author-X-Name-Last: Elliott
Title: New Developments: The Company Response to Government Policies on Transport
Abstract:
The author presents a case--study of how a large private sector company
has tried to respond constructively to current government policies on
transport. The focus for implementation has been a Green Travel Plan
(GTP), developed for company employees. A successful GTP needs to change
the culture of the organization, provide both sticks and carrots to
encourage sufficient numbers of people to change their travel habits.
Delivering either or both of these requires a consistent and sustained
approach by policy--makers, to match the efforts of private firms.
Effective change depends of integrating the efforts of central government,
local authorities, business, transport operators, police, the Highways
Agency, individuals and the press.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 57-64
Issue: 4
Volume: 22
Year: 2002
Month: 10
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Author-Name: Noel Hepworth
Author-X-Name-First: Noel
Author-X-Name-Last: Hepworth
Title: Francis Terry
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 3-3
Issue: 1
Volume: 23
Year: 2003
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00331
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Author-X-Name-First: David
Author-X-Name-Last: Walker
Title: Ministers and Management
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 3-4
Issue: 1
Volume: 23
Year: 2003
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00332
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Author-Name: Jane Broadbent
Author-X-Name-First: Jane
Author-X-Name-Last: Broadbent
Title: Comprehensive Performance Assessment: The Crock of Gold at the End of the Performance Rainbow?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 5-8
Issue: 1
Volume: 23
Year: 2003
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00333
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Author-X-Name-First: John
Author-X-Name-Last: Stanford
Author-Name: Harry Wilkinson
Author-X-Name-First: Harry
Author-X-Name-Last: Wilkinson
Title: Convergence, Enron and All That: Improving the Quality and Relevance of Public Sector Financial Reporting
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 8-10
Issue: 1
Volume: 23
Year: 2003
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00334
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Author-Name: David Heald
Author-X-Name-First: David
Author-X-Name-Last: Heald
Title: The Global Revolution in Government Accounting: Introduction to Theme Articles
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 11-12
Issue: 1
Volume: 23
Year: 2003
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00335
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Author-X-Name-First: James L.
Author-X-Name-Last: Chan
Title: Government Accounting: An Assessment of Theory, Purposes and Standards
Abstract:
Government accounting and financial reporting aims to protect
and manage public money and discharge accountability. These purposes, and
the nature of public goods and tax financing, give rise to differences
with commercial accounting. This is not yet reflected either in government
accounting standards in English-speaking developed nations or in
international public sector accounting standards. All of these are heavily
influenced by private sector practices, which favour the accrual basis and
consolidated reporting. This article argues for a gradual symmetric
approach to accruals and a combination of government-wide and fund
reporting. The author also proposes some broad accounting principles to
promote political and economic accountability.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 13-20
Issue: 1
Volume: 23
Year: 2003
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00336
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Author-Name: Rowan Jones
Author-X-Name-First: Rowan
Author-X-Name-Last: Jones
Title: Measuring and Reporting The Nation's Finances: Statistics and Accounting
Abstract:
Measuring and reporting the nation's finances are based on
government budgeting, national accounting and the accounting discipline,
which are all fundamentally different. The nature and extent of these
differences has rarely been made explicit. The most visible change in the
accounting discipline in the second half of the 20th century was the
emergence of codifications of accounting, with concomitant policy-making
processes that allow for 'due process'. One result is that each
codification is different within countries such as the UK and US, as well
as between them. The codifications for government budgeting and national
accounting are different again. The article offers some broad conclusions.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 21-28
Issue: 1
Volume: 23
Year: 2003
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00337
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Author-Name: Paul Sutcliffe
Author-X-Name-First: Paul
Author-X-Name-Last: Sutcliffe
Title: The Standards Programme of IFAC's Public Sector Committee
Abstract:
This article explains the standard-setting programme of the
Public Sector Committee (PSC) of the International Federation of
Accountants (IFAC). It outlines the objectives of the Public Sector
Standards Programme and describes the due process adopted by the PSC. It
also identifies achievements to date and examines major features of the
PSC's current and future work programme.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 29-36
Issue: 1
Volume: 23
Year: 2003
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00338
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Author-X-Name-First: Noel
Author-X-Name-Last: Hepworth
Title: Preconditions for Successful Implementation of Accrual Accounting in Central Government
Abstract:
A number of national governments, including the UK, have
successfully implemented a change to accrual accounting. But the change
should not be regarded as an end in itself: it will not solve the problems
that arise where inadequate cash accounting systems exist; it will not
improve control or management where inadequate control and poor management
exist; nor will it improve external audit or the legislature's control
over the executive. Before this reform is introduced, cash accounting
should be robust, control should be secure, external audit should be
functioning well and the legislature should have an ability to call the
executive to account. This article sets out preconditions that governments
need to meet to ensure that the full benefits of accrual accounting are
achieved.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 37-44
Issue: 1
Volume: 23
Year: 2003
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00339
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Author-Name: Andrew Likierman
Author-X-Name-First: Andrew
Author-X-Name-Last: Likierman
Title: Planning and Controlling UK Public Expenditure on a Resource Basis
Abstract:
The UK Government has, from 2003/04, completed the transition
from planning and controlling public expenditure in cash to the full
implementation of resource budgeting. Accounting had already switched to
the resource basis, with effect from 2001/02. The 2002 Spending Review was
the first biennial review of future spending levels and priorities to be
conducted entirely on a resource basis. This article clarifies what was
involved in this transition, paying attention to how it made the 2002
Spending Review different from its predecessors. Changes in both the
fiscal framework and the accounting and budgeting systems have been
designed to improve decision making at departmental level, and to improve
information flows to Parliament and the public.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 45-50
Issue: 1
Volume: 23
Year: 2003
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00340
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Author-X-Name-First: John
Author-X-Name-Last: Harbour
Author-Name: John Wilson
Author-X-Name-First: John
Author-X-Name-Last: Wilson
Title: Political Management and Local Government: The Views of Local Authority Chief Executives
Abstract:
The Labour Government has introduced radical measures to change
local authorities' constitutions. These include a requirement to abandon
the traditional committee system and to replace it with political
executives. Local authority chief executives will play a critical role in
these changes and they are also uniquely placed to offer observations on
the likelihood of the measures being successful. Because of this, a
questionnaire survey was undertaken of the chief executives of all local
authorities in England and Wales to discover how councils are responding
to the Government's measures and to obtain their views on the proposed
political management arrangements.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 51-58
Issue: 1
Volume: 23
Year: 2003
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00341
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Author-X-Name-First: Rosemary
Author-X-Name-Last: Rushmer
Author-Name: Gillian Pallis
Author-X-Name-First: Gillian
Author-X-Name-Last: Pallis
Title: Inter-Professional Working: The Wisdom of Integrated Working and The Disaster of Blurred Boundaries
Abstract:
This article explains the differences between 'integrated
working' and 'blurring the boundaries'. Although often used
interchangeably, these terms actually represent the best and worst
possible outcomes involved when professional boundaries are crossed. The
authors use a health-care example, but they tackle the issues raised as
generic concerns for effective inter-professional working in all sectors.
The article shows that, rather than blurring boundaries, the establishment
of clear boundaries is essential for successful inter-professional
working. Clearly defined boundaries establish an exploratory space in
which team members can tap into and use team skills, thus harnessing the
diversity of the team.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 59-66
Issue: 1
Volume: 23
Year: 2003
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00342
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Author-Name: Diane Dawson
Author-X-Name-First: Diane
Author-X-Name-Last: Dawson
Author-Name: Rowena Jacobs
Author-X-Name-First: Rowena
Author-X-Name-Last: Jacobs
Title: Do We Have a Redundant Set of Cost-Efficiency Targets in the NHS?
Abstract:
There has been a long history of hospital trust cost-efficiency
targets being used in the National Health Service (NHS), but there is
little evidence about whether they are effective in reducing hospital unit
costs and reducing the dispersion of unit costs between trusts. In 1997,
the new Labour government announced that it would replace the purchaser
efficiency index with a new approach to securing cost-efficiency gains
from trusts. Since 1999/2000 trust efficiency targets have been based on
reference costs. This article presents evidence to suggest that efficiency
targets have not been effective and that the new reference cost based
system of targets is irrelevant. The efficiency gains that trusts seek to
achieve are those that emerge from the purchaser funding formula and the
contracting process.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 67-71
Issue: 1
Volume: 23
Year: 2003
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00343
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Author-X-Name-First: Andrew
Author-X-Name-Last: Gray
Title: Editorial: Continuity of Purpose
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 73-73
Issue: 2
Volume: 23
Year: 2003
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2003.10874822
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Author-Name: Clive Grace
Author-X-Name-First: Clive
Author-X-Name-Last: Grace
Title: Regulation: The Modern Idiom
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 73-75
Issue: 2
Volume: 23
Year: 2003
Month: 4
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Author-Name: Christopher D. Foster
Author-X-Name-First: Christopher D.
Author-X-Name-Last: Foster
Title: A Civil Service Act?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 75-76
Issue: 2
Volume: 23
Year: 2003
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2003.10874824
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Author-Name: Michael Duggett
Author-X-Name-First: Michael
Author-X-Name-Last: Duggett
Title: Is a Civil Service Law a Good Idea?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 76-78
Issue: 2
Volume: 23
Year: 2003
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2003.10874825
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Author-Name: Rosemary Deem
Author-X-Name-First: Rosemary
Author-X-Name-Last: Deem
Title: A Future for Higher Education?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 78-79
Issue: 2
Volume: 23
Year: 2003
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2003.10874826
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Author-Name: Gren Folwell
Author-X-Name-First: Gren
Author-X-Name-Last: Folwell
Title: Response to Credit Unions in Britain
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 80-80
Issue: 2
Volume: 23
Year: 2003
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2003.10874827
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Author-Name: Neil Kinnock
Author-X-Name-First: Neil
Author-X-Name-Last: Kinnock
Title: Confused Expectations: A Reply
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 80-82
Issue: 2
Volume: 23
Year: 2003
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2003.10874828
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Author-Name: Roger Levy
Author-X-Name-First: Roger
Author-X-Name-Last: Levy
Title: Confused Expectations: Decentralizing the Management of EU Programmes
Abstract:
The management of European Union (EU) spending programmes has been the
focus of sustained academic and practitioner criticism for many years. One
of the fundamental problems has been with the centralist model of control
prevalent within the European Commission's (EC) structures. With the
demise of the Santer Commission in 1999, the impetus for change was given
a fresh urgency through reports from the Committee of Independent Experts
and the EC's 2000 reform White Paper. This article explores the nature and
content of the reform agenda, focusing on its decentralizing consequences.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 83-92
Issue: 2
Volume: 23
Year: 2003
Month: 4
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Author-X-Name-First: Richard M.
Author-X-Name-Last: Walker
Title: Evidence on the Management of Public Services Innovation
Abstract:
Innovation is a central part of the UK Government's programme to improve
public services. However, there is little evidence on how innovation is
managed in public service organizations. Drawing upon theories of the
management of innovation and longitudinal case studies, this article
demonstrates the iterative and complex ways in which innovations unfold.
Issues of particular importance in the management of innovation include
the role of teams and teamwork, projects, pilots and experiments, and
various forms of project management.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 93-102
Issue: 2
Volume: 23
Year: 2003
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2003.10874830
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Author-Name: Andrew Hutchings
Author-X-Name-First: Andrew
Author-X-Name-Last: Hutchings
Author-Name: Pauline Allen
Author-X-Name-First: Pauline
Author-X-Name-Last: Allen
Author-Name: Naomi Fulop
Author-X-Name-First: Naomi
Author-X-Name-Last: Fulop
Author-Name: Annette King
Author-X-Name-First: Annette
Author-X-Name-Last: King
Author-Name: Gerasimos Protopsaltis
Author-X-Name-First: Gerasimos
Author-X-Name-Last: Protopsaltis
Author-Name: Charles Normand
Author-X-Name-First: Charles
Author-X-Name-Last: Normand
Author-Name: Rhiannon Walters
Author-X-Name-First: Rhiannon
Author-X-Name-Last: Walters
Title: The Process and Impact of Trust Mergers in the National Health Service: A Financial Perspective
Abstract:
Mergers in the UK National Health Service have been justified by their
perceived benefits. This article reports the findings from a study
exploring the financial outcome of trust mergers. The authors found that
financial deficits in constituent trusts, anticipated management cost
savings and their reinvestment in services are important drivers for
merger. However, savings achieved in the first two years following merger
were below target and there was a lack of transparency in how savings had
been reinvested. The merged trusts were able to partially address equity
issues, a theme that emerged during the merger process. This article
highlights important issues that need to be considered when planning
mergers and reconfigurations.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 103-112
Issue: 2
Volume: 23
Year: 2003
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2003.10874831
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Author-Name: Remco J. Admiraal
Author-X-Name-First: Remco J.
Author-X-Name-Last: Admiraal
Author-Name: G. Jan van Helden
Author-X-Name-First: G.
Author-X-Name-Last: Jan van Helden
Title: Benchmarking in the Dutch Waste-Water Treatment Sector
Abstract:
The Dutch water boards have recently completed a performance measurement
and evaluation project for waste-water treatment. This project was
intended to strengthen the boards' accountability to their stakeholders
and to identify starting points for performance improvement. The Balanced
Scorecard was used as a framework to develop a broad set of performance
indicators. This article describes the benchmarking project and how the
Dutch water boards intend to use the results to improve performance.
Finally, the Dutch project is compared with the UK's Best Value project.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 113-118
Issue: 2
Volume: 23
Year: 2003
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2003.10874832
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Author-Name: Donal G. McKillop
Author-X-Name-First: Donal G.
Author-X-Name-Last: McKillop
Author-Name: John O. S. Wilson
Author-X-Name-First: John O. S.
Author-X-Name-Last: Wilson
Title: Credit Unions in Britain: A Time for Change
Abstract:
As member-owned, not-for-profit financial institutions, credit unions are
an important instrument of public policy, particularly in pushing forward
measures to tackle financial and social exclusion. Historically, the
credit union movement in Great Britain has been hampered by a number of
factors, including a lack of leadership, a cohesive identity and
regulatory impediments. Recent legislative review and change has provided
credit unions with the opportunity to grow and extend the scale and scope
of services they can offer to their members. However, policy-makers should
be aware that funding initiatives to support credit union development
might undermine their self-help cornerstone and weaken the future
development of the movement.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 119-124
Issue: 2
Volume: 23
Year: 2003
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2003.10874833
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Author-Name: Tony Cutler
Author-X-Name-First: Tony
Author-X-Name-Last: Cutler
Author-Name: Barbara Waine
Author-X-Name-First: Barbara
Author-X-Name-Last: Waine
Title: Advancing Public Accountability? The Social Services 'Star' Ratings
Abstract:
An important development in the UK public sector is the rating and
classification of service providers. The authors examine a significant
exercise of this kind: the 'star' ratings awarded to local authority
social services departments in England. The article explains why it is
difficult to accept the Government's claim that these star ratings provide
a significant advance in public accountability.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 125-128
Issue: 2
Volume: 23
Year: 2003
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2003.10874834
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Author-Name: Alison Wolf
Author-X-Name-First: Alison
Author-X-Name-Last: Wolf
Title: Funding the UK's Universities
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 131-132
Issue: 3
Volume: 23
Year: 2003
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00357
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Author-Name: Diana Warwick
Author-X-Name-First: Diana
Author-X-Name-Last: Warwick
Title: Half Way There?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 132-133
Issue: 3
Volume: 23
Year: 2003
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00358
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Author-Name: Christopher Pollitt
Author-X-Name-First: Christopher
Author-X-Name-Last: Pollitt
Title: The Bayesian Approach to Policy Decisions
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 133-134
Issue: 3
Volume: 23
Year: 2003
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00359
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Author-Name: Jane Broadbent
Author-X-Name-First: Jane
Author-X-Name-Last: Broadbent
Author-Name: Andrew Gray
Author-X-Name-First: Andrew
Author-X-Name-Last: Gray
Author-Name: Peter M. Jackson
Author-X-Name-First: Peter M.
Author-X-Name-Last: Jackson
Title: Public-Private Partnerships: Editorial
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 135-136
Issue: 3
Volume: 23
Year: 2003
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00360
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Author-Name: Erik-Hans Klijn
Author-X-Name-First: Erik-Hans
Author-X-Name-Last: Klijn
Author-Name: Geert R. Teisman
Author-X-Name-First: Geert R.
Author-X-Name-Last: Teisman
Title: Institutional and Strategic Barriers to Public—Private Partnership: An Analysis of Dutch Cases
Abstract:
Public—Private Partnerships (PPPs) are becoming popular
in Europe, but does the reality match the idea of co-operating actors who
achieve added value together and share risks? An analysis of three PPPs in
the Netherlands suggests that, in practice, PPPs are less ideal than the
idea. Partners have difficulty with joint decision-making and organization
and tend to revert to traditional forms—by contracting out and by
separating responsibilities.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 137-146
Issue: 3
Volume: 23
Year: 2003
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00361
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Author-Name: Carole Johnson
Author-X-Name-First: Carole
Author-X-Name-Last: Johnson
Author-Name: Stephen P. Osborne
Author-X-Name-First: Stephen P.
Author-X-Name-Last: Osborne
Title: Local Strategic Partnerships, Neighbourhood Renewal, and the Limits to Co-governance
Abstract:
This article analyses the Government's approach to using Local
Strategic Partnerships in Neighbourhood Renewal. The Government claims to
have established a policy framework that combines co-ordination and
co-governance. However, it appears that there is an unbalanced approach to
supporting these two aspects. Co-ordination is supported strongly through
funding, target setting and the accreditation process, while co-governance
has only weak funding and accreditation processes to ensure its success.
The authors conclude that the Government is keen to keep control over the
levers of regeneration and is therefore more than slightly ambiguous over
its espoused aim of encouraging co-governance.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 147-154
Issue: 3
Volume: 23
Year: 2003
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00362
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Author-Name: Xiaomei Deng
Author-X-Name-First: Xiaomei
Author-X-Name-Last: Deng
Author-Name: Qian Tian
Author-X-Name-First: Qian
Author-X-Name-Last: Tian
Author-Name: Shizhao Ding
Author-X-Name-First: Shizhao
Author-X-Name-Last: Ding
Author-Name: Bob Boase
Author-X-Name-First: Bob
Author-X-Name-Last: Boase
Title: Transparency in the Procurement of Public Works
Abstract:
The construction contract bonding system is used worldwide to
protect the owner of a project against the risk of non-performance by the
contractor. There is a close relationship between the construction
contract bonding system and transparency in public works, which
policy-makers and officials need to be more aware of. There are mainly
three systems in use, which the authors have analysed in depth. Each of
the three models has a different influence on transparency in public
works: the ‘high penalty conditional model’ is considered
the most functional model in improving transparency, the ‘low
penalty unconditional model’ does not contribute very much to
improving transparency, while the ‘substitute contractor
model’ can lead to greater opportunities for corruption on the
contractor's side.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 155-162
Issue: 3
Volume: 23
Year: 2003
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00363
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Author-Name: Eoin Reeves
Author-X-Name-First: Eoin
Author-X-Name-Last: Reeves
Title: Public—Private Partnerships in Ireland: Policy and Practice
Abstract:
Ireland's National Development Plan 2000--2006 includes a
significant programme of public—private partnerships (PPPs). The
Irish Government's policy on PPPs has been shaped to ensure that capital
investments under PPP are not included when calculating key fiscal
aggregates. This article traces the origins of Ireland's PPP programme and
outlines the extent of PPP activity to date. It details how the PPP
programme has failed to make an impact in terms of addressing Ireland's
infrastructure deficit and examines three particular cases where the PPP
model has been applied.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 163-170
Issue: 3
Volume: 23
Year: 2003
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00364
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Author-Name: Moira Fischbacher
Author-X-Name-First: Moira
Author-X-Name-Last: Fischbacher
Author-Name: P. B. Beaumont
Author-X-Name-First: P. B.
Author-X-Name-Last: Beaumont
Title: PFI, Public—Private Partnerships and the Neglected Importance of Process: Stakeholders and the Employment Dimension
Abstract:
The prominence of Private Finance Initiative (PFI) and
Public—Private Partnership (PPP) policy and practice is growing as
a mechanism for improving resources available to, and value for money
throughout, UK public services. This interest has not been accompanied by
an appropriate level of academic scrutiny, nor by depth of insight into
the impact of the PFI/PPP process upon public sector organizations. The
authors draw on the experience of a National Health Service PFI project to
examine key aspects of the PFI process, in particular, structural
characteristics affecting design and implementation of PFI projects,
financial and other organizational costs, and the nature of stakeholder
involvement and the wider employment dimension. The article concludes by
reflecting on implications for PFI/PPP policy, management and research.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 171-176
Issue: 3
Volume: 23
Year: 2003
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00365
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Author-Name: Suzana Grubnic
Author-X-Name-First: Suzana
Author-X-Name-Last: Grubnic
Author-Name: Ron Hodges
Author-X-Name-First: Ron
Author-X-Name-Last: Hodges
Title: Information, Trust and the Private Finance Initiative in Social Housing
Abstract:
This article considers the role of information and trust in
Private Finance Initiative (PFI) ‘Pathfinder’ schemes in the
social housing sector in England. It uses the work of Tomkins (2001) and a
series of interviews with local authority PFI project managers to provide
a critique of the structure of the pathfinder process. The authors
conclude that the pathfinder process cannot provide information about
willingness to trust and they suggest that this may be one of the reasons
for the delay in the contractual signing of the first wave of these
schemes.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 177-184
Issue: 3
Volume: 23
Year: 2003
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00366
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Author-Name: Jean Shaoul
Author-X-Name-First: Jean
Author-X-Name-Last: Shaoul
Title: A Financial Analysis of the National Air Traffic Services PPP
Abstract:
The collapse of the National Air Traffic Services (NATS)
Public—Private Partnership (PPP) raises questions about the
rationale, appraisal and risks of the Government's partnerships policy in
the context of essential services that cannot be allowed to fail. This
article shows that the NATS PPP was not affordable, even without the
unprecedented downturn in travel after September 11th 2001. The PPP
exacerbated rather than resolved NATS' financial problems. The author
concludes by questioning the rigour and appropriateness of the
Government's appraisal processes.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 185-194
Issue: 3
Volume: 23
Year: 2003
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00367
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Author-Name: Darinka Asenova
Author-X-Name-First: Darinka
Author-X-Name-Last: Asenova
Author-Name: Matthias Beck
Author-X-Name-First: Matthias
Author-X-Name-Last: Beck
Title: The UK Financial Sector and Risk Management in PFI Projects: A Survey
Abstract:
In PFI transactions the private companies which take on the
obligation to build and manage a facility usually provide only a small
fraction of the project's capital requirements. Most of the capital is
borrowed from banks and other financial institutions. This poses
challenges to financial services providers which often have to retain
untypical residual project risks. This article describes the types of
risks faced by financial services providers and the strategies they use to
cope with these risks. Given the often politically-sensitive nature of PFI
projects, the authors suggest that financial institutions should
investigate a broader set of parameters than they do at present, which
relate directly to the political economy of PFI projects.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 195-202
Issue: 3
Volume: 23
Year: 2003
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00368
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Author-Name: Richard J. Lilford
Author-X-Name-First: Richard J.
Author-X-Name-Last: Lilford
Author-Name: David Braunholtz
Author-X-Name-First: David
Author-X-Name-Last: Braunholtz
Title: Reconciling the Quantitative and Qualitative Traditions—The Bayesian Approach
Abstract:
Qualitative research is often ‘hypothesis
generating’ and so determines the agenda for quantitative research,
as well as often helping to provide tools (for example instruments for
measuring outcomes). The results of qualitative research can also
influence decisions directly. This article explains how the results of
qualitative research can be taken into account when making policy
decisions. The authors argue that this should be done explicitly: the
decision-maker should ‘convert’ the qualitative data into a
quantitative ‘prior’ belief about the true value of the key
parameter(s) on which the decision turns and then use Bayes' law to
combine the ‘prior’ with (any) comparative quantitative
results to produce a ‘posterior’ quantitative belief about
the key parameter. This produces transparency—it allows proper
assessment of the impact of qualitative data on the analysis and
assumptions behind this impact.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 203-208
Issue: 3
Volume: 23
Year: 2003
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00369
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Author-Name: Andrew Gray
Author-X-Name-First: Andrew
Author-X-Name-Last: Gray
Title: Editorial: More Public Money & Management
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 210-210
Issue: 4
Volume: 23
Year: 2003
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00370
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Author-Name: David Hunter
Author-X-Name-First: David
Author-X-Name-Last: Hunter
Title: Foundation Hospitals: Back to the Future
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 211-213
Issue: 4
Volume: 23
Year: 2003
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00371
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Author-Name: Brendan Barber
Author-X-Name-First: Brendan
Author-X-Name-Last: Barber
Title: Trade Unions and Public Sector Pay
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 213-214
Issue: 4
Volume: 23
Year: 2003
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00372
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Author-Name: Andy Gilchrist
Author-X-Name-First: Andy
Author-X-Name-Last: Gilchrist
Title: Reforming the Fire Service
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 214-215
Issue: 4
Volume: 23
Year: 2003
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00373
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Author-Name: Fiona M. Wilson
Author-X-Name-First: Fiona M.
Author-X-Name-Last: Wilson
Title: Equal Pay and the Public Sector
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 216-218
Issue: 4
Volume: 23
Year: 2003
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00374
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Author-Name: Graeme Currie
Author-X-Name-First: Graeme
Author-X-Name-Last: Currie
Author-Name: Nicholas Bacon
Author-X-Name-First: Nicholas
Author-X-Name-Last: Bacon
Author-Name: Kim Hoque
Author-X-Name-First: Kim
Author-X-Name-Last: Hoque
Title: Pay in the Public Sector: Editorial
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 219-222
Issue: 4
Volume: 23
Year: 2003
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00375
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Author-Name: Peter M. Hamilton
Author-X-Name-First: Peter M.
Author-X-Name-Last: Hamilton
Author-Name: Tom Redman
Author-X-Name-First: Tom
Author-X-Name-Last: Redman
Title: The Rhetoric of Modernization and the Labour Government's Pay Agenda
Abstract:
The modernization agenda is central to New Labour's desire to
improve public services and reforming public sector pay is argued to be a
fundamental requirement to delivering such improvement. This article
argues that both the modernization agenda and pay reform have a rhetorical
function. The authors analyse some short extracts of text from the NHS
Agenda for Change on pay reform and show that much of the text requires
unstated assumptions and premises to be added by the reader to render the
arguments of the text to be fully coherent. Reaction to these unstated
aspects of the Government's rhetoric are central to whether modernization
is approved of or not.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 223-228
Issue: 4
Volume: 23
Year: 2003
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00376
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Author-Name: Mike Horsman
Author-X-Name-First: Mike
Author-X-Name-Last: Horsman
Title: Continuity and Change: Public Sector Pay Review Bodies, 1992--2003
Abstract:
The recommendations of the public sector Pay Review Bodies,
covering 1.5 million public servants and a paybill in excess of £50
billion, has had growing economic and political importance from 1992. This
article examines the period from 1992 to February 2003 and demonstrates
that the Review Bodies frequently recommended pay increases which were
higher than government wanted and, recently, significantly higher than
settlements across the economy. On pay reform and pay structure issues,
the article explains why the Review Bodies were generally more cautious.
The Pay Review Body system now looks likely to take new paths due to the
2003 Agenda for Change agreements in the NHS and the increasing workload
of some Review Bodies, which is putting the traditional system under
strain.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 229-236
Issue: 4
Volume: 23
Year: 2003
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00377
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Author-Name: Geoff White
Author-X-Name-First: Geoff
Author-X-Name-Last: White
Author-Name: Alastair Hatchett
Author-X-Name-First: Alastair
Author-X-Name-Last: Hatchett
Title: The Pay Review Bodies in Britain Under the Labour Government
Abstract:
The current Labour Government's public sector
‘modernization’ policy has placed new pressures on the
30-year-old Pay Review Body system. The Government is now expecting the
six Review Bodies to make recommendations on pay reform and restructuring
and key decisions on pay for public sector groups are being taken by
Government outside of the Review Body process. Despite these problems, the
Pay Review Body system still offers the main parties—the
Government, employers and unions—a useful political device for
handling pay determination at ‘arm's length’ in the public
sector. While political expediency is the main defence for the Pay Review
Bodies, the move to long-term agreements may undermine their role.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 237-244
Issue: 4
Volume: 23
Year: 2003
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00378
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Author-X-Name-First: Peter
Author-X-Name-Last: Reilly
Title: New Approaches in Reward: Their Relevance to the Public Sector
Abstract:
This article explains the concept of ‘new’ reward
(for example variable pay, market-based pay, performance-related pay and
team-based pay) and why recent UK governments have encouraged it. The
extent and effectiveness of new pay practices in the public sector is
investigated. The author concludes that the Government should not be
pushing the public services to mimic what they perceive to be private
sector reward practice.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 245-252
Issue: 4
Volume: 23
Year: 2003
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00379
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Author-Name: Nigel F. B. Allington
Author-X-Name-First: Nigel F. B.
Author-X-Name-Last: Allington
Author-Name: Philip I. Morgan
Author-X-Name-First: Philip I.
Author-X-Name-Last: Morgan
Title: Does it Pay to Work in the Public Sector? Evidence from Three Decades of Econometric Analyses
Abstract:
Evidence suggests there were some large positive pay premiums in
the UK public sector between the 1970s and early 1980s, but by the end of
the 1990s only female public sector workers benefited from working in the
public sector. The gradual erosion of other traditional benefits of
working in the sector, such as greater job security and more generous
pension entitlements, reinforces this conclusion. In addition to
indicating where further research is required, this article presents a
full taxonomy of the econometric results and addresses New Labour's
renewed emphasis on regional pay (to reflect the regional cost of living)
that should be of interest to practising managers concerned with
recruitment, retention and motivation of public sector employees.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 253-262
Issue: 4
Volume: 23
Year: 2003
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00380
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Author-Name: Tony Bolden
Author-X-Name-First: Tony
Author-X-Name-Last: Bolden
Author-Name: Reg Harman
Author-X-Name-First: Reg
Author-X-Name-Last: Harman
Title: Spatial Planning and Transport in London and the South East—Can Policy Co-Ordination and Delivery be Achieved?
Abstract:
The railway system in London and the south east is fundamental
to London in its roles as the capital of the country and as a world-class
financial and business centre. This article examines the formal strategies
for spatial planning and railway investment in London and the south east
and shows that there is a distinct dichotomy between spatial and transport
planning. The authors explain the key investments needed in the network.
They call for the Government to demonstrate how land use planning and
transport investment are dovetailed together and properly funded, and for
the Strategic Rail Authority to act more in concert with regional and
local interests.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 263-269
Issue: 4
Volume: 23
Year: 2003
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/1467-9302.00381
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Author-Name: Andrew Gray
Author-X-Name-First: Andrew
Author-X-Name-Last: Gray
Title: Editorial: Changes to the Editorial Team
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 83-83
Issue: 2
Volume: 24
Year: 2004
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2004.00396.x
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Author-Name: Francis Terry
Author-X-Name-First: Francis
Author-X-Name-Last: Terry
Title: Academia and Practice in Public Management
Abstract:
One of the reasons that this journal was launched 24 years ago
was to provide a place for academics and practitioners working in public
finance, management and policy-making to talk to each other. And many do.
However, there remain perceptions in both communities that this process of
communication is not as open and useful as it might be. Thus,
practitioners may feel that some academics appear reluctant to take
account of the real world of politics. Equally, some practitioners may
consider that academics are remote and communicate their ideas and results
in ways that are almost inaccessible to practitioners. The reasons for
such divergent views are of interest. The extent to which it is possible
and, indeed, desirable to bridge this divide is worthy of consideration.
Clearly the very existence of this journal with the aim of providing a
forum for academics and practitioners is evidence of the view of the
editorial team that it is important we talk to each other. Nevertheless
our belief should not stop us debating this important issue in more depth.
Therefore the journal welcomes viewpoints from people from both
communities. If the various views are aired and debated, perhaps some
solutions will emerge. To start this discussion and to encourage a lively
interchange we invited past Editor, Francis Terry, to think about the
assertion that research in the natural sciences seems to have a noticeable
impact on our lives but that it is hard to recall any major impacts from
university-based research in the social sciences.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 83-84
Issue: 2
Volume: 24
Year: 2004
Month: 4
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Author-X-Name-First: Robert
Author-X-Name-Last: Picciotto
Title: Evaluation and Accounting Standards
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 84-86
Issue: 2
Volume: 24
Year: 2004
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2004.00398.x
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Author-Name: Andrew Gray
Author-X-Name-First: Andrew
Author-X-Name-Last: Gray
Author-Name: Jane Broadbent
Author-X-Name-First: Jane
Author-X-Name-Last: Broadbent
Title: Editorial
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 131-132
Issue: 3
Volume: 24
Year: 2004
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2004.00406.x
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Author-Name: Essex Sue
Author-X-Name-First: Essex
Author-X-Name-Last: Sue
Title: Local Authority Finance and Accounting in Wales
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 132-134
Issue: 3
Volume: 24
Year: 2004
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2004.00407.x
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Author-Name: Albert Ratcliffe
Author-X-Name-First: Albert
Author-X-Name-Last: Ratcliffe
Title: The Real Benefit of the PFI?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 134-135
Issue: 3
Volume: 24
Year: 2004
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2004.00408.x
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Author-Name: John Hopwood
Author-X-Name-First: John
Author-X-Name-Last: Hopwood
Title: Local Authority Investments
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 135-136
Issue: 3
Volume: 24
Year: 2004
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2004.00409.x
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Author-Name: Arthur Midwinter
Author-X-Name-First: Arthur
Author-X-Name-Last: Midwinter
Title: Financing Devolution in Practice: The Barnett Formula and the Scottish Budget, 1999-2003
Abstract:
This article examines the impact of the Barnett formula on the
Scottish public finances since devolution. Forecasts of a spending squeeze
and budgetary constraint have not materialized and Scotland's share of the
UK budget has remained stable. The real budgetary problem for the Scottish
Parliament has been managing spending growth not squeeze. While there are
calls to replace Barnett, its benefits in terms of providing budgetary
stability and the flexibility to deal with specific funding problems are
significant and Barnett is well suited to the incremental approach through
which the British public finances are managed.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 137-144
Issue: 3
Volume: 24
Year: 2004
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2004.00410.x
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Author-Name: Mahmoud Ezzamel
Author-X-Name-First: Mahmoud
Author-X-Name-Last: Ezzamel
Author-Name: Noel S. Hyndman
Author-X-Name-First: Noel S.
Author-X-Name-Last: Hyndman
Author-Name: Åge Johnsen
Author-X-Name-First: Åge
Author-X-Name-Last: Johnsen
Author-Name: Irvine Lapsley
Author-X-Name-First: Irvine
Author-X-Name-Last: Lapsley
Author-Name: June Pallot
Author-X-Name-First: June
Author-X-Name-Last: Pallot
Title: Has Devolution Increased Democratic Accountability?
Abstract:
This article examines the impact of devolution, the New Public
Management and public management culture on accounting for democratic
accountability in the first term of the devolved national assemblies and
parliament in the UK. Although there is more openness, transparency,
consultation and scrutiny with regard to budgets, accounts and performance
as a result of devolution, there is extensive information overload. Thus,
many politicians are highly dependent on the parliamentary division of
labour and are reliant on experts and advisors functioning as buffers and
filters of accounting information.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 145-152
Issue: 3
Volume: 24
Year: 2004
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2004.00411.x
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Author-Name: Ron Hodges
Author-X-Name-First: Ron
Author-X-Name-Last: Hodges
Author-Name: Howard Mellett
Author-X-Name-First: Howard
Author-X-Name-Last: Mellett
Title: Reporting PFI in Annual Accounts: A User's Perspective
Abstract:
Deciding how to account for public sector financing provided
under Private Finance Initiative (PFI) contracts has engendered
considerable debate which revolves around whether they should be 'on
balance sheet' or 'off balance sheet'. The Accounting Standards Board
(ASB) provides the underpinning in FRS 5, interpreted through an ASB
Application Note 'Private Finance Initiative and Similar Contracts' and
the Treasury Technical Note 'How to Account for PFI Transactions'. This
article illustrates the impact of the alternative accountings. It provides
an analysis of the annual accounts of two NHS trusts whose assets are
financed through PFI contracts, but which use different accounting
approaches. There are considerable difficulties for the user of the
accounts when attempting to interpret the comparative financial results of
the two trusts in the light of these reporting differences and the
financing of public services is less than adequately reflected in these
resource accounting based financial statements.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 153-158
Issue: 3
Volume: 24
Year: 2004
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2004.00412.x
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Author-Name: Stephen Bailey
Author-X-Name-First: Stephen
Author-X-Name-Last: Bailey
Author-Name: Lisa Fingland
Author-X-Name-First: Lisa
Author-X-Name-Last: Fingland
Title: Financing Higher NHS Spending from Increased National Insurance
Abstract:
This article uses international comparisons to demonstrate the
UK's relatively low spending on health care services and considers why
extra money is being raised from National Insurance Contributions rather
than from other sources of tax revenue. It outlines various options for
measuring the UK-EU health spending gap and finds that they yield
substantively different estimates of the size of the spending gap to be
filled. It explains why closure of that gap may be aided by enlargement of
the EU. It concludes that closure of the spending gap may be as much or
more the result of accident than of design.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 159-166
Issue: 3
Volume: 24
Year: 2004
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2004.00413.x
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Author-Name: David Pickernell
Author-X-Name-First: David
Author-X-Name-Last: Pickernell
Author-Name: Kerry Brown
Author-X-Name-First: Kerry
Author-X-Name-Last: Brown
Author-Name: Andrew Worthington
Author-X-Name-First: Andrew
Author-X-Name-Last: Worthington
Author-Name: Mary Crawford
Author-X-Name-First: Mary
Author-X-Name-Last: Crawford
Title: Gambling as a Base for Hypothecated Taxation: The UK's National Lottery and Electronic Gaming Machines in Australia
Abstract:
Gambling is now a large revenue source for many governments due
to its ease of implementation, popular appeal and the high real tax rate
it can bear (up to 40%). It is often promoted by spending on 'good causes'
designated as 'additional' to existing government activity. This article
examines the UK's National Lottery and Electronic Gaming Machines (EGMs)
in Queensland, Australia and shows that, in both cases, gambling taxes are
often diverted into education, health and social and economic development
and therefore potentially substitute for taxation raised elsewhere in the
economy. In addition, there is evidence that gambling's taxation
implications (against income) are doubly regressive, taking
disproportionately from lower income groups and giving to those better
off.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 167-174
Issue: 3
Volume: 24
Year: 2004
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2004.00414.x
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Author-X-Name-First: Peter
Author-X-Name-Last: Armstrong
Author-Name: Peter Fletcher
Author-X-Name-First: Peter
Author-X-Name-Last: Fletcher
Title: Securitization in Public Sector Finance
Abstract:
Already commonplace in the private sector, the securitization of
future income streams is now being promoted in the public sector as a
means of accessing investment capital. This article reports on a British
university's securitization of 30 years' future rents on its student
accommodation. Although the securitization made it possible to refurbish
the residences, it has turned out to be costly in other respects. The
authors conclude that investment returns in the public sector will rarely
be sufficient to cover the finance costs of securitization; that the loss
of the securitized income in labour-intensive public services is virtually
certain to cost jobs; and that the accounting treatment of securitization
needs to incorporate a realistic calculation of the movements in effective
debt. Finally the article recommends that the value for money of any
proposed public sector securitization should be independently checked by
comparing its total cost of capital with the returns on its proposed uses.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 175-182
Issue: 3
Volume: 24
Year: 2004
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2004.00415.x
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Author-X-Name-First: Pat
Author-X-Name-Last: Crawford
Title: Reply to Armstrong and Fletcher
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 183-183
Issue: 3
Volume: 24
Year: 2004
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2004.00416.x
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Author-Name: Douglas D. Pinnock
Author-X-Name-First: Douglas D.
Author-X-Name-Last: Pinnock
Title: Structured Finance for Universities
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 183-184
Issue: 3
Volume: 24
Year: 2004
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2004.00417.x
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Author-Name: Sue Beauchamp
Author-X-Name-First: Sue
Author-X-Name-Last: Beauchamp
Author-Name: Carole Hicks
Author-X-Name-First: Carole
Author-X-Name-Last: Hicks
Title: Financial Management and Effectiveness in Public Service Organizations: The CIPFA FM Model
Abstract:
Improving services in the public sector is not just about
front-line delivery—effective governance and financial management
are key drivers for public bodies on the improvement path. Regulatory
frameworks are putting these elements in the spotlight as they seek to
track additional investment and its impact on services. No longer just
about accounting for the money and demonstrating stewardship, financial
management in the public services is about giving the right decision
support and enabling the right choices. Modern public bodies need to make
sure they are financially literate throughout their operations to meet
their organizational goals effectively. Self-assessment and improvement
planning can work for financial management and a framework developed by
public finance professionals in the UK's public sector is described in
this article. The article draws upon the CIPFA FM Model that is to be
launched in Summer 2004.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 185-191
Issue: 3
Volume: 24
Year: 2004
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2004.00418.x
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Author-Name: Edward Peck
Author-X-Name-First: Edward
Author-X-Name-Last: Peck
Title: Governance, Partnerships and Performance
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 195-196
Issue: 4
Volume: 24
Year: 2004
Month: 8
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2004.00419.x
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Author-Name: Chris Cornforth
Author-X-Name-First: Chris
Author-X-Name-Last: Cornforth
Author-Name: Rob Paton
Author-X-Name-First: Rob
Author-X-Name-Last: Paton
Title: Editorial
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 197-199
Issue: 4
Volume: 24
Year: 2004
Month: 8
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2004.00420.x
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Author-Name: Kieran Walshe
Author-X-Name-First: Kieran
Author-X-Name-Last: Walshe
Author-Name: Gill Harvey
Author-X-Name-First: Gill
Author-X-Name-Last: Harvey
Author-Name: Paula Hyde
Author-X-Name-First: Paula
Author-X-Name-Last: Hyde
Author-Name: Naresh Pandit
Author-X-Name-First: Naresh
Author-X-Name-Last: Pandit
Title: Organizational Failure and Turnaround: Lessons for Public Services from the For-Profit Sector
Abstract:
As the performance of public services is increasingly
scrutinized, it is now commonplace for some schools, hospitals, local
authorities and other public organizations to be deemed
‘failing’ and for attempts to be made at creating a
turnaround in their performance. This article explores the literature on
failure and turnaround in for-profit organizations, presents a number of
models or frameworks for describing and categorizing failure and
turnaround, and examines the relevance and transferability of theoretical
and empirical studies in the for-profit sector to the emerging field of
failure and turnaround in public services.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 201-208
Issue: 4
Volume: 24
Year: 2004
Month: 8
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Author-Name: Rob Paton
Author-X-Name-First: Rob
Author-X-Name-Last: Paton
Author-Name: Jill Mordaunt
Author-X-Name-First: Jill
Author-X-Name-Last: Mordaunt
Title: What's Different About Public and Non-Profit ‘Turnaround’?
Abstract:
This article reconstructs the literature on corporate turnaround
in terms of its recurring features. It then tests these against the
experience of four very different cases of the turnaround or attempted
turnaround of public and non-profit organizations. It concludes that while
some concepts from the corporate literature usefully highlight important
aspects, other critical complicating features of what is needed to achieve
a turnaround in public and non-profit contexts would be overlooked or
poorly treated if the situation were considered simply in these terms.
These complicating features deserve the attention both of practitioners
and researchers.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 209-216
Issue: 4
Volume: 24
Year: 2004
Month: 8
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Author-Name: Dave Turner
Author-X-Name-First: Dave
Author-X-Name-Last: Turner
Author-Name: Chris Skelcher
Author-X-Name-First: Chris
Author-X-Name-Last: Skelcher
Author-Name: Philip Whiteman
Author-X-Name-First: Philip
Author-X-Name-Last: Whiteman
Author-Name: Michael Hughes
Author-X-Name-First: Michael
Author-X-Name-Last: Hughes
Author-Name: Pauline Jas
Author-X-Name-First: Pauline
Author-X-Name-Last: Jas
Title: Intervention or Persuasion? Strategies for Turnaround of Poorly-Performing Councils
Abstract:
This article provides early results from a long-term evaluation
of the turnaround strategies by poorly-performing local authorities in
England. The history and theory behind central government interventions
into local government is reviewed, focusing on the Comprehensive
Performance Assessment (CPA). The journeys taken by 10 local authorities,
after being labelled as ‘poor’ or ‘weak’, are
described and these responses are located within the literature on
theories of turnaround and public sector service improvement. The authors
conclude by setting out a research agenda for the future.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 217-226
Issue: 4
Volume: 24
Year: 2004
Month: 8
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Author-Name: Jill Mordaunt
Author-X-Name-First: Jill
Author-X-Name-Last: Mordaunt
Author-Name: Chris Cornforth
Author-X-Name-First: Chris
Author-X-Name-Last: Cornforth
Title: The Role of Boards in the Failure and Turnaround of Non-Profit Organizations
Abstract:
This article reports on research that examined the role that
boards play in the failure and turnaround of non-profit organizations. The
article concludes that boards do often play an important hands-on role in
turnaround, which is different from that described in much of the
normative literature. As well as needing skills, such as leadership, those
board members leading the change process need high levels of commitment,
emotional resilience and a ‘safe place’ to formulate plans.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 227-234
Issue: 4
Volume: 24
Year: 2004
Month: 8
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Author-Name: Paul Joyce
Author-X-Name-First: Paul
Author-X-Name-Last: Joyce
Title: The Role of Leadership in the Turnaround of a Local Authority
Abstract:
This article examines leadership behaviour during a successful
turnaround in a public services organization. Using findings from recent
research on leaders in the public services, this article sets out a number
of propositions about leadership behaviour. Then a case study of Newham
Council from 1996 to 1999 is analysed to show that effective public
services leaders do not simply work through visions, communications and
empowerment. Successful leadership appears to be much more complex in
turnaround situations than is suggested by much of the literature on
visionary and transformational leaders.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 235-242
Issue: 4
Volume: 24
Year: 2004
Month: 8
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2004.00425.x
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Author-Name: Dean F. Eitel
Author-X-Name-First: Dean F.
Author-X-Name-Last: Eitel
Title: The Dynamics of Chronic Failure: A Longitudinal Study
Abstract:
Over a 25-year period, due to its continued under-performance,
repeated efforts were made to reduce the costs and refocus the efforts of
a regional office of a national agency. Eventually these efforts resulted
in the office being effectively eliminated. This article argues that the
processes used during organization change efforts were so flawed that they
actually accentuated chronic failure. Even with highly dedicated
professional staff and the desire to properly spend public money, an
organization can fail in the institutional domain while still protesting
and pursuing success in the client domain.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 243-250
Issue: 4
Volume: 24
Year: 2004
Month: 8
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2004.00426.x
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Author-Name: Paul Higgins
Author-X-Name-First: Paul
Author-X-Name-Last: Higgins
Author-Name: Philip James
Author-X-Name-First: Philip
Author-X-Name-Last: James
Author-Name: Ian Roper
Author-X-Name-First: Ian
Author-X-Name-Last: Roper
Title: Best Value: Is It Delivering?
Abstract:
The enhancement of public service performance has been a central
concern of successive Labour governments since 1997. Best Value is
intended to address this by replacing the former policy of compulsory
competitive tendering with a policy that has been likened to a local
government version of total quality management. In this article the
authors draw on a survey of local government officers to explore the
extent to which BV is providing the basis for improvements in the quality
of local services and finds mixed results.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 251-258
Issue: 4
Volume: 24
Year: 2004
Month: 8
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2004.00427.x
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Author-Name: David Bell
Author-X-Name-First: David
Author-X-Name-Last: Bell
Title: Integrating the Inspection of Children's Services: Every Child Matters
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 261-262
Issue: 5
Volume: 24
Year: 2004
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2004.00428.x
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Author-Name: Ed Mayo
Author-X-Name-First: Ed
Author-X-Name-Last: Mayo
Title: Learning about Good Governance in Five Lessons
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 262-263
Issue: 5
Volume: 24
Year: 2004
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2004.00429.x
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Author-Name: Richard Brewster
Author-X-Name-First: Richard
Author-X-Name-Last: Brewster
Title: Turnaround
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 264-265
Issue: 5
Volume: 24
Year: 2004
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2004.00430.x
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Author-Name: Peter Armstrong
Author-X-Name-First: Peter
Author-X-Name-Last: Armstrong
Author-Name: Peter Fletcher
Author-X-Name-First: Peter
Author-X-Name-Last: Fletcher
Title: The Securitization of Keele's Student Rents: A Reply to Pat Crawford and Douglas D. Pinnock
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 265-266
Issue: 5
Volume: 24
Year: 2004
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2004.00431.x
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Author-Name: Colin Kirkpatrick
Author-X-Name-First: Colin
Author-X-Name-Last: Kirkpatrick
Author-Name: David Parker
Author-X-Name-First: David
Author-X-Name-Last: Parker
Title: Editorial: Regulatory Impact Assessment—An Overview
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 267-270
Issue: 5
Volume: 24
Year: 2004
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2004.00432.x
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Author-Name: Claudio M. Radaelli
Author-X-Name-First: Claudio M.
Author-X-Name-Last: Radaelli
Title: Getting to Grips with Quality in the Diffusion of Regulatory Impact Assessment in Europe
Abstract:
‘Quality’ features in all initiatives for better
regulation launched by the OECD and the European Union. Yet policy-makers
who have tried to import regulatory impact assessment (RIA) from its
original Anglo-Saxon context to other European contexts have found it
difficult to scratch below the surface of new public management rhetoric
and implement successful RIA programmes. One reason for that is that the
notions of quality that circulate in the current debate are insensitive to
context. This article shows that quality is intrinsically linked to
context, and why assessing context will improve the chances of getting
significant results in RIA.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 271-276
Issue: 5
Volume: 24
Year: 2004
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2004.00433.x
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Author-X-Name-First: Ed
Author-X-Name-Last: Humpherson
Title: The National Audit Office's Evaluation of RIAs: Reflections on the Pilot Year
Abstract:
In 2003, the National Audit Office undertook its first year of
evaluations of the quality of a sample of Regulatory Impact Assessments
(RIAs). This article reflects on the experiences of this pilot year. It
sets out the background to the National Audit Office's work, describes the
methodology adopted, and then explains the main findings. Finally, it
considers the benefits and limitations of this type of ex-post evaluation
of the quality of RIAs.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 277-282
Issue: 5
Volume: 24
Year: 2004
Month: 10
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Author-Name: Scott Jacobs
Author-X-Name-First: Scott
Author-X-Name-Last: Jacobs
Title: Regulatory Impact Assessment and the Economic Transition to Markets
Abstract:
In most developing and transition economies, far-reaching legal
and regulatory reforms are essential for a successful transition to
market-led economic development. One of the most important capacities of a
market regulator is the ability to assess the market impacts of a
regulation before it is adopted. Regulatory impact analysis (RIA) is a
tool now used in most developed countries to improve understanding of the
economic and social welfare impacts of a law and other forms of
regulation. This article argues that institutional reforms aimed at good
governance are at the core of the development process, that RIA can
contribute to the quality of legal reforms and support other good
governance goals, and that RIA can be implemented step-by-step by building
on existing practices and investing in skills and training.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 283-290
Issue: 5
Volume: 24
Year: 2004
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2004.00435.x
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Author-Name: Colin Kirkpatrick
Author-X-Name-First: Colin
Author-X-Name-Last: Kirkpatrick
Author-Name: David Parker
Author-X-Name-First: David
Author-X-Name-Last: Parker
Author-Name: Yin-Fang Zhang
Author-X-Name-First: Yin-Fang
Author-X-Name-Last: Zhang
Title: Regulatory Impact Assessment in Developing and Transition Economies: A Survey of Current Practice
Abstract:
Regulatory impact assessment (RIA) involves a systematic
appraisal of the costs and benefits associated with a proposed new
regulation and evaluation of the performance of existing regulations. So
far, most academic research has been concerned with the adoption of RIA in
OECD countries. This article assesses the contribution that RIA can make
to ‘better regulation’ in developing and transition
economies. The results reported in this article suggest that a growing
number of low and middle-income countries are beginning to apply some form
of regulatory assessment, but that the methods adopted are partial in
their application and are not systematically applied across government.
The authors discuss the implications of their findings for capacity
building and future research.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 291-296
Issue: 5
Volume: 24
Year: 2004
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2004.00436.x
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Author-Name: Eleanor Burt
Author-X-Name-First: Eleanor
Author-X-Name-Last: Burt
Author-Name: John Taylor
Author-X-Name-First: John
Author-X-Name-Last: Taylor
Title: Striking the Regulatory Balance in the Unique Case of the Voluntary Sector
Abstract:
This article considers the requirement for a regulatory regime
for the UK voluntary sector that is sensitive to the unique features of
the sector, while also maximizing public trust and safeguarding the
interests of wider stakeholders. Regulatory Impact Assessments are
important mechanisms in the achievement of this complex and delicate
balance. However, these and other regulatory instruments need to be
underpinned by a deep understanding of the voluntary sector
‘persona’, including and most particularly the voluntary
ethos that is its core.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 297-300
Issue: 5
Volume: 24
Year: 2004
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2004.00437.x
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Author-Name: Andrew Street
Author-X-Name-First: Andrew
Author-X-Name-Last: Street
Author-Name: Sawsan AbdulHussain
Author-X-Name-First: Sawsan
Author-X-Name-Last: AbdulHussain
Title: Would Roman Soldiers Fight for the Financial Flows Regime? The Re-issue of Diocletian's Edict in the English NHS
Abstract:
Some 17 centuries after the Roman Emperor Diocletian attempted
to set prices across the Roman Empire, a system of national prices
(tariffs) is being introduced to the English National Health Service (NHS)
to enhance patient choice. Initially, fixed prices will apply to 15
treatments. Costs for these treatments as reported by all NHS providers
are examined to ascertain whether the data provide a robust basis for
price setting. If prices are calculated such that providers are unable to
recover the true costs of efficient service provision, considerable
financial disruption could result for no good purpose. The authors explain
the lessons that should have been learned from the Roman experiment and
the changes that need to be made to avoid repeating the mistakes of the
past.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 301-308
Issue: 5
Volume: 24
Year: 2004
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2004.00438.x
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Author-Name: Eugenio Anessi-Pessina
Author-X-Name-First: Eugenio
Author-X-Name-Last: Anessi-Pessina
Author-Name: Elena Cantù
Author-X-Name-First: Elena
Author-X-Name-Last: Cantù
Author-Name: Claudio Joninii
Author-X-Name-First: Claudio
Author-X-Name-Last: Joninii
Title: Phasing Out Market Mechanisms in the Italian National Health Service
Abstract:
The Italian National Health Service introduced quad-markets,
regionalization, and managerialism in the 1990s. Under quasi-markets,
large providers have been separated from purchasers and funded by
‘activity’—the quantity, mix, and possibly
appropriateness of services provided. Under regionalization, each of
Italy's 21 regional governments is able to design its own funding
arrangements. The regions have generally been trying to mitigate the
effects of quasi-markets and are now increasingly
‘governing’ them. The system is producing some desirable
results, including a shift from ordinary to same-day hospitalizations and
a reduction in length of stay. Hospital admissions increased initially,
but only where the regions encouraged this. Financial effects are more
controversial.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 309-316
Issue: 5
Volume: 24
Year: 2004
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2004.00439.x
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Author-Name: Mike Horsman
Author-X-Name-First: Mike
Author-X-Name-Last: Horsman
Title: The Pay Review Bodies Revisited
Abstract:
The annual reports of the independent Pay Review Bodies are a
key economic event in Britain, covering approximately 1.5 million public
sector workers with an annual paybill approaching £50 billion in
2003. The 2003--04 reports are studied in this article. The author
concludes that the reports followed quite closely what the Government
wanted and in contrast to previous years proposed lower, essentially
‘cost of living’, awards. The rationale for this is examined
for each of the Review Bodies; the article finds that in general the
awards reflected the circumstances reported in evidence to the Review
Bodies and squared up with their terms of reference. It is, however, too
early to say whether the reports marked a long-term turning point towards
lower, RPI-related awards and away from the general ‘upward’
trend evident since 1998.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 317-320
Issue: 5
Volume: 24
Year: 2004
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2004.00440.x
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Author-Name: Sandra Nutley
Author-X-Name-First: Sandra
Author-X-Name-Last: Nutley
Author-Name: Jane Mudd
Author-X-Name-First: Jane
Author-X-Name-Last: Mudd
Title: Has the Glass Cliff Replaced the Glass Ceiling for Women Employed in the Public Sector?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 3-4
Issue: 1
Volume: 25
Year: 2005
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2005.00442.x
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Author-Name: Paul Foley
Author-X-Name-First: Paul
Author-X-Name-Last: Foley
Title: The Real Benefits, Beneficiaries and Value of E-Government*
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 4-6
Issue: 1
Volume: 25
Year: 2005
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2005.00443.x
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Author-Name: Andrew Gray
Author-X-Name-First: Andrew
Author-X-Name-Last: Gray
Author-Name: Jane Broadbent
Author-X-Name-First: Jane
Author-X-Name-Last: Broadbent
Author-Name: Jean Hartley
Author-X-Name-First: Jean
Author-X-Name-Last: Hartley
Title: Editorial
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 7-8
Issue: 1
Volume: 25
Year: 2005
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2005.00444.x
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Author-Name: Åge Johnsen
Author-X-Name-First: Åge
Author-X-Name-Last: Johnsen
Title: What Does 25 Years of Experience Tell Us About the State of Performance Measurement in Public Policy and Management?
Abstract:
Performance measurement in public management is a contested
issue. Performance indicators (PIs) have diverse functions for different
stakeholders over the life-cycle of a public policy, and the search for
better PIs is an ongoing effort. However, instead of seeing the running
down, proliferation and strategic use of performance information as
dysfunctional, these effects are probably the unavoidable outcomes of
functional and effective performance measurement systems in open societies
and competitive democracies. PIs may effectively create ‘creative
destruction’ of the present political or managerial status quo.
Thus, PIs in political competition may be as important as prices in market
competition.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 9-17
Issue: 1
Volume: 25
Year: 2005
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2005.00445.x
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Author-Name: Lyndsay Rashman
Author-X-Name-First: Lyndsay
Author-X-Name-Last: Rashman
Author-Name: Zoe Radnor
Author-X-Name-First: Zoe
Author-X-Name-Last: Radnor
Title: Learning to Improve: Approaches to Improving Local Government Services
Abstract:
Both Conservative and Labour government reforms of the past 25
years have implied an understanding of organizational change and learning.
The contexts, changes and sharing of good practice in local government
during this period are discussed in general and through an analysis of the
Beacon Council Scheme. The scheme has many achievements to celebrate. Its
progress, however, depends on the generic need in public service change to
develop an holistic framework which embraces all forms of learning,
improvement, innovation and change so that sustainable long-term value can
be gained for all stakeholders.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 19-26
Issue: 1
Volume: 25
Year: 2005
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2005.00446.x
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Author-Name: Jean Hartley
Author-X-Name-First: Jean
Author-X-Name-Last: Hartley
Title: Innovation in Governance and Public Services: Past and Present
Abstract:
Three approaches to innovation in the public sector in the post
war period are identified and analysed for their implications for
policy-makers, managers and citizens. Various relationships are identified
between innovation and improvement in public services. The traditional
bias of the literature that innovation is necessarily functional is
undermined. Important lessons for policy, practice and research include
the need to develop an understanding of innovation which is not
over-reliant on the private sector manufacturing literature but reflects
the distinctive contexts and purposes of the public sector.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 27-34
Issue: 1
Volume: 25
Year: 2005
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2005.00447.x
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Author-Name: John Bessant
Author-X-Name-First: John
Author-X-Name-Last: Bessant
Title: Enabling Continuous and Discontinuous Innovation: Learning From the Private Sector
Abstract:
Much of the research on innovation to date has been on the
private sector (and, within that, biased towards manufacturing) but the
processes involved are equally relevant to the public as well as the
private sector. This article looks at how innovation is organized and
managed, at the routines needed to accomplish the task and at challenges
posed by different types of innovation under ‘steady-state’
and ‘discontinuous’ conditions. It argues that there is a
strong case for learning across public and private sectors, not just in
terms of transferring well-proven lessons (adaptive learning), but also
for ‘generative learning’—building on shared
experimentation and comparison of experiences around discontinuous
innovation.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 35-42
Issue: 1
Volume: 25
Year: 2005
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2005.00448.x
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Author-Name: Mark H. Moore
Author-X-Name-First: Mark H.
Author-X-Name-Last: Moore
Title: Break-Through Innovations and Continuous Improvement: Two Different Models of Innovative Processes in the Public Sector
Abstract:
How do we understand innovation in the public sector? A look at
the public and private sector understanding of innovation helps us begin
to see how important new ideas are born, nurtured, tested and
disseminated.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 43-50
Issue: 1
Volume: 25
Year: 2005
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2005.00449.x
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Author-Name: David Albury
Author-X-Name-First: David
Author-X-Name-Last: Albury
Title: Fostering Innovation in Public Services
Abstract:
Innovation is essential to the improvement of public services;
it is not an optional luxury but needs to be institutionalized as a deep
value. This article presents a framework for thinking and action to foster
higher levels of successful innovation in the public sector. The major
barriers to innovation in the public sector are identified. Finally, some
immediate and practical steps which government departments and public
service organizations could take to foster innovation are described.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 51-56
Issue: 1
Volume: 25
Year: 2005
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2005.00450.x
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Author-Name: Chris Yapp
Author-X-Name-First: Chris
Author-X-Name-Last: Yapp
Title: Innovation, Futures Thinking and Leadership
Abstract:
There are at least three strands of innovation: generating value
from putting ideas into practice; creativity and inventive space; and
macro-level social change. Recognizing the sources of and barriers to
innovation in the public sector, this article reflects on how innovation
and creativity in these senses can be nurtured and how the public sector
can improve its policy and organizational processes to increase
innovation.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 57-60
Issue: 1
Volume: 25
Year: 2005
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2005.00451.x
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Author-Name: John Fenwick
Author-X-Name-First: John
Author-X-Name-Last: Fenwick
Author-Name: Howard Elcock
Author-X-Name-First: Howard
Author-X-Name-Last: Elcock
Title: The Elected Mayor and Local Leadership
Abstract:
This article examines the new leadership role of the English
elected mayor. The authors suggest that the management and governance of
the local authority is subject to significant change within the mayoral
system, and that elected mayors represent a form of strong political
management which is essentially new within English local government. The
authors discuss the prospects for the future of the executive mayor, and
suggest potential areas for further research, including succession
planning in mayoral authorities, the nature of the first mayoral
re-election campaigns outside London, and the possible growth of this form
of local leadership.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 61-66
Issue: 1
Volume: 25
Year: 2005
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2005.00452.x
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Author-Name: Tony Cutler
Author-X-Name-First: Tony
Author-X-Name-Last: Cutler
Author-Name: Barbara Waine
Author-X-Name-First: Barbara
Author-X-Name-Last: Waine
Title: Not So Seamless? Performance Related Pay and Financial Control in English Schools
Abstract:
The introduction of performance related pay (PRP) in English
schools, following a 1998 Green Paper, was presented as a seamless policy.
Incentives for teachers to contribute to performance targets would mean
that performance management would be closely linked with the allocation of
school budgets. This article traces the problems of implementing this
policy stemming from its expenditure implications. The initial
criterion-referenced stance adopted by the Government has been
progressively abandoned in the light of concerns over the cost of the
scheme. As a consequence, the Government has increasingly moved to a
policy of imposing limits on access to PRP which threaten to reopen
political conflicts over the extent to which PRP is an equitable form of
pay determination in schools.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 67-71
Issue: 1
Volume: 25
Year: 2005
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2005.00453.x
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Author-Name: Andrew Gray
Author-X-Name-First: Andrew
Author-X-Name-Last: Gray
Author-Name: Jane Broadbent
Author-X-Name-First: Jane
Author-X-Name-Last: Broadbent
Author-Name: Michaela Lavender
Author-X-Name-First: Michaela
Author-X-Name-Last: Lavender
Title: Editorial: From Viewpoints to Debate
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 75-75
Issue: 2
Volume: 25
Year: 2005
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2005.00454.x
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Author-Name: Howard Elcock
Author-X-Name-First: Howard
Author-X-Name-Last: Elcock
Title: Public Administration: British Art Versus European Technocracy
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 75-81
Issue: 2
Volume: 25
Year: 2005
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2005.00455.x
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Author-Name: Mervyn Stone
Author-X-Name-First: Mervyn
Author-X-Name-Last: Stone
Title: Accumulating Evidence of Malfunctioning Contractual Government Machinery
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 82-86
Issue: 2
Volume: 25
Year: 2005
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2005.00456.x
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Author-Name: David G. Blanchflower
Author-X-Name-First: David G.
Author-X-Name-Last: Blanchflower
Author-Name: Andrew J. Oswald
Author-X-Name-First: Andrew J.
Author-X-Name-Last: Oswald
Title: Regional Wages and the Need for a Better Area Cost Adjustment
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 86-88
Issue: 2
Volume: 25
Year: 2005
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2005.00457.x
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Author-Name: Chris Painter
Author-X-Name-First: Chris
Author-X-Name-Last: Painter
Title: Operating Codes in the Emerging System of Local Governance: From ‘Top-Down State’ to ‘Disciplined Pluralism’?
Abstract:
By focusing on the intentional interventions of recent
governments, many accounts of UK local governance have under-estimated the
significance of evolutionary local institutional change. This article
corrects that imbalance. Following an exploration of ideas associated with
the ‘adaptive state’, the article considers the relevance of
the concept of ‘disciplined pluralism’ to an appropriate
rebalancing of the legitimate interests of the different stakeholders in
local public services. The author also examines the fundamental issue of
the desirable future operating code for managing local institutional
innovation.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 89-98
Issue: 2
Volume: 25
Year: 2005
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2005.00458.x
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Author-Name: Colin Kirkpatrick
Author-X-Name-First: Colin
Author-X-Name-Last: Kirkpatrick
Author-Name: David Parker
Author-X-Name-First: David
Author-X-Name-Last: Parker
Author-Name: Yin-Fang Zhang
Author-X-Name-First: Yin-Fang
Author-X-Name-Last: Zhang
Title: Price and Profit Regulation in Developing and Transition Economies: A Survey of the Regulators
Abstract:
Rate of return or cost of service regulation was the traditional
means by which governments, especially in the USA, regulated profitability
and prices in privately-owned public utility businesses. However, rate of
return regulation was associated with efficiency disincentives. Hence, in
1983 a price cap was proposed to regulate British Telecom when it was
privatized. Price caps were later introduced for other privatized
utilities in the UK. Similarly, other countries that privatized their
utility sectors in the 1980s and 1990s often introduced price cap regimes.
This article reports the results of a questionnaire survey of the methods
used to regulate profits and prices in privatized utility sectors in a
sample of developing and transition economies. In addition to providing an
insight into the different methods used in these economies, the article
explains the difficulties that their regulators have in operating profit
and price regulation regimes.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 99-105
Issue: 2
Volume: 25
Year: 2005
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2005.00459.x
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Author-Name: Susan Corby
Author-X-Name-First: Susan
Author-X-Name-Last: Corby
Title: Spot the Difference Between the Public and Private Sectors: Disputes and Third-Party Intervention in Britain
Abstract:
This article considers whether there is a difference between the
public and private sectors in respect of third-party intervention to
prevent and resolve collective employment disputes. Based on statistics
from Acas for the five years from 1 April 1997 and interviews with key
informants, it finds only a few differences. Public sector disputes were
more likely than private sector disputes to have a national dimension and
they were less likely to be resolved by conciliation. Also, there was
seldom third-party intervention in civil service disputes. The main
difference, however, was not in third-party intervention but in
fourth-party intervention, i.e. intervention by the Government, which
dominates both overtly and covertly.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 107-114
Issue: 2
Volume: 25
Year: 2005
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2005.00460.x
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Author-Name: Lynne Conrad
Author-X-Name-First: Lynne
Author-X-Name-Last: Conrad
Title: The Role of Current Cost Accounting for Financial Reporting and Regulation in Utility Industries
Abstract:
This article considers the role of accounting, in particular
current cost accounting (CCA), in influencing perceptions of financial
performance and consequently regulatory decisions in utility industries
over the past 25 years. It examines the accounting practices of
nationalized industries, and how privatization affected accounting in
utilities. It concludes with a discussion of more recent developments in
relation to regulatory accounts and their role in regulatory
decision-making.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 115-122
Issue: 2
Volume: 25
Year: 2005
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2005.00461.x
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Author-Name: Derrick Purdue
Author-X-Name-First: Derrick
Author-X-Name-Last: Purdue
Title: Performance Management for Community Empowerment Networks
Abstract:
Community participation is now highly valued in urban
regeneration partnerships in Britain. The major current policy innovation
is a National Strategy for Neighbourhood Renewal, which set up Community
Empowerment Networks to engage communities. This article describes the
Performance Management Framework produced for these networks, and examines
themes from practitioners' responses to the draft framework, against a
wider context of New Public Management and performance management. The
article addresses the important question of whether the framework acts as
a learning tool for those directly involved in organizing community
participation or as a control mechanism applied to them by more powerful
actors.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 123-130
Issue: 2
Volume: 25
Year: 2005
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2005.00462.x
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Author-X-Name-First: Philip
Author-X-Name-Last: Haynes
Title: New Development: The Demystification of Knowledge Management for Public Services
Abstract:
The public sector should be cautious about the use of classical
and technological approaches to knowledge management. There is a need to
face the power struggles and organizational politics associated with
knowledge growth and dissemination. Knowledge management should promote
the high value of team-based professional work and the desire to retain
such staff through a collaborative environment.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 131-135
Issue: 2
Volume: 25
Year: 2005
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2005.00463.x
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Author-Name: Francis Terry
Author-X-Name-First: Francis
Author-X-Name-Last: Terry
Title: Editorial: Transport—The Problem of Public Policy and Private Provision
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 139-141
Issue: 3
Volume: 25
Year: 2005
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2005.00464.x
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Author-Name: Robert Jupe
Author-X-Name-First: Robert
Author-X-Name-Last: Jupe
Title: What Counts is What Works? New Labour and Rail Franchising
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 142-144
Issue: 3
Volume: 25
Year: 2005
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2005.00465.x
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Author-Name: Malcolm Buchanan
Author-X-Name-First: Malcolm
Author-X-Name-Last: Buchanan
Title: Why We Need a Transport Revolution
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 144-146
Issue: 3
Volume: 25
Year: 2005
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2005.00466.x
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Author-Name: Marcus Enoch
Author-X-Name-First: Marcus
Author-X-Name-Last: Enoch
Author-Name: Stephen Potter
Author-X-Name-First: Stephen
Author-X-Name-Last: Potter
Author-Name: Stephen Ison
Author-X-Name-First: Stephen
Author-X-Name-Last: Ison
Title: A Strategic Approach to Financing Public Transport Through Property Values
Abstract:
Traditional sources of finance are becoming inadequate to meet
the needs of public transport. This has led to the emergence of a number
of local earmarked tax and charging mechanisms, in particular road user
charges and tolls. This article examines one group of such mechanisms:
charges to property owners and developers, and draws on worldwide examples
of the practical use of a number of such schemes. There are a number of
practical difficulties with capturing value from property owners and
developers, and these are detailed with a commentary on best practice.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 147-154
Issue: 3
Volume: 25
Year: 2005
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2005.00467.x
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Author-X-Name-First: George
Author-X-Name-Last: Williams
Title: European Experience with Direct Subsidization of Air Services
Abstract:
Major differences in the application of the public service
obligation (PSO) mechanism in air transport across EU member states give
rise to questions as to its misuse. Variations in the levels of subsidy
awarded per passenger are due in part to the large differences in the
maximum fares that carriers can charge. This article explains why the
current European PSO legislation needs to be amended; ideally, the whole
system requires proper enforcement at Commission level. While the latter
is unlikely, the author shows how the PSO mechanism could be amended to
prevent its misuse, reduce subsidy levels and encourage innovation.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 155-161
Issue: 3
Volume: 25
Year: 2005
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2005.00468.x
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Author-Name: Jim Steer
Author-X-Name-First: Jim
Author-X-Name-Last: Steer
Title: Rail as the Way Forward
Abstract:
It is a paradox that Britain's rail industry is now leading
Europe in terms of growth in passengers and freight, while policy has been
tightly focused on cost management and performance reliability. The author
looks beyond these two good management principles to set out a strategy
for the rail sector, and outlines how it can address issues of national
economic competitiveness.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 163-170
Issue: 3
Volume: 25
Year: 2005
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2005.00469.x
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Author-Name: Stephen Potter
Author-X-Name-First: Stephen
Author-X-Name-Last: Potter
Author-Name: Graham Parkhurst
Author-X-Name-First: Graham
Author-X-Name-Last: Parkhurst
Title: Transport Policy and Transport Tax Reform
Abstract:
We are now entering a new phase of transport policy fiscal
instruments. Rather than reforming existing measures, the UK and several
other countries are moving towards replacing the whole transport taxation
regime. This article reviews the ways that car taxation is used
internationally to promote fuel economy, cleaner fuels and reduce traffic
growth. Fiscal measures to manage traffic growth in the UK have faced
political difficulties and, since 2000, have given way to a somewhat
random set of policy decisions, together with a shift in focus towards the
dominant issue of congestion reduction. An eventual replacement of
existing car taxation measures with a new national road user charging
regime is now contemplated, but there is a danger that the confusion in
purpose that now characterizes transport taxation policy could be carried
over to the new regime.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 171-178
Issue: 3
Volume: 25
Year: 2005
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2005.00470.x
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Author-X-Name-First: Stuart
Author-X-Name-Last: Cole
Title: Devolved Government and Transport—Relationships, Process and Policy
Abstract:
This article explores the change in relationships taking place
between the National Assembly for Wales and UK government. The context for
this is the rationale, constituent elements and timespan of an integrated
transport policy for Wales, and the author draws on evidence to, and
reports from, the House of Commons, the National Assembly, the Wales
Office and the report of the Richard Commission on the Assembly's powers.
Wales can be seen as a case study of how devolution, and the development
of transport policy in a devolved context, have progressed; it is argued
that the principles apply to other devolved governments in the UK and
elected assemblies.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 179-185
Issue: 3
Volume: 25
Year: 2005
Month: 6
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Author-Name: Robert Jupe
Author-X-Name-First: Robert
Author-X-Name-Last: Jupe
Title: The Future of Rail? An Evaluation of the 2004 Railway Industry White Paper
Abstract:
In July 2004, the Government published a white paper on
‘The Future of Rail’, which outlined its planned third
attempt to reform the railways. This article reviews the new blueprint for
rail, in the context of the performance of the industry and its regulatory
bodies. The changes proposed are analysed in terms of their likely effects
on the infrastructure authority and the train companies. The author
concludes that there are major problems with the white paper as key
details are omitted, and the proposed changes are heavily reliant on
private companies which have performed poorly. The Government has missed
the opportunity to renationalize the infrastructure authority, a move
which would reduce borrowing costs and bring direct control over
infrastructure costs.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 187-194
Issue: 3
Volume: 25
Year: 2005
Month: 6
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Author-X-Name-First: Peter
Author-X-Name-Last: Hendy
Title: New Development: Exemplary Provision of Bus Services—Is London a Model for Other Conurbations?
Abstract:
London Buses has been transformed into a national and
international leader in public transport. These improvements have been
made possible through the support of, and funding from, the Mayor of
London. This article examines the measures implemented since the election
of the Mayor in May 2000 which led to such a dramatic improvement in the
bus service. The author discusses the potential for adoption of the London
strategies by other metropolitan areas.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 195-200
Issue: 3
Volume: 25
Year: 2005
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2005.00473.x
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Author-Name: Sandra Nutley
Author-X-Name-First: Sandra
Author-X-Name-Last: Nutley
Author-Name: Barry Loveday
Author-X-Name-First: Barry
Author-X-Name-Last: Loveday
Title: Criminal Justice—Tensions and Challenges
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 263-265
Issue: 5
Volume: 25
Year: 2005
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2005.00482.x
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Author-Name: Nick Tilley
Author-X-Name-First: Nick
Author-X-Name-Last: Tilley
Title: Crime Reduction: A Quarter Century Review
Abstract:
Crime prevention emerged as a separate policy issue in the late
1970s, with rising crime rates, disillusionment with traditional crime
control methods and evidence that situational methods could be effective.
There have since then been changes in language and approach. Situational
crime prevention no longer dominates. The language is of community safety
and crime reduction. The focus is on fear of crime and incivilities, as
well as crime. Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships now have
statutory responsibilities at a local level. While in some ways the
circumstances are auspicious for improved, evidence-based policy and
practice, they face substantial obstacles.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 267-274
Issue: 5
Volume: 25
Year: 2005
Month: 10
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Author-Name: Barry Loveday
Author-X-Name-First: Barry
Author-X-Name-Last: Loveday
Title: The Challenge of Police Reform in England and Wales
Abstract:
As a recent Home Office White Paper ‘Building
Communities, Beating Crime’ demonstrates, radical change now
confronts the police service. Policing responsibilities and police budgets
are being devolved to Basic Command Units and there will be radical
internal changes in the make up and role of police and civilian staff in
the service. The modernization process now contemplated by the Government
can be expected to encompass both a number of issues identified within the
1993 Sheehy Report (particularly in relation to local pay bargaining) and
further efficiency reforms that will impact significantly on the role and
status of the police and the structure of police forces throughout England
and Wales.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 275-281
Issue: 5
Volume: 25
Year: 2005
Month: 10
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Author-Name: Steve Bradford
Author-X-Name-First: Steve
Author-X-Name-Last: Bradford
Author-Name: Rod Morgan
Author-X-Name-First: Rod
Author-X-Name-Last: Morgan
Title: Transformed Youth Justice?
Abstract:
Of the ten pledges offered by New Labour in their 1997 Election
Manifesto, one concerned crime. It contained a specific youth justice
commitment: ‘We will be tough on crime and tough on the causes of
crime, and halve the time it takes persistent juvenile offenders to come
to court’. In the 2001 Manifesto, Labour reported that they had
substantially achieved this pledge: crime was falling and‘The time
from arrest to sentence for persistent young offenders is down from 142
days to 89 days—on track to halve the time within the five years
promised in 1997′. Youth justice had been reformed and the
Government would move on: it would build on the youth justice reforms by
tackling provision for 18- to 20-year-olds. This article addresses four
issues: why did youth justice reform figure prominently in New Labour's
1997 plans; in what respects has the system of youth justice been
reformed; have the reforms been a success; and what does the immediate
future for youth justice hold?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 283-290
Issue: 5
Volume: 25
Year: 2005
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2005.00485.x
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Author-Name: John W. Raine
Author-X-Name-First: John W.
Author-X-Name-Last: Raine
Title: Courts, Sentencing and Justice in a Changing Political and Managerial Context
Abstract:
This article examines the main developments over the past
quarter of a century concerning courts and the sentencing of offenders. It
does so in terms of an analysis of shifting political and managerial
perspectives in criminal justice and tracks the twin changes, on the one
hand, from post-war consensus on sentencing to the more populist stance of
politicians towards the end of the 20th century and, on the other, towards
a more managerialist approach in reorganizing and running the courts. A
key issue identified here is the steady encroachment by an increasingly
influential executive on judicial independence and the article concludes
by considering prospects for the future in this regard.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 290-298
Issue: 5
Volume: 25
Year: 2005
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2005.00486.x
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Author-Name: David Faulkner
Author-X-Name-First: David
Author-X-Name-Last: Faulkner
Title: Relationships, Accountability and Responsibility in the National Offender Management Service
Abstract:
Questions of relationships, accountability and responsibility
received little attention in the original proposals for the National
Offender Management Service (NOMS). They now need to be examined, and some
awkward and complex issues need to be resolved, before legislation is
introduced. This article considers some of those issues, and the factors
on which the success of NO MS is likely to depend.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 299-305
Issue: 5
Volume: 25
Year: 2005
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2005.00487.x
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Author-Name: Chris Painter
Author-X-Name-First: Chris
Author-X-Name-Last: Painter
Title: Managing Criminal Justice: Public Service Reform Writ Small?
Abstract:
This article deals synoptically with analytical reform themes
taking shape in criminal justice in the UK over the past 25 years but
especially the hallmark of New Labour's ‘modern
managerialism’. It addresses value and cultural tensions
surrounding attendant changes, which provide another demonstration of the
limits to what can be achieved through top-down approaches. The article
considers whether criminal justice reform is symptomatic of a tendency for
management prescriptions in public services to have too little regard for
the distinctive contexts of discrete policy sectors.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 306-314
Issue: 5
Volume: 25
Year: 2005
Month: 10
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Author-X-Name-First: Tim
Author-X-Name-Last: Barnes
Title: New development: Local Authority Publication Schemes Under FOIA 2000
Abstract:
The Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) requires public
authorities to adopt and maintain publication schemes. This article
compares the publication schemes prepared by 10 local authorities and
identifies examples of good practice.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 315-318
Issue: 5
Volume: 25
Year: 2005
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2005.00489.x
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Author-Name: Alistair Graham
Author-X-Name-First: Alistair
Author-X-Name-Last: Graham
Title: Standards in Public Life—The Challenge of Enhancing Public Trust
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 3-5
Issue: 1
Volume: 26
Year: 2006
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2005.00491.x
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Author-Name: Richard A. Chapman
Author-X-Name-First: Richard A.
Author-X-Name-Last: Chapman
Title: The Ethics of Enthusiasm
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 5-7
Issue: 1
Volume: 26
Year: 2006
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2005.00492.x
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Author-Name: Philippa Foster Back
Author-X-Name-First: Philippa Foster
Author-X-Name-Last: Back
Title: Principles or Rules?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 7-9
Issue: 1
Volume: 26
Year: 2006
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2005.00493.x
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Author-Name: Ruth Levitt
Author-X-Name-First: Ruth
Author-X-Name-Last: Levitt
Author-Name: William Solesbury
Author-X-Name-First: William
Author-X-Name-Last: Solesbury
Title: Outsiders in Whitehall
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 10-12
Issue: 1
Volume: 26
Year: 2006
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2005.00494.x
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Author-Name: Alan Lawton
Author-X-Name-First: Alan
Author-X-Name-Last: Lawton
Title: Editorial
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 13-14
Issue: 1
Volume: 26
Year: 2006
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2005.00495.x
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Author-Name: Alan Doig
Author-X-Name-First: Alan
Author-X-Name-Last: Doig
Title: Half-Full or Half-Empty? The Past, Present and Future of British Public Sector Ethics
Abstract:
UK politics and the public sector have in recent years been the
subject of inquiries and reviews into standards of conduct and the rules
and procedures that regulate the conduct of public business in terms of
impartiality and probity. The first major inquiry was held in 1976 and the
second, the Committee on Standards in Public Life, in 1995. The latter has
also been subject to self-assessments of progress. This article considers
the inquiries' major themes and their various recommendations. The author
asks whether or not these build on existing standards or seek to address
their erosion—a crucial dimension to the impact and effectiveness
of reforms both now and in the future. In other words, is the ethical
reservoir from which public life has drawn its standards half-full and
being replenished or half-empty and slowly leaking away?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 15-22
Issue: 1
Volume: 26
Year: 2006
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2005.00496.x
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Author-Name: William L. Hutton
Author-X-Name-First: William L.
Author-X-Name-Last: Hutton
Author-Name: Andrew Massey
Author-X-Name-First: Andrew
Author-X-Name-Last: Massey
Title: Professional Ethics and Public Service: Can Professionals Serve Two Masters?
Abstract:
The role of professionals in delivering goods and services on
behalf of governments has, in recent times, been transformed. Not only
that, but the regulation of their activities has come under increasing
scrutiny. It is time to reassess the role and responsibilities of
professionals, especially as they all have a dual allegiance to their
employer and to their profession. This places them under a possible
conflict of interests, where the interests of the employer invariably
trump their allegiance to their profession. This article explores the
implication of such conflict of interest and uses the decision not to
replace the Alderney breakwater in the Channel Islands as a case study.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 23-30
Issue: 1
Volume: 26
Year: 2006
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2005.00497.x
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Author-Name: Genevieve Enid Kyarimpa
Author-X-Name-First: Genevieve Enid
Author-X-Name-Last: Kyarimpa
Author-Name: Jean-Claude Garcia-Zamor
Author-X-Name-First: Jean-Claude
Author-X-Name-Last: Garcia-Zamor
Title: The Quest for Public Service Ethics: Individual Conscience and Organizational Constraints
Abstract:
Contemporary public organizations are facing numerous
challenges. Most critical is the use of bureaucratic discretion and
ethics. A changing public service demands individual public officials to
act responsibly in accordance with democratic principles and the public
interest. What kind of ethical posture should public servants have? What
should shape and guide their performance? What is the role of individual
conscience? How do organizational culture, structure and processes affect
individual ethical performance? The authors attempt to answer these
questions by explaining the relationship between individual conscience and
ethics on one hand and the relationship between the organizational
culture, structure and processes and ethics on the other.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 31-38
Issue: 1
Volume: 26
Year: 2006
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2005.00498.x
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Author-Name: Barry J. O'Toole
Author-X-Name-First: Barry J.
Author-X-Name-Last: O'Toole
Title: The Emergence of a ‘New’ Ethical Framework for Civil Servants
Abstract:
This article considers the increasing codification of the
conduct of permanent civil servants in the UK over the past quarter of a
century. It examines the demise of traditional approaches and traces the
development of a ‘new’ ethical framework. It does so by
examining the work of various public bodies, for example the Committee on
Standards in Public Life and the Public Administration Select Committee.
It sets these changes in the context of management changes in government
and the changing nature of the relationships between ministers and civil
servants. The author suggests that developing a ‘new’
ethical framework on the basis of traditional values and constitutional
‘certainties’ is the wrong answer to a misidentified
problem.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 39-46
Issue: 1
Volume: 26
Year: 2006
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2005.00499.x
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Author-Name: Sandra Emerson
Author-X-Name-First: Sandra
Author-X-Name-Last: Emerson
Title: The Public, Politics and Ethics of Public Officials: Corporate Scandals of 2002
Abstract:
This article identifies the tradition of the public interest in
the USA, argues for the balancing of interests and is critical of the role
of regulators in balancing those interests. The author looks at the extent
to which government in the USA was perceived to be protecting the public
interest in its role as regulator of corporate America. Opinion polls
conducted in 2002 indicated that the American public believed that
regulators had failed to act in the public's interest. Today, the public
is deeply divided along partisan lines about the role of regulators, a
partisan division fuelled, in part, by regulators failing to articulate
the ethical issues associated with their agencies' responsibility to
promote and protect the public interest.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 47-54
Issue: 1
Volume: 26
Year: 2006
Month: 1
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Author-Name: Kevin Morrell
Author-X-Name-First: Kevin
Author-X-Name-Last: Morrell
Title: Governance, Ethics and the National Health Service
Abstract:
‘Good’ governance requires ethical issues, such as
accountability, responsibility, probity and representativeness, to be
addressed. However, there do not appear to have been any attempts until
now to examine systematically the links between archetypal forms of
governance (hierarchy, market, network, community and relational) and
established theories of ethics. This article explores the compatibility of
governance forms with four ethical systems: utilitarianism, Kantianism,
virtue ethics and an ethics of care. The implications of this analysis are
illustrated with reference to the National Health Service (NHS).
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 55-62
Issue: 1
Volume: 26
Year: 2006
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2005.00501.x
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Author-Name: Ewan Ferlie
Author-X-Name-First: Ewan
Author-X-Name-Last: Ferlie
Author-Name: George Freeman
Author-X-Name-First: George
Author-X-Name-Last: Freeman
Author-Name: Juliet McDonnell
Author-X-Name-First: Juliet
Author-X-Name-Last: McDonnell
Author-Name: Christina Petsoulas
Author-X-Name-First: Christina
Author-X-Name-Last: Petsoulas
Author-Name: Sara Rundle-Smith
Author-X-Name-First: Sara
Author-X-Name-Last: Rundle-Smith
Title: Introducing Choice in the Public Services: Some Supply-Side Issues
Abstract:
Choice has re-emerged as a key theme in UK public policy.
Drawing on a major empirical study of choice in NHS London, the authors
report on some important policy implications. First, NHS as well as
private sector providers responded to pro choice incentives. Second, the
supply-side response was patchy and narrow, based on pre-existing ideas.
Third, a case study of a private sector provider suggested that it was
able to generate extra capacity quickly and effectively. Fourth,
clinicians highlighted the threat to continuity of care, particularly in
the case of chronic or complex conditions, rather than simple or elective
surgery.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 63-72
Issue: 1
Volume: 26
Year: 2006
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2005.00502.x
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Author-Name: Abraham Carmeli
Author-X-Name-First: Abraham
Author-X-Name-Last: Carmeli
Author-Name: Lynndee Kemmet
Author-X-Name-First: Lynndee
Author-X-Name-Last: Kemmet
Title: Exploring Fit in Public Sector Organizations
Abstract:
Municipalities are complex organizational systems composed of
policies, activities and resources. Using an in-depth case study analysis,
the elements that make up the organizational systems of three
municipalities in southern California are explored. This analysis shows
how variation in fiscal health can be attributed to structural and
managerial choices regarding the design and organizing of towns and
cities. With a better understanding of both the internal and external fit
of the organization, a city's managers may be able to make more careful
decisions and improve day-to-day management and develop an area.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 73-80
Issue: 1
Volume: 26
Year: 2006
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2005.00503.x
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Author-Name: Graeme Currie
Author-X-Name-First: Graeme
Author-X-Name-Last: Currie
Title: Editorial
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 83-84
Issue: 2
Volume: 26
Year: 2006
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2006.00504.x
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Author-Name: Sue Dopson
Author-X-Name-First: Sue
Author-X-Name-Last: Dopson
Title: Debate: Why Does Knowledge Stick? What We Can Learn From the Case of Evidence-Based Health Care
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 85-86
Issue: 2
Volume: 26
Year: 2006
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2006.00505.x
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Author-Name: Rachael Addicott
Author-X-Name-First: Rachael
Author-X-Name-Last: Addicott
Author-Name: Gerry McGivern
Author-X-Name-First: Gerry
Author-X-Name-Last: McGivern
Author-Name: Ewan Ferlie
Author-X-Name-First: Ewan
Author-X-Name-Last: Ferlie
Title: Networks, Organizational Learning and Knowledge Management: NHS Cancer Networks
Abstract:
There has been increased interest in the UK in network-based
modes of organizing in the public services, as opposed to markets or
hierarchies. One supposed advantage of the network form is a greater
capacity for the transfer of evidence-based or ‘best’
practices across the network and accelerated organizational learning. Such
networks may have a knowledge management role and stimulate the formation
of ‘communities of practice’. This article tests these
arguments using data from a study of managed NHS cancer networks in
London. The general pattern was for networks to concentrate on structural
reconfiguration, while their knowledge management role remained marginal.
Some alternative implications for future policy development are
considered.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 87-94
Issue: 2
Volume: 26
Year: 2006
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2006.00506.x
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Author-Name: Pinar Guven-Uslu
Author-X-Name-First: Pinar
Author-X-Name-Last: Guven-Uslu
Title: Uses of Performance Metrics in Clinical and Managerial Networks
Abstract:
It has been widely argued that strategic change in organizations
is best supported by encouraging networks, rather than imposing change
bureaucratically. In the NHS, the government has been encouraging
clinicians and managers to work together in networks to improve
performance. This article shows that this kind of networking is difficult
to realize. The author explains where the main problems lie: clinical
managerial conflict; top-down approaches to the implementation of
benchmarking initiatives; and the inadequacy of the evidence base for
comparison.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 95-100
Issue: 2
Volume: 26
Year: 2006
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2006.00507.x
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Author-Name: Jean Hartley
Author-X-Name-First: Jean
Author-X-Name-Last: Hartley
Author-Name: John Benington
Author-X-Name-First: John
Author-X-Name-Last: Benington
Title: Copy and Paste, or Graft and Transplant? Knowledge Sharing Through Inter-Organizational Networks
Abstract:
This article discusses the government's use of
inter-organizational networks to promote sharing of knowledge and
innovation between public service organizations. It analyses the
conditions for successful knowledge transfer between organizations, and
highlights the importance of recognizing the contested nature of
knowledge, the differences in interests between organizations, and the
importance of relationships of trust, curiosity and respect for diversity,
for generating a creative process of co-creation and cultivation of
knowledge. It concludes by looking at the implications for policy-making
and practice, as well as for academic theory and research.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 101-108
Issue: 2
Volume: 26
Year: 2006
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2006.00508.x
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Author-Name: Paul M. Collier
Author-X-Name-First: Paul M.
Author-X-Name-Last: Collier
Title: Policing and the Intelligent Application of Knowledge
Abstract:
Effective knowledge management is as important to policing as to
any other public (or private) sector organization in terms of improving
performance. This article reviews the literature of knowledge management
in policing, set in the context of the public criticism of intelligence
systems in the aftermath of the Soham murders, but exemplified by the
National Intelligence Model (NIM).
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 109-116
Issue: 2
Volume: 26
Year: 2006
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2006.00509.x
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Author-Name: Racheal Finn
Author-X-Name-First: Racheal
Author-X-Name-Last: Finn
Author-Name: Justin Waring
Author-X-Name-First: Justin
Author-X-Name-Last: Waring
Title: Organizational Barriers to Architectural Knowledge and Teamwork in Operating Theatres
Abstract:
This article draws on data from two ethnographic case studies in
operating theatres to examine difficulties encountered in teamworking. The
authors show that architectural knowledge among team members is
fundamental to effective team practice and the delivery of safe, efficient
patient care. Evidence is presented to highlight ways in which aspects of
the organizational context actually undermine both the acquisition and use
of architectural knowledge among team members, in particular the need for
flexibility. The implications for management and wider policy are
discussed.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 117-124
Issue: 2
Volume: 26
Year: 2006
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2006.00510.x
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Author-Name: Steve Bundred
Author-X-Name-First: Steve
Author-X-Name-Last: Bundred
Title: Solutions to Silos: Joining Up Knowledge
Abstract:
Silo organization and professional tensions have undermined
attempts to share knowledge across the public sector. The failure to share
knowledge and information has been the cause of serious public sector
service failures. While reorganization, partnerships, performance
management and strong regulation each play an important role in public
service improvement, none on its own will bring about sufficiently
enhanced knowledge management practices. High-quality public sector
leadership, which demands and rewards a culture of knowledge sharing
within the organization and with other public sector bodies, is the key to
good knowledge management. This, in turn, is necessary to achieve the
scale of public service improvement demanded by the government.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 125-130
Issue: 2
Volume: 26
Year: 2006
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2006.00511.x
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Author-Name: Mark McAteer
Author-X-Name-First: Mark
Author-X-Name-Last: McAteer
Author-Name: Kevin Orr
Author-X-Name-First: Kevin
Author-X-Name-Last: Orr
Title: Public Participation in Scottish Local Government: Strategic and Corporate Confusions
Abstract:
Improving the quality of public participation in council
decision-making is a key part of local government
‘modernization’ across the UK. This article interrogates the
extent to which public participation has developed in Scottish councils.
The authors explore the challenges of building both
‘consumer’ and ‘citizenship’ consultation
processes and the possible tensions between participative forms of
governance and improved strategic and corporate management.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 131-138
Issue: 2
Volume: 26
Year: 2006
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2006.00512.x
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Author-Name: Chris Painter
Author-X-Name-First: Chris
Author-X-Name-Last: Painter
Title: The Dysfunctional Discontinuities of Public Service Reform
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 143-144
Issue: 3
Volume: 26
Year: 2006
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2006.00513.x
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Author-Name: Tony Bolden
Author-X-Name-First: Tony
Author-X-Name-Last: Bolden
Author-Name: Reg Harman
Author-X-Name-First: Reg
Author-X-Name-Last: Harman
Title: Let Us Have Realism for Britain's Railways
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 145-148
Issue: 3
Volume: 26
Year: 2006
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2006.00514.x
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Author-Name: Robert Jupe
Author-X-Name-First: Robert
Author-X-Name-Last: Jupe
Title: A Fudge? Network Rail? Status in the Rail Industry
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 148-150
Issue: 3
Volume: 26
Year: 2006
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2006.00515.x
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Author-Name: Jean Shaoul
Author-X-Name-First: Jean
Author-X-Name-Last: Shaoul
Title: The Cost of Operating Britain's Privatized Railways
Abstract:
Running a privatized and fragmented rail industry unable to
recover its full operating and investment costs via the fare box under
public ownership was inevitably going to generate extra costs: the returns
to the providers of finance. This article produces evidence to show that
the UK rail industry's costs have more than doubled since privatization
(from £3.4bn in the last year before the restructuring of the
industry to £7.4bn in 2003), partly because of the £800M returns
to the providers of finance. This constitutes more than one-third of the
rising annual subsidies, raising important questions of accountability for
public money, whose reporting is far from clear. The author also explains
how hard it is to get reliable information on the rail industry's
subsidies and expresses concern that the reporting of billions of pounds
of taxpayers' money and potential liabilities and future commitments is so
opaque.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 151-158
Issue: 3
Volume: 26
Year: 2006
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2006.00516.x
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Author-Name: Lourdes Torres
Author-X-Name-First: Lourdes
Author-X-Name-Last: Torres
Title: Service Charters in Spain: Transparency and Citizen Empowerment or Government Marketing?
Abstract:
This article analyses the effects of public service charters. It
looks at the use of service charters for improving citizens' trust in
government in Anglo-American countries and in countries in continental
Europe. Reporting on research on charters in Spain, the author concludes
that service charters have shown many public service providers how they
can enhance the quality of their services and have been useful tools in
modernizing government and increasing citizen trust.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 159-164
Issue: 3
Volume: 26
Year: 2006
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2006.00517.x
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Author-Name: Paul M. Collier
Author-X-Name-First: Paul M.
Author-X-Name-Last: Collier
Title: In Search of Purpose and Priorities: Police Performance Indicators in England and Wales
Abstract:
The notion of police performance needs to be unpacked into what
is done; how it is done; and the results of what is done. But performance
indicators are inextricably bound up with the objectives of policing. The
change in these objectives and in police performance indicators that have
taken place between their inception in 1992 and 2004 in England and Wales
reflect political priorities but portray a continual shift in focus.
Without a fuller public discussion about the objectives of policing,
efforts to improve public satisfaction with policing are likely to fail.
What is needed is a set of priorities that are consistent and embedded in
a three-year policing plan that actually stays in place for three years.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 165-172
Issue: 3
Volume: 26
Year: 2006
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2006.00518.x
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Author-Name: Andrew Pinnock
Author-X-Name-First: Andrew
Author-X-Name-Last: Pinnock
Title: Public Value or Intrinsic Value? The Arts-Economic Consequences of Mr Keynes
Abstract:
According to the think-tank Demos, and Culture Minister David
Lammy, Arts Council England faces a ‘crisis in legitimacy’.
This article explains why. It takes an honest look at the cultural
philosophy of founder-chairman John Maynard Keynes and shows how the
Keynesian decision-making system works in practice.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 173-180
Issue: 3
Volume: 26
Year: 2006
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2006.00519.x
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Author-Name: Steve Bundred
Author-X-Name-First: Steve
Author-X-Name-Last: Bundred
Title: The Future of Regulation in the Public Sector
Abstract:
This article considers the changes in methods of public service
delivery and the demands for lower cost, less intrusive and more
risk-based regulation, and what this means for public service regulators.
It sets out key principles of regulation and defines the various types of
regulator. The article seeks to initiate a broader debate, involving all
affected stakeholders, regarding the future structure of public service
regulation.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 181-188
Issue: 3
Volume: 26
Year: 2006
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2006.00520.x
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Author-Name: Chris Hume
Author-X-Name-First: Chris
Author-X-Name-Last: Hume
Author-Name: Chris Wright
Author-X-Name-First: Chris
Author-X-Name-Last: Wright
Title: You Don't Make a Pig Fatter by Weighing It—Performance Management: The Experience of the Youth Justice Board
Abstract:
The authors describe a new approach to successfully delivering
sustained performance improvement. The approach, developed by the Youth
Justice Board, has a number of lessons for other public services.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 189-192
Issue: 3
Volume: 26
Year: 2006
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2006.00521.x
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Author-Name: Riccardo Mussari
Author-X-Name-First: Riccardo
Author-X-Name-Last: Mussari
Author-Name: Ileana Steccolini
Author-X-Name-First: Ileana
Author-X-Name-Last: Steccolini
Title: Using the Internet for Communicating Performance Information
Abstract:
This article analyses the use of the internet to communicate
performance information by large cities in France, Italy and Spain
(Barcelona, Marseilles and Milan). The internet has a major role to play
in improving accountability and responsiveness to citizens. The authors
recommend that the cities develop better knowledge management systems,
increase the interactivity of their websites, and enrich the accounting
information that they present.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 193-196
Issue: 3
Volume: 26
Year: 2006
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2006.00522.x
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Author-Name: Jane Broadbent
Author-X-Name-First: Jane
Author-X-Name-Last: Broadbent
Title: Editorial
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 199-199
Issue: 4
Volume: 26
Year: 2006
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2006.00523.x
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Author-Name: Michael Hunt
Author-X-Name-First: Michael
Author-X-Name-Last: Hunt
Title: Debate: Freedom of Information—Initial Success but Some Way to Go?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 199-202
Issue: 4
Volume: 26
Year: 2006
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2006.00524.x
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Author-Name: Kuno Schedler
Author-X-Name-First: Kuno
Author-X-Name-Last: Schedler
Title: Introduction
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 203-204
Issue: 4
Volume: 26
Year: 2006
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2006.00525.x
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Author-Name: Isabel Brusca
Author-X-Name-First: Isabel
Author-X-Name-Last: Brusca
Author-Name: Vicente Montesinos
Author-X-Name-First: Vicente
Author-X-Name-Last: Montesinos
Title: Are Citizens Significant Users of Government Financial Information?
Abstract:
This article reports on the use that the public makes of the
budgetary and financial reporting produced by Spanish local authorities.
The authors show financial reporting influences voting behaviour. Although
citizens cannot decide how much tax they have to pay or the volume or
quality of the services, they can control public management when it comes
to election time. Accounting information can reflect the results of public
policies and consequently serve as a vehicle for communicating the
economic effects of political management. The authors make a strong case
for more ‘popular’ financial reporting so that government
accounts can be understood and properly used by non-specialists.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 205-209
Issue: 4
Volume: 26
Year: 2006
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2006.00526.x
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Author-Name: João Carvalho
Author-X-Name-First: João
Author-X-Name-Last: Carvalho
Author-Name: Susana Jorge
Author-X-Name-First: Susana
Author-X-Name-Last: Jorge
Author-Name: M. José Fernandes
Author-X-Name-First: M. José
Author-X-Name-Last: Fernandes
Title: New Local Government Accounting in Portugal
Abstract:
Local government accounting in Portugal has changed
significantly over the past five years bringing local government
accounting closer to business accounting. The previous system was
basically cash-based and budget-oriented, now cash-based budgeting is used
with accrual-based financial and cost accounting, using double-entry in
order to provide more useful information for decision-making. In this
article, the authors show how the new accounting and budgeting system can
lead to misinterpretations of an organization's economic and financial
situation.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 211-216
Issue: 4
Volume: 26
Year: 2006
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2006.00527.x
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Author-Name: Berit Adam
Author-X-Name-First: Berit
Author-X-Name-Last: Adam
Author-Name: Christiane Behm
Author-X-Name-First: Christiane
Author-X-Name-Last: Behm
Title: The Use of Budget Reforms to Modernize Governance in German Local Government
Abstract:
This article discusses the NPM-style reforms being introduced to
German local government. The authors focus on the experiences of the city
of Uelzen in Lower Saxony because it is quite advanced in terms of
implementing NPM-based reforms.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 217-220
Issue: 4
Volume: 26
Year: 2006
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2006.00528.x
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Author-Name: Susan Newberry
Author-X-Name-First: Susan
Author-X-Name-Last: Newberry
Author-Name: June Pallot
Author-X-Name-First: June
Author-X-Name-Last: Pallot
Title: New Zealand's Financial Management System: Implications for Democracy
Abstract:
New Zealand's new public management (NPM) financial management
reforms were widely hailed as ground-breaking. This article explains how
some of the accounting techniques used in New Zealand's reforms undermine
fundamental democratic controls. In the light of the evidence presented,
other countries might review their own constitutional conventions and
examine closely the extent to which the accounting techniques adopted and
developed in financial management reforms enhance or undermine the
fundamental mechanisms of democracy.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 221-227
Issue: 4
Volume: 26
Year: 2006
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2006.00529.x
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Author-Name: Reto Flury
Author-X-Name-First: Reto
Author-X-Name-Last: Flury
Author-Name: Kuno Schedler
Author-X-Name-First: Kuno
Author-X-Name-Last: Schedler
Title: Political Versus Managerial Use of Cost and Performance Accounting
Abstract:
This article explains why it is impossible to use cost and
performance accounting in public administration purely as an instrument
for internal management. The authors report on a survey in Switzerland
which highlighted the different expectations that politicians and managers
have for cost and performance accounting. The authors warn that
politicians and managers need to be aware of the conflicts arising from
their different information needs. New cost and performance accounting
systems need to be designed to satisfy both groups.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 229-234
Issue: 4
Volume: 26
Year: 2006
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2006.00530.x
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Author-Name: Stephen P. Osborne
Author-X-Name-First: Stephen P.
Author-X-Name-Last: Osborne
Author-Name: Rona Beattie
Author-X-Name-First: Rona
Author-X-Name-Last: Beattie
Author-Name: Arthur Williamson
Author-X-Name-First: Arthur
Author-X-Name-Last: Williamson
Title: The Impact of Local Voluntary and Community Sector Infrastructure on Community Involvement in Rural Regeneration Partnerships
Abstract:
This article reviews the role of local voluntary and community
sector infrastructure bodies in promoting and supporting community
involvement in rural regeneration partnerships. It shows that they are an
essential element in addressing the power and structural inequalities that
have often dogged such partnerships in the past. The authors identify key
approaches that these bodies can take, both to stimulate local grassroots
community involvement in regeneration initiatives and to ensure that
community representatives at the strategic level are sensitive to the
needs and views of local communities.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 235-242
Issue: 4
Volume: 26
Year: 2006
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2006.00531.x
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Author-Name: John Hood
Author-X-Name-First: John
Author-X-Name-Last: Hood
Author-Name: Nataliya Acc-Nikmehr
Author-X-Name-First: Nataliya
Author-X-Name-Last: Acc-Nikmehr
Title: Local Authorities and the Financing of the Employers' Liability Risk
Abstract:
Various bodies have recently discussed the apparent crisis
facing the commercial insurance market and the underwriting of employers'
liability insurance. As major employers who have traditionally used this
market, local authorities would be expected to be heavily exposed to such
a crisis. Concurrent with these insurance market difficulties has been a
growth in alternative methods of risk financing. This article draws on a
survey of local authority risk managers to explore their views on the
current employers' liability system, the insurance market which supports
that system and on new ways of dealing with risk. The results suggest that
local authorities may be taking too narrow a view of these issues.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 243-250
Issue: 4
Volume: 26
Year: 2006
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2006.00532.x
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Author-Name: Teresa Garcia Valderrama
Author-X-Name-First: Teresa Garcia
Author-X-Name-Last: Valderrama
Author-Name: Rosario Del Rio Sanchez
Author-X-Name-First: Rosario Del Rio
Author-X-Name-Last: Sanchez
Title: Development and Implementation of a University Costing Model
Abstract:
This article analyses the advantages and disadvantages of
costing models for public universities. The authors propose a new model
which uses the best of the traditional and the newer activity based
costing (ABC) models. The new model will be of interest to universities
worldwide.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 251-255
Issue: 4
Volume: 26
Year: 2006
Month: 9
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Author-Name: Christopher Pollitt
Author-X-Name-First: Christopher
Author-X-Name-Last: Pollitt
Title: Academic Advice to Practitioners—What is its Nature, Place and Value Within Academia?
Abstract:
This article argues that more systematic attention needs to be
given to academic advice to managers and policy-makers. It explores the
‘third world’ of academic public management—the
giving of advice by academics to politicians and public servants. It first
focuses on the question of what kind of advice is given. At least eight
different modes of advice are identified, each with rather different
implications for the rules of engagement. This is used as a basis for a
subsequent exploration of the more debated issue of the ‘rules of
engagement’ between academics and practitioners. Finally, a
discussion is opened of how advice work could be assessed for its strictly
scientific merit.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 257-264
Issue: 4
Volume: 26
Year: 2006
Month: 9
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Author-Name: Adrian Lyons
Author-X-Name-First: Adrian
Author-X-Name-Last: Lyons
Title: Looking Beyond the Railway Soap Opera
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 267-268
Issue: 5
Volume: 26
Year: 2006
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2006.00535.x
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Author-Name: George Muir
Author-X-Name-First: George
Author-X-Name-Last: Muir
Title: Railways—A Successful Public Service Reform
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 268-269
Issue: 5
Volume: 26
Year: 2006
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2006.00536.x
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Author-Name: Denis Smith
Author-X-Name-First: Denis
Author-X-Name-Last: Smith
Title: Editorial
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 271-273
Issue: 5
Volume: 26
Year: 2006
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2006.00537.x
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Author-Name: Dipak K. Gupta
Author-X-Name-First: Dipak K.
Author-X-Name-Last: Gupta
Title: International Terrorism and the Costs of Over-Reaction
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 274-275
Issue: 5
Volume: 26
Year: 2006
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2006.00538.x
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Author-Name: Dave Snowden
Author-X-Name-First: Dave
Author-X-Name-Last: Snowden
Title: Perspectives Around Emergent Connectivity, Sense-Making and Asymmetric Threat Management
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 275-277
Issue: 5
Volume: 26
Year: 2006
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2006.00539.x
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Author-Name: Bernard Hogan-Howe
Author-X-Name-First: Bernard
Author-X-Name-Last: Hogan-Howe
Title: Perspectives around Policing
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 278-279
Issue: 5
Volume: 26
Year: 2006
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2006.00540.x
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Author-Name: Arie Perliger
Author-X-Name-First: Arie
Author-X-Name-Last: Perliger
Author-Name: Ami Pedahzur
Author-X-Name-First: Ami
Author-X-Name-Last: Pedahzur
Title: Coping with Suicide Attacks: Lessons from Israel
Abstract:
This article describes research on the challenges that suicide
attacks and other mass casualty attacks have posed to policy-makers and
first responders in Israel. The authors describe a model of response to
attacks which focuses on defensive responses to terrorism: prevention,
crisis management and reconstruction. The authors draw out the lessons for
other countries and discuss the problems that still need to be addressed
in order to cope effectively with current and future terrorist attacks.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 281-286
Issue: 5
Volume: 26
Year: 2006
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2006.00541.x
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Author-Name: Niyi Awofeso
Author-X-Name-First: Niyi
Author-X-Name-Last: Awofeso
Title: Suicidal Terrorism and Public Health
Abstract:
Suicidal terrorism—the targeted use of self-destructing
humans against specific populations as a means of effecting political
change—is now the most common, and most lethal, form of terrorism.
Its effects on public health include loss of well-being and security,
psychological illness, physical injury, death, public panic, and loss of
basic civil liberties. This article discusses interventions that
individuals, governments and the public health community may undertake to
minimize the risk of, and effectively respond to, suicidal terrorism.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 287-294
Issue: 5
Volume: 26
Year: 2006
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2006.00542.x
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Author-Name: Arjen Boin
Author-X-Name-First: Arjen
Author-X-Name-Last: Boin
Author-Name: Denis Smith
Author-X-Name-First: Denis
Author-X-Name-Last: Smith
Title: Terrorism and Critical Infrastructures: Implications for Public--Private Crisis Management
Abstract:
The spate of terrorist attacks in New York, London and Madrid
has raised some significant issues for the public management of critical
infrastructures. In many countries, privatizations in the 1980s and 1990s
have transferred key elements of the critical infrastructure to private
companies. Because these infrastructures are of major significance to our
societies and economies, they must be protected against prolonged periods
of breakdown. The ‘new’ terrorism has the potential to do
just that. The management of this new threat is a complex task, which
invariably will be undertaken by both public and private actors. They must
deal with the core challenges of the prevention of attacks, effective
communication of information across organizational boundaries and the
‘ownership’ of crisis decision-making. This article
considers these issues within the context of the broader research areas of
public management and crisis management.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 295-304
Issue: 5
Volume: 26
Year: 2006
Month: 11
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Author-Name: John Steen
Author-X-Name-First: John
Author-X-Name-Last: Steen
Author-Name: Peter W. Liesch
Author-X-Name-First: Peter W.
Author-X-Name-Last: Liesch
Author-Name: Gary A. Knight
Author-X-Name-First: Gary A.
Author-X-Name-Last: Knight
Author-Name: Michael R. Czinkota
Author-X-Name-First: Michael R.
Author-X-Name-Last: Czinkota
Title: The Contagion of International Terrorism and its Effects on the Firm in an Interconnected World
Abstract:
International trade and investment economies are highly
integrated and interdependent and can be exploited by organized,
international terrorism. The network of inter dependencies in the
international economy means that a terrorist attack has the potential to
disrupt the functioning of the network, so the effects can reverberate
around the world. Governments can control the distributed effects of
terrorism by auditing industrial networks to reveal and protect critical
hubs and by promoting flexibility in production and distribution of goods
and services to improve resilience in the economy. To explain these
network effects, the authors draw on the new science of complex networks
which has been applied to the physical sciences and is now increasingly
being used to explain organizational and economic phenomena.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 305-312
Issue: 5
Volume: 26
Year: 2006
Month: 11
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Author-Name: David Griffiths
Author-X-Name-First: David
Author-X-Name-Last: Griffiths
Title: Some Puzzles and Paradoxes of the Efficiency Agenda—and a Way Forward
Abstract:
This article is a contribution from a local government
practitioner to a more theoretical consideration of the Gershon efficiency
agenda. It unpacks the concept of efficiency as it is currently
interpreted for local authorities by the government and questions whether
this reflects an adequate appreciation of the local government role. After
exploring a series of practical difficulties in the measurement of
efficiency, the author outlines an alternative approach, better integrated
with other elements of the local government performance management regime.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 313-318
Issue: 5
Volume: 26
Year: 2006
Month: 11
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Author-Name: Peter Vass
Author-X-Name-First: Peter
Author-X-Name-Last: Vass
Title: Solving Financial Exclusion Needs Joined-Up Government
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 3-4
Issue: 1
Volume: 27
Year: 2007
Month: 2
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2007.00547.x
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Author-Name: Des McConaghy
Author-X-Name-First: Des
Author-X-Name-Last: McConaghy
Title: Getting It Together: Joined-Up Knowledge and the Strategic Framework of Debate
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 4-7
Issue: 1
Volume: 27
Year: 2007
Month: 2
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2007.00548.x
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Author-Name: Donal G. McKillop
Author-X-Name-First: Donal G.
Author-X-Name-Last: McKillop
Author-Name: John O. S. Wilson
Author-X-Name-First: John O. S.
Author-X-Name-Last: Wilson
Title: Editorial
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 9-12
Issue: 1
Volume: 27
Year: 2007
Month: 2
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2007.00549.x
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Author-Name: Sharon Collard
Author-X-Name-First: Sharon
Author-X-Name-Last: Collard
Title: Toward Financial Inclusion in the UK: Progress and Challenges
Abstract:
In an increasingly cashless economy, the consequences of being
outside the mainstream financial services market have become more serious.
This article reviews the progress that has been made in promoting
financial inclusion in three areas of financial services
provision—banking, consumer credit and insurance— and the
challenges that remain.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 13-20
Issue: 1
Volume: 27
Year: 2007
Month: 2
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2007.00550.x
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Author-Name: Santiago Carbo
Author-X-Name-First: Santiago
Author-X-Name-Last: Carbo
Author-Name: Edward P. M. Gardener
Author-X-Name-First: Edward P. M.
Author-X-Name-Last: Gardener
Author-Name: Philip Molyneux
Author-X-Name-First: Philip
Author-X-Name-Last: Molyneux
Title: Financial Exclusion in Europe
Abstract:
This article outlines the nature, causes and extent of financial
exclusion in Europe and discusses policy/industry responses to tackling
it. Policy response has been ad hoc and country specific. Policy-making by
the EC has been disappointing; national solutions are preferred to
US-style affirmative action. The offer of basic banking accounts typically
lies at the heart of many countries' efforts to increase financial
inclusion and they are a common feature of European policy.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 21-27
Issue: 1
Volume: 27
Year: 2007
Month: 2
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2007.00551.x
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Author-Name: Adele Atkinson
Author-X-Name-First: Adele
Author-X-Name-Last: Atkinson
Author-Name: Stephen McKay
Author-X-Name-First: Stephen
Author-X-Name-Last: McKay
Author-Name: Sharon Collard
Author-X-Name-First: Sharon
Author-X-Name-Last: Collard
Author-Name: Elaine Kempson
Author-X-Name-First: Elaine
Author-X-Name-Last: Kempson
Title: Levels of Financial Capability in the UK
Abstract:
This article presents a new way of looking at and measuring
financial literacy. Financial education work to date has focused on
managing money, yet the survey described here shows that this is the area
where levels of capability are highest. At least half of the UK population
needs reminding that it is dangerous to live for the day and make no
provision for changes in circumstance, unexpected expenditure, or
retirement. In addition, with the low levels of financial capability
identified by the survey, it is likely that mis-selling of financial
products will continue in the UK. The authors conclude with policy
priorities for the government.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 29-36
Issue: 1
Volume: 27
Year: 2007
Month: 2
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2007.00552.x
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Author-Name: Donal G. McKillop
Author-X-Name-First: Donal G.
Author-X-Name-Last: McKillop
Author-Name: Anne-Marie Ward
Author-X-Name-First: Anne-Marie
Author-X-Name-Last: Ward
Author-Name: John O. S. Wilson
Author-X-Name-First: John O. S.
Author-X-Name-Last: Wilson
Title: The Development of Credit Unions and Their Role in Tackling Financial Exclusion
Abstract:
The government has been actively encouraging the development of
credit unions to help the financially excluded. However, rather than
stimulating credit union development, government grants can erode the
community self-help ethos on which credit unions are founded. Policies
should be formulated which encourage credit union development based on a
membership drawn from a cross-section of the population.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 37-44
Issue: 1
Volume: 27
Year: 2007
Month: 2
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2007.00553.x
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Author-Name: Noreen Byrne
Author-X-Name-First: Noreen
Author-X-Name-Last: Byrne
Author-Name: Olive McCarthy
Author-X-Name-First: Olive
Author-X-Name-Last: McCarthy
Author-Name: Michael Ward
Author-X-Name-First: Michael
Author-X-Name-Last: Ward
Title: Money-Lending and Financial Exclusion
Abstract:
This article focuses on money-lending and financial exclusion in
Ireland. Borrowing from money-lenders is seen in the academic literature
as an indicator of exclusion from more affordable sources of credit.
However, Ireland has a widespread credit union movement which provides
access to affordable credit. The authors investigated whether this has an
impact on the use of money-lending in Ireland. They found that a
significant number of people who borrow from moneylenders also borrow from
mainstream sources of credit. The borrower and moneylender relationship is
complex and is not centred on access alone. The authors explain why new
policy is needed which must not only focus on access to financial services
but equally on financial education and regulation.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 45-52
Issue: 1
Volume: 27
Year: 2007
Month: 2
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2007.00554.x
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Author-Name: Colin Talbot
Author-X-Name-First: Colin
Author-X-Name-Last: Talbot
Author-Name: Carole Johnson
Author-X-Name-First: Carole
Author-X-Name-Last: Johnson
Title: Seasonal Cycles in Public Management: Disaggregation and Re-aggregation
Abstract:
A central feature of New Public Management (NPM) was the
disaggregation of organizations into smaller units. This article examines
the ebbs and flows of organizational size in the UK public
sector—from the rise of the ‘small is beautiful’ idea
in the 1980s and 1990s to the current ‘new big government’.
This is not a simple cycle as the new big government differs in
significant ways from the old—but there is clearly a cyclical
element at play. Some proximate causes for the new wave of mergers given
by policy-makers are explored.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 53-60
Issue: 1
Volume: 27
Year: 2007
Month: 2
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2007.00555.x
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Author-Name: Jeanette Moore
Author-X-Name-First: Jeanette
Author-X-Name-Last: Moore
Author-Name: Justin Keen
Author-X-Name-First: Justin
Author-X-Name-Last: Keen
Title: Accounting for Joined-Up Government: The Case of Intermediate Care
Abstract:
‘Joined-up government’ policies have been promoted
by the government in the since 1997. To date, there have been few
empirical studies of the implementati of these policies. This article
presents the results of a study of expenditure on intermediate care in
England and highlights tensions between multi-organizational co-ordination
of services on the ground and hierarchical financing and reporting
arrangements.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 61-68
Issue: 1
Volume: 27
Year: 2007
Month: 2
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2007.00556.x
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Author-Name: John May
Author-X-Name-First: John
Author-X-Name-Last: May
Title: The Triangle of Engagement: An Unusual Way of Looking at the Usual Suspects
Abstract:
This article introduces a new model, the ‘Triangle of
Engagement’, which postulates that the higher the level of
engagement required from participants, the fewer people there are who are
willing or able to make this commitment. The model has important
implications for practitioners and commissioners of public participation
and community engagement.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 69-75
Issue: 1
Volume: 27
Year: 2007
Month: 2
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2007.00557.x
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Author-Name: Robert McMurray
Author-X-Name-First: Robert
Author-X-Name-Last: McMurray
Title: Our Reforms, Our Partnerships, Same Problems: The Chronic Case of the English NHS
Abstract:
With the publication of a white paper on ‘Our Health, Our
Care, Our Say’, the government reasserted its belief in the value
of partnerships in delivering effective public services. Yet, despite the
commitment, perpetual organizational reform will continue to undermine
joint working. This article explores how certain types of continuous and
externally imposed organizational change cause managers and practitioners
to reluctantly turn away from partnership working, and considers what this
means for policy outcomes.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 77-82
Issue: 1
Volume: 27
Year: 2007
Month: 2
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2007.00558.x
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Author-Name: Robert Jupe
Author-X-Name-First: Robert
Author-X-Name-Last: Jupe
Title: Rail Franchising Matters—The Award of Open Access Rights on the ECML
Abstract:
In March 2006, the Rail Regulator made a controversial decision
to award open access rights to a new train operator on the east coast
route. A 10-year franchise had been granted to GNER on this route in 2005
on the assumption that there would not be competition from open access
operators. This article examines this decision, concluding that it
reflects confusion over responsibilities and the government's ambivalent
attitude to rail privatization. Alternatives to the current
‘malaise’ are suggested.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 83-86
Issue: 1
Volume: 27
Year: 2007
Month: 2
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2007.00559.x
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Author-X-Name-First: Andrew
Author-X-Name-Last: Gray
Author-Name: Christopher Hood
Author-X-Name-First: Christopher
Author-X-Name-Last: Hood
Title: Editorial: Public Management by Numbers
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 89-89
Issue: 2
Volume: 27
Year: 2007
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2007.00560.x
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Author-Name: Sir Gus O'Donnell
Author-X-Name-First: Sir Gus
Author-X-Name-Last: O'Donnell
Title: The Civil Service—The Way Forward
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 89-91
Issue: 2
Volume: 27
Year: 2007
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2007.00561.x
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Author-Name: Peter Vass
Author-X-Name-First: Peter
Author-X-Name-Last: Vass
Title: A Conspiracy of Good Intentions
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 91-92
Issue: 2
Volume: 27
Year: 2007
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2007.00562.x
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Author-Name: Donald R. Coid
Author-X-Name-First: Donald R.
Author-X-Name-Last: Coid
Author-Name: Huw T. O. Davies
Author-X-Name-First: Huw T. O.
Author-X-Name-Last: Davies
Title: Health Care Workers' Well-Being and the Therapeutic Relationship: Does Organizational Change Do Damage?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 93-94
Issue: 2
Volume: 27
Year: 2007
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2007.00563.x
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Author-Name: Christopher Hood
Author-X-Name-First: Christopher
Author-X-Name-Last: Hood
Title: Public Service Management by Numbers: Why Does it Vary? Where Has it Come From? What Are the Gaps and the Puzzles?
Abstract:
Targets, rankings and intelligence are common forms of public service
management by numbers. So what's global and what's distinctively English
about this phenomenon? What's new and what's old about the use of targets,
rankings and intelligence? And what do we know we don't know about each of
these forms of public service management by numbers? The special features
of composite ranking systems seem to be a key part of the answer to all
these questions
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 95-102
Issue: 2
Volume: 27
Year: 2007
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2007.00564.x
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Author-Name: Rowena Jacobs
Author-X-Name-First: Rowena
Author-X-Name-Last: Jacobs
Author-Name: Maria Goddard
Author-X-Name-First: Maria
Author-X-Name-Last: Goddard
Title: How Do Performance Indicators Add Up? An Examination of Composite Indicators in Public Services
Abstract:
Composite indicators are an aggregation of underlying performance
indicators into a single index and have been used widely in the public
sector to create league tables. This article investigates the degree to
which composite measures are an appropriate metric for measuring
performance. The authors illustrate the degree of uncertainty in the
construction of composites and how rankings are sensitive to the way in
which the performance indicators are aggregated. The article highlights
the issues which need to be considered in the development and use of
composite indicators for performance management purposes.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 103-110
Issue: 2
Volume: 27
Year: 2007
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2007.00565.x
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Author-Name: Iain McLean
Author-X-Name-First: Iain
Author-X-Name-Last: McLean
Author-Name: Dirk Haubrich
Author-X-Name-First: Dirk
Author-X-Name-Last: Haubrich
Author-Name: Roxana Gutiérrez-Romero
Author-X-Name-First: Roxana
Author-X-Name-Last: Gutiérrez-Romero
Title: The Perils and Pitfalls of Performance Measurement: The CPA Regime for Local Authorities in England
Abstract:
From 2002 comprehensive performance assessment (CPA) has been used by the
Audit Commission to scrutinize service delivery in English local
authorities across six service blocks: benefits; social care; environment;
libraries and leisure; use of resources; education and housing. The
authors examined CPA in terms of how vulnerable it is to categorization
errors and gaming, whether it is consistent with other government policies
and how it deals with uncontrollable factors. CPA failed all of these
tests.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 111-118
Issue: 2
Volume: 27
Year: 2007
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2007.00566.x
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Author-Name: Martin Broad
Author-X-Name-First: Martin
Author-X-Name-Last: Broad
Author-Name: Andrew Goddard
Author-X-Name-First: Andrew
Author-X-Name-Last: Goddard
Author-Name: Larissa Von Alberti
Author-X-Name-First: Larissa
Author-X-Name-Last: Von Alberti
Title: Performance, Strategy and Accounting in Local Government and Higher Education in the UK
Abstract:
This article discusses the importance of organizational management of
performance measures. The authors use a grounded theory methodology to
explore the relationship between strategic planning, accounting and
performance measurement systems in local government and higher education.
Only by understanding how and why performance management works will it be
possible to improve the delivery of our public services.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 119-126
Issue: 2
Volume: 27
Year: 2007
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2007.00567.x
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Author-Name: Allyson M. Pollock
Author-X-Name-First: Allyson M.
Author-X-Name-Last: Pollock
Author-Name: David Price
Author-X-Name-First: David
Author-X-Name-Last: Price
Author-Name: Stewart Player
Author-X-Name-First: Stewart
Author-X-Name-Last: Player
Title: An Examination of the UK Treasury's Evidence Base for Cost and Time Overrun Data in UK Value-for-Money Policy and Appraisal
Abstract:
UK government procurement policy rests on Treasury claims that the
private finance initiative (PFI) has reduced cost and time overruns. We
review the five studies cited by the Treasury in support of this claim and
find that only one purports to compare PFI with traditional procurement.
The results of this single study are uninterpretable because of selection
bias, small sample size (only 11 out of 451 PFI projects are included) and
fundamental flaws in the analysis. There is thus no evidence to support
the Treasury cost and time overrun claims of improved efficiency in PFI.
We conclude that Treasury appraisal guidance, the ‘Green
Book’ which compares PFI with other methods of procurement, is not
evidence based but biased to favour PFI.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 127-134
Issue: 2
Volume: 27
Year: 2007
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2007.00568.x
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Author-Name: Stuart Maguire
Author-X-Name-First: Stuart
Author-X-Name-Last: Maguire
Title: Twenty-Five Years of National Information Systems in the NHS
Abstract:
This article reviews the major information systems projects in the
National Health Service over the past 25 years. Rather than looking
backwards, it isolates important lessons and issues that should be
considered by management in organizations considering the implementation
of information systems.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 135-140
Issue: 2
Volume: 27
Year: 2007
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2007.00569.x
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Author-Name: Iain Docherty
Author-X-Name-First: Iain
Author-X-Name-Last: Docherty
Author-Name: Jon Shaw
Author-X-Name-First: Jon
Author-X-Name-Last: Shaw
Author-Name: David Gray
Author-X-Name-First: David
Author-X-Name-Last: Gray
Title: Transport Strategy in Scotland Since Devolution
Abstract:
This article critically reviews how the Scottish Executive's approach to
transport has developed since devolution. Although there is much to
commend, a number of concerns can be identified, including the possibility
that a number of strategic infrastructure schemes appear to have been
approved on political rather than on technical grounds. It is difficult to
know whether the current set of transport infrastructure investment plans
represents good value for public money.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 141-148
Issue: 2
Volume: 27
Year: 2007
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2007.00570.x
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Author-Name: Rhys Andrews
Author-X-Name-First: Rhys
Author-X-Name-Last: Andrews
Author-Name: Steve Martin
Author-X-Name-First: Steve
Author-X-Name-Last: Martin
Title: Has Devolution Improved Public Services?
Abstract:
Since devolution in 1999, the Welsh assembly government claims to have
developed an approach to public services reform which is better suited to
the needs of Wales than the English model which relies on a combination of
targets, inspection, choice and contestability. Analysis of statutory
performance indicators covering a range of services shows that the Welsh
approach has not yet delivered significantly better performance in public
services to that achieved in comparable areas of England—in many
cases services in Wales have performed less well and improved more slowly.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 149-156
Issue: 2
Volume: 27
Year: 2007
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2007.00571.x
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Author-Name: Eleanor Burt
Author-X-Name-First: Eleanor
Author-X-Name-Last: Burt
Title: Voluntary Organizations in the Democratic Polity: Managing Legitimacy, Accountability and Trust
Abstract:
Relatively highly trusted by citizens, voluntary organizations are
attractive to government as it seeks to revitalize the democratic polity.
However, as voluntary organizations reposition within the polity in ways
that could give stronger influence, it becomes an imperative that more
problematical aspects of this engagement are acknowledged by all
stakeholders. A critical account of the sector during this period of
change will allow fundamentally important questions surrounding
legitimacy, accountability, and trust to be confronted.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 157-160
Issue: 2
Volume: 27
Year: 2007
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2007.00572.x
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Author-Name: John Taylor
Author-X-Name-First: John
Author-X-Name-Last: Taylor
Author-Name: Miriam Lips
Author-X-Name-First: Miriam
Author-X-Name-Last: Lips
Author-Name: Joe Organ
Author-X-Name-First: Joe
Author-X-Name-Last: Organ
Title: Information-Intensive Government and the Layering and Sorting of Citizenship
Abstract:
This article draws on case studies in identity management by the UK
government, and illustrates emergent changes in the relationship between
government and the citizen as a result of e-government. The authors
explain what is now possible in terms of citizen identification and
recommend further research about the nature of citizenship in the
information-intensive polity.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 161-164
Issue: 2
Volume: 27
Year: 2007
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2007.00573.x
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Author-Name: John Diamond
Author-X-Name-First: John
Author-X-Name-Last: Diamond
Author-Name: Joyce Liddle
Author-X-Name-First: Joyce
Author-X-Name-Last: Liddle
Author-Name: Mike Rowe
Author-X-Name-First: Mike
Author-X-Name-Last: Rowe
Author-Name: Alan Southern
Author-X-Name-First: Alan
Author-X-Name-Last: Southern
Title: Editorial
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 167-168
Issue: 3
Volume: 27
Year: 2007
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2007.00574.x
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Author-Name: Carolyn Kagan
Author-X-Name-First: Carolyn
Author-X-Name-Last: Kagan
Title: Interpersonal Skills and Reflection in Regeneration Practice
Abstract:
Many of the situations that regeneration practitioners meet are
new, and present challenges to their effective use of interpersonal
skills. These situations vary in terms of both the expectations people
come with, and the degree of clarity over their roles. This article
discusses some of the ways that practitioners can develop their
interpersonal skills, which in turn may then contribute to changed ways of
working.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 169-174
Issue: 3
Volume: 27
Year: 2007
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2007.00575.x
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Author-Name: Veronica Coatham
Author-X-Name-First: Veronica
Author-X-Name-Last: Coatham
Title: Delivering Regeneration Skills for Housing Professionals
Abstract:
Traditional ways of delivering public services are being
challenged and public sector organizations are seeking people with new
skill sets to deliver and sustain change. This article shows how, in the
case of building sustainable communities, higher education can assist in
the transformation process through embedding the acquisition and
development of regeneration skills into course teaching, learning and
assessment strategies.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 175-180
Issue: 3
Volume: 27
Year: 2007
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2007.00576.x
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Author-Name: Simon Pemberton
Author-X-Name-First: Simon
Author-X-Name-Last: Pemberton
Title: Skills Training for Regeneration ‘Recipients’
Abstract:
Alongside efforts to improve practitioners' skills to deliver
regeneration policy in the UK, the government has been actively
encouraging members of ‘target’ communities to participate
in such activities. However, less attention has been paid to the impact of
skills training for regeneration ‘recipients’. This article
explores the degree to which the Housing Market Renewal Initiative (HMRI)
Pathfinder programme has offered ‘flexibility’ in respect of
promoting and utilizing knowledge and skills acquisition by community
members, and their subsequent ability to positively influence programme
outcomes.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 181-188
Issue: 3
Volume: 27
Year: 2007
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2007.00577.x
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Author-Name: Joyce Liddle
Author-X-Name-First: Joyce
Author-X-Name-Last: Liddle
Author-Name: John Diamond
Author-X-Name-First: John
Author-X-Name-Last: Diamond
Title: Reflections on Regeneration Management Skills Research
Abstract:
A consideration of the previous articles in this themed edition
shows a growing recognition of the need to address regeneration management
skills in order to implement the important regeneration agenda. Gaps in
such skills include leadership especially in the context of the multi
agency and community working necessarily involved in regeneration. There
is also a need to nurture the developing links between practitioners and
academics in delivering the required
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 189-192
Issue: 3
Volume: 27
Year: 2007
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2007.00578.x
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Author-Name: Jane Broadbent
Author-X-Name-First: Jane
Author-X-Name-Last: Broadbent
Title: If You Can't Measure It, How Can You Manage It? Management and Governance in Higher Educational Institutions
Abstract:
The oft-promoted wisdom that says ‘if you can't measure
it, you can't manage it’ has mutated into a nostrum of the airport
management manuals that suggest ‘you have to measure it to manage
it’. This has manifested itself in numerous ways and has
intertwined with a host of other concerns and neuroses that affect
present-day life. This article brings together the author's interest in
accounting and experience as an academic manager to consider management
and governance in higher educational institutions.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 193-198
Issue: 3
Volume: 27
Year: 2007
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2007.00579.x
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Author-Name: Philip Haynes
Author-X-Name-First: Philip
Author-X-Name-Last: Haynes
Title: Chaos, Complexity and Transformations in Social Care Policy in England
Abstract:
The concepts of chaos and complexity theory can be used to
describe change in policy systems. This article does so for social care
policy in England from 1981. The author shows the imprecise nature of
policy action and the instabilities and fluctuations of social care
markets. The growing importance of individualism and independence for
older people will increasingly influence the future social care policy
system.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 199-206
Issue: 3
Volume: 27
Year: 2007
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2007.00580.x
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Author-Name: Kate Baxter
Author-X-Name-First: Kate
Author-X-Name-Last: Baxter
Author-Name: Marjorie Weiss
Author-X-Name-First: Marjorie
Author-X-Name-Last: Weiss
Author-Name: Julian Le Grand
Author-X-Name-First: Julian
Author-X-Name-Last: Le Grand
Title: Collaborative Commissioning of Secondary Care Services by Primary Care Trusts
Abstract:
This article examines collaborations between primary care trusts
in the commissioning of secondary care services in England. It applies
principal-agent theory qualitatively to two case studies. The theory
suggests that collaboration should take place if organizations share
relevant information and agree joint objectives. The study findings show
that sharing information is not a major problem for these case studies,
but that agreeing joint objectives is.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 207-214
Issue: 3
Volume: 27
Year: 2007
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2007.00581.x
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Author-Name: Mervyn Stone
Author-X-Name-First: Mervyn
Author-X-Name-Last: Stone
Author-Name: Joan Davis
Author-X-Name-First: Joan
Author-X-Name-Last: Davis
Title: ‘Weighting and Scoring’ in Theory and in Practice
Abstract:
Starting with the Treasury's Green Book definition of the
‘weighting and scoring’ technique in option appraisal, the
authors resolve a challenging theoretical paradox and then look at the
strength of the current bridge between theory and its practical
implementation. Two case studies in which the technique is treated as
‘standard NHS practice’ are critically evaluated. The
article concludes with suggestions for better implementation of such
easily abused quantitative methods.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 215-222
Issue: 3
Volume: 27
Year: 2007
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2007.00582.x
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Author-Name: Geoffrey Heath
Author-X-Name-First: Geoffrey
Author-X-Name-Last: Heath
Author-Name: James Radcliffe
Author-X-Name-First: James
Author-X-Name-Last: Radcliffe
Title: Performance Measurement and the English Ambulance Service
Abstract:
Performance indicators used in the ambulance service in England
are one-dimensional and do not reflect the widening role of the ambulance
paramedic. The development of a broader range of indicators is thus to be
encouraged. As well as highlighting the consequences of simplistic
indicators, this case study has important implications for our
understanding of the New Public Management (NPM).
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 223-228
Issue: 3
Volume: 27
Year: 2007
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2007.00583.x
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Author-Name: Andrew Gray
Author-X-Name-First: Andrew
Author-X-Name-Last: Gray
Author-Name: Christopher Pollitt
Author-X-Name-First: Christopher
Author-X-Name-Last: Pollitt
Title: Editorial
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 231-232
Issue: 4
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Author-X-Name-First: Huw
Author-X-Name-Last: Davies
Author-Name: Sandra Nutley
Author-X-Name-First: Sandra
Author-X-Name-Last: Nutley
Author-Name: Isabel Walter
Author-X-Name-First: Isabel
Author-X-Name-Last: Walter
Title: Academic Advice to Practitioners—the Role and Use of Research-Based Evidence
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 232-235
Issue: 4
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Author-Name: David Walker
Author-X-Name-First: David
Author-X-Name-Last: Walker
Title: Is Evidence for Policy Good for Democracy?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 235-237
Issue: 4
Volume: 27
Year: 2007
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2007.00586.x
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Author-X-Name-First: Bob
Author-X-Name-Last: Hudson
Title: Going Native: Messages From the World of the Academic Consultant
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 237-240
Issue: 4
Volume: 27
Year: 2007
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2007.00587.x
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Author-Name: William Solesbury
Author-X-Name-First: William
Author-X-Name-Last: Solesbury
Title: Academics and Practitioners: Speaking Metaphorically
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 240-241
Issue: 4
Volume: 27
Year: 2007
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2007.00588.x
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Author-Name: Michael Hughes
Author-X-Name-First: Michael
Author-X-Name-Last: Hughes
Author-Name: Robert Dalziel
Author-X-Name-First: Robert
Author-X-Name-Last: Dalziel
Author-Name: Keith Baker
Author-X-Name-First: Keith
Author-X-Name-Last: Baker
Author-Name: Pam Fox
Author-X-Name-First: Pam
Author-X-Name-Last: Fox
Title: Local Government Attitudes to External Consultancy Support
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 241-243
Issue: 4
Volume: 27
Year: 2007
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2007.00589.x
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Author-Name: Frans L. Leeuw
Author-X-Name-First: Frans L.
Author-X-Name-Last: Leeuw
Author-Name: Leontien M. van der Knaap
Author-X-Name-First: Leontien M.
Author-X-Name-Last: van der Knaap
Author-Name: Stefan Bogaerts
Author-X-Name-First: Stefan
Author-X-Name-Last: Bogaerts
Title: Reducing the Knowledge--Practice Gap: A New Method Applied to Crime Prevention
Abstract:
This article reports on a synthetic methodology used to reduce
the gap between evaluations and policy-making. The authors report on a
review of the effectiveness of international violence prevention
programmes and discuss how these findings were disseminated to
policy-makers. The findings were immediately adopted by the Dutch
government and this article explains how and why.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 245-250
Issue: 4
Volume: 27
Year: 2007
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2007.00590.x
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Author-Name: Alan Maynard
Author-X-Name-First: Alan
Author-X-Name-Last: Maynard
Title: Translating Evidence Into Practice: Why Is It So Difficult?
Abstract:
Health and social care research in the UK into policy and
practice often leads the world in terms of methodological development and
empirical application. However, translating evidence into practice
requires radical changes in the behaviour of the producers of evidence
(for example academics) and even more importantly in the users of
evidence. Policy-makers and practitioners lack the skills and incentives
to access and apply evidence. This reflects their poor training and
incentives that induce a focus on tactics rather than strategy. Academics
need to use robust quantitative methods and acquire insulation from the
siren calls of commercially-induced bias.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 251-256
Issue: 4
Volume: 27
Year: 2007
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2007.00591.x
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Author-X-Name-First: Peter M.
Author-X-Name-Last: Jackson
Title: Making Sense of Policy Advice
Abstract:
The relationship between theory and practice is complex,
ambiguous, incomplete and frequently contested. This article explores the
labyrinth of the policy-making process along with changes in economists'
discourses. The knowledge bases of the worlds of practice and theory are
examined concluding that it is a modern conceit to believe that academic
knowledge is necessarily superior to that of practice.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 257-264
Issue: 4
Volume: 27
Year: 2007
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2007.00592.x
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Author-X-Name-First: John
Author-X-Name-Last: Mawson
Title: Research Councils, Universities and Local Government: Building Bridges
Abstract:
This article examines the relationship between the UK's research
councils, which are responsible for funding research in British
universities and the development, execution and dissemination of that
research in partnership with local government. The article focuses on the
role of a partnership: the Local Authority Research Council Initiative
(LARCI). The recent establishment of a national focus for the planning of
local government research has opened up the exciting possibility of
engaging with the research councils at a strategic level.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 265-272
Issue: 4
Volume: 27
Year: 2007
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2007.00593.x
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Author-X-Name-First: Iain
Author-X-Name-Last: Docherty
Author-Name: Denis Smith
Author-X-Name-First: Denis
Author-X-Name-Last: Smith
Title: Practising What We Preach? Academic Consultancy in a Multi-Disciplinary Environment
Abstract:
Academics have long been accustomed to playing multiple roles
(teacher, researcher, expert and critic). But as university management
needs increasingly to demonstrate its relevance and value to the economy
and society, so consultancy has assumed greater significance. This article
explores the emerging fractures in the landscape of academic consulting,
focusing on how consultancy activity impacts on research standards, and
the ability of academics to maintain their critical roles as independent
figures capable of holding government and other public organizations to
account, so that their contribution to improving public policy can be
maximized.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 273-280
Issue: 4
Volume: 27
Year: 2007
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2007.00594.x
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Author-Name: Helen Coleman
Author-X-Name-First: Helen
Author-X-Name-Last: Coleman
Title: New Development: Connecting Public Service Researchers and Practitioners
Abstract:
Universities and research centres are responsible for some of
the most sophisticated, forward-thinking analysis of the challenges facing
public services today. But how do we effectively transfer that knowledge
from the academic community to the hands of those at the front line of
public policy? The Economic and Social Research Council has invested in a
dedicated service to do just that: a research brokerage for public
services, creating a bridge between researchers and research users.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 281-284
Issue: 4
Volume: 27
Year: 2007
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2007.00595.x
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Author-Name: Carol Yapp
Author-X-Name-First: Carol
Author-X-Name-Last: Yapp
Author-Name: Chris Skelcher
Author-X-Name-First: Chris
Author-X-Name-Last: Skelcher
Title: Improvement Boards: Building Capability for Public Service Improvement Through Peer Support
Abstract:
Improvement boards offer a new approach to supporting stronger
performance by public service organizations, and especially those facing
significant issues of change. They involve formalized peer challenge and
support by senior politicians and managers from other agencies. The
authors document early experiences with improvement boards in local
government and draw conclusions for policy and practice. Improvement
boards will have the most impact where the organization's leadership
already has some understanding of the performance improvement task, and is
able to position the board as part of a wider strategy for change.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 285-292
Issue: 4
Volume: 27
Year: 2007
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2007.00596.x
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Author-Name: Tony Bovaird
Author-X-Name-First: Tony
Author-X-Name-Last: Bovaird
Author-Name: Elke Loeffler
Author-X-Name-First: Elke
Author-X-Name-Last: Loeffler
Title: Assessing the Quality of Local Governance: A Case Study of Public Services
Abstract:
This article reports the results of an intensive study of the
quality of local governance in a town in the UK, demonstrating how the
concept of local governance can be operationalized, presenting key
findings on the quality of local governance in the case study and
suggesting that more limited, service-oriented, performance assessment
systems may be misleading.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 293-300
Issue: 4
Volume: 27
Year: 2007
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2007.00597.x
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Author-X-Name-First: Andrew
Author-X-Name-Last: Gray
Author-Name: Jane Broadbent
Author-X-Name-First: Jane
Author-X-Name-Last: Broadbent
Author-Name: Michaela Lavender
Author-X-Name-First: Michaela
Author-X-Name-Last: Lavender
Title: Editorial: Growing Again!
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 303-303
Issue: 5
Volume: 27
Year: 2007
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2007.00598.x
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Author-Name: Jim Gallagher
Author-X-Name-First: Jim
Author-X-Name-Last: Gallagher
Title: Debate: Back to the Future—Local Tax
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 303-304
Issue: 5
Volume: 27
Year: 2007
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2007.00599.x
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Author-X-Name-First: Niyi
Author-X-Name-Last: Awofeso
Title: Debate: Public--Private Health Partnerships in Prison Health Care—the Case for a Public Health Focus
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 305-306
Issue: 5
Volume: 27
Year: 2007
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2007.00600.x
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Author-X-Name-First: Kim
Author-X-Name-Last: Loader
Title: The Challenge of Competitive Procurement: Value for Money Versus Small Business Support
Abstract:
Both UK government and small firms believe that public sector
procurement is a good way of helping to support small business and may
even lead to improvements in service delivery. The article begins by
examining the extensive government literature on procurement-related
policies and initiatives, followed by a brief consideration of the SME
policy context. It then presents and discusses evidence of procurement
practice from public sector organizations, and assesses the implications
for the small business sector.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 307-314
Issue: 5
Volume: 27
Year: 2007
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2007.00601.x
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Author-X-Name-First: Stuart
Author-X-Name-Last: McChlery
Author-Name: Jim McKendrick
Author-X-Name-First: Jim
Author-X-Name-Last: McKendrick
Author-Name: Tom Rolfe
Author-X-Name-First: Tom
Author-X-Name-Last: Rolfe
Title: Activity-Based Management Systems in Higher Education
Abstract:
Financial pressures facing UK universities have increased the
demand for good financial management information. The government wants
higher education institutions to adopt standardized full economic costing.
This article describes an activity-based management (ABM) model which has
been successfully used to cost institutions' activities down to
appropriate levels of focus, linking the activities to income streams and
arriving at a form of value added. The model is extremely flexible
allowing information to be collected for different levels of focus:
faculty, department, programme, module/project or support unit.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 315-322
Issue: 5
Volume: 27
Year: 2007
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2007.00602.x
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Author-Name: Derek Birrell
Author-X-Name-First: Derek
Author-X-Name-Last: Birrell
Title: Divergence in Policy Between Great Britain and Northern Ireland: The Case of Local Taxation
Abstract:
Following devolution, local council taxation became in whole, or
in part, a devolved matter and consequently separate reviews and analysis
have been undertaken for England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
This article compares the recommendations and decisions made in all four
countries, following recent reviews. It explains how Northern Ireland
emerged with the greatest divergence in local taxation policy. It examines
the reasons for the difference from Great Britain following a rating
review process, including the tradition of regional and local rates, the
attempt to tackle regressivity in local taxation and the significance of
criticism of banded council tax. The article also considers the relevance
of devolution and other political factors in determining the policy
outcomes in each country.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 323-330
Issue: 5
Volume: 27
Year: 2007
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2007.00603.x
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Author-X-Name-First: Eoin
Author-X-Name-Last: Reeves
Author-Name: James Ryan
Author-X-Name-First: James
Author-X-Name-Last: Ryan
Title: Piloting Public-Private Partnerships: Expensive Lessons from Ireland's Schools' Sector
Abstract:
In 1999 the Irish government launched a programme of
public-private partnerships (PPPs) for the purpose of achieving better
value for money in public procurement. This article analyses the
procurement of the contract for five secondary schools, which was the
first Irish PPP to reach the stage of operation. It highlights a number of
problems with the procurement process, which are likely to result in a
failure to achieve value for money. By exploring these problems in detail,
the authors provide lessons for countries adopting PPPs.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 331-338
Issue: 5
Volume: 27
Year: 2007
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2007.00604.x
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Author-Name: Ian Humphreys
Author-X-Name-First: Ian
Author-X-Name-Last: Humphreys
Author-Name: Stephen Ison
Author-X-Name-First: Stephen
Author-X-Name-Last: Ison
Author-Name: Graham Francis
Author-X-Name-First: Graham
Author-X-Name-Last: Francis
Title: UK Airport Policy: Does the Government Have Any Influence?
Abstract:
This article explores the UK government's influence on shaping
and directing airport policy. UK air travel has increased five-fold over
the past 30 years and is projected to increase by between two and three
times current levels by 2030. In order to accommodate this growth the
government published a new UK airports policy in 2003. The issues
surrounding UK airports policy have been brought into the public eye by
the takeover of BAA by the Spanish Ferrovial Group and the Office of Fair
Trading's announcement that it was looking into the UK airports market
(OFT, 2006).
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 339-344
Issue: 5
Volume: 27
Year: 2007
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2007.00605.x
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Author-X-Name-First: Andrew
Author-X-Name-Last: Pinnock
Title: New Development: The Infrastructural Aspect of Social Capital: Suggestions for a Bridge Between Concept and Policy
Abstract:
Social capital is a fashionable concept but, as its more
realistic academic exponents admit, not one readily translated into policy
action. This article takes a sideways look at currently-accepted
definitions and suggests a small modification—a physical handle to
help policy-makers grasp the concept better and encourage social capital
research with a stronger practical orientation.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 345-350
Issue: 5
Volume: 27
Year: 2007
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2007.00606.x
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Author-Name: Mark Hellowell
Author-X-Name-First: Mark
Author-X-Name-Last: Hellowell
Author-Name: Allyson M. Pollock
Author-X-Name-First: Allyson M.
Author-X-Name-Last: Pollock
Title: New Development: The PFI: Scotland's Plan for Expansion and its Implications
Abstract:
The public expenditure implications of PFI projects in
Scotland's NHS are substantial. This article compares PFI capital
expenditure with projected unitary charges, examines the annual cost of
existing PFI schemes and looks at future costs arising from the planned
expansion of PFI. Unless the new Scottish National Party-led
administration applies the breaks, the annual cost of PFI to Scotland's
NHS is to increase almost five-fold, from £107.1 million in 2005/06
to £500 million by the early part of the next decade.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 351-354
Issue: 5
Volume: 27
Year: 2007
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2007.00607.x
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Author-X-Name-First: Andrew
Author-X-Name-Last: Gray
Title: New Year, New Bimonthly Issues, New Themes
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 3-3
Issue: 1
Volume: 28
Year: 2008
Month: 2
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2008.00609.x
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Author-X-Name-First: Zoe
Author-X-Name-Last: Radnor
Author-Name: Ruth Boaden
Author-X-Name-First: Ruth
Author-X-Name-Last: Boaden
Title: Editorial: Lean in Public Services—Panacea or Paradox?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 3-7
Issue: 1
Volume: 28
Year: 2008
Month: 2
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2008.00610.x
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Author-X-Name-First: John
Author-X-Name-Last: Seddon
Author-Name: Carlton Brand
Author-X-Name-First: Carlton
Author-X-Name-Last: Brand
Title: Debate: Systems Thinking and Public Sector Performance
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 7-9
Issue: 1
Volume: 28
Year: 2008
Month: 2
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2008.00611.x
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Author-Name: Andy Bagley
Author-X-Name-First: Andy
Author-X-Name-Last: Bagley
Author-Name: Eirian Lewis
Author-X-Name-First: Eirian
Author-X-Name-Last: Lewis
Title: Debate: Why Aren't We All Lean?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 10-11
Issue: 1
Volume: 28
Year: 2008
Month: 2
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2008.00612.x
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Author-X-Name-First: Zoe
Author-X-Name-Last: Radnor
Author-Name: Paul Walley
Author-X-Name-First: Paul
Author-X-Name-Last: Walley
Title: Learning to Walk Before We Try to Run: Adapting Lean for the Public Sector
Abstract:
This article considers whether public sector organizations
regard Lean merely as a set of tools and techniques without considering
either the underlying conditions and principles or regard Lean as a
philosophy. The authors analyse a series of case studies of Lean in the
public sector around four themes—process-based view, focus on
value, elimination of waste and employee-driven change—before
considering the implementation approach taken and outcomes achieved. The
outcomes were significant, but the authors warn against an implementation
approach which focuses solely on Lean tools.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 13-20
Issue: 1
Volume: 28
Year: 2008
Month: 2
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2008.00613.x
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Author-Name: Ann Esain
Author-X-Name-First: Ann
Author-X-Name-Last: Esain
Author-Name: Sharon Williams
Author-X-Name-First: Sharon
Author-X-Name-Last: Williams
Author-Name: Lynn Massey
Author-X-Name-First: Lynn
Author-X-Name-Last: Massey
Title: Combining Planned and Emergent Change in a Healthcare Lean Transformation
Abstract:
Drawing on empirical evidence gathered from a Lean programme,
focusing on 5S, being undertaken by a large NHS trust, this article
considers how to effect change in public service organizations.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 21-26
Issue: 1
Volume: 28
Year: 2008
Month: 2
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2008.00614.x
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Author-Name: Nathan Proudlove
Author-X-Name-First: Nathan
Author-X-Name-Last: Proudlove
Author-Name: Claire Moxham
Author-X-Name-First: Claire
Author-X-Name-Last: Moxham
Author-Name: Ruth Boaden
Author-X-Name-First: Ruth
Author-X-Name-Last: Boaden
Title: Lessons for Lean in Healthcare from Using Six Sigma in the NHS
Abstract:
In the UK the National Health Service (NHS) has applied a number
of quality improvement approaches from manufacturing, often in a piecemeal
fashion; most notably Six Sigma and, more recently, Lean. This article
reports on an evaluation of a programme used in the NHS to consider what
can be learned about the application of such approaches—including
what themes also apply to Lean, and its implementation, particularly in
the healthcare context.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 27-34
Issue: 1
Volume: 28
Year: 2008
Month: 2
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2008.00615.x
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Author-Name: Peter Hines
Author-X-Name-First: Peter
Author-X-Name-Last: Hines
Author-Name: Ana Lucia Martins
Author-X-Name-First: Ana Lucia
Author-X-Name-Last: Martins
Author-Name: Jo Beale
Author-X-Name-First: Jo
Author-X-Name-Last: Beale
Title: Testing the Boundaries of Lean Thinking: Observations from the Legal Public Sector
Abstract:
This article explores how Lean Thinking can be successfully
extended into the legal sector, which in most advanced economies is
dominated by the public sector. Two public sector cases from Portugal and
Wales are discussed. The authors look at where and how implementation of
Lean Thinking might start, and the modifications required to do this
successfully. A tentative Lean legal supply chain model which will take
three to five years to implement is presented.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 35-40
Issue: 1
Volume: 28
Year: 2008
Month: 2
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2008.00616.x
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Author-Name: Thanos Papadopoulos
Author-X-Name-First: Thanos
Author-X-Name-Last: Papadopoulos
Author-Name: Yasmin Merali
Author-X-Name-First: Yasmin
Author-X-Name-Last: Merali
Title: Stakeholder Network Dynamics and Emergent Trajectories of Lean Implementation Projects: A Study in the UK National Health Service
Abstract:
Relatively little has been published about the dynamics and
mechanisms underpinning the trajectories and outcomes of public service
Lean projects. This article addresses this gap by using Actor Network
Theory (ANT) to elucidate the dynamics of Lean implementation in a UK
hospital trust. The authors show how implementation trajectories play out
in complex contexts with multiple and diverse stakeholder constituencies.
The analysis provides insights into the process and role of network
formation and stabilization in Lean implementation. Finally, the authors
discuss the implications of their findings for management practice.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 41-48
Issue: 1
Volume: 28
Year: 2008
Month: 2
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2008.00617.x
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Author-Name: Amy Lodge
Author-X-Name-First: Amy
Author-X-Name-Last: Lodge
Author-Name: David Bamford
Author-X-Name-First: David
Author-X-Name-Last: Bamford
Title: New Development: Using Lean Techniques to Reduce Radiology Waiting Times
Abstract:
This article reports on how systems were enhanced through the
application of Lean principles within a hospital division of diagnostics
and clinical support. Patients were diagnosed faster, treatment started
earlier and departmental managers were better able to manage capacity to
meet demand.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 49-52
Issue: 1
Volume: 28
Year: 2008
Month: 2
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2008.00618.x
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Author-Name: Peter Hines
Author-X-Name-First: Peter
Author-X-Name-Last: Hines
Author-Name: Sarah Lethbridge
Author-X-Name-First: Sarah
Author-X-Name-Last: Lethbridge
Title: New Development: Creating a Lean University
Abstract:
Many academic articles have been published in the past 20 years
promoting the Lean approach in manufacturing and in service industries.
Very little attention has been paid to the possibility of applying Lean
Thinking to the academic institutions that these articles stem from. This
article explains why the application of Lean in universities is a good
idea and what needs to be done to develop an effective Lean enterprise in
a university environment.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 53-56
Issue: 1
Volume: 28
Year: 2008
Month: 2
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2008.00619.x
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Author-Name: David McQuade
Author-X-Name-First: David
Author-X-Name-Last: McQuade
Title: New Development: Leading Lean Action to Transform Housing Services
Abstract:
How could anything the Toyota car company is doing have a hugely
positive impact on a social housing group operating in the east of
England? This article highlights an impressive Lean journey and some
significant performance improvement.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 57-60
Issue: 1
Volume: 28
Year: 2008
Month: 2
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2008.00620.x
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Author-X-Name-First: Eric A.
Author-X-Name-Last: Scorsone
Title: New Development: What are the Challenges in Transferring Lean Thinking to Government?
Abstract:
Lean government is part of a growing trend of management tools
designed to lower costs and improve the efficiency of government
operations. However, the transference of lean techniques from the private
sector to the public sector requires a careful balancing of administrative
law, management-labour relations in order to realize these efficiency and
cost improvements.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 61-64
Issue: 1
Volume: 28
Year: 2008
Month: 2
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2008.00621.x
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Author-X-Name-First: Andrew
Author-X-Name-Last: Gray
Title: Editorial: Self-Contained ‘Debate’ Articles
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 67-67
Issue: 2
Volume: 28
Year: 2008
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2008.00622.x
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Author-Name: David Walker
Author-X-Name-First: David
Author-X-Name-Last: Walker
Title: Debate: What Does Lean Mean?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 67-69
Issue: 2
Volume: 28
Year: 2008
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2008.00623.x
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Author-Name: George Jones
Author-X-Name-First: George
Author-X-Name-Last: Jones
Author-Name: Catherine Needham
Author-X-Name-First: Catherine
Author-X-Name-Last: Needham
Title: Debate: Consumerism in Public Services—For and Against
Abstract:
This article began life as a debate for MSc students in a public
management class at Queen Mary, University of London, convened by the
authors. In seeking to explain the significance of consumerism in
contemporary public service reform, the authors took different positions
on the normative appeal of consumer-oriented public service reforms. In
this article George Jones begins by setting out the advantages of
consumerism in public services. In the second part of the article,
Catherine Needham sets out to rebut some of these purported advantages. In
the conclusion, the authors identify some points of consensus and the key
points of disagreement.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 70-76
Issue: 2
Volume: 28
Year: 2008
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2008.00624.x
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Author-Name: James Downe
Author-X-Name-First: James
Author-X-Name-Last: Downe
Author-Name: Clive Grace
Author-X-Name-First: Clive
Author-X-Name-Last: Grace
Author-Name: Steve Martin
Author-X-Name-First: Steve
Author-X-Name-Last: Martin
Author-Name: Sandra Nutley
Author-X-Name-First: Sandra
Author-X-Name-Last: Nutley
Title: Best Value Audits in Scotland: Winning Without Scoring?
Abstract:
Best Value audits have encouraged improvements in the corporate
capacity of Scottish local authorities. They are seen by local government
as credible and, in contrast to Comprehensive Performance Assessments in
England, are applauded for taking account of local priorities and
contexts. However, there are some concerns about the consistency and
transparency of the process, and reports have failed to attract public
interest. In future, the Best Value audit process will need to pay more
attention to the importance of partnership working between councils and
other local agencies.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 77-84
Issue: 2
Volume: 28
Year: 2008
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2008.00625.x
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Author-Name: Paolo Fedele
Author-X-Name-First: Paolo
Author-X-Name-Last: Fedele
Author-Name: Edoardo Ongaro
Author-X-Name-First: Edoardo
Author-X-Name-Last: Ongaro
Title: A Common Trend, Different Houses: Devolution in Italy, Spain and the UK
Abstract:
The dynamics of the implementation process of devolution reforms
differ significantly from country to country. Part of the explanation for
this lies in the differences in the politico-administrative system and the
status of public management reforms. Factors affecting devolution are
examined in this article. Implications for policy-makers and public
managers, especially regarding the policy transfer of devolution reforms,
are discussed.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 85-92
Issue: 2
Volume: 28
Year: 2008
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2008.00626.x
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Author-X-Name-First: Sean
Author-X-Name-Last: McCartney
Author-Name: John Stittle
Author-X-Name-First: John
Author-X-Name-Last: Stittle
Title: ‘Taken for a Ride’: The Privatization of the UK Railway Rolling Stock Industry
Abstract:
The three UK rolling stock companies (ROSCOs) are a product of
the privatization of the railway industry in the 1990s. As the UK
approaches the 25th anniversary of the first privatization of a
state-owned industry (telecommunications), this article evaluates the
background and the structure of the ROSCO privatization sales. The authors
show that the privatization of the UK's rolling stock industry was a
significant triumph of political expediency over sound governmental
financial policy. The ROSCOs have attracted relatively little attention,
yet nowhere else have the flaws in the privatization process become more
apparent.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 93-100
Issue: 2
Volume: 28
Year: 2008
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2008.00627.x
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Author-Name: Jean Shaoul
Author-X-Name-First: Jean
Author-X-Name-Last: Shaoul
Author-Name: Anne Stafford
Author-X-Name-First: Anne
Author-X-Name-Last: Stafford
Author-Name: Pam Stapleton
Author-X-Name-First: Pam
Author-X-Name-Last: Stapleton
Title: The Cost of Using Private Finance to Build, Finance and Operate Hospitals
Abstract:
This article analyses the cost of using private finance to build
hospitals under the UK government's Private Finance Initiative (PFI).
Hospital trusts' annual payments to their private sector partners are
higher than expected and are taking 11% of their budget. The additional
cost of private over public finance for the first 12 hospitals is about
£60M a year, which is 20--25% of the trusts' income. PFI charges
create budget inflexibilities and are increasing the pressure on the NHS
to cut their largest cost: the jobs, working conditions and pay of their
staff.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 101-108
Issue: 2
Volume: 28
Year: 2008
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2008.00628.x
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Author-Name: Robert Jones
Author-X-Name-First: Robert
Author-X-Name-Last: Jones
Author-Name: Gary Noble
Author-X-Name-First: Gary
Author-X-Name-Last: Noble
Title: Managing the Implementation of Public--Private Partnerships
Abstract:
This article examines ‘boundary-spanning’
behaviour within the context of the implementation stage of seven
different public—private partnerships (PPPs) in the UK and
Australia. It analyses the role of boundary spanners who use informal and
flexible personal-level agreements to progress PPPs. The process
(‘maintaining synergetic momentum’) is a response to the
unusual managerial environment that characterizes the implementation stage
of a PPP. The authors offer important lessons for boundary spanners and
their managers and suggest further areas for research.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 109-114
Issue: 2
Volume: 28
Year: 2008
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2008.00629.x
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Author-X-Name-First: David
Author-X-Name-Last: Pickernell
Author-Name: Gillian Bristow
Author-X-Name-First: Gillian
Author-X-Name-Last: Bristow
Author-Name: Adrian Kay
Author-X-Name-First: Adrian
Author-X-Name-Last: Kay
Author-Name: Neal Ryan
Author-X-Name-First: Neal
Author-X-Name-Last: Ryan
Title: The Primacy of Politics: Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations in the UK and Australia
Abstract:
Interest in Barnett formula reform is on the rise again,
particularly because of changes in the parties in power in the devolved
governments of Scotland and Wales, and the tighter public spending
heralded by the recent Comprehensive Spending Review. This article looks
at whether, and to what extent, the introduction of an alternative fiscal
allocation system would remove the primacy of politics from the UK's
resultant intergovernmental fiscal relations, through examination of the
Australian experience, especially the role of Special Purpose Payments.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 115-122
Issue: 2
Volume: 28
Year: 2008
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2008.00630.x
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Author-X-Name-First: David
Author-X-Name-Last: Dorrell
Title: New Development: Targeting Inequalities
Abstract:
Narrowing the gap between disadvantaged groups and the rest of
the country is a focus for public sector management. There has, however,
been limited progress in tackling inequalities. The National Audit Office
recently examined the use of targets to address differentials in
performance. The examination showed that, while targets can have a
positive impact in this area, their implementation must be underpinned by
sound research and effective performance management.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 123-127
Issue: 2
Volume: 28
Year: 2008
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2008.00631.x
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Author-X-Name-First: Joop
Author-X-Name-Last: Koppenjan
Author-Name: Michael B. Charles
Author-X-Name-First: Michael B.
Author-X-Name-Last: Charles
Author-Name: Neal Ryan
Author-X-Name-First: Neal
Author-X-Name-Last: Ryan
Title: Editorial: Managing Competing Public Values in Public Infrastructure Projects
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 131-134
Issue: 3
Volume: 28
Year: 2008
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2008.00632.x
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Author-Name: Barry Bozeman
Author-X-Name-First: Barry
Author-X-Name-Last: Bozeman
Title: Debate: Public Value Trade-Offs and Methodological Trade-Offs
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 135-136
Issue: 3
Volume: 28
Year: 2008
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2008.00633.x
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Author-Name: Douglas N. Jones
Author-X-Name-First: Douglas N.
Author-X-Name-Last: Jones
Title: Debate: A Grand Design, or the Best We Can Expect?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 136-138
Issue: 3
Volume: 28
Year: 2008
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2008.00634.x
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Author-Name: Nicolette van Gestel
Author-X-Name-First: Nicolette
Author-X-Name-Last: van Gestel
Author-Name: Joop Koppenjan
Author-X-Name-First: Joop
Author-X-Name-Last: Koppenjan
Author-Name: Ilse Schrijver
Author-X-Name-First: Ilse
Author-X-Name-Last: Schrijver
Author-Name: Arnoud van de Ven
Author-X-Name-First: Arnoud
Author-X-Name-Last: van de Ven
Author-Name: Wijnand Veeneman
Author-X-Name-First: Wijnand
Author-X-Name-Last: Veeneman
Title: Managing Public Values in Public-Private Networks: A Comparative Study of Innovative Public Infrastructure Projects
Abstract:
This article discusses the management of public values in local
public-private networks established for highly innovative infrastructure
projects. It compares six Dutch projects in terms of conflicting public
values, trade-offs between public values and preferred modes of
management. Some public values were initially more important, but
trade-offs changed them over time. Effective management of public values
requires a shared culture rather than contracts.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 139-145
Issue: 3
Volume: 28
Year: 2008
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2008.00635.x
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Author-X-Name-First: Bauke
Author-X-Name-Last: Steenhuisen
Author-Name: Michel van Eeten
Author-X-Name-First: Michel
Author-X-Name-Last: van Eeten
Title: Invisible Trade-Offs of Public Values: Inside Dutch Railways
Abstract:
Dutch Railways (NS), a deregulated organization with many
stakeholders, deal with multiple, potentially conflicting public values in
the operation of a critical infrastructure. This article explains how this
organization copes with value-conflicts without making trade-offs. The
article has important lessons on safeguarding public values in
infrastructure operations.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 147-152
Issue: 3
Volume: 28
Year: 2008
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2008.00636.x
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Author-Name: Guðrið Weihe
Author-X-Name-First: Guðrið
Author-X-Name-Last: Weihe
Title: Public-Private Partnerships and Public-Private Value Trade-Offs
Abstract:
Public-private partnerships (PPPs) are playing an increasingly
important role in infrastructure policies in many countries. This article
reflects on the extent to which PPPs deliver public value. The article
also distinguishes between material and procedural public values, and
suggests that there may be an inherent contradiction between achieving
material value while at the same time safeguarding procedural public
values in PPPs.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 153-158
Issue: 3
Volume: 28
Year: 2008
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2008.00637.x
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Author-Name: Michael B. Charles
Author-X-Name-First: Michael B.
Author-X-Name-Last: Charles
Author-Name: Rachel Ryan
Author-X-Name-First: Rachel
Author-X-Name-Last: Ryan
Author-Name: Cinthya Paredes Castillo
Author-X-Name-First: Cinthya Paredes
Author-X-Name-Last: Castillo
Author-Name: Kerry Brown
Author-X-Name-First: Kerry
Author-X-Name-Last: Brown
Title: Safe and Sound? The Public Value Trade-Off in Worker Safety and Public Infrastructure Procurement
Abstract:
Infrastructure previously overseen by public sector clients is
now often in the hands of the private sector, thus blurring the definition
of ‘client’ in public infrastructure provision. Since
previous in-house governmental safeguards are often no longer maintained,
new ways of achieving optimum safe work practices in the provision of
public infrastructure are required. This research, conducted in an
Australian industry context, examines safeguarding mechanisms that could
be employed to realize the public value of worker safety in a changed
infrastructure procurement environment.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 159-166
Issue: 3
Volume: 28
Year: 2008
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2008.00638.x
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Author-Name: Craig W. Furneaux
Author-X-Name-First: Craig W.
Author-X-Name-Last: Furneaux
Author-Name: Kerry Brown
Author-X-Name-First: Kerry
Author-X-Name-Last: Brown
Author-Name: Don Allan
Author-X-Name-First: Don
Author-X-Name-Last: Allan
Title: Public Values Embedded in Australian Public Works Procurement
Abstract:
Procurement arrangements for public works are highly
contextualized as jurisdictions adapt and respond to local issues and
constraints. Policy-makers in Australia at all levels are focused on
protecting public values when procuring public works. Public values are
shown here to be consistent across Australian jurisdictions, although
considerable variety exists in the institutional arrangements that
safeguard these values.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 167-172
Issue: 3
Volume: 28
Year: 2008
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2008.00639.x
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Author-Name: Allyson M. Pollock
Author-X-Name-First: Allyson M.
Author-X-Name-Last: Pollock
Author-Name: David Price
Author-X-Name-First: David
Author-X-Name-Last: Price
Title: Has the NAO Audited Risk Transfer in Operational Private Finance Initiative Schemes?
Abstract:
The government's main justification for using private finance is
that it provides value for money by transferring project risks to the
private sector. However, of the 622 PFI deals signed by October 2007, the
National Audit Office (NAO) has examined the relationship between risk
transfer and risk premiums in only three. The government's justification
for the policy is largely unevaluated and unscrutinized by Parliament,
raising wider issues of public accountability for public expenditure.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 173-178
Issue: 3
Volume: 28
Year: 2008
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2008.00640.x
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Author-Name: Antonio Barretta
Author-X-Name-First: Antonio
Author-X-Name-Last: Barretta
Author-Name: Cristiano Busco
Author-X-Name-First: Cristiano
Author-X-Name-Last: Busco
Author-Name: Pasquale Ruggiero
Author-X-Name-First: Pasquale
Author-X-Name-Last: Ruggiero
Title: Trust in Project Financing: An Italian Health Care Example
Abstract:
This article focuses on the role of the different types of trust
(system, contractual, competence and goodwill) involved in developing
effective private finance initiatives (PFI) in Italian health care trusts.
Previous work has tended to focus on trust between the public and private
partners. The authors show the success of a PFI can also depend on the
level of trust between the private firms that make up special purpose
vehicles (SPV).
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 179-184
Issue: 3
Volume: 28
Year: 2008
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2008.00641.x
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Author-Name: Alan Doig
Author-X-Name-First: Alan
Author-X-Name-Last: Doig
Author-Name: Michael Macaulay
Author-X-Name-First: Michael
Author-X-Name-Last: Macaulay
Title: Decades, Directions and the Fraud Review: Addressing the Future of Public Sector Fraud?
Abstract:
The article looks back at a 1993 research report on the
investigation of fraud by the police and the public sector. The issues
discussed there are reviewed in the light of research undertaken a decade
later and within the context of the UK government's 2006 Fraud Review. The
Fraud Review confirmed the direction of travel identified by the research
but the article asks whether the Review's proposals will—or
can—effectively address the implications.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 185-192
Issue: 3
Volume: 28
Year: 2008
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2008.00642.x
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Author-Name: B. Guy Peters
Author-X-Name-First: B. Guy
Author-X-Name-Last: Peters
Title: Debate: The Two Futures of Public Administration
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 195-196
Issue: 4
Volume: 28
Year: 2008
Month: 8
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2008.00643.x
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Author-Name: Steven Van de Walle
Author-X-Name-First: Steven
Author-X-Name-Last: Van de Walle
Author-Name: Tony Bovaird
Author-X-Name-First: Tony
Author-X-Name-Last: Bovaird
Title: Debate: In the Know or Out of the Loop?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 196-198
Issue: 4
Volume: 28
Year: 2008
Month: 8
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2008.00644.x
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Author-Name: Mark A. Clatworthy
Author-X-Name-First: Mark A.
Author-X-Name-Last: Clatworthy
Author-Name: Howard J. Mellett
Author-X-Name-First: Howard J.
Author-X-Name-Last: Mellett
Author-Name: Michael J. Peel
Author-X-Name-First: Michael J.
Author-X-Name-Last: Peel
Title: Changes in NHS Trust Audit and Non-Audit Fees
Abstract:
We examine how NHS trust audit and non-audit (consultancy) fees
changed between 1997 and 2004, providing longitudinal evidence during a
period of increased public expenditure and rapid restructuring. We find
that audit fees rose dramatically over the period, though non-audit fees
fell substantially. NHS trusts pay less to their external auditors than
their private sector counterparts, probably in consequence of the trusts
being more heavily regulated, with the Audit Commission retaining an
influential regulatory role and also being the dominant auditor.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 199-205
Issue: 4
Volume: 28
Year: 2008
Month: 8
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2008.00645.x
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Author-Name: Margaret Crawford
Author-X-Name-First: Margaret
Author-X-Name-Last: Crawford
Author-Name: William Henry
Author-X-Name-First: William
Author-X-Name-Last: Henry
Author-Name: James McKendrick
Author-X-Name-First: James
Author-X-Name-Last: McKendrick
Author-Name: William M. Stein
Author-X-Name-First: William M.
Author-X-Name-Last: Stein
Title: Effectiveness of Audit Committees in Local Authorities: Views From Key Players
Abstract:
Audit committees were perceived as overcoming the difficulties
of operating in a political environment. In general, they achieved good
ratings for monitoring internal audit but were seen as less effective in
engaging with external auditors and risk management. In some key aspects
the attitudes of internal auditors differed from those of committee chairs
and CFOs.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 207-214
Issue: 4
Volume: 28
Year: 2008
Month: 8
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2008.00646.x
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Author-Name: Bernard Dowling
Author-X-Name-First: Bernard
Author-X-Name-Last: Dowling
Author-Name: Rod Sheaff
Author-X-Name-First: Rod
Author-X-Name-Last: Sheaff
Author-Name: Susan Pickard
Author-X-Name-First: Susan
Author-X-Name-Last: Pickard
Title: Governance Structures and Accountability in Primary Care
Abstract:
Organizations providing public welfare services typically have
distinct accountabilities to several parties, and the accountability
chains linking these parties are often administered through different
governance structures. This article reveals that in primary care in
England the accountability chains characterized by different governance
structures result in inconsistent levels of accountability.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 215-222
Issue: 4
Volume: 28
Year: 2008
Month: 8
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2008.00647.x
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Author-Name: Lisa Fingland
Author-X-Name-First: Lisa
Author-X-Name-Last: Fingland
Author-Name: Stephen J. Bailey
Author-X-Name-First: Stephen J.
Author-X-Name-Last: Bailey
Title: The EU's Stability and Growth Pact: Its Credibility and Sustainability
Abstract:
The Stability and Growth Pact (SGP) of the European Union has
come under fire for failing to rein in budget deficits and for the
ineffectiveness of its sanctions. By examining trends in public debt and
budgetary positions, this article examines whether the SGP has met its
objectives and considers the extent to which implementation was affected
by the accession of 10 new member states in 2004.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 223-230
Issue: 4
Volume: 28
Year: 2008
Month: 8
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2008.00648.x
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Author-Name: Ian Greener
Author-X-Name-First: Ian
Author-X-Name-Last: Greener
Author-Name: Russell Mannion
Author-X-Name-First: Russell
Author-X-Name-Last: Mannion
Title: Will Practice-Based Commissioning in the English NHS Resolve the Problems Experienced by GP Fundholding?
Abstract:
Labour's new approach to primary health care, based around the
policy of practice-based commissioning, has considerable potential for
learning from the general practitioner fundholding reforms put in place by
the Conservative governments of the 1990s. However, practice-based
commissioning seems to repeat many of the same problems as the earlier
policy. Despite the increased scope for GPs to make a significant
difference to the shape of local health economies because of the
incentives and opportunities offered by payment by results and patient
choice reforms, the potential problems of practice-based commissioning
threaten the reform's viability and long-term success.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 231-238
Issue: 4
Volume: 28
Year: 2008
Month: 8
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2008.00649.x
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Author-Name: Pinar Guven-Uslu
Author-X-Name-First: Pinar
Author-X-Name-Last: Guven-Uslu
Author-Name: Lynne Conrad
Author-X-Name-First: Lynne
Author-X-Name-Last: Conrad
Title: Uses of Management Accounting Information for Benchmarking in NHS Trusts
Abstract:
This article investigates the implementation of benchmarking in
three large acute NHS trusts. The findings concentrate on the attitudes of
professional groups towards the preparation and use of management
accounting information for performance measurement and comparison in NHS
trusts. The problems revealed in developing appropriate costing
information in this organizational context suggest difficulties lie ahead
as more far-reaching organizational and financial change permeates the
NHS.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 239-246
Issue: 4
Volume: 28
Year: 2008
Month: 8
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2008.00650.x
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Author-Name: Richard Laughlin
Author-X-Name-First: Richard
Author-X-Name-Last: Laughlin
Title: A Conceptual Framework for Accounting for Public-Benefit Entities
Abstract:
There is a renewed impetus in the International Accounting
Standards Board (IASB) and the International Public Sector Accounting
Standards Board (IPSASB) to develop a conceptual framework for financial
reporting for both private sector and public-benefit entities. This
article takes stock of some of the key issues related to this endeavour
with particular emphasis on what the objectives should be and whether it
is possible to have one conceptual framework for all entities.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 247-254
Issue: 4
Volume: 28
Year: 2008
Month: 8
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2008.00651.x
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Author-Name: Malcolm J. Prowle
Author-X-Name-First: Malcolm J.
Author-X-Name-Last: Prowle
Title: New Development: Developing Contestability in the Delivery of Public Services
Abstract:
The policy of contestability has become an important policy in
relation to the delivery of public services. This article describes the
theoretical underpinnings of contestability and its application to public
services in the UK. It discusses the necessary conditions for achieving
effective contestability and extending the application of contestability
in public service provision.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 255-260
Issue: 4
Volume: 28
Year: 2008
Month: 8
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2008.00652.x
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Author-Name: John Kirkpatrick
Author-X-Name-First: John
Author-X-Name-Last: Kirkpatrick
Title: Debate: In the Know—Work in Progress
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 263-264
Issue: 5
Volume: 28
Year: 2008
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2008.00653.x
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Author-Name: Marcial Bóo
Author-X-Name-First: Marcial
Author-X-Name-Last: Bóo
Title: Debate: An Entrepreneurial Public Sector
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 264-266
Issue: 5
Volume: 28
Year: 2008
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2008.00654.x
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Author-Name: George A. Boyne
Author-X-Name-First: George A.
Author-X-Name-Last: Boyne
Author-Name: Oliver James
Author-X-Name-First: Oliver
Author-X-Name-Last: James
Author-Name: Peter John
Author-X-Name-First: Peter
Author-X-Name-Last: John
Author-Name: Nicolai Petrovsky
Author-X-Name-First: Nicolai
Author-X-Name-Last: Petrovsky
Title: Executive Succession in English Local Government
Abstract:
The authors report the results of the first quantitative study
of senior management turnover in English local authorities. Consistent
with existing management theory, rates of executive succession were found
to be higher in an adverse external environment, and where organizational
performance is weak.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 267-274
Issue: 5
Volume: 28
Year: 2008
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2008.00655.x
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Author-Name: Chris Painter
Author-X-Name-First: Chris
Author-X-Name-Last: Painter
Title: A Government Department in Meltdown: Crisis at the Home Office
Abstract:
This article examines the multiple explanations for the
succession of crises engulfing the Home Office during 2006 and 2007.
Although some of the reasons related to characteristics and shortcomings
of the institution itself malfunctions in contemporary UK governance also
took their toll, raising fundamental questions to do with citizenship, the
public domain and public policy processes.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 275-282
Issue: 5
Volume: 28
Year: 2008
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2008.00656.x
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Author-Name: Celine Chew
Author-X-Name-First: Celine
Author-X-Name-Last: Chew
Author-Name: Stephen P. Osborne
Author-X-Name-First: Stephen P.
Author-X-Name-Last: Osborne
Title: Strategic Positioning in UK Charities that Provide Public Services: Implications of a New Integrating Model
Abstract:
This article explores the implications of a proposed model that
integrates the multi-dimensional factors influencing strategic positioning
in charities that provide public services. It argues that the existing
commercial marketing/strategy interpretations of strategic positioning,
such as positioning motives, strategic positioning process and the
marketing role in positioning, have limitations when applied to non-profit
organizations, such as charities.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 283-290
Issue: 5
Volume: 28
Year: 2008
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2008.00657.x
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Author-Name: Adrienne Curry
Author-X-Name-First: Adrienne
Author-X-Name-Last: Curry
Author-Name: Bridget Clark
Author-X-Name-First: Bridget
Author-X-Name-Last: Clark
Title: Children at Play—An Endangered Species?
Abstract:
This article investigates the reasons for the low priority given
to physical and outdoor activity in care services in Scotland. It
highlights the variety of stakeholders involved in care services and the
potential conflicts among them. National and local government need to
commit to an integrated policy to challenge our current
‘toxic’ culture, with more incentives for business and
communities to improve lifestyles and environments. Services should have
better and easier access to council facilities and relevant expertise,
including training, and physical activity need to be returned to the core
curriculum.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 291-298
Issue: 5
Volume: 28
Year: 2008
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2008.00658.x
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Author-Name: Stephen Abbott
Author-X-Name-First: Stephen
Author-X-Name-Last: Abbott
Author-Name: Richard Smith
Author-X-Name-First: Richard
Author-X-Name-Last: Smith
Author-Name: Susan Procter
Author-X-Name-First: Susan
Author-X-Name-Last: Procter
Author-Name: Nicci Iacovou
Author-X-Name-First: Nicci
Author-X-Name-Last: Iacovou
Title: Professional Executive Committees: What Do They Do?
Abstract:
This article examines the contribution of Professional Executive
Committees (PECs) to Primary Care Trusts (PCTs). It looks at the balance
of clinical and corporate discussions in PEC meetings, and how their
contribution and functions are perceived by PEC members and other PCT
personnel.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 299-304
Issue: 5
Volume: 28
Year: 2008
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2008.00659.x
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Author-Name: R. D. Osborne
Author-X-Name-First: R. D.
Author-X-Name-Last: Osborne
Title: Emerging Equality Policy in Britain in Comparative Context: A Missed Opportunity?
Abstract:
Evolving equality policy in Britain shows little evidence of
drawing upon comparative experience. Both fair employment policy in
Northern Ireland and employment equity in Canada offer approaches
significantly more radical than in Britain but key policy documents show
little appetite for engaging with these examples.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 305-312
Issue: 5
Volume: 28
Year: 2008
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2008.00660.x
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Author-Name: Leo Boland
Author-X-Name-First: Leo
Author-X-Name-Last: Boland
Author-Name: Emer Coleman
Author-X-Name-First: Emer
Author-X-Name-Last: Coleman
Title: New Development: What Lies Beyond Service Delivery? Leadership Behaviours for Place Shaping in Local Government
Abstract:
The challenges facing local government in the 21st century are
complex and rapidly changing. This article examines issues ranging from
adaptive behaviour in citizens (as governments struggle to create
cognitive shifts around areas such as waste minimization and obesity) to
the co-production of services. It offers examples of action being
developed in the London Borough of Barnet to enable public managers to
move from being place managers to place shapers.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 313-318
Issue: 5
Volume: 28
Year: 2008
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2008.00661.x
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Author-Name: Amanda Ball
Author-X-Name-First: Amanda
Author-X-Name-Last: Ball
Author-Name: Jan Bebbington
Author-X-Name-First: Jan
Author-X-Name-Last: Bebbington
Title: Editorial: Accounting and Reporting for Sustainable Development in Public Service Organizations
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 323-326
Issue: 6
Volume: 28
Year: 2008
Month: 12
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2008.00662.x
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Author-Name: Stefania Lamprinidi
Author-X-Name-First: Stefania
Author-X-Name-Last: Lamprinidi
Author-Name: Naoko Kubo
Author-X-Name-First: Naoko
Author-X-Name-Last: Kubo
Title: Debate: The Global Reporting Initiative and Public Agencies
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 326-329
Issue: 6
Volume: 28
Year: 2008
Month: 12
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2008.00663.x
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Author-Name: Thomas Lewis
Author-X-Name-First: Thomas
Author-X-Name-Last: Lewis
Title: Debate: Public Sector Sustainability Reporting—Implications for Accountants
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 329-331
Issue: 6
Volume: 28
Year: 2008
Month: 12
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2008.00664.x
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Author-Name: Andrew Lee
Author-X-Name-First: Andrew
Author-X-Name-Last: Lee
Title: Debate: Regulation for a Sustainable Energy System
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 331-333
Issue: 6
Volume: 28
Year: 2008
Month: 12
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2008.00665.x
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Author-Name: Michael Chibba
Author-X-Name-First: Michael
Author-X-Name-Last: Chibba
Title: Debate: Asia Rising—The Demise of the Neo-Liberal Model of Governance, Economic Management and Public Money
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 334-335
Issue: 6
Volume: 28
Year: 2008
Month: 12
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2008.00666.x
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Author-Name: Carlos Larrinaga-Gonzélez
Author-X-Name-First: Carlos
Author-X-Name-Last: Larrinaga-Gonzélez
Author-Name: Vincente Pérez-Chamorro
Author-X-Name-First: Vincente
Author-X-Name-Last: Pérez-Chamorro
Title: Sustainability Accounting and Accountability in Public Water Companies
Abstract:
This article analyses the ways that Spanish public water
companies communicate sustainability information to their stakeholders and
explores whether distinctive and more progressive accountability is
possible in the public sector in comparison with private sector
organizations. Two distinct activities are identified in sustainable
accountability: public organizations are engaged in informal as well as
formal reporting activity, and their reporting seems to be coupled with
real organizational strategies and operational activities.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 337-343
Issue: 6
Volume: 28
Year: 2008
Month: 12
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2008.00667.x
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Author-Name: Melina M. Manochin
Author-X-Name-First: Melina M.
Author-X-Name-Last: Manochin
Author-Name: Lisa Jack
Author-X-Name-First: Lisa
Author-X-Name-Last: Jack
Author-Name: Claire Howell
Author-X-Name-First: Claire
Author-X-Name-Last: Howell
Title: The Boundaries of Reporting Sustainable Development in Social Housing
Abstract:
The Registered Social Landlord (an independent housing
association in the UK) examined here was widely recognized as providing an
example of good governance. The organization was using extensive internal
reporting, both corporate and quasi-governmental in language, to try to
accurately capture different aspects of performance. This article reveals
that reporting sustainable development has boundaries to be overcome,
particularly in measuring performance of environmental and community
activities.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 345-352
Issue: 6
Volume: 28
Year: 2008
Month: 12
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2008.00668.x
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Author-Name: Jane Gibbon
Author-X-Name-First: Jane
Author-X-Name-Last: Gibbon
Author-Name: John Fenwick
Author-X-Name-First: John
Author-X-Name-Last: Fenwick
Author-Name: Janice McMillan
Author-X-Name-First: Janice
Author-X-Name-Last: McMillan
Title: Governance and Accountability: A Role for Social Accounts in the Sustainable School
Abstract:
Alongside formal systems of governance in secondary education
there are important informal relationships of accountability among key
stakeholders, organized around voluntary obligation in the public
interest. Developing these accountabilities enhances sustainability. This
article argues that social accounting, when firmly rooted in the values of
the school community, can be a valuable tool in developing accountability
and a practical means of enhancing sustainability.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 353-360
Issue: 6
Volume: 28
Year: 2008
Month: 12
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2008.00669.x
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Author-Name: James Guthrie
Author-X-Name-First: James
Author-X-Name-Last: Guthrie
Author-Name: Federica Farneti
Author-X-Name-First: Federica
Author-X-Name-Last: Farneti
Title: GRI Sustainability Reporting by Australian Public Sector Organizations
Abstract:
This article analyses voluntary sustainability reporting
practices in seven Australian public sector organizations which use the
Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) guidelines. Reporting practices are
diverse and the use of the GRI public agency supplement fragmented, with
the annual report being only one of several media used by organizations
for sustainability disclosures.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 361-366
Issue: 6
Volume: 28
Year: 2008
Month: 12
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2008.00670.x
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Author-Name: Shona L. Russell
Author-X-Name-First: Shona L.
Author-X-Name-Last: Russell
Author-Name: Ian Thompson
Author-X-Name-First: Ian
Author-X-Name-Last: Thompson
Title: Accounting for a Sustainable Scotland
Abstract:
Sustainable development indicators (SDI) can define priorities,
determine sustainable actions, evaluate policy options and legitimate
government interventions. Sustainable development strategies and
indicators used in Scotland, however, show a lack of consistency with a
potential for distortion of performance. The attributes of a sustainable
Scotland are used to construct a model to develop strategies and indicator
sets for sustainable development.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 367-374
Issue: 6
Volume: 28
Year: 2008
Month: 12
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2008.00671.x
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Author-Name: Beth Kewell
Author-X-Name-First: Beth
Author-X-Name-Last: Kewell
Author-Name: Matthias Beck
Author-X-Name-First: Matthias
Author-X-Name-Last: Beck
Title: NHS Inquiries: A Time Series Analysis
Abstract:
This article provides a time series analysis of NHS public
inquiries and inquiries related to health against the background of recent
policy changes which are centralizing hazardous incident investigations
within agencies such as the Healthcare Commission.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 375-382
Issue: 6
Volume: 28
Year: 2008
Month: 12
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2008.00672.x
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Author-Name: Andrew Gray
Author-X-Name-First: Andrew
Author-X-Name-Last: Gray
Author-Name: Jane Broadbent
Author-X-Name-First: Jane
Author-X-Name-Last: Broadbent
Author-Name: Michaela Lavender
Author-X-Name-First: Michaela
Author-X-Name-Last: Lavender
Title: Editorial: New cover, new publisher, same dedication
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 3-3
Issue: 1
Volume: 29
Year: 2009
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540960802618317
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Author-Name: Jocelyne Bourgon
Author-X-Name-First: Jocelyne
Author-X-Name-Last: Bourgon
Title: Debate: The future of public administration— Serving beyond the predictable
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 3-5
Issue: 1
Volume: 29
Year: 2009
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540960802617236
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Author-Name: Stephen P. Osborne
Author-X-Name-First: Stephen P.
Author-X-Name-Last: Osborne
Title: Debate: Delivering public services: Are we asking the right questions?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 5-7
Issue: 1
Volume: 29
Year: 2009
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540960802617269
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Author-Name: Peter M. Jackson
Author-X-Name-First: Peter M.
Author-X-Name-Last: Jackson
Title: Debate: We just do not know: Healthcare expenditure trends
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 9-10
Issue: 1
Volume: 29
Year: 2009
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540960802617285
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Author-Name: Stephen J. Bailey
Author-X-Name-First: Stephen J.
Author-X-Name-Last: Bailey
Author-Name: Darinka Asenova
Author-X-Name-First: Darinka
Author-X-Name-Last: Asenova
Author-Name: John Hood
Author-X-Name-First: John
Author-X-Name-Last: Hood
Title: Making widespread use of municipal bonds in Scotland?
Abstract:
This article considers the possibilities for widespread use of municipal
bonds to finance public sector infrastructure, with particular reference
to Scotland. Provided the various control measures recommended in this
article are in place, there can be few objections either in principle or
practice and they would be a highly desirable secure form of debt, so
helping ease the current credit crunch.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 11-18
Issue: 1
Volume: 29
Year: 2009
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540960802617319
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Author-Name: Basilio Acerete
Author-X-Name-First: Basilio
Author-X-Name-Last: Acerete
Author-Name: Jean Shaoul
Author-X-Name-First: Jean
Author-X-Name-Last: Shaoul
Author-Name: Anne Stafford
Author-X-Name-First: Anne
Author-X-Name-Last: Stafford
Title: Taking its toll: The private financing of roads in Spain
Abstract:
The article analyses the cost of using private finance to build, finance
and maintain toll roads in Spain. Spain is the primary exponent of private
finance for roads in Europe, where the case rested on the lack of public
finance, in contrast to the UK that has stressed value for money. The
evidence shows that more than half of the toll charge represents the cost
of finance; the cost of private finance is nearly double the cost of
public finance; and financing is underpinned by various forms of public
support creating risks for the taxpayers.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 19-26
Issue: 1
Volume: 29
Year: 2009
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540960802617327
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Author-Name: Russell Mannion
Author-X-Name-First: Russell
Author-X-Name-Last: Mannion
Author-Name: Andrew Street
Author-X-Name-First: Andrew
Author-X-Name-Last: Street
Title: Managing activity and expenditure in the new NHS market
Abstract:
The English National Health Service is introducing ‘Payment by
Results’ so that hospitals are paid according to the activity they
undertake. This should encourage hospitals to increase activity but
perhaps to unaffordable levels. Drawing on interviews with NHS staff and
documentary evidence, the authors examine local strategies to manage
activity and NHS expenditure. These alone cannot be relied upon to control
expenditure, and payments themselves should be modified.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 27-34
Issue: 1
Volume: 29
Year: 2009
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540960802617335
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Author-Name: Kate Mclaughlin
Author-X-Name-First: Kate
Author-X-Name-Last: Mclaughlin
Author-Name: Stephen P. Osborne
Author-X-Name-First: Stephen P.
Author-X-Name-Last: Osborne
Author-Name: Celine Chew
Author-X-Name-First: Celine
Author-X-Name-Last: Chew
Title: Relationship marketing, relational capital and the future of marketing in public service organizations
Abstract:
This article proposes an innovative model of marketing practice for
public services. This is rooted in the paradigm of relationship marketing
and emphasizes the need to build relational capital between and within
organizations operating in the public services arena. It is argued that
this is essential for the effective management of contemporary public
services in the fragmented state.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 35-42
Issue: 1
Volume: 29
Year: 2009
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540960802617343
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Author-Name: Karen Miller
Author-X-Name-First: Karen
Author-X-Name-Last: Miller
Title: Public policy dilemma—gender equality mainstreaming in UK policy formulation
Abstract:
The UK government has committed itself to improving the representation of
women in public service and has introduced a number of legislative
measures, policies and development programmes to do this. In 2006, the
government enacted a regulatory duty, placed on public sector
organizations, to mainstream gender equality in policy and service
delivery. This article explores the extent to which this duty could
promote gender equality and makes some recommendations for improving the
representation of women.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 43-50
Issue: 1
Volume: 29
Year: 2009
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540960802617350
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Author-Name: Jane Atterton
Author-X-Name-First: Jane
Author-X-Name-Last: Atterton
Author-Name: Nicola Thompson
Author-X-Name-First: Nicola
Author-X-Name-Last: Thompson
Author-Name: Terry Carroll
Author-X-Name-First: Terry
Author-X-Name-Last: Carroll
Title: Mentoring as a mechanism for improvement in local government
Abstract:
This article reports on a scheme to secure improvement in local
government using a peer mentoring network. Mentoring promoted learning,
and hence improvement, in many of the participating authorities. Mentoring
schemes must be carefully designed to achieve positive outcomes—it
is essential to have a clear understanding of what mentoring is and how it
should be administered, and to involve members and relevant partners of
the mentored organization.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 51-57
Issue: 1
Volume: 29
Year: 2009
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540960802617368
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Author-Name: George Jones
Author-X-Name-First: George
Author-X-Name-Last: Jones
Author-Name: John Stewart
Author-X-Name-First: John
Author-X-Name-Last: Stewart
Title: New development: Accountability in public partnerships—The case of Local Strategic Partnerships
Abstract:
Present arrangements for the accountability of Local Strategic
Partnerships (LSPs) and Local Area Agreements (LAAs) are confused. While
only local authorities have a direct accountability to the electorate for
them, yet they lack powers over their public partners to make that
accountability genuine. These partners should be obliged to follow the
lead of the local authority.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 59-64
Issue: 1
Volume: 29
Year: 2009
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540960802617376
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Author-Name: Arthur Midwinter
Author-X-Name-First: Arthur
Author-X-Name-Last: Midwinter
Title: New Development: Scotland's Concordat—An assessment of the new financial framework in central--local relations
Abstract:
The Scottish Concordat was presented as a new model of central--local
relations, based on mutual respect and joint accountability. In practice,
it delivered an uncosted package with inadequate measures of outcomes. The
result is service reductions, job losses, and blurred accountability.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 65-70
Issue: 1
Volume: 29
Year: 2009
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540960802617392
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Author-Name: Tony Bolden
Author-X-Name-First: Tony
Author-X-Name-Last: Bolden
Author-Name: Reg Harman
Author-X-Name-First: Reg
Author-X-Name-Last: Harman
Title: New development: Fast track to Birmingham
Abstract:
Despite government hesitation, high speed rail lines can offer cohesive
solutions to some of the UK's current major challenges: climate change and
the environment, sustainable economic development and congestion. The
article demonstrates this for the London--Birmingham corridor.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 71-74
Issue: 1
Volume: 29
Year: 2009
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540960802617400
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Author-Name: Catherine Needham
Author-X-Name-First: Catherine
Author-X-Name-Last: Needham
Title: Editorial: Consumerism in public services
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 79-81
Issue: 2
Volume: 29
Year: 2009
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540960902767923
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Author-Name: Pat Barrett
Author-X-Name-First: Pat
Author-X-Name-Last: Barrett
Title: Debate: Customers versus citizens—does the language matter?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 81-83
Issue: 2
Volume: 29
Year: 2009
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540960902767949
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Author-Name: David Heald
Author-X-Name-First: David
Author-X-Name-Last: Heald
Title: Debate: Reforming the governance of the NAO
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 83-85
Issue: 2
Volume: 29
Year: 2009
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540960902768061
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Author-Name: Marianna Fotaki
Author-X-Name-First: Marianna
Author-X-Name-Last: Fotaki
Title: Are all consumers the same? Choice in health, social care and education in England and elsewhere
Abstract:
The reliance on consumer choice to drive improvements in public services
is at the centre of policy debates in the UK and elsewhere. However, the
discourse of consumerism occurs in the midst of a quagmire as to whether
users of public services can legitimately be considered as customers,
citizens or co-producers, while the existing evidence on how far they
assume the role of public service consumers is largely ignored. This
article discusses research on users' attitudes to choice in health,
education and social services in the UK, the European Union and the USA.
Provision of public services is rarely about acquiring products for pure
consumption, but more about providers and users jointly addressing
essential social and human needs. The author argues for an alternative
conception of public service provision going beyond the limitations of
consumerism, although some users are more likely to choose certain public
services over others (for example schools rather than health services).
However, the evidence presented disproves the view that users of public
services will act as discerning consumers in the market-place.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 87-94
Issue: 2
Volume: 29
Year: 2009
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540960902767956
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Author-Name: Ian Greener
Author-X-Name-First: Ian
Author-X-Name-Last: Greener
Author-Name: Russell Mannion
Author-X-Name-First: Russell
Author-X-Name-Last: Mannion
Title: Patient choice in the NHS: what is the effect of choice policies on patients and relationships in health economies?
Abstract:
Policy-makers are increasingly advocating market-based reforms to
increase choices for service users and therefore to drive improvement
through competition. This article assesses this approach in a hospital
trust where there is plenty of scope for patients to choose providers and
so for reforms based on a market logic to work. The market had very little
impact on the hospital's activities, but demands from the Department of
Health and the strategic health authority for the hospital to become more
market-oriented were creating the potential for significant dysfunctional
consequences.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 95-100
Issue: 2
Volume: 29
Year: 2009
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540960902767972
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Author-Name: Sven Modell
Author-X-Name-First: Sven
Author-X-Name-Last: Modell
Author-Name: Fredrika Wiesel
Author-X-Name-First: Fredrika
Author-X-Name-Last: Wiesel
Title: Consumerism and control: evidence from Swedish central government agencies
Abstract:
This article examines whether the control practices associated with
public sector consumerism, such as devolved performance management and
accountability, enhance organizations' responsiveness to customer needs
and preferences. The research highlighted the need for trade-offs between
resource allocation and customer needs and how this affects rationing of
services. This is a serious dilemma as the public sector comes under the
dual pressures of the consumerist movement and a tightening funding
situation.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 101-108
Issue: 2
Volume: 29
Year: 2009
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540960902767980
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Author-Name: Brian K. Collins
Author-X-Name-First: Brian K.
Author-X-Name-Last: Collins
Author-Name: Hyun Joon Kim
Author-X-Name-First: Hyun Joon
Author-X-Name-Last: Kim
Title: Are satisfied citizens willing to pay more? Public sector consumerism as equitable social exchange
Abstract:
Treating citizens like customers is a common prescription for public
managers, but citizens differ from customers—citizens engage in
equitable social exchange that balances individual preferences and
assessments with willingness-to-pay for public amenities. This article
examines whether citizen satisfaction with the quality and quantity of
public amenities drives a citizen's willingness-to-pay for more public
provision. Analysing data from a Texas municipality's satisfaction survey,
the authors found that a decrease in satisfaction with the quantity of
public amenities is associated with an increase in willingness-to-pay, but
quality assessments show no relationship. Such behaviour highlights
differences between customers and public sector consumers, but also
suggests that a rational public is willing to contribute to the resolution
of public supply problems.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 109-116
Issue: 2
Volume: 29
Year: 2009
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540960902768004
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Author-Name: Tone Alm Andreassen
Author-X-Name-First: Tone
Author-X-Name-Last: Alm Andreassen
Title: The consumerism of ‘voice’ in Norwegian health policy and its dynamics in the transformation of health services
Abstract:
The policy of voice consumerism in Norwegian health policy has enabled
patients to be involved in discussions about professional practice.
Principles of openness have been successfully introduced in services bound
by professional autonomy and discretion. This article demonstrates the
influence that Norwegian patients and their representatives have been able
to have on service provision in brain injury rehabilitation and mental
healthcare.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 117-122
Issue: 2
Volume: 29
Year: 2009
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540960902768012
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Author-Name: Steve Martin
Author-X-Name-First: Steve
Author-X-Name-Last: Martin
Author-Name: Adrian Webb
Author-X-Name-First: Adrian
Author-X-Name-Last: Webb
Title: ‘Citizen-centred’ public services: contestability without consumer-driven competition?
Abstract:
Welsh policy-makers have rejected customer-driven market approaches to
the delivery of public services. Instead they espouse a model of delivery
rooted in collaboration and citizen engagement. Empirical evidence from
two recent wide-ranging reviews of public services in Wales suggests that
this approach could offer a viable alternative to user choice and
competition but, for it to be fully effective, central and local
government need to embrace other drivers of improvement.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 123-130
Issue: 2
Volume: 29
Year: 2009
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540960902768038
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Author-Name: Itai Beeri
Author-X-Name-First: Itai
Author-X-Name-Last: Beeri
Title: The measurement of turnaround management strategies in local authorities
Abstract:
The use of turnaround management strategies (TMS) in the public context
is beginning to be researched, however adjusted measurement tools are
still needed. This article describes the construction and validation of a
new scale for measuring TMS in local authorities.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 131-136
Issue: 2
Volume: 29
Year: 2009
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540960902768046
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Author-Name: Andrew Gray
Author-X-Name-First: Andrew
Author-X-Name-Last: Gray
Author-Name: Jane Broadbent
Author-X-Name-First: Jane
Author-X-Name-Last: Broadbent
Author-Name: Michaela Lavender
Author-X-Name-First: Michaela
Author-X-Name-Last: Lavender
Title: Editorial: PMM, the impact of research on practice, and the emerging Research Excellence Framework
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 139-140
Issue: 3
Volume: 29
Year: 2009
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540960902891624
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Author-Name: David Parker
Author-X-Name-First: David
Author-X-Name-Last: Parker
Title: Debate: History of privatization
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 140-142
Issue: 3
Volume: 29
Year: 2009
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540960902903650
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Author-Name: Jon Shortridge
Author-X-Name-First: Jon
Author-X-Name-Last: Shortridge
Title: Debate: Ten years of devolution
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 142-143
Issue: 3
Volume: 29
Year: 2009
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540960902903668
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Author-Name: Martin Lodge
Author-X-Name-First: Martin
Author-X-Name-Last: Lodge
Author-Name: Kai Wegrich
Author-X-Name-First: Kai
Author-X-Name-Last: Wegrich
Title: High-quality regulation: its popularity, its tools and its future
Abstract:
Ideas regarding ‘better regulation’ and
‘high-quality regulation’ have become key aspects of
contemporary administrative reform initiatives. What explains the
popularity of this agenda? What does the comparative experience tell us
about its impact? And what is its future? This article suggests that the
contemporary debate is flawed by competing assumptions hiding behind a
common language. A more promising approach is to embed high-quality
regulation into regulatory conversations rather than imposing requirements
through hierarchical means.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 145-152
Issue: 3
Volume: 29
Year: 2009
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540960902891640
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Author-Name: Dawn Wilkinson
Author-X-Name-First: Dawn
Author-X-Name-Last: Wilkinson
Author-Name: Ewan Ferlie
Author-X-Name-First: Ewan
Author-X-Name-Last: Ferlie
Author-Name: Rachael Addicott
Author-X-Name-First: Rachael
Author-X-Name-Last: Addicott
Author-Name: Mark McCarthy
Author-X-Name-First: Mark
Author-X-Name-Last: McCarthy
Title: The organizational context and use of routine data for cancer service management
Abstract:
The authors studied the use of routinely available data by four cancer
networks in England. Data use was not well developed, but beneficial
structures included commitment by a full-time information officer,
enthusiasm of a clinician with professed interest in multiple sources of
information, and good links with external networks and clinical service
groups. Policy-makers should support organizations where data are valued
and integrated into performance.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 153-160
Issue: 3
Volume: 29
Year: 2009
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540960902891673
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Author-Name: Pauline Allen
Author-X-Name-First: Pauline
Author-X-Name-Last: Allen
Title: ‘Payment by Results’ in the English NHS: the continuing challenges
Abstract:
The article discusses the objectives of the prospective payment
system—‘Payment by Results’ (PbR)—being
introduced into the English National Health Service and how it fits into
the broader reform programme of health services in England. The continuing
challenges for PbR are discussed and some suggestions made about how
matters could be improved.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 161-166
Issue: 3
Volume: 29
Year: 2009
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540960902891681
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Author-Name: Catherine Truss
Author-X-Name-First: Catherine
Author-X-Name-Last: Truss
Title: Effective human resources processes in local government
Abstract:
Local authority HR departments have come under increasing government
pressure to strengthen and professionalize their role. This article
explores the perspectives of line and HR managers in two local authorities
on how the HR function can best be organized to contribute to the
development of their organizations. A new model of effective HR processes
in local government is proposed.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 167-174
Issue: 3
Volume: 29
Year: 2009
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540960902891707
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Author-Name: José Luis Zafra-Gómez
Author-X-Name-First: José Luis
Author-X-Name-Last: Zafra-Gómez
Author-Name: Antonio Manuel López-Hernández
Author-X-Name-First: Antonio Manuel
Author-X-Name-Last: López-Hernández
Author-Name: Agustin Hernández-Bastida
Author-X-Name-First: Agustin
Author-X-Name-Last: Hernández-Bastida
Title: Developing an alert system for local governments in financial crisis
Abstract:
This article presents a new model which will show whether a local
authority is heading for financial trouble. The model is simple for
national audit bodies to use and provides an early warning of financial
tensions allowing corrective action to be taken before there is a crisis.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 175-181
Issue: 3
Volume: 29
Year: 2009
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540960902891731
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Author-Name: Alpa Dhanani
Author-X-Name-First: Alpa
Author-X-Name-Last: Dhanani
Title: Accountability of UK charities
Abstract:
This article examines the accountability practices of the largest
charitable organizations in England and Wales by analysing information on
the GuideStar UK website. The website is biased towards descriptive
information and is light on evaluative information. Reporting practices of
non-fundraising charities are weak, and disclosures for almost one-third
of the charities were outdated. Clearly, more needs to be done to improve
sector accountability.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 183-190
Issue: 3
Volume: 29
Year: 2009
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540960902891749
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Author-Name: R. A. W. Rhodes
Author-X-Name-First: R. A. W.
Author-X-Name-Last: Rhodes
Title: New development: From private office to departmental court
Abstract:
In the Rolls-Royce view of the private office, the minister gets what the
minister wants. However, the private office's job is not just to look
after the ministers. It has the equally important jobs of co-ordinating
the department's work and resolving conflicts both inside the department
and with other departments. Once we look at the work of the several
central units that form the ‘departmental court’, it is
clear there are several problems: fragmentation, rapid turnover of staff,
burn out, recruitment, and an entrenched culture of long hours. To ensure
departments have effective executives, we need to move beyond the
minister's private office and explore ways of strengthening the capacity
and capability of their departmental courts.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 191-194
Issue: 3
Volume: 29
Year: 2009
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540960902891756
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Author-Name: Paul Hunton
Author-X-Name-First: Paul
Author-X-Name-Last: Hunton
Author-Name: Alan Jones
Author-X-Name-First: Alan
Author-X-Name-Last: Jones
Author-Name: Paul Baker
Author-X-Name-First: Paul
Author-X-Name-Last: Baker
Title: New development: Performance management in a UK police force
Abstract:
Performance management has been a major initiative within UK police
forces since the aftermath of the Soham murders and the London bombings.
This article reports on successful breakthroughs in the interpretation of
various guides from the Home Office, Her Majesty's Inspectorate of
Constabularies, the Police Standards Unit and the National Intelligence
Model.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 195-200
Issue: 3
Volume: 29
Year: 2009
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540960902891764
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Author-Name: Andrew Gray
Author-X-Name-First: Andrew
Author-X-Name-Last: Gray
Author-Name: Jane Broadbent
Author-X-Name-First: Jane
Author-X-Name-Last: Broadbent
Author-Name: Michaela Lavender
Author-X-Name-First: Michaela
Author-X-Name-Last: Lavender
Author-Name: Fred Thompson
Author-X-Name-First: Fred
Author-X-Name-Last: Thompson
Author-Name: David Blunkett
Author-X-Name-First: David
Author-X-Name-Last: Blunkett
Author-Name: Jonathan Aylen
Author-X-Name-First: Jonathan
Author-X-Name-Last: Aylen
Title: Editorial and Debates
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 203-208
Issue: 4
Volume: 29
Year: 2009
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540960903034943
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Author-Name: Giuseppe Grossi
Author-X-Name-First: Giuseppe
Author-X-Name-Last: Grossi
Author-Name: Susan Newberry
Author-X-Name-First: Susan
Author-X-Name-Last: Newberry
Author-Name: Andreas Bergmann
Author-X-Name-First: Andreas
Author-X-Name-Last: Bergmann
Author-Name: Daniel Bietenhader
Author-X-Name-First: Daniel
Author-X-Name-Last: Bietenhader
Author-Name: Torbjörn Tagesson
Author-X-Name-First: Torbjörn
Author-X-Name-Last: Tagesson
Author-Name: Johan Christiaens
Author-X-Name-First: Johan
Author-X-Name-Last: Christiaens
Author-Name: Philippe Van Cauwenberge
Author-X-Name-First: Philippe
Author-X-Name-Last: Van Cauwenberge
Author-Name: Jan Rommel
Author-X-Name-First: Jan
Author-X-Name-Last: Rommel
Title: Theme: Whole of government accounting— international trends
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 209-218
Issue: 4
Volume: 29
Year: 2009
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540960903034968
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Author-Name: David Heald
Author-X-Name-First: David
Author-X-Name-Last: Heald
Author-Name: George Georgiou
Author-X-Name-First: George
Author-X-Name-Last: Georgiou
Title: Whole of government accounts developments in the UK: conceptual, technical and timetable issues
Abstract:
When published, the UK's much-delayed whole of government accounts (WGA)
will provide valuable incremental information on UK public finances. The
WGA will complement existing fiscal indicators such as net debt, which
excludes public assets other than liquid financial assets, by establishing
a more complete picture. Emphasising the relevance of accounting
consolidation to the public sector, this article assesses potential uses
of WGA and discusses why the UK WGA timetable for
publication—originally 2005--06 and now 2009--10—slipped so
badly. A series of conceptual and technical issues is examined, including
how the WGA boundary is defined; the emphasis the UK places on alignment
with the national accounts; and the proposed treatment of taxes paid by
entities within the WGA consolidation.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 219-227
Issue: 4
Volume: 29
Year: 2009
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540960903034976
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Author-Name: Ron Day
Author-X-Name-First: Ron
Author-X-Name-Last: Day
Title: Implementation of whole of government reports in Australia
Abstract:
The 20-year history of whole of government reports (WGR) implementation
in Australia has some important lessons for other countries. These include
factors that need to be considered regarding the process, the positive
influences that contributed to successful implementation that are worth
replicating, and negative influences and pitfalls to avoid. Effective
implementation requires commitment to realistic objectives, timetables and
scale.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 229-234
Issue: 4
Volume: 29
Year: 2009
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540960903034992
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Author-Name: Susan Newberry
Author-X-Name-First: Susan
Author-X-Name-Last: Newberry
Author-Name: Sonja Pont-Newby
Author-X-Name-First: Sonja
Author-X-Name-Last: Pont-Newby
Title: Whole of government accounting in New Zealand: the ownership form of control
Abstract:
There are lessons to be learned from the emergence of comprehensive
government financial reporting in New Zealand. Developments suggest
ownership assumptions shaped policy and implied a particular role of
government. These lessons are instructive on the relationship between
reporting, organizational form, and constitutional considerations, and,
importantly, about usefulness.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 235-242
Issue: 4
Volume: 29
Year: 2009
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540960903035007
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Author-Name: Isabel Brusca
Author-X-Name-First: Isabel
Author-X-Name-Last: Brusca
Author-Name: Vicente Montesinos
Author-X-Name-First: Vicente
Author-X-Name-Last: Montesinos
Title: International experiences in whole of government financial reporting: lesson-drawing for Spain
Abstract:
This article focuses on whole of government accounts from a comparative
perspective and identifies key lessons for Spain and other European
countries with a continental accounting system. The authors examine the
issues involved in whole of government financial reporting in New Zealand,
Australia, the UK and North America. They conclude that whole public
sector consolidated accounts are not currently feasible in Spain and that
consolidation should start at each level of government.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 243-250
Issue: 4
Volume: 29
Year: 2009
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540960903035023
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Author-Name: Giuseppe Grossi
Author-X-Name-First: Giuseppe
Author-X-Name-Last: Grossi
Author-Name: Francesca Pepe
Author-X-Name-First: Francesca
Author-X-Name-Last: Pepe
Title: Consolidation in the public sector: a cross-country comparison
Abstract:
This article analyses consolidated annual accounts in the public sector
in six countries (Sweden, the UK, the USA, Canada, New Zealand and
Australia) highlighting the differences and similarities in approaches.
The authors also examine international trends and take an in-depth look at
the International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board (IPSASB).
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 251-256
Issue: 4
Volume: 29
Year: 2009
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540960903035031
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Author-Name: Danny Chow
Author-X-Name-First: Danny
Author-X-Name-Last: Chow
Author-Name: Christopher Humphrey
Author-X-Name-First: Christopher
Author-X-Name-Last: Humphrey
Author-Name: Jodie Moll
Author-X-Name-First: Jodie
Author-X-Name-Last: Moll
Title: New development: In pursuit of WGA—Research findings from the UK
Abstract:
In 1998, the UK Treasury and National Audit Office recommended the
publication of whole of government accounts (WGA) and set out timelines
for a full set of audited accounts to be made available for 2005--06. So
far nothing has been published. This article considers the promises,
practical pursuit and evaluation of WGA.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 257-260
Issue: 4
Volume: 29
Year: 2009
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540960903035049
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Author-Name: Giuseppe Grossi
Author-X-Name-First: Giuseppe
Author-X-Name-Last: Grossi
Title: New development: Consolidated financial reporting as a stimulus for change in Italian local government
Abstract:
This article analyses the potential effect of consolidated financial
reporting (CFR) on the accounting and reporting systems in Italian local
government. As consequence of the increased use of decentralized entities
in delivering a variety of public services, Italian local government needs
to improve internal and external accountability. Although a number of
obstacles (technical, legal and cultural) have been encountered in Italy,
initial experience in Tuscany has demonstrated that CFR has benefits for
internal and external users. CFR, in addition, is a potential stimulus for
the full implementation of accrual accounting and reporting.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 261-264
Issue: 4
Volume: 29
Year: 2009
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540960903035056
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Author-Name: Andrew Gray
Author-X-Name-First: Andrew
Author-X-Name-Last: Gray
Author-Name: Jane Broadbent
Author-X-Name-First: Jane
Author-X-Name-Last: Broadbent
Author-Name: Michaela Lavender
Author-X-Name-First: Michaela
Author-X-Name-Last: Lavender
Title: Editorial: Crisis! What an opportunity!
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 265-265
Issue: 5
Volume: 29
Year: 2009
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540960903205584
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Author-Name: Ilan Vertinsky
Author-X-Name-First: Ilan
Author-X-Name-Last: Vertinsky
Title: Debate: Public management in recessions and economic crises. Strategic options and political constraints
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 265-267
Issue: 5
Volume: 29
Year: 2009
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540960903205592
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Author-Name: Rodney Brooke
Author-X-Name-First: Rodney
Author-X-Name-Last: Brooke
Title: New development: The future of public service regulation—the professional's perspective
Abstract:
Regulatory failures have shifted the debate from the burden of regulation
to its effectiveness. In response, regulators will be more sceptical of
self-assessments, more responsive to consumers, provide better
information, investigate inputs as well as outcomes and work more
collaboratively.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 268-272
Issue: 5
Volume: 29
Year: 2009
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540960903205600
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Author-Name: Jonathan Erskine
Author-X-Name-First: Jonathan
Author-X-Name-Last: Erskine
Author-Name: David J. Hunter
Author-X-Name-First: David J.
Author-X-Name-Last: Hunter
Author-Name: Chris Hicks
Author-X-Name-First: Chris
Author-X-Name-Last: Hicks
Author-Name: Tom McGovern
Author-X-Name-First: Tom
Author-X-Name-Last: McGovern
Author-Name: Eileen Scott
Author-X-Name-First: Eileen
Author-X-Name-Last: Scott
Author-Name: Edward Lugsden
Author-X-Name-First: Edward
Author-X-Name-Last: Lugsden
Author-Name: Edward Kunonga
Author-X-Name-First: Edward
Author-X-Name-Last: Kunonga
Author-Name: Paula Whitty
Author-X-Name-First: Paula
Author-X-Name-Last: Whitty
Title: New development: First steps towards an evaluation of the North East Transformation System
Abstract:
The North East Transformation System (NETS) is a programme that aims to
engage the elements of NHS North East in a common vision, reshape the
clinician/employer compact, and use Lean methodology to redesign work
processes. After initial implementation in pathfinder sites, NETS is now
to encompass other trusts in the region.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 273-276
Issue: 5
Volume: 29
Year: 2009
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540960903205857
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Author-Name: John Goddard
Author-X-Name-First: John
Author-X-Name-Last: Goddard
Author-Name: Phil Molyneux
Author-X-Name-First: Phil
Author-X-Name-Last: Molyneux
Author-Name: John O. S. Wilson
Author-X-Name-First: John O. S.
Author-X-Name-Last: Wilson
Title: The crisis in UK banking
Abstract:
Unparalleled turmoil in the banking system over the past two years has
impacted severely on the UK's economic prospects. What was once a
profitable, fastgrowing, dynamic and highly innovative banking sector has
been publicly humiliated, while its lending capacity has stalled. This
article highlights the evolution of the credit crisis in the UK, as the
fallout from American subprime lending and the housing market bubble
spread rapidly across the Atlantic. Lessons from the crisis and policy
recommendations are considered, focusing on rebuilding bank liquidity and
capital, strengthening bank supervision and regulation, and improving risk
evaluation and risk management practices throughout the banking and
financial system.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 277-284
Issue: 5
Volume: 29
Year: 2009
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540960903205881
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Author-Name: Christopher Pollitt
Author-X-Name-First: Christopher
Author-X-Name-Last: Pollitt
Title: Structural change and public service performance: international lessons?
Abstract:
Large-scale structural reforms have been popular in a number of
countries, including the UK. This article seeks to establish what we have
learned from these recurrent reforms. Systematic learning actually seems
to have been the exception rather than the rule. There are a number of
reasons why conclusive evaluations very seldom get done. There is,
however, a vast literature on change management, which appears to contain
a number of useful prescriptions. Yet this, too, has significant
limitations. Political parties in the UK are currently competing to offer
the nth bout of restructuring in the past 20 years. It would be nice if
they would also consider the case for local, smaller scale, more modular
changes, rather than further programmatic upheavals.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 285-291
Issue: 5
Volume: 29
Year: 2009
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540960903205907
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Author-Name: Christopher Jackson
Author-X-Name-First: Christopher
Author-X-Name-Last: Jackson
Author-Name: Ian P. Dewing
Author-X-Name-First: Ian P.
Author-X-Name-Last: Dewing
Title: Police authorities in England and Wales: board composition and corporate governance
Abstract:
This article examines the corporate governance arrangements of police
authorities in England and Wales. It provides empirical evidence from
interviews with police authority members. Given the fundamental
responsibility of police authorities for ensuring efficient and effective
policing in their areas, their governance is of considerable interest and
importance. The authors conclude that the main challenge for police
authorities is enhancing cohesion.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 292-298
Issue: 5
Volume: 29
Year: 2009
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540960903205915
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Author-Name: Anna Coleman
Author-X-Name-First: Anna
Author-X-Name-Last: Coleman
Author-Name: Francesca Gains
Author-X-Name-First: Francesca
Author-X-Name-Last: Gains
Author-Name: Alan Boyd
Author-X-Name-First: Alan
Author-X-Name-Last: Boyd
Author-Name: Donna Bradshaw
Author-X-Name-First: Donna
Author-X-Name-Last: Bradshaw
Author-Name: Carole Johnson
Author-X-Name-First: Carole
Author-X-Name-Last: Johnson
Title: Scrutinizing local public service provision
Abstract:
Set in the context of an expansion of scrutiny by local authorities of
local service provision, this article explores the key challenges ahead
for managers and politicians in this area of local governance. Drawing on
an evaluation of the development of health scrutiny, it outlines the
different types of activities health scrutiny committees are engaging in
to fulfil their legislative commitments and suggests lessons for the
expansion of external scrutiny.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 299-306
Issue: 5
Volume: 29
Year: 2009
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540960903205949
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Author-Name: Gerry McGivern
Author-X-Name-First: Gerry
Author-X-Name-Last: McGivern
Author-Name: Andreas Lambrianou
Author-X-Name-First: Andreas
Author-X-Name-Last: Lambrianou
Author-Name: Ewan Ferlie
Author-X-Name-First: Ewan
Author-X-Name-Last: Ferlie
Author-Name: Martin Cowie
Author-X-Name-First: Martin
Author-X-Name-Last: Cowie
Title: Enacting evidence into clinical practice: the case of coronary heart disease
Abstract:
NICE evidence and National Service Frameworks may be increasingly
legitimate, according to our research on the implementation of
evidence-based medicine within British cardiac services. However,
different professional conceptions of evidence still limited its
diffusion, implementation of evidence-based medicine needed to be locally
negotiated, and coronary heart disease ‘collaborative’
networks played a limited role in our case study.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 307-312
Issue: 5
Volume: 29
Year: 2009
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540960903205956
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Author-Name: Federica Farneti
Author-X-Name-First: Federica
Author-X-Name-Last: Farneti
Title: Balanced scorecard implementation in an Italian local government organization
Abstract:
This article explains how action research was used to analyse the
implementation of the balanced scorecard (BSC) model to meet the
legislative requirements of strategic control reporting in Italian local
government. The BSC model was modified for local government and was used
for political action, non-financial measures, budget allocations, and to
meet legislative requirements. This article offers some important lessons
for policy-makers and practitioners about adopting and implementing a BSC
model.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 313-320
Issue: 5
Volume: 29
Year: 2009
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540960903205964
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Author-Name: Iain Docherty
Author-X-Name-First: Iain
Author-X-Name-Last: Docherty
Author-Name: Jon Shaw
Author-X-Name-First: Jon
Author-X-Name-Last: Shaw
Author-Name: Richard Knowles
Author-X-Name-First: Richard
Author-X-Name-Last: Knowles
Author-Name: Danny Mackinnon
Author-X-Name-First: Danny
Author-X-Name-Last: Mackinnon
Title: Connecting for competitiveness: future transport in UK city regions
Abstract:
Britain's major cities have fallen behind the best practice in transport
of European and north American cities, and need to address this to compete
in global markets. A number of potential mechanisms are available to UK
cities, but only if central government is willing to transfer (limited)
financial powers to the city regions.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 321-328
Issue: 5
Volume: 29
Year: 2009
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540960903205972
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Author-Name: Andrew Gray
Author-X-Name-First: Andrew
Author-X-Name-Last: Gray
Author-Name: Jane Broadbent
Author-X-Name-First: Jane
Author-X-Name-Last: Broadbent
Author-Name: Michaela Lavender
Author-X-Name-First: Michaela
Author-X-Name-Last: Lavender
Title: Editorial: Faith in Themes
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 331-331
Issue: 6
Volume: 29
Year: 2009
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540960903378092
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Author-Name: Russell Mellett
Author-X-Name-First: Russell
Author-X-Name-Last: Mellett
Title: Debate: Institutions and UK fiscal arrangements—time for reform?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 331-334
Issue: 6
Volume: 29
Year: 2009
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540960903378100
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Author-Name: Stephen Mungavin
Author-X-Name-First: Stephen
Author-X-Name-Last: Mungavin
Author-Name: Charles Ferguson
Author-X-Name-First: Charles
Author-X-Name-Last: Ferguson
Title: Research Excellence Framework—some fundamental questions
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 334-335
Issue: 6
Volume: 29
Year: 2009
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540960903378118
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Author-Name: Jane Broadbent
Author-X-Name-First: Jane
Author-X-Name-Last: Broadbent
Title: Editorial: Achieving efficiency and effectiveness in challenging times
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 3-4
Issue: 1
Volume: 30
Year: 2010
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540960903492174
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Author-Name: Pat Barrett AO
Author-X-Name-First: Pat
Author-X-Name-Last: Barrett AO
Title: Debate: Approaches to control—a view from Australia
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 4-6
Issue: 1
Volume: 30
Year: 2010
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540960903492182
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Author-Name: Christopher Pollitt
Author-X-Name-First: Christopher
Author-X-Name-Last: Pollitt
Title: Debate: Approaches to control—the poverty of ‘what's hot and what's not’
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 7-8
Issue: 1
Volume: 30
Year: 2010
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540960903492208
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Author-Name: Erica Wimbush
Author-X-Name-First: Erica
Author-X-Name-Last: Wimbush
Title: Debate: Accountability for outcomes— international lessons
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 8-10
Issue: 1
Volume: 30
Year: 2010
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540960903492224
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Author-Name: Brendan McCarron
Author-X-Name-First: Brendan
Author-X-Name-Last: McCarron
Title: Debate: Questions of scale
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 10-12
Issue: 1
Volume: 30
Year: 2010
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540960903492240
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Author-Name: Istemi Demirag
Author-X-Name-First: Istemi
Author-X-Name-Last: Demirag
Author-Name: Iqbal Khadaroo
Author-X-Name-First: Iqbal
Author-X-Name-Last: Khadaroo
Title: Costs, outputs and outcomes in school PFI contracts and the significance of project size
Abstract:
This article examines operational Private Finance Initiative (PFI) school
projects and reports the experiences of UK headteachers. It considers the
impact of project size on value for money (VFM). Headteachers involved in
small projects are more satisfied with costs than those involved in large
projects, but headteachers involved in larger projects are more satisfied
with affordability. Generally, heads are more satisfied with the buildings
than with the services. The authors question the government's recent
policy changes to increase the size of PFI projects.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 13-18
Issue: 1
Volume: 30
Year: 2010
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540960903492281
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Author-Name: Michelle Norris
Author-X-Name-First: Michelle
Author-X-Name-Last: Norris
Author-Name: Dermot Coates
Author-X-Name-First: Dermot
Author-X-Name-Last: Coates
Title: Private sector provision of social housing: an assessment of recent Irish experiments
Abstract:
In recent years many European governments have reduced the role of social
housing in accommodating low-income households and increased the role of
the private rented sector with the aid of housing allowances. The Irish
government had expected that this would lead to better value for money and
would give claimants greater flexibility. However, this has not proved to
be the case and housing allowance claimant numbers have been very
difficult to control. The Irish experience highlights some administrative
strategies which could be employed by other countries to address this
problem and thereby enhance the potential for public--private partnerships
in the provision of social housing.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 19-26
Issue: 1
Volume: 30
Year: 2010
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540960903492307
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Author-Name: Ronald W. McQuaid
Author-X-Name-First: Ronald W.
Author-X-Name-Last: McQuaid
Author-Name: Walter Scherrer
Author-X-Name-First: Walter
Author-X-Name-Last: Scherrer
Title: Changing reasons for public--private partnerships (PPPs)
Abstract:
This article considers the micro- and macro-economic benefits and costs
of PPPs and some implications of implementing new international accounting
standards. If public sector financial costs are forced to move ‘on
balance sheet’, then there are likely to be impacts on the use in
PPPs by governments and other public bodies. This may move the basis of
PPP choice towards a more level playing-field with other financing
sources, potentially give a more realistic measure of future public
commitments and liabilities and reduce incentives to use PPPs for budget
enlargement. There may be a refocusing upon the potential efficiency gains
of PPPs and a reduction in their use, in some cases.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 27-34
Issue: 1
Volume: 30
Year: 2010
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540960903492331
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Author-Name: Carlos Ortiz
Author-X-Name-First: Carlos
Author-X-Name-Last: Ortiz
Title: The new public management of security: the contracting and managerial state and the private military industry
Abstract:
Private military companies (PMCs) do not often figure as a case study
alongside topics such as health and local government in the public
management literature. However, this article shows that public management
offers critical insights into the reasons why governments contract
services to the private military industry. In particular, the article
analyses the deep inroads that reforms inspired by new public management
have made into the management of defence and security functions since the
1990s, as well as the partnerships established between authorities and
PMCs. A key motivation behind such policies has been to raise the
efficiency and effectiveness of security provision. However, there have
also been some unexpected problems, which are addressed in the article.
The conclusions highlight that, despite many imperfections, states will
increasingly provide security with the assistance of PMCs.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 35-41
Issue: 1
Volume: 30
Year: 2010
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540960903492356
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Author-Name: R. Cunha Marques
Author-X-Name-First: R. Cunha
Author-X-Name-Last: Marques
Author-Name: Kristof De Witte
Author-X-Name-First: Kristof
Author-X-Name-Last: De Witte
Title: Towards a benchmarking paradigm in European water utilities
Abstract:
This article explains the benefits of using benchmarking tools in the
public sector to drive up performance. The authors examine the case of
European water utilities, focusing on four countries: Portugal, Belgium,
The Netherlands and the UK. They argue for the creation of a European
‘observatory’ to collect data, promote benchmarking and
disseminate best practice in the water sector.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 42-48
Issue: 1
Volume: 30
Year: 2010
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540960903492364
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Author-Name: Thais Rangel
Author-X-Name-First: Thais
Author-X-Name-Last: Rangel
Author-Name: Jesús Galende
Author-X-Name-First: Jesús
Author-X-Name-Last: Galende
Title: Innovation in public--private partnerships (PPPs): the Spanish case of highway concessions
Abstract:
This article identifies the factors that determine innovation in
transport PPPs in Spain. Innovation is an important way of achieving
efficiency but it is not an intrinsic characteristic of PPP projects. The
authors describe the multiple regression model they devised to estimate
innovation. The results show that PPP contracts can be designed to
maximize innovation in R&D. However, there does not appear to be greater
innovation in any other areas. The information provided has important
implications for public service organizations considering new contracts
with the private sector.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 49-54
Issue: 1
Volume: 30
Year: 2010
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540960903492380
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Author-Name: Fritz Sager
Author-X-Name-First: Fritz
Author-X-Name-Last: Sager
Author-Name: Adrian Ritz
Author-X-Name-First: Adrian
Author-X-Name-Last: Ritz
Author-Name: Kristina Bussmann
Author-X-Name-First: Kristina
Author-X-Name-Last: Bussmann
Title: Utilization-focused performance reporting
Abstract:
How best to define performance measures is a much-debated issue.
Mismatches between goals and indicators can lead to distortions that
undermine impact-oriented steering. This article presents a model of goal
and indicator development and explains its applicability, benefits and
limitations.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 55-62
Issue: 1
Volume: 30
Year: 2010
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540960903492398
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Author-Name: Haiko van der Voort
Author-X-Name-First: Haiko
Author-X-Name-Last: van der Voort
Author-Name: Emiel Kerpershoek
Author-X-Name-First: Emiel
Author-X-Name-Last: Kerpershoek
Title: Measuring measures: introducing performance measurement in the Dutch health care sector
Abstract:
The Dutch government has sought to increase transparency in the
performance of medical institutions. For hospitals this has presented
three challenges for performance measures, each related to gaining
authority and support from all those (public and private) bodies already
involved in quality assurance. The experience raises issues about the
speed of implementation, scope, burden and impact on hospital image of
performance measurement regimes. It also suggests a tension between
market-based and other mechanisms used to ensure quality.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 63-68
Issue: 1
Volume: 30
Year: 2010
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540960903492406
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Author-Name: Sandra Tillema
Author-X-Name-First: Sandra
Author-X-Name-Last: Tillema
Title: Public sector benchmarking and performance improvement: what is the link and can it be improved?
Abstract:
Benchmarking is often used in the public sector as a way of driving up
performance. This article explains why benchmarking does not necessarily
lead to better performance and why it can generate unwanted consequences.
The article recommends ways of improving the link between benchmarking and
performance. These involve the design of the benchmarking scheme, the
presentation of benchmarking scores, the stakeholders to which these
scores will be disclosed, and the actions that will be undertaken as a
follow-up.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 69-75
Issue: 1
Volume: 30
Year: 2010
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540960903492414
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Author-Name: Catherine Farrell
Author-X-Name-First: Catherine
Author-X-Name-Last: Farrell
Title: Editorial: Ten years of UK devolution
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 79-80
Issue: 2
Volume: 30
Year: 2010
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540961003665370
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Author-Name: Richard Parry
Author-X-Name-First: Richard
Author-X-Name-Last: Parry
Title: Debate: Redesigning the devolved states— progress and limitations
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 80-81
Issue: 2
Volume: 30
Year: 2010
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540961003665388
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Author-Name: Colin Knox
Author-X-Name-First: Colin
Author-X-Name-Last: Knox
Author-Name: Paul Carmichael
Author-X-Name-First: Paul
Author-X-Name-Last: Carmichael
Title: Debate: Devolution in Northern Ireland
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 82-83
Issue: 2
Volume: 30
Year: 2010
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540961003665404
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Author-Name: David Walker
Author-X-Name-First: David
Author-X-Name-Last: Walker
Title: Debate: Problems of quality and logic in the case for devolution
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 84-86
Issue: 2
Volume: 30
Year: 2010
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540961003665594
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Author-Name: Jon Shortridge
Author-X-Name-First: Jon
Author-X-Name-Last: Shortridge
Title: New development: The evolution of Welsh devolution
Abstract:
This article traces the evolution of the current Welsh devolution
settlement from its beginnings at the time of the 1997 general election
through to the present day. It provides a context for the growing debate
about whether Wales is now ready for a settlement which provides full
law-making powers on the Scottish model.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 87-90
Issue: 2
Volume: 30
Year: 2010
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540961003665479
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Author-Name: Margaret Arnott
Author-X-Name-First: Margaret
Author-X-Name-Last: Arnott
Author-Name: Jenny Ozga
Author-X-Name-First: Jenny
Author-X-Name-Last: Ozga
Title: Nationalism, governance and policymaking in Scotland: The Scottish National Party (SNP) in power
Abstract:
This article explores policy development under the Scottish National
Party (SNP) government, focusing on education policy. As a minority
government the SNP needs to govern on the basis of co-operation and
consensus. It has presented itself as a party with capacity for government
but limited by the restricted autonomy of devolution. The ability to pass
large amounts of legislation is more challenging for a minority
government. Building new relationships with partners has been a key part
of the SNP's approach to governing. This marks a shift in governing style
in Scotland highlighting the importance of ‘discourse’ where
texts (including speech) are used to promote policy aims and agendas.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 91-96
Issue: 2
Volume: 30
Year: 2010
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540961003665503
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Author-Name: Jonathan Bradbury
Author-X-Name-First: Jonathan
Author-X-Name-Last: Bradbury
Author-Name: Ian Stafford
Author-X-Name-First: Ian
Author-X-Name-Last: Stafford
Title: The effectiveness of legislative mechanisms for the devolution of powers in the UK: the case of transport devolution to Wales
Abstract:
The authors consider the effectiveness of legislative mechanisms for
devolving state powers on an incremental basis in the UK. There has been
considerable critical debate about how these have worked but there have
been few detailed studies. This article analyses the case of UK transport
devolution to Wales in 2005--06 and finds mixed evidence. While the
legislative process was ultimately advantageous to effective policy
devolution as perceived both by central and devolved government, it also
highlighted the problems of dependency on UK legislative discretion.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 97-102
Issue: 2
Volume: 30
Year: 2010
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540961003665511
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Author-Name: Laura McAllister
Author-X-Name-First: Laura
Author-X-Name-Last: McAllister
Author-Name: Adrian Kay
Author-X-Name-First: Adrian
Author-X-Name-Last: Kay
Title: Core tensions in Wales's new politics: pluralist trends in a majoritarian system
Abstract:
This article examines aspects of Wales's new political system. It
identifies a core tension between traditional, majoritarian-designed
institutions and procedures, and a new political pluralism. There is a
fundamental disconnection between current politics and the original system
design which has added complexity and inefficiency to the operation,
management and administration of most aspects of devolved politics.
Moreover, understanding the contours of the nascent and inchoate system in
W ales has been obscured by debates about the distribution of legislative
powers between Westminster and Cardiff. The article identifies lessons
from coalition government in Wales, both for academics working on the
implications of coalitions and for practitioners—specifically for
‘constitution managers’ and those engaged in policy-making.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 103-108
Issue: 2
Volume: 30
Year: 2010
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540961003665529
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Author-Name: Derek Birrell
Author-X-Name-First: Derek
Author-X-Name-Last: Birrell
Title: Public sector reform in Northern Ireland: policy copying or a distinctive model of public sector modernization?
Abstract:
This article examines the range of reforms and structural changes in
Northern Ireland since the restoration of devolution in 1999, together
with the principles put forward in accompanying rationales. Comparisons
are made with England, Scotland and Wales to explain the factors driving
Northern Ireland's pattern of public sector reform. There has been a
tendency to focus on the practical, and controversial issues have been
avoided. Elements of the streamlining model which Northern Ireland has
adopted could now have a wider appeal as a response to cuts in public
spending through reducing and simplifying the number of public bodies.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 109-116
Issue: 2
Volume: 30
Year: 2010
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540961003665537
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Author-Name: Alessandro Sancino
Author-X-Name-First: Alessandro
Author-X-Name-Last: Sancino
Title: Debate: Community governance as a response to economic crisis
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 117-118
Issue: 2
Volume: 30
Year: 2010
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540961003665545
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Author-Name: Jim Steer
Author-X-Name-First: Jim
Author-X-Name-Last: Steer
Title: Debate: 2010—the year to adopt high-speed rail?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 118-119
Issue: 2
Volume: 30
Year: 2010
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540961003665552
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Author-Name: Panagiotis Piperopoulos
Author-X-Name-First: Panagiotis
Author-X-Name-Last: Piperopoulos
Title: New development: Public service enterprises and consumer-centric management
Abstract:
This article presents consumer satisfaction surveys for three very
different public enterprises in the city of Edessa in Greece: the local
water and sewerage company, the municipal conservatory of music and a
café/restaurant. The majority of consumers were satisfied with the
services provided to them by these three public enterprises. Relationships
with consumers were managed very differently by the enterprises suggesting
that service delivery should be based on the individual characteristics of
the enterprise and the environment it operates in.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 121-124
Issue: 2
Volume: 30
Year: 2010
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540961003665560
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Author-Name: Veronica Vecchi
Author-X-Name-First: Veronica
Author-X-Name-Last: Vecchi
Author-Name: Mark Hellowell
Author-X-Name-First: Mark
Author-X-Name-Last: Hellowell
Author-Name: Francesco Longo
Author-X-Name-First: Francesco
Author-X-Name-Last: Longo
Title: Are Italian healthcare organizations paying too much for their public--private partnerships?
Abstract:
Italy's health service—the Servizio Sanitario Nazionale
(SSN)—has developed Europe's second largest market for healthcare
public--private partnerships. This article describes the origins of
private finance for SSN infrastructure, examines the programme's scale and
key characteristics, and provides a capital budgeting analysis of rates of
return on 14 privately financed schemes. Excess returns are being made by
the investors in these projects, and there is potential for SSN procurers
to achieve significantly better value for money for the Italian people
than has been the case to date.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 125-132
Issue: 2
Volume: 30
Year: 2010
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540961003665586
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Author-Name: Jaki Meekings Davis
Author-X-Name-First: Jaki
Author-X-Name-Last: Meekings Davis
Title: Debate: Productivity versus cuts
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 135-135
Issue: 3
Volume: 30
Year: 2010
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540961003794220
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Author-Name: Catherine Needham
Author-X-Name-First: Catherine
Author-X-Name-Last: Needham
Title: Debate: Personalized public services—a new state/citizen contract?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 136-138
Issue: 3
Volume: 30
Year: 2010
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540961003794246
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Author-Name: Francis Coxhead
Author-X-Name-First: Francis
Author-X-Name-Last: Coxhead
Author-Name: Janet Grauberg
Author-X-Name-First: Janet
Author-X-Name-Last: Grauberg
Author-Name: Paul Joyce
Author-X-Name-First: Paul
Author-X-Name-Last: Joyce
Author-Name: Colin Knox
Author-X-Name-First: Colin
Author-X-Name-Last: Knox
Author-Name: Tanya Lawes
Author-X-Name-First: Tanya
Author-X-Name-Last: Lawes
Author-Name: Andrew Massey
Author-X-Name-First: Andrew
Author-X-Name-Last: Massey
Title: New development: Adapting university education for changing expectations of public services leaders and managers—guidance for designing and delivering MPAs
Abstract:
Substantial sums of money are spent in the UK funding Masters of Public
Administration (MPA) programmes. In the current financial climate,
learners and employers are seeking evidence that courses provide
relevance, value for money and return on their investment. New guidance
has been developed by government and academic groups to set a benchmark
for excellence in content and delivery. UK MPA courses already attract a
large number of international students and this new guidance should add
value for overseas participants as well as UK students.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 138-142
Issue: 3
Volume: 30
Year: 2010
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540961003794261
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Author-Name: Michael Chisholm
Author-X-Name-First: Michael
Author-X-Name-Last: Chisholm
Title: Emerging realities of local government reorganization
Abstract:
This article reviews ministerial claims about the financial benefits of
the nine new unitary councils in England and finds them wanting. The new
councils' own estimates for costs and savings use a variety of
assumptions, some of which are plainly wrong. The resulting figures are
not comparable between authorities and are difficult to reconcile with
ministerial claims. The Department of Communities and Local Government
(CLG) evidently does not apply rigorous evaluation standards and has a
track record of refusing to divulge the evidence upon which decisions are
taken and performance claims are made.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 143-150
Issue: 3
Volume: 30
Year: 2010
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540960903513847
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Author-Name: Geoffrey Heath
Author-X-Name-First: Geoffrey
Author-X-Name-Last: Heath
Author-Name: James Radcliffe
Author-X-Name-First: James
Author-X-Name-Last: Radcliffe
Title: Exploring the utility of current performance measures for changing roles and practices of ambulance paramedics
Abstract:
This article explores the relationship between the changing roles of
ambulance paramedics, the causes of increasing call outs in the UK and in
other countries and the need for improvements in process and outcome
measures to reflect these changes. It also reflects on the application of
‘Lean’ techniques to the modernization of ambulance
services, although with some scepticism. Moreover, it is contended that
changing roles have moved far in advance of existing performance measures,
contributing to misunderstandings between healthcare professionals and
service users.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 151-158
Issue: 3
Volume: 30
Year: 2010
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540961003794287
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Author-Name: Ann Netten
Author-X-Name-First: Ann
Author-X-Name-Last: Netten
Author-Name: Julien Forder
Author-X-Name-First: Julien
Author-X-Name-Last: Forder
Title: Measuring productivity: an approach to measuring quality weighted outputs in social care
Abstract:
This article describes an approach to measuring outputs of social care
that is intended to reflect changes in quality and outcomes over time. The
approach is applied using available data on services for older people,
illustrating both the potential and some of the challenges of putting it
into practice. The results reflect the impact of policy on the outputs of
home care and care homes, allowing us to identify changes in the
productivity of resources in caring for an ageing population, an issue of
international concern.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 159-166
Issue: 3
Volume: 30
Year: 2010
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540961003794295
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Author-Name: Helen Dickinson
Author-X-Name-First: Helen
Author-X-Name-Last: Dickinson
Author-Name: Edward Peck
Author-X-Name-First: Edward
Author-X-Name-Last: Peck
Author-Name: Joan Durose
Author-X-Name-First: Joan
Author-X-Name-Last: Durose
Author-Name: Elizabeth Wade
Author-X-Name-First: Elizabeth
Author-X-Name-Last: Wade
Title: Efficiency, effectiveness and efficacy: towards a framework for high-performance in healthcare commissioning
Abstract:
This article reports on research to identify the key characteristics of
highperforming healthcare commissioning organizations of the future.
Previous assessments have focused on efficiency and effectiveness, but
have paid no attention to the role of efficacy which this research
suggests is crucial. In order for healthcare organizations to become
high-performing they must be able to re-construct the criteria of
performance for the healthcare system deployed by the government and other
key stakeholders. Although this study focuses on English healthcare
organizations, this article suggests that the importance of efficacy
similarly applies in other sectors and other geographical locations given
the dominance of notions of performance worldwide.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 167-174
Issue: 3
Volume: 30
Year: 2010
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540961003794311
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Author-Name: Ole Helby Petersen
Author-X-Name-First: Ole Helby
Author-X-Name-Last: Petersen
Title: Regulation of public--private partnerships: the Danish case
Abstract:
The Danish government has considered the public--private partnership
(PPP) model for major construction and infrastructure projects. But,
whereas other countries have embraced PPPs, Denmark has been a sceptic.
This article examines why PPPs have not got off the ground: a mixture of
regulatory controversies among central government departments and strong
public finances (making private finance largely redundant). Two case
studies from the schools sector illustrate the regulatory difficulties
that public and private partners face when engaging in PPP activity in
Denmark. The author concludes that clear regulations are needed to support
PPPs.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 175-182
Issue: 3
Volume: 30
Year: 2010
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540961003794345
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Author-Name: Javier Garcia-Lacalle
Author-X-Name-First: Javier
Author-X-Name-Last: Garcia-Lacalle
Title: Balancing physician workload and patient satisfaction: a dilemma for hospital managers
Abstract:
Patient satisfaction has become a key aspect for evaluating the quality
of healthcare services, particularly under user-focused policies and
freedom of choice schemes. The care provided by physicians has been found
to be highly valued by hospital patients. Taking data from one of Europe's
biggest social healthcare providers, this article analyses whether
physicians' workloads affect hospital scores on patient satisfaction. As
healthcare managers juggle the need for a good comparative ratings with
costefficiencies, it is important to understand exactly what patients
value. The results have significance in terms of hospital size and how
managers should use physicians.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 183-188
Issue: 3
Volume: 30
Year: 2010
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540961003794352
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Author-Name: David Greenberg
Author-X-Name-First: David
Author-X-Name-Last: Greenberg
Author-Name: Abigail Davis
Author-X-Name-First: Abigail
Author-X-Name-Last: Davis
Title: Learning from cost analyses: an illustration from the UK's New Deal for Disabled People (NDDP)
Abstract:
This article describes a cost analysis of an employment programme
available to people claiming incapacity benefits in the UK. The NDDP was
delivered locally by contracted providers called ‘job
brokers’. The cost analysis found great variation among job
brokers' costs and profitability, much of which seems attributable to
differences in job broker size. The methods described here will be useful
in evaluations wherever multiple institutions are contracted by
governments to deliver services, especially when these institutions are
involved in several different programmes.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 189-196
Issue: 3
Volume: 30
Year: 2010
Month: 5
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Author-Name: Kevin Orr
Author-X-Name-First: Kevin
Author-X-Name-Last: Orr
Author-Name: Mike Bennett
Author-X-Name-First: Mike
Author-X-Name-Last: Bennett
Title: Editorial
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 199-203
Issue: 4
Volume: 30
Year: 2010
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2010.492171
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Author-Name: David Walker
Author-X-Name-First: David
Author-X-Name-Last: Walker
Title: Debate: Do academics know better or merely different?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 204-206
Issue: 4
Volume: 30
Year: 2010
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2010.492174
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Author-Name: M. J. Kelly
Author-X-Name-First: M. J.
Author-X-Name-Last: Kelly
Title: Debate: Increasing the impact of academic research on public policy
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 207-208
Issue: 4
Volume: 30
Year: 2010
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2010.492176
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Author-Name: Fiona Armstrong
Author-X-Name-First: Fiona
Author-X-Name-Last: Armstrong
Author-Name: Adrian Alsop
Author-X-Name-First: Adrian
Author-X-Name-Last: Alsop
Title: Debate: Co-production can contribute to research impact in the social sciences
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 208-210
Issue: 4
Volume: 30
Year: 2010
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2010.492178
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Author-Name: Steve Martin
Author-X-Name-First: Steve
Author-X-Name-Last: Martin
Title: Co-production of social research: strategies for engaged scholarship
Abstract:
There are incentives on both sides of the practitioner--academic divide
for co-production of research. This article identifies and evaluates five
strategies for achieving more engaged and engaging scholarship. At one end
of the spectrum are models involving relatively low levels of involvement
by practitioners, for example as the providers of data or passive
recipients of research findings. At the other end, practitioners play an
active role in commissioning, overseeing and learning from studies. Higher
levels of engagement should enhance the prospects of utilization but may
risk politicizing the research process. So it is important to be clear
about the benefits of and barriers to different forms of co-production and
to recognize what works best, in which circumstances and for whom.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 211-218
Issue: 4
Volume: 30
Year: 2010
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2010.492180
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Author-Name: Elena P. Antonacopoulou
Author-X-Name-First: Elena P.
Author-X-Name-Last: Antonacopoulou
Title: Beyond co-production: practice-relevant scholarship as a foundation for delivering impact through powerful ideas
Abstract:
This article aims to shift the conversation from politics to purpose in
co-production research by introducing practice-relevant scholarship as a
foundation for delivering impact through powerful ideas. The article is
intended as an invitation to re-engage in research practice mindful of the
multiplicity of impacts it can deliver. A greater sensitization towards
delivering impact provides scope for forming important collaborations with
a whole host of partners (across geographical, scientific/professional and
practice fields).
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 219-226
Issue: 4
Volume: 30
Year: 2010
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2010.492182
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Author-Name: Michael Duijn
Author-X-Name-First: Michael
Author-X-Name-Last: Duijn
Author-Name: Marc Rijnveld
Author-X-Name-First: Marc
Author-X-Name-Last: Rijnveld
Author-Name: Merlijn van Hulst
Author-X-Name-First: Merlijn
Author-X-Name-Last: van Hulst
Title: Meeting in the middle: joining reflection and action in complex public sector projects
Abstract:
In order for co-production to become a viable way of working in public
sector management and policy-making, practitioners need to be more
reflective and researchers need to be more action oriented. This article
discusses reflective practice, action research and the idea of a community
of inquiry in which both practice and science work together. The authors
illustrate their ideas with an example from their own practice and explain
the advantages of their approach.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 227-233
Issue: 4
Volume: 30
Year: 2010
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2010.492183
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Author-Name: Neil Lunt
Author-X-Name-First: Neil
Author-X-Name-Last: Lunt
Author-Name: Ian Shaw
Author-X-Name-First: Ian
Author-X-Name-Last: Shaw
Author-Name: Christa Fouché
Author-X-Name-First: Christa
Author-X-Name-Last: Fouché
Title: Practitioner research: collaboration and knowledge production
Abstract:
Practitioner research has received growing attention across a number of
professional fields, including health, social services and education.
Supporting the development of practitioner research raises a series of
important political questions addressed by the authors: how should
projects and initiatives be sponsored; how are research questions best
shaped; what arrangements exist for ongoing project support; and how are
findings best shared? Drawing on two practitioner research initiatives
from New Zealand and Scotland, this article points towards the
opportunities and challenges of collaborative knowledge production within
practice settings.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 235-242
Issue: 4
Volume: 30
Year: 2010
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2010.492185
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Author-Name: Paul O’Hare
Author-X-Name-First: Paul
Author-X-Name-Last: O’Hare
Author-Name: Jon Coaffee
Author-X-Name-First: Jon
Author-X-Name-Last: Coaffee
Author-Name: Marian Hawkesworth
Author-X-Name-First: Marian
Author-X-Name-Last: Hawkesworth
Title: Managing sensitive relations in co-produced planning research
Abstract:
Co-produced research is an increasingly prominent feature of
universities. Collaboration can bring many benefits, offering unique and
illuminating insights into the interface between theory, academia, policy
and practice. Moreover, it often facilitates access to otherwise
impenetrable fields of study. Yet it also brings immense challenges. This
article describes the knowledge co-production process in a research
project looking at national security, focusing on the collaboration
between academia and government policy-makers. As demonstrated, critical
tensions emerged in the commissioning process, in the conduct of the
empirical work, and with regard to the dissemination of findings. The
authors discuss various coping strategies employed to meet these
challenges, which are applicable across other aspects of research
co-production.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 243-250
Issue: 4
Volume: 30
Year: 2010
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2010.492188
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Author-X-Name-First: Stephen
Author-X-Name-Last: Hicks
Title: Analysis of the cash flow of United Kingdom universities
Abstract:
This article examines the cash flow and debt financing of universities.
It suggests that the sector has been successful in generating cash,
reducing net indebtedness and investing in infrastructure, although there
is some evidence of increasing short-term creditor levels. There may be
some scope to develop borrowing/lending between universities.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 251-256
Issue: 4
Volume: 30
Year: 2010
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2010.492189
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Author-Name: Hana Brixi
Author-X-Name-First: Hana
Author-X-Name-Last: Brixi
Title: New development: Innovative governance—using the citizen scorecard in China
Abstract:
This article presents an innovative approach to addressing governance
challenges in public service delivery in China. It builds on a citizen
scorecard survey covering 5,000 households in five cities: Chengdu,
Dalian, Shanghai-Pudong, Shenzhen and Xi’an. The survey helped
policy-makers reveal weaknesses and enhance policy implementation and
public service delivery.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 257-260
Issue: 4
Volume: 30
Year: 2010
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2010.492190
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Author-Name: Andrew Gray
Author-X-Name-First: Andrew
Author-X-Name-Last: Gray
Title: Editorial: Universal woes for universities?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 263-263
Issue: 5
Volume: 30
Year: 2010
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2010.509168
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Author-Name: Sandra Nutley
Author-X-Name-First: Sandra
Author-X-Name-Last: Nutley
Title: Debate: Are we all co-producers of research now?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 263-265
Issue: 5
Volume: 30
Year: 2010
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2010.509170
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Author-Name: Stewart Smyth
Author-X-Name-First: Stewart
Author-X-Name-Last: Smyth
Title: Debate: Debt and disaggregation in council housing finance
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 265-267
Issue: 5
Volume: 30
Year: 2010
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2010.509171
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Author-Name: Paulo Reis Mourao
Author-X-Name-First: Paulo Reis
Author-X-Name-Last: Mourao
Title: Debate: The dangers of fiscal illusion
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 267-268
Issue: 5
Volume: 30
Year: 2010
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2010.509172
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Author-Name: Jane Morgan
Author-X-Name-First: Jane
Author-X-Name-Last: Morgan
Title: Debate: Policy-making—other ways to learn?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 269-270
Issue: 5
Volume: 30
Year: 2010
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2010.509174
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Author-Name: Pat Barrett
Author-X-Name-First: Pat
Author-X-Name-Last: Barrett
Title: Performance auditing—what value?
Abstract:
The audit expectations gap has received considerable publicity
world-wide, particularly in the recent global financial crisis. Public
sector auditing is not exempt in this respect, and is no more so than in
the area of performance auditing. How much do audit reports really tell us
about the value delivered by government programmes? Is there sufficiently
shared understanding and perceptions of performance auditing and the value
it provides?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 271-278
Issue: 5
Volume: 30
Year: 2010
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2010.509175
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Author-Name: Rajiv Prabhakar
Author-X-Name-First: Rajiv
Author-X-Name-Last: Prabhakar
Title: Developing financial capability among the young through education and asset-based welfare
Abstract:
One way the previous UK government tried to tackle declining youth
financial capability was through its Child Trust Fund (CTF) policy.
However, there were allegations that it created pliant subjects for
financial markets and that it was paving the way to phase out services
previously provided by the state. This article defends financial
capability as part of financial citizenship and suggests that the CTF was
important for supporting financial citizenship. The CTF model is being
discussed in other countries and the arguments in this article are of
importance in those countries, as well as to the carers and educators of
the five million CTF holders in the UK.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 279-284
Issue: 5
Volume: 30
Year: 2010
Month: 9
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Author-Name: Carole Talbot
Author-X-Name-First: Carole
Author-X-Name-Last: Talbot
Title: Skills building for area management: lessons from regional locality management
Abstract:
This article discusses research conducted on locality management and
proposes a generic model for skills development for this and other
enabling roles. Improving codified knowledge in relation to managing at a
spatial, rather than at a thematic, level is particularly important as the
new UK government takes office. A sound approach in moving forward in more
financially-constrained times requires a thorough and balanced assessment
of the learning achieved during more prosperous and proactive periods.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 285-292
Issue: 5
Volume: 30
Year: 2010
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2010.509177
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Author-Name: Claire Moxham
Author-X-Name-First: Claire
Author-X-Name-Last: Moxham
Title: Challenges and enablers to engaging voluntary organizations in public service delivery
Abstract:
Public and voluntary sector managers delivering state-funded services in
the UK were found to have common challenges and enablers. This article
presents recommendations for joint working between the two sectors.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 293-298
Issue: 5
Volume: 30
Year: 2010
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2010.509178
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Author-Name: María de los Ángeles Baeza
Author-X-Name-First: María de los Ángeles
Author-X-Name-Last: Baeza
Author-Name: José Manuel Vassallo
Author-X-Name-First: José Manuel
Author-X-Name-Last: Vassallo
Title: Private concession contracts for toll roads in Spain: analysis and recommendations
Abstract:
Spain has a long history of using the private sector to help build and
operate public infrastructure, particularly roads. This article presents
new data about toll motorways. The authors found that contracts in Spain
are characterized by significant traffic overestimations and frequent
renegotiations, which can lead to toll modifications or longer contracts.
They suggest reasons for this and some solutions—both of which have
significance for other countries.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 299-304
Issue: 5
Volume: 30
Year: 2010
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2010.509179
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Author-Name: W. B. Liu
Author-X-Name-First: W. B.
Author-X-Name-Last: Liu
Author-Name: Z. L. Cheng
Author-X-Name-First: Z. L.
Author-X-Name-Last: Cheng
Author-Name: J. Mingers
Author-X-Name-First: J.
Author-X-Name-Last: Mingers
Author-Name: L. Qi
Author-X-Name-First: L.
Author-X-Name-Last: Qi
Author-Name: W. Meng
Author-X-Name-First: W.
Author-X-Name-Last: Meng
Title: The 3E methodology for developing performance indicators for public sector organizations
Abstract:
Methods currently in use for generating performance indicators have
limitations, especially when applied to public sector organizations. This
article presents a new methodology for constructing a set of indicators,
which was developed as part of a project to evaluate the performance of
the Chinese Academy of Sciences. The methodology is illustrated with a
description of its application in Hunan University.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 305-312
Issue: 5
Volume: 30
Year: 2010
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2010.509180
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Author-Name: Arthur Midwinter
Author-X-Name-First: Arthur
Author-X-Name-Last: Midwinter
Title: New development: Efficiency savings in the Scottish budget—problems of accounting practice
Abstract:
Cash-releasing efficiency savings targets were doubled in Scotland by the
SNP administration, but problems of transparency make it difficult for
proper parliamentary scrutiny. There are problems of specifying costs,
measuring baselines, and tracking reallocation of funding. Further, cuts
in frontline services are occurring, making Scotland ill-prepared for a
new round of savings in 2010.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 313-316
Issue: 5
Volume: 30
Year: 2010
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2010.509181
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Author-Name: Tony Cutler
Author-X-Name-First: Tony
Author-X-Name-Last: Cutler
Author-Name: Barbara Waine
Author-X-Name-First: Barbara
Author-X-Name-Last: Waine
Title: New development: The UK coalition government and the future of public sector pensions
Abstract:
This article presents a critical analysis of the contemporary attack on
public sector occupational pensions in the UK. It traces the implications
of the attack for future pensions policy on this issue.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 317-320
Issue: 5
Volume: 30
Year: 2010
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2010.509183
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Author-Name: Andrew Gray
Author-X-Name-First: Andrew
Author-X-Name-Last: Gray
Title: Editorial: Thirty years on
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 323-323
Issue: 6
Volume: 30
Year: 2010
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2010.524994
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Author-Name: Amyas Morse
Author-X-Name-First: Amyas
Author-X-Name-Last: Morse
Title: Debate: Performance auditing—what value? A response to Pat Barrett
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 323-325
Issue: 6
Volume: 30
Year: 2010
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2010.524995
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Author-Name: Nigel Keogh
Author-X-Name-First: Nigel
Author-X-Name-Last: Keogh
Title: Debate: The public/ private sector pensions divide
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 325-326
Issue: 6
Volume: 30
Year: 2010
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2010.524996
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Author-Name: Sally Dibb
Author-X-Name-First: Sally
Author-X-Name-Last: Dibb
Author-Name: Lee Quinn
Author-X-Name-First: Lee
Author-X-Name-Last: Quinn
Title: Debate: Research impact or career progression?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 326-328
Issue: 6
Volume: 30
Year: 2010
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2010.524997
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Author-Name: Noel Hyndman
Author-X-Name-First: Noel
Author-X-Name-Last: Hyndman
Title: Debate: The challenge of calling charities to account
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 328-329
Issue: 6
Volume: 30
Year: 2010
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2010.524998
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Author-Name: John Seddon
Author-X-Name-First: John
Author-X-Name-Last: Seddon
Title: Debate: The moral of morale
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 329-330
Issue: 6
Volume: 30
Year: 2010
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2010.524999
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Author-Name: Howard Elcock
Author-X-Name-First: Howard
Author-X-Name-Last: Elcock
Author-Name: John Fenwick
Author-X-Name-First: John
Author-X-Name-Last: Fenwick
Author-Name: Janice McMillan
Author-X-Name-First: Janice
Author-X-Name-Last: McMillan
Title: The reorganization addiction in local government: unitary councils for England
Abstract:
Structural reorganization of local government is an addictive habit to
which British government ministers and civil servants are peculiarly
prone. In the latest instance, several unitary authorities were created
where two-tier systems existed previously. Interviews and documentary
research carried out before and after the reorganization demonstrate that
many of the supposed benefits of structural change have not materialized,
and some local authorities are still recovering from the resulting
disruption.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 331-338
Issue: 6
Volume: 30
Year: 2010
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2010.525000
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Author-Name: Andrew Massey
Author-X-Name-First: Andrew
Author-X-Name-Last: Massey
Author-Name: Gil Shidlo
Author-X-Name-First: Gil
Author-X-Name-Last: Shidlo
Title: Privatization, private equity and executive remuneration: privatizing QinetiQ
Abstract:
The process of modernizing the UK's public sector over the past 30 years
has relied on significant amounts of privatization. Initially this was
controversial, but by the time Labour came to power in 1997 even top
secret defence establishments were subjected to selective marketization
and sell-offs. This article explores the privatization of part of the
Ministry of Defence and the relationship between private equity
organizations and executive remuneration in the subsequently privatized
company: QinetiQ. The sale of QinetiQ was controversial. It removed an
essential element of the British defence research potential from direct
state control and transferred ownership to an overseas private equity
company. It may provide a template for future privatizations, but this
article also shows some of the dangers inherent to this approach.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 339-346
Issue: 6
Volume: 30
Year: 2010
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2010.525001
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Author-Name: Robert Jupe
Author-X-Name-First: Robert
Author-X-Name-Last: Jupe
Title: A model or a policy muddle? An evaluation of rail franchising in the UK
Abstract:
Rail privatization led to a large increase in both costs and subsidy, and
there have been substantial performance and regulatory problems with rail
franchises. This article examines these problems in the context of recent
developments, including the impact of the recession on train operators and
the plan to increase the proportion of rail funding provided by passenger
fares from 50% to 75%. Franchising is, in the language of the House of
Commons Transport Select Committee, a policy muddle. A way forward would
be to bring franchises into the public sector as they expire or as train
operators run into difficulties.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 347-354
Issue: 6
Volume: 30
Year: 2010
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2010.525002
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Author-Name: Nuala O'Donnell
Author-X-Name-First: Nuala
Author-X-Name-Last: O'Donnell
Author-Name: Mary Keeney
Author-X-Name-First: Mary
Author-X-Name-Last: Keeney
Title: Financial capability in Ireland and a comparison with the UK
Abstract:
The recent global financial turmoil and its ongoing implications have
highlighted the importance of personal financial capability. This article
outlines the critical role of financial capability in today's world. The
findings of the first study of financial capability in Ireland are
presented. The article then compares some important aspects of financial
capability in Ireland and the UK and assesses what lessons can be learnt
from such a comparison and the policy implications which arise.
Differences include pension coverage and current account holdings, while
similarities are evident in the area of keeping up with bills and
commitments.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 355-362
Issue: 6
Volume: 30
Year: 2010
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2010.525004
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Author-Name: Gianluca Veronesi
Author-X-Name-First: Gianluca
Author-X-Name-Last: Veronesi
Author-Name: Kevin Keasey
Author-X-Name-First: Kevin
Author-X-Name-Last: Keasey
Title: NHS boards: knowing the ‘what’ but not the ‘how’
Abstract:
Boards of directors play an increasingly fundamental role in British NHS
trusts as well as other parts of the public sector. This study shows that
their effectiveness is compromised by issues related to internal dynamics,
processes, responsibility, overall functions and performance. The focus of
governance, therefore, needs to shift from structural concerns to the
multiple collective aspects of a board's behaviour.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 363-370
Issue: 6
Volume: 30
Year: 2010
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2010.525005
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Author-Name: Margaret Cuthbert
Author-X-Name-First: Margaret
Author-X-Name-Last: Cuthbert
Author-Name: Jim Cuthbert
Author-X-Name-First: Jim
Author-X-Name-Last: Cuthbert
Title: The Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh: a case study on the workings of the Private Finance Initiative
Abstract:
An examination of documents released under FOI legislation relating to
the contract for a UK hospital PFI project enables a large number of
problems to be identified in the procedures which led to the PFI contract.
These problems relate to the nature of the risk transferred and to the
assumptions made in assessing value for money and affordability. The
authors suggest there is a need for much better training of those involved
in PFI bids, and much more effective central scrutiny of deals as they are
being struck to prevent further poor value PFI contracts. The analysis
should therefore be of use to public sector bodies and researchers
appraising future contracts. The findings of this research have wider
implications than in the field of PFI.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 371-378
Issue: 6
Volume: 30
Year: 2010
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2010.525007
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Author-Name: Andrés Navarro-Galera
Author-X-Name-First: Andrés
Author-X-Name-Last: Navarro-Galera
Author-Name: Manuel Pedro Rodríguez-Bolívar
Author-X-Name-First: Manuel Pedro
Author-X-Name-Last: Rodríguez-Bolívar
Title: Can government accountability be enhanced with international financial reporting standards?
Abstract:
International financial reporting standards seek to enrich governments'
financial statements to meet financial information requirements under NPM.
This article examines the usefulness of international accounting standards
in terms of meeting the information needs for financial accountability,
analysing their impact on audits. Changing from historical cost to fair
value (FV) accounting could improve accountability if certain conditions
are met in regard to liquid markets and practicality of FV estimations.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 379-384
Issue: 6
Volume: 30
Year: 2010
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2010.525009
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Author-Name: Jane Broadbent
Author-X-Name-First: Jane
Author-X-Name-Last: Broadbent
Title: Thirty years and growing
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 3-3
Issue: 1
Volume: 31
Year: 2011
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2011.545530
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Author-Name: Stephen P. Osborne
Author-X-Name-First: Stephen P.
Author-X-Name-Last: Osborne
Author-Name: Louise Brown
Author-X-Name-First: Louise
Author-X-Name-Last: Brown
Title: Innovation in public services: engaging with risk
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 4-6
Issue: 1
Volume: 31
Year: 2011
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2011.545532
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Author-Name: David Walker
Author-X-Name-First: David
Author-X-Name-Last: Walker
Title: Chronicle of a death foretold
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 6-7
Issue: 1
Volume: 31
Year: 2011
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2011.545533
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Author-Name: William Solesbury
Author-X-Name-First: William
Author-X-Name-Last: Solesbury
Title: OBR—truth or power?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 7-8
Issue: 1
Volume: 31
Year: 2011
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2011.545534
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Author-Name: J. Gordon Murray
Author-X-Name-First: J. Gordon
Author-X-Name-Last: Murray
Title: Green's efficiency?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 9-10
Issue: 1
Volume: 31
Year: 2011
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2011.545535
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Author-Name: Matthew Taylor
Author-X-Name-First: Matthew
Author-X-Name-Last: Taylor
Title: Think tanks, public policy and academia
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 10-11
Issue: 1
Volume: 31
Year: 2011
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2011.545538
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Author-Name: Peter M. Jackson
Author-X-Name-First: Peter M.
Author-X-Name-Last: Jackson
Title: Governance by numbers: what have we learned over the past 30 years?
Abstract:
The performance of public sector organizations, even when they are doing
well, is the subject of critical commentary. No matter what they do, some
group will argue that they could do better and do things differently.
Criticism of public service organizations is a very public affair. That is
the nature of the public sector. The management of private sector
organizations are seldom placed in the public gaze unless they are
involved in some major environmental catastrophe or a governance scandal.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 13-26
Issue: 1
Volume: 31
Year: 2011
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2011.545542
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Author-Name: Colin Talbot
Author-X-Name-First: Colin
Author-X-Name-Last: Talbot
Title: Paradoxes and prospects of ‘public value’
Abstract:
This article explains where we are with public value, how we got here and
where we should go with it. It suggests a re-conceptualization that
incorporates selfinterest, public interest and procedural interest as the
fundamental bases of public value creation. It goes on to suggest ways in
which this could be operationalized using a ‘scorecard’
approach.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 27-34
Issue: 1
Volume: 31
Year: 2011
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2011.545544
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Author-Name: Donal McKillop
Author-X-Name-First: Donal
Author-X-Name-Last: McKillop
Author-Name: Anne Marie Ward
Author-X-Name-First: Anne Marie
Author-X-Name-Last: Ward
Author-Name: John O. S. Wilson
Author-X-Name-First: John O. S.
Author-X-Name-Last: Wilson
Title: Credit unions in Great Britain: recent trends and current prospects
Abstract:
Against the current backdrop of deteriorating economic and financial
conditions, the authors consider recent trends and current prospects for
credit unions in Great Britain. Although credit unions have experienced
solid membership and asset growth, there are clouds on the horizon. Bad
debts and loan arrears are on the rise and may be linked to recent
legislative amendments and the increasing use by government of credit
unions as a mechanism to achieve its financial inclusion goals. Whatever
the reason, the deterioration in the loan book needs to be quickly
addressed, or it will ultimately result in either more government bailouts
or a stream of failing credit unions.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 35-42
Issue: 1
Volume: 31
Year: 2011
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2011.545545
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Author-Name: Patrick Brown
Author-X-Name-First: Patrick
Author-X-Name-Last: Brown
Author-Name: Andy Alaszewski
Author-X-Name-First: Andy
Author-X-Name-Last: Alaszewski
Author-Name: David Pilgrim
Author-X-Name-First: David
Author-X-Name-Last: Pilgrim
Author-Name: Michael Calnan
Author-X-Name-First: Michael
Author-X-Name-Last: Calnan
Title: The quality of interaction between managers and clinicians: a question of trust
Abstract:
A lack of trust between clinicians and junior/middle managers is well
documented in health care systems but under-theorized. Face-to-face
interactions between clinicians and managers, through which trust is
constructed, are vitally shaped by assumptions drawn from local
organizational characteristics, which in turn are embedded within national
policy structures. These latter conditions require reform in order to
enhance the quality and effectiveness of National Health Service
management.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 43-50
Issue: 1
Volume: 31
Year: 2011
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2011.545546
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Author-Name: Jean Shaoul
Author-X-Name-First: Jean
Author-X-Name-Last: Shaoul
Author-Name: Anne Stafford
Author-X-Name-First: Anne
Author-X-Name-Last: Stafford
Author-Name: Pamela Stapleton
Author-X-Name-First: Pamela
Author-X-Name-Last: Stapleton
Title: Private finance: bridging the gap for the UK's Dartford and Skye bridges?
Abstract:
This article investigates the outcomes in terms of the cost to both the
taxpayer and road users of using private finance to build and operate the
Dartford crossings and the Skye bridge. It provides the detailed financial
evidence that confirms the broader international experience that the use
of private finance in public infrastructure requires considerable
political subventions to make projects financially viable.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 51-58
Issue: 1
Volume: 31
Year: 2011
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2011.545547
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Author-Name: Luciano Brandão de Souza
Author-X-Name-First: Luciano Brandão
Author-X-Name-Last: de Souza
Author-Name: Michael Pidd
Author-X-Name-First: Michael
Author-X-Name-Last: Pidd
Title: Exploring the barriers to lean health care implementation
Abstract:
This article analyses implementation barriers to lean thinking in health
care, based on experience of applying lean thinking in the UK's National
Health Service (NHS). It discusses the differences and similarities
between lean thinking in manufacturing and health care and why lean
implementation has been slower in health care than in manufacturing. The
problems to be faced and overcome when implementing lean approaches are
compared with those in other improvement programmes. The authors conclude
that lean approaches do offer ways to improve health care.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 59-66
Issue: 1
Volume: 31
Year: 2011
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2011.545548
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Author-Name: Daniel Ratchford
Author-X-Name-First: Daniel
Author-X-Name-Last: Ratchford
Author-Name: Lee Parker
Author-X-Name-First: Lee
Author-X-Name-Last: Parker
Title: Behaviour change in action—Smarter Travel Sutton
Abstract:
This article discusses the use of behaviour change techniques in local
government, using practical examples from the London Borough of Sutton.
The lessons learnt can be applied in other places and to other public
services.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 67-70
Issue: 1
Volume: 31
Year: 2011
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2011.545549
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Author-Name: Chris Painter
Author-X-Name-First: Chris
Author-X-Name-Last: Painter
Title: State, markets and society—Big Society joins the fray
Abstract:
The ‘Big Society’ policy was formally launched by the UK's
coalition government in July 2010. Along with earlier evolution in New
Labour's thinking, this development warrants revisiting the
hierarchy-market-network typology of governance structures.
‘Community governance’ and ‘self governance’
also have utility in capturing multi-faceted characteristics of public
service reform.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 71-74
Issue: 1
Volume: 31
Year: 2011
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2011.545550
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Author-Name: B. Guy Peters
Author-X-Name-First: B. Guy
Author-X-Name-Last: Peters
Title: Governance responses to the fiscal crisis—comparative perspectives
Abstract:
The contemporary economic crisis has forced governments to react, but the
manner in which they have reacted has varied markedly. This article
examines the range of reactions to crisis by identifying a number of
contradictory choices governments may have been making.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 75-80
Issue: 1
Volume: 31
Year: 2011
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2011.545551
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Author-Name: Jane Broadbent
Author-X-Name-First: Jane
Author-X-Name-Last: Broadbent
Author-Name: Andrew Massey
Author-X-Name-First: Andrew
Author-X-Name-Last: Massey
Author-Name: Michaela Lavender
Author-X-Name-First: Michaela
Author-X-Name-Last: Lavender
Title: Editorial
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 83-83
Issue: 2
Volume: 31
Year: 2011
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2011.560645
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Author-Name: Michael Bichard
Author-X-Name-First: Michael
Author-X-Name-Last: Bichard
Title: Debate: Design, austerity and public services
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 83-84
Issue: 2
Volume: 31
Year: 2011
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2011.560646
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Author-Name: Stephen P. Osborne
Author-X-Name-First: Stephen P.
Author-X-Name-Last: Osborne
Author-Name: Tony Kinder
Author-X-Name-First: Tony
Author-X-Name-Last: Kinder
Title: Debate: ‘Want doesn't get’? Public management responses to the recession
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 85-88
Issue: 2
Volume: 31
Year: 2011
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2011.560655
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Author-Name: Zoe Radnor
Author-X-Name-First: Zoe
Author-X-Name-Last: Radnor
Title: Debate: How mean is Lean really?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 89-90
Issue: 2
Volume: 31
Year: 2011
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2011.560686
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Author-Name: Kate Baxter
Author-X-Name-First: Kate
Author-X-Name-Last: Baxter
Author-Name: Caroline Glendinning
Author-X-Name-First: Caroline
Author-X-Name-Last: Glendinning
Author-Name: Ian Greener
Author-X-Name-First: Ian
Author-X-Name-Last: Greener
Title: The implications of personal budgets for the home care market
Abstract:
This article uses an analytic framework based on the preconditions for
effective markets to consider how the widespread introduction of personal
budgets is likely to affect the market for social care. While there are
some promising signs of changes that should result in a more responsive
market, there are some structural features that may act as barriers. The
roles of local authorities as facilitators will be essential. The research
findings reported here have relevance for other countries that have
introduced personal budgets or ‘cash for care’ schemes.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 91-98
Issue: 2
Volume: 31
Year: 2011
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2011.560702
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Author-Name: Tila Morris
Author-X-Name-First: Tila
Author-X-Name-Last: Morris
Author-Name: Susan M. Ogden
Author-X-Name-First: Susan M.
Author-X-Name-Last: Ogden
Title: Funder demands for quality management in the non-profit sector: challenges and responses in a non-profit infrastructure network
Abstract:
External pressure by funders can be a catalyst for a more proactive and
strategic approach to quality management in the non-profit sector, however
it can also lead to cynical responses which do little to promote learning
and improvement. This case study of a national infrastructure organization
that supports a network of local non-profit organizations provides insight
into the attitudes and challenges that can arise from such external,
top-down pressure.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 99-106
Issue: 2
Volume: 31
Year: 2011
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2011.560703
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Author-Name: Fiona Robson
Author-X-Name-First: Fiona
Author-X-Name-Last: Robson
Author-Name: Sharon Mavin
Author-X-Name-First: Sharon
Author-X-Name-Last: Mavin
Title: Managing absenteeism in local government
Abstract:
Managing sickness absence effectively can produce significant cost
savings as well as other, less tangible, benefits. This article shows why
it is vital that local authorities provide tailor-made training on absence
management for first line managers (FLMs) to develop ‘soft
skills’, as well as acknowledging their specific organizational
context. Development in this area should be an ongoing process which is
reinforced with appropriate support from human resources (HR)
professionals, and should be monitored as part of an overall absence
management strategy.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 107-114
Issue: 2
Volume: 31
Year: 2011
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2011.560705
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Author-Name: Bob Carter
Author-X-Name-First: Bob
Author-X-Name-Last: Carter
Author-Name: Andy Danford
Author-X-Name-First: Andy
Author-X-Name-Last: Danford
Author-Name: Debra Howcroft
Author-X-Name-First: Debra
Author-X-Name-Last: Howcroft
Author-Name: Helen Richardson
Author-X-Name-First: Helen
Author-X-Name-Last: Richardson
Author-Name: Andrew Smith
Author-X-Name-First: Andrew
Author-X-Name-Last: Smith
Author-Name: Phil Taylor
Author-X-Name-First: Phil
Author-X-Name-Last: Taylor
Title: Lean and mean in the civil service: the case of processing in HMRC
Abstract:
The public sector has been importing private sector methods and practices
aimed at generating efficiencies and cost savings. However, the
consequences of these changes on the working lives of civil servants are
under-researched. This article uses detailed fieldwork to investigate the
impact of Lean on labour processes in HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC). We
argue that Lean has a detrimental effect on employees, their working
lives, and the service that is provided to the public. The consequences of
Lean on public sector work are highly problematic, which is of serious
concern given its progressive impact on other civil service departments in
the UK.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 115-122
Issue: 2
Volume: 31
Year: 2011
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2011.560708
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Author-Name: Sean McCartney
Author-X-Name-First: Sean
Author-X-Name-Last: McCartney
Author-Name: John Stittle
Author-X-Name-First: John
Author-X-Name-Last: Stittle
Title: ‘Carry on up the east coast’— a case study in railway franchising
Abstract:
A significant aspect of the privatization of the British railway industry
was that the provision of passenger train services would be awarded on a
competitively tendered franchise basis. The turbulence in the ownership of
the East Coast Main Line (ECML) franchise is testimony to the inherent and
serious structural weaknesses in the business model underlying the
franchising of train services and highlights the more general failings of
the government's model of railway privatization.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 123-130
Issue: 2
Volume: 31
Year: 2011
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2011.560709
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Author-Name: Denita Cepiku
Author-X-Name-First: Denita
Author-X-Name-Last: Cepiku
Title: Two ships passing in the night? Practice and academia in public management
Abstract:
The article investigates the divide between research and practice in
public management. The article does not discuss the advice-giving role of
academia which has been dealt with by other authors. Instead, it focuses
on gaining an understanding of its core business: research and teaching.
The views of senior academics and practitioners, along with an analysis of
secondary data and a review of the literature on knowledge production and
collaborative research, provide answers for ways forward.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 131-138
Issue: 2
Volume: 31
Year: 2011
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2011.560711
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Author-Name: Alison Prowle
Author-X-Name-First: Alison
Author-X-Name-Last: Prowle
Author-Name: Malcolm Prowle
Author-X-Name-First: Malcolm
Author-X-Name-Last: Prowle
Title: The preventive services agenda— delivering value for money
Abstract:
The strict limitations on UK public expenditure suggest a much stronger
role for preventive services in the future. However, to do this,
preventive services must be able to demonstrate good value for money in
the use of public funds. This article identifies some research findings
concerning value for money in preventive services and suggests lessons to
be learned for the future.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 139-143
Issue: 2
Volume: 31
Year: 2011
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2011.560713
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Author-Name: Suzanne Robinson
Author-X-Name-First: Suzanne
Author-X-Name-Last: Robinson
Author-Name: Helen Dickinson
Author-X-Name-First: Helen
Author-X-Name-Last: Dickinson
Author-Name: Tim Freeman
Author-X-Name-First: Tim
Author-X-Name-Last: Freeman
Author-Name: Iestyn Williams
Author-X-Name-First: Iestyn
Author-X-Name-Last: Williams
Title: Disinvestment in health— the challenges facing general practitioner (GP) commissioners
Abstract:
The economic downturn is placing increasing pressure on the financing of
health care. For many health care providers, this means difficult
decisions need to be made over what will and will not be funded. The NHS
has not typically been good at decommissioning and disinvesting in
services. The recent proposed changes to the commissioning function will
mean that clinicians will have a leading role in population-based
priority-setting. This could well enhance the quest for legitimacy in
relation to difficult resource allocation decisions. However, it is
unlikely that GPs alone will be able to meet the challenges ahead, and
reasonable disinvestment decisions will require GPs to engage with a
number of stakeholders including government, interest groups and the wider
civic society.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 145-148
Issue: 2
Volume: 31
Year: 2011
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2011.560714
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Author-Name: Noel Hyndman
Author-X-Name-First: Noel
Author-X-Name-Last: Hyndman
Author-Name: Ray Jones
Author-X-Name-First: Ray
Author-X-Name-Last: Jones
Title: Editorial: Good governance in charities— some key issues
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 151-155
Issue: 3
Volume: 31
Year: 2011
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2011.573207
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Author-Name: Ian Bruce
Author-X-Name-First: Ian
Author-X-Name-Last: Bruce
Author-Name: Celine Chew
Author-X-Name-First: Celine
Author-X-Name-Last: Chew
Title: Debate: The marketization of the voluntary sector
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 155-157
Issue: 3
Volume: 31
Year: 2011
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2011.573216
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Author-Name: John Maddocks
Author-X-Name-First: John
Author-X-Name-Last: Maddocks
Title: Debate: Sustainability reporting: a missing piece of the charity-reporting jigsaw
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 157-158
Issue: 3
Volume: 31
Year: 2011
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2011.573222
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Author-Name: Rod Dacombe
Author-X-Name-First: Rod
Author-X-Name-Last: Dacombe
Title: Can we argue against it? Performance management and state funding of voluntary organizations in the UK
Abstract:
This article examines the implications of recent changes in public
management practice for the ways in which voluntary sector performance is
understood and measured, focusing in particular on voluntary organizations
which are funded by the public sector to provide services. Drawing on a
review of existing literature and empirical work, and an analysis of
government policy, the article raises a number of problems resulting from
the changing policy environment for voluntary organizations working in
partnership with the state.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 159-166
Issue: 3
Volume: 31
Year: 2011
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2011.573224
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Author-Name: Noel Hyndman
Author-X-Name-First: Noel
Author-X-Name-Last: Hyndman
Author-Name: Danielle McMahon
Author-X-Name-First: Danielle
Author-X-Name-Last: McMahon
Title: The hand of government in shaping accounting and reporting in the UK charity sector
Abstract:
Accounting in the UK charity sector has changed massively over the past
25 years, with various stakeholders influencing what has occurred. Using
insights from stakeholder theory, and interviews with a number of key
actors, this article focuses on the influence of one definitive
stakeholder—government—in developing a regime of quality
accounting and reporting in the sector. In particular, the evolution of
the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) for charities is explored. It
is argued that a much tighter and more meaningful regime of accounting and
reporting has been encouraged by government, among other stakeholders, and
this has led to a more accountable and healthier charitable sector.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 167-174
Issue: 3
Volume: 31
Year: 2011
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2011.573226
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Author-Name: Lore Wellens
Author-X-Name-First: Lore
Author-X-Name-Last: Wellens
Author-Name: Marc Jegers
Author-X-Name-First: Marc
Author-X-Name-Last: Jegers
Title: Beneficiaries' participation in nonprofit organizations: a theory-based approach
Abstract:
Should the beneficiaries of nonprofit organizations (NPOs) be involved in
governance and policy-making and, if so, how? The authors review existing
knowledge on the role of beneficiaries in organizational governance and
describe an integrative framework based on institutional theory, resource
dependence theory, and the academic literature on participatory governance
mechanisms in NPOs. They present several hypotheses which can be used as
the basis for further research.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 175-182
Issue: 3
Volume: 31
Year: 2011
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2011.573227
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Author-Name: Gareth G. Morgan
Author-X-Name-First: Gareth G.
Author-X-Name-Last: Morgan
Title: The role of independent examiners in the accountability of UK charities
Abstract:
External assurances on published accounts are central to the
accountability of charities in the UK. Larger charities (generally those
with over £500,000 income) are required to have a professional audit,
while smaller charities are allowed an independent examination. An
assessment of this regime is offered, drawing on direct analysis of the
regulatory framework and investigating the independent examiner as a new
form of professional practitioner.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 183-192
Issue: 3
Volume: 31
Year: 2011
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2011.573229
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Author-Name: Carolyn J. Cordery
Author-X-Name-First: Carolyn J.
Author-X-Name-Last: Cordery
Author-Name: Sarah Proctor-Thomson
Author-X-Name-First: Sarah
Author-X-Name-Last: Proctor-Thomson
Author-Name: Karen A Smith
Author-X-Name-First: Karen A
Author-X-Name-Last: Smith
Title: Valuing volunteer contributions to charities
Abstract:
Few charities communicate quantitative assessments of their volunteers'
contributions, leading to an under-valuation of this key resource. An
incomplete understanding of the volunteers' roles vis-à-vis paid
staff, leads to inappropriate measurement methods being used
internationally. New, more informed methods help charities provide more
than a thank you to volunteers in their annual reports, however they
require charities to commit to valuing the impact of their essential
volunteers.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 193-200
Issue: 3
Volume: 31
Year: 2011
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2011.573230
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Author-Name: Andrew Hind
Author-X-Name-First: Andrew
Author-X-Name-Last: Hind
Title: New development: Increasing public trust and confidence in charities: on the side of the angels
Abstract:
Public trust and confidence in charities is an essential ingredient to
protect the health of the sector. An aspect of this relates to the role of
regulation and of the regulator. In this article the reflections of a key
insider—a former chief executive of the Charity
Commission—are presented. It is suggested that while regulation is
a necessary condition for a vibrant and growing charity sector,
appropriate regulation requires a desire to be on the side of the angels.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 201-205
Issue: 3
Volume: 31
Year: 2011
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2011.573232
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Author-X-Name-First: James
Author-X-Name-Last: Brooke Turner
Title: New development: The real value of permanent endowments
Abstract:
Trustees of endowed foundations commonly describe one of their key
financial objectives as the preservation of the real (i.e.
inflation-protected) value of their endowment. This aim is intuitively
clear, but in practice it is harder to define. Without definition of this
target, trustees cannot know if they have achieved this key financial
objective. The absence of an appropriate metric leads to uncertainty and
confusion, and undermines the ability of long-term investors to maximize
their earning potential or to distribute as much as they might. The format
of reporting and accounting for charities (the charity SORP) exacerbates
these problems for trustees and other users of the accounts.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 207-210
Issue: 3
Volume: 31
Year: 2011
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2011.573236
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Author-Name: Erica Wimbush
Author-X-Name-First: Erica
Author-X-Name-Last: Wimbush
Title: Implementing an outcomes approach to public management and accountability in the UK—are we learning the lessons?
Abstract:
This article examines the implementation of an outcomes approach to
public management and accountability within the UK in the local
partnership context of single outcome agreements (SOAs) in Scotland and
local area agreements (LAAs) in England. Progress with implementation is
assessed against the principles of best practice that have been
established on the basis of international experience with results based
management (RBM). The transferability of international lessons to the UK
partnership context is discussed.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 211-218
Issue: 3
Volume: 31
Year: 2011
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2011.573237
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Author-Name: Evelyne Lande
Author-X-Name-First: Evelyne
Author-X-Name-Last: Lande
Author-Name: Sébastien Rocher
Author-X-Name-First: Sébastien
Author-X-Name-Last: Rocher
Title: Prerequisites for applying accrual accounting in the public sector
Abstract:
Many countries are reforming their accounting systems and are using, or
are planning to use, accrual based accounting. This article explains what
needs to be considered to apply accrual accounting successfully in the
public sector. The authors highlight the issues (for example taxation and
intangible assets) that international accounting bodies need to address.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 219-222
Issue: 3
Volume: 31
Year: 2011
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2011.573241
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Author-Name: Jim Stewart
Author-X-Name-First: Jim
Author-X-Name-Last: Stewart
Title: New development: Public sector pay and pensions in Ireland and the financial crisis
Abstract:
Public sector pay and pensions have been subject to large cuts in
Ireland, and at the same time net pay has been reduced by increased tax
and other charges. The main reason is the economic and fiscal crisis, and
an agreed EU/IMF programme of expenditure cuts, tax rises, and loans. In
addition, there has been widespread media criticism of excess public
sector pay and pensions. This article examines the evidence, and describes
the main cuts and their rationale.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 223-228
Issue: 3
Volume: 31
Year: 2011
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2011.573242
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Author-Name: Jane Broadbent
Author-X-Name-First: Jane
Author-X-Name-Last: Broadbent
Author-Name: Andrew Massey
Author-X-Name-First: Andrew
Author-X-Name-Last: Massey
Author-Name: Michaela Lavender
Author-X-Name-First: Michaela
Author-X-Name-Last: Lavender
Title: Editorial: Our podcast; this issue; and the internationalization and privatization of higher education
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 231-231
Issue: 4
Volume: 31
Year: 2011
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2011.586251
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Author-Name: Alasdair Roberts
Author-X-Name-First: Alasdair
Author-X-Name-Last: Roberts
Title: Debate: The end of the guardians?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 232-233
Issue: 4
Volume: 31
Year: 2011
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2011.586245
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Author-Name: Jeffrey Unerman
Author-X-Name-First: Jeffrey
Author-X-Name-Last: Unerman
Title: Debate: The importance of an integrated understanding of sustainability in guiding accounting practices
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 233-235
Issue: 4
Volume: 31
Year: 2011
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2011.586222
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Author-Name: Peter Kopelman
Author-X-Name-First: Peter
Author-X-Name-Last: Kopelman
Title: Debate: Tackling obesity—to ‘nudge’ or to ‘shove’?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 236-238
Issue: 4
Volume: 31
Year: 2011
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2011.586224
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Author-Name: David Walker
Author-X-Name-First: David
Author-X-Name-Last: Walker
Title: Debate: Society, socialism, sociology
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 239-240
Issue: 4
Volume: 31
Year: 2011
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2011.586226
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Author-Name: Kath Checkland
Author-X-Name-First: Kath
Author-X-Name-Last: Checkland
Author-Name: Anna Coleman
Author-X-Name-First: Anna
Author-X-Name-Last: Coleman
Author-Name: Stephen Harrison
Author-X-Name-First: Stephen
Author-X-Name-Last: Harrison
Title: When is a saving not a saving? The micro-politics of budgets and savings under practice-based commissioning
Abstract:
This article reports findings from a qualitative study of the
implementation and outcomes of Practice-Based Commissioning (PBC) in the
English National Health Service. Focusing on the local construction of
‘budgets’ and ‘savings’, it reports in detail
the issues that arose in the study sites, and discusses the implications
for the future development of PBC.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 241-248
Issue: 4
Volume: 31
Year: 2011
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2011.586229
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Author-Name: Alan Boyd
Author-X-Name-First: Alan
Author-X-Name-Last: Boyd
Author-Name: Adrian Nelson
Author-X-Name-First: Adrian
Author-X-Name-Last: Nelson
Title: Knowing and doing: the value of intelligent application in local government improvement
Abstract:
Little is known about what distinguishes managerial thought and practice
in successful councils, as opposed to poorly-performing or failing
organizations. Managers in high-performing councils in England were
interviewed about their improvement practices. Their responses highlighted
the importance of an in-depth understanding of customers, staff and the
organizational environment; coupled with an inspiring vision of a better
future. A commitment to learning was fundamental, forming the basis for an
‘intelligent application’ model of the improvement process.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 249-256
Issue: 4
Volume: 31
Year: 2011
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2011.586230
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Author-Name: Michelle Norris
Author-X-Name-First: Michelle
Author-X-Name-Last: Norris
Author-Name: Menelaos Gkartzios
Author-X-Name-First: Menelaos
Author-X-Name-Last: Gkartzios
Title: Twenty years of property-led urban regeneration in Ireland: outputs, impacts, implications
Abstract:
Fiscal incentives were introduced in the mid 1980s to encourage new
private residential construction and refurbishment in the inner areas of
Ireland's main cities. These were subsequently extended to include the
city suburbs and large towns. At the same time, the economic context for
their implementation changed radically as an economic and population boom
replaced prolonged recession and population decline. In their early years,
the incentives were successful. However, the decision to extend their
lifespan and geographical focus was problematic because, during Ireland's
economic boom, they had less success in achieving their aims and were
associated with deadweight, displacement and excess housing supply.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 257-264
Issue: 4
Volume: 31
Year: 2011
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2011.586234
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Author-Name: Rowan Jones
Author-X-Name-First: Rowan
Author-X-Name-Last: Jones
Author-Name: Klaus Lüder
Author-X-Name-First: Klaus
Author-X-Name-Last: Lüder
Title: The Federal Government of Germany's circumspection concerning accrual budgeting and accounting
Abstract:
In 2010, the German federal government, renowned for its fiscal
rectitude, abandoned its accrual-based budgeting and accounting reform,
certainly the output-based budgeting component of it and possibly the
rest. While the German federal ministry of finance supported the reform,
parliamentarians feared that the change from an input to an output
orientation to the budget, together with the reduction of the number of
individual appropriations, would result in a loss of their control over
the budget and the government's finances. The global banking crisis
certainly increased, and may well have triggered, these fears.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 265-270
Issue: 4
Volume: 31
Year: 2011
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2011.586237
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Author-Name: Antonella Cugini
Author-X-Name-First: Antonella
Author-X-Name-Last: Cugini
Author-Name: Giovanna Michelon
Author-X-Name-First: Giovanna
Author-X-Name-Last: Michelon
Author-Name: Silvia Pilonato
Author-X-Name-First: Silvia
Author-X-Name-Last: Pilonato
Title: Performance measurement in academic departments: the strategy map approach
Abstract:
This article describes the implementation of the balanced scorecard (BSC)
strategy map in a university department. The department is a good example
of a complex public sector service organization—therefore the
article has relevance beyond universities. The strategy map was found to
be an extremely good way of measuring performance. In addition, the
BSC/strategy map helps in monitoring and building departmental mission and
goals and the authors recommend wider use.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 271-278
Issue: 4
Volume: 31
Year: 2011
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2011.586240
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Author-Name: J. Gordon Murray
Author-X-Name-First: J. Gordon
Author-X-Name-Last: Murray
Title: Third sector commissioning and English local government procurement
Abstract:
This article investigates third sector commissioning policy commitments
and their relevance to English local government procurement. The
conclusion is that there is confusion regarding the differences between
commissioning and procurement. Policy commitments are not properly
embedded in procurement policy, strategy, procedures and performance
management. Other countries with an interest in these policy developments
should take note of the issues regarding embedding in order to improve
service delivery and commissioning decisions.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 279-286
Issue: 4
Volume: 31
Year: 2011
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2011.586241
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Author-Name: Kim Loader
Author-X-Name-First: Kim
Author-X-Name-Last: Loader
Title: Are public sector procurement models and practices hindering small and medium suppliers?
Abstract:
This article determines how local authority procurement practices affect
their ability to successfully procure from small and medium enterprises
(SMEs). It found that smaller suppliers are more likely to thrive where a
broader-based value-for-money decision factor is required and where
shorter and smaller-scale contracts are available through open
competition. However, trends in local government buying appear to be
towards partnership, with an increasing emphasis on cost. Public sector
organizations and SMEs may need to reflect further in order to determine
more realistically where the scope for SME suppliers exist. Further
research is required to determine the scope of SME-friendly opportunities.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 287-294
Issue: 4
Volume: 31
Year: 2011
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2011.586242
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Author-Name: Rob Wilson
Author-X-Name-First: Rob
Author-X-Name-Last: Wilson
Author-Name: James Cornford
Author-X-Name-First: James
Author-X-Name-Last: Cornford
Author-Name: Sue Baines
Author-X-Name-First: Sue
Author-X-Name-Last: Baines
Author-Name: John Mawson
Author-X-Name-First: John
Author-X-Name-Last: Mawson
Title: New development: Information for localism? Policy sense-making for local governance
Abstract:
Recent policy changes in the UK emphasising localism, as opposed to
centrally-driven performance management, have potentially significant
implications for the use of information in local policy-shaping. This
article explores the challenges that this implies for framing the problem
and in terms of the current and future uses of information for local
governance.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 295-300
Issue: 4
Volume: 31
Year: 2011
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2011.586243
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Author-Name: Jean Hartley
Author-X-Name-First: Jean
Author-X-Name-Last: Hartley
Title: Editorial
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 303-304
Issue: 5
Volume: 31
Year: 2011
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2011.598298
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Author-Name: Ronald Heifetz
Author-X-Name-First: Ronald
Author-X-Name-Last: Heifetz
Title: Debate: Leadership and authority
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 305-308
Issue: 5
Volume: 31
Year: 2011
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2011.598333
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Author-Name: Dame Jane Roberts
Author-X-Name-First: Dame Jane
Author-X-Name-Last: Roberts
Title: Debate: Losing political power. What happens next? Why care?
Abstract:
All political lives, unless they are cut off in midstream at a
happy juncture, end in failure, because that is the nature of politics and
of human affairs.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 309-311
Issue: 5
Volume: 31
Year: 2011
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2011.598334
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Author-Name: Barbara Allen
Author-X-Name-First: Barbara
Author-X-Name-Last: Allen
Author-Name: Elizabeth Wade
Author-X-Name-First: Elizabeth
Author-X-Name-Last: Wade
Title: Leadership for commissioning in an era of reform
Abstract:
Positive deviance—intentional behaviours that depart from
the norms of a referent group in honourable ways (Spreitzer and
Sonenshein, 2004).
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 311-314
Issue: 5
Volume: 31
Year: 2011
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2011.598335
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Author-Name: Janet Newman
Author-X-Name-First: Janet
Author-X-Name-Last: Newman
Title: Public leadership as public-making
Abstract:
This article focuses on public leadership as public-making,
drawing on the work of an Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
seminar series on Emergent Publics. The article explores three sets of
processes on which publicmaking depends: those of summoning, mediation and
mobilization. Together, it is argued, these offer a way of promoting a
politics of public action.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 315-322
Issue: 5
Volume: 31
Year: 2011
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2011.598336
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Author-Name: Paul 't Hart
Author-X-Name-First: Paul
Author-X-Name-Last: 't Hart
Title: Evaluating public leadership: towards an assessment framework
Abstract:
How can we tell good from bad leadership? This crucial normative
question is too often overlooked in public sector leadership theory and
practice. This article develops a general evaluation framework which
suggests that effective public leaders are those who are able to
continuously strike a viable balance between the requirements of prudence,
support and trustworthiness.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 323-330
Issue: 5
Volume: 31
Year: 2011
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2011.598338
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Author-Name: Jean Hartley
Author-X-Name-First: Jean
Author-X-Name-Last: Hartley
Title: Learning in the whirlwind: politicians and leadership development
Abstract:
This article explores the distinctive nature of leadership by
politicians, compared with managers, and the implications for leadership
development. A new framework is proposed to analyse some key activities of
leadership development and then to explore the activities in each of four
quadrants: daily political life, mulling things over, structured learning
and reflection, and the deliberate practice of new skills. Examples from
national and local government are used to explore the challenges and
achievements of leadership development for politicians within the four
quadrants. In setting out this framework about leadership development for
politicians, this article breaks new ground.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 331-338
Issue: 5
Volume: 31
Year: 2011
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2011.598339
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Author-Name: George A. Boyne
Author-X-Name-First: George A.
Author-X-Name-Last: Boyne
Author-Name: Oliver James
Author-X-Name-First: Oliver
Author-X-Name-Last: James
Author-Name: Peter John
Author-X-Name-First: Peter
Author-X-Name-Last: John
Author-Name: Nicolai Petrovsky
Author-X-Name-First: Nicolai
Author-X-Name-Last: Petrovsky
Title: Leadership succession and organizational success: when do new chief executives make a difference?
Abstract:
When do new chief executives in the public sector make a
difference to organizational performance? Theory suggests that executive
succession has both adaptive and disruptive effects on public
organizations, and the balance between these is likely to depend on the
performance of the organization in the period before a new top manager
takes office. We test this proposition on several years of data on all 148
English principal local authorities. Our results suggest that chief
executive succession makes a difference to performance, and that
succession has a positive effect where prior performance is low, but a
negative effect where it is high.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 339-346
Issue: 5
Volume: 31
Year: 2011
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2011.598345
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Author-Name: Peter Neyroud QPM
Author-X-Name-First: Peter Neyroud
Author-X-Name-Last: QPM
Title: Leading policing in the 21st century: leadership, democracy, deficits and the new professionalism
Abstract:
The article examines the implications of recent police reforms
for leadership. Lessons drawn from the analysis are then used to examine
how the police service might adapt to the radical reforms proposed. It is
suggested that the earlier leadership approaches that have relied heavily
on transactional and transformational theories need to take account of key
elements of ‘authentic leadership’ as the context of
policing changes. Although the focus is on England and Wales, the article
has lessons for the other Anglo-Saxon countries (UK, USA, Canada,
Australia and New Zealand) and Europe.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 347-354
Issue: 5
Volume: 31
Year: 2011
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2011.598346
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Author-Name: G. Ross Baker
Author-X-Name-First: G. Ross
Author-X-Name-Last: Baker
Author-Name: Jean-Louis Denis
Author-X-Name-First: Jean-Louis
Author-X-Name-Last: Denis
Title: Medical leadership in health care systems: from professional authority to organizational leadership
Abstract:
Transforming health care organizations to improve performance requires
effective strategies for engaging doctors and developing medical
leadership. Most efforts in the US and UK to develop medical leadership
have focused on structural changes that integrate doctors into
administrative structures, but these have had limited impact. Recognizing
the distributed and collective character of effective leadership, some
health care organizations are now attempting to create greater alignment
between clinical and managerial goals, focusing on improving quality of
care. These initiatives aim to create effective systems at a team and
organizational level, not just the development of medical leadership
competencies.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 355-362
Issue: 5
Volume: 31
Year: 2011
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2011.598349
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Author-Name: Helen Dickinson
Author-X-Name-First: Helen
Author-X-Name-Last: Dickinson
Author-Name: Tim Freeman
Author-X-Name-First: Tim
Author-X-Name-Last: Freeman
Author-Name: Suzanne Robinson
Author-X-Name-First: Suzanne
Author-X-Name-Last: Robinson
Author-Name: Iestyn Williams
Author-X-Name-First: Iestyn
Author-X-Name-Last: Williams
Title: Resource scarcity and priority-setting: from management to leadership in the rationing of health care?
Abstract:
While continued interest in the application of priority-setting
technologies is perhaps unsurprising in a time of austerity, they require
sensitive implementation for their full potential benefits to be realized.
This article looks at the role and value of leadership in addressing
problems of a lack of perceived legitimacy and governance that have been
raised in connection with the rationing enterprise. The potential and
limitations of key leadership concepts such as
‘sense-making’ and ‘framing’ are explored, and
notions of relational leadership and the importance of leading with
political astuteness are discussed.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 363-370
Issue: 5
Volume: 31
Year: 2011
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2011.598352
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Author-Name: Geoff Gallop
Author-X-Name-First: Geoff
Author-X-Name-Last: Gallop
Title: New development: Public leadership, public value and the public interest
Abstract:
Good public sector leaders understand the limits and opportunities of
their role. The governments they serve configure their authorizing
environment and the agencies they manage will differ in purpose and
function. Within this context, they can add value to government by the
quality of the advice they give and the innovation they encourage. Above
all else, they need the public interest as their guide and inspiration. It
reminds them of their broader accountabilities to the public and their
obligation to ensure that proper process and procedures are carried out
within government.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 371-376
Issue: 5
Volume: 31
Year: 2011
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2011.598354
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Author-Name: Jane Broadbent
Author-X-Name-First: Jane
Author-X-Name-Last: Broadbent
Author-Name: Andrew Massey
Author-X-Name-First: Andrew
Author-X-Name-Last: Massey
Author-Name: Michaela Lavender
Author-X-Name-First: Michaela
Author-X-Name-Last: Lavender
Title: Editorial: Provision of public services in troubled times
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 379-379
Issue: 6
Volume: 31
Year: 2011
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2011.618754
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Author-Name: Nigel Keogh
Author-X-Name-First: Nigel
Author-X-Name-Last: Keogh
Title: Debate: Hutton, pensions boards and the accounting officer—a new governance framework for UK public sector pensions?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 380-382
Issue: 6
Volume: 31
Year: 2011
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2011.618757
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Author-Name: Tommaso Agasisti
Author-X-Name-First: Tommaso
Author-X-Name-Last: Agasisti
Author-Name: Michela Arnaboldi
Author-X-Name-First: Michela
Author-X-Name-Last: Arnaboldi
Title: Debate: Public sector productivity: lessons from the Italian financial crisis
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 383-384
Issue: 6
Volume: 31
Year: 2011
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2011.618758
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Author-Name: Jane Broadbent
Author-X-Name-First: Jane
Author-X-Name-Last: Broadbent
Author-Name: Andrew Massey
Author-X-Name-First: Andrew
Author-X-Name-Last: Massey
Author-Name: Michaela Lavender
Author-X-Name-First: Michaela
Author-X-Name-Last: Lavender
Title: Editorial
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 3-4
Issue: 1
Volume: 32
Year: 2012
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2012.643033
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Author-Name: Drew Cullen
Author-X-Name-First: Drew
Author-X-Name-Last: Cullen
Title: Introduction
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 5-5
Issue: 1
Volume: 32
Year: 2012
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2012.643036
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Author-Name: David M. Walker
Author-X-Name-First: David M.
Author-X-Name-Last: Walker
Title: Debate: Restoring fiscal sanity—a US case study
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 6-8
Issue: 1
Volume: 32
Year: 2012
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2012.643037
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Author-Name: Ken Warren
Author-X-Name-First: Ken
Author-X-Name-Last: Warren
Title: Developing a government's balance sheet—does it improve performance?
Abstract:
The increasing use of accrual accounting by governments around the world
has led to the appearance of public sector balance sheet information both
at a wholeof-government level and at the level of an individual public
sector entity. However , this new information can only be useful if it
actually gets used. This article explores some of the barriers that have
become evident in attempting to use balance sheet information for
decision-making and accountability purposes. These barriers are not
insubstantial and require acknowledgement and a reformulation of the value
of balance sheet information by those promoting its benefits. Such a
reformulation is suggested.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 9-14
Issue: 1
Volume: 32
Year: 2012
Month: 1
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Author-X-Name-First: Andreas
Author-X-Name-Last: Bergmann
Title: The influence of the nature of government accounting and reporting in decision-making: evidence from Switzerland
Abstract:
A key objective of government accounting and reporting has been to
achieve accountability and its use in that respect has been well
documented, however its use for decision-making has had less coverage.
This article addresses the latter issue, providing evidence from
Switzerland that the accounting basis used (accrual versus cash)
influences decision-making. This is the result of the effect that the
different approaches have on the nature of the information used for
decision-making. Switzerland was among the first western democracies to
adopt accrual accounting at both state (canton) and local levels of
government in the 1980s. The Swiss federal government followed in 2007.
The main examples of the use of accrual information in decision-making
are: the focus on self-financing of investments in order to control
borrowing, as well as the fiscal policy targets of debt reduction and
maintenance of capital. All three require accrual basis information.
Therefore accrual basis information is key in fiscal decision-making in
Switzerland.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 15-20
Issue: 1
Volume: 32
Year: 2012
Month: 1
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Author-Name: Eugenio Caperchione
Author-X-Name-First: Eugenio
Author-X-Name-Last: Caperchione
Author-Name: Federica Salvatori
Author-X-Name-First: Federica
Author-X-Name-Last: Salvatori
Title: Rethinking the relationship between local government and financial markets
Abstract:
In the past 20 years local governments have increasingly looked to
financial markets for capital financing. The markets want local
governments to change their accounting systems and become more
transparent, in order to offer information that is more appropriate to
private sector investors. The authors argue that this approach is only a
partial solution, and that local government and financial institutions
would both benefit from changes in their relationships. The article
identifies a double knowledge gap that needs to be filled if the public
and private sectors want to work together as long-term financial partners.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 21-25
Issue: 1
Volume: 32
Year: 2012
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2012.643051
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Author-X-Name-First: John
Author-X-Name-Last: FitzGerald
Title: Restoring credibility in policy-making in Ireland
Abstract:
This article first considers the origins of the Irish economic crisis. It
discusses where the policy failures occurred, to what extent they were
foreseeable, and how certain key financial institutions performed in the
run up to the crisis. In the light of this analysis the article then
considers what institutional changes could feasibly be implemented which
would strengthen policy-making for the future.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 27-34
Issue: 1
Volume: 32
Year: 2012
Month: 1
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Author-Name: Ian Ball
Author-X-Name-First: Ian
Author-X-Name-Last: Ball
Title: New development: Transparency in the public sector
Abstract:
The sovereign debt crisis has emphasized the seriousness of the results
of poor financial management and financial reporting. Financial reporting
failure in the private sector earlier this century led to dramatic action.
Although there have been widespread reporting failures in the public
sector , there have been very few strong calls for action. This article
looks at what is being done internationally to ensure high-quality
accounting by governments, particularly solutions from the accounting
profession.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 35-40
Issue: 1
Volume: 32
Year: 2012
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2012.643054
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Author-Name: Peter Boulding
Author-X-Name-First: Peter
Author-X-Name-Last: Boulding
Author-Name: Andrew Mackie
Author-X-Name-First: Andrew
Author-X-Name-Last: Mackie
Author-Name: Frans Ronsholt
Author-X-Name-First: Frans
Author-X-Name-Last: Ronsholt
Author-Name: Stephen Sharples
Author-X-Name-First: Stephen
Author-X-Name-Last: Sharples
Title: New development: PEFA—what difference has it made?
Abstract:
The PEFA (public expenditure and financial accountability) framework is
an instrument that enables broad assessments of a country's public
expenditure, procurement and financial accountability systems. This
article provides three views of the framework: from the PEFA secretariat,
a practitioner and a donor.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 41-44
Issue: 1
Volume: 32
Year: 2012
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2012.643055
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Author-Name: Richard Laughlin
Author-X-Name-First: Richard
Author-X-Name-Last: Laughlin
Title: Debate: Accrual accounting: information for accountability or decision usefulness?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 45-46
Issue: 1
Volume: 32
Year: 2012
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2012.643056
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Author-Name: Ruth Levitt
Author-X-Name-First: Ruth
Author-X-Name-Last: Levitt
Author-Name: William Solesbury
Author-X-Name-First: William
Author-X-Name-Last: Solesbury
Title: Debate: Tsars—are they the ‘experts’ now?
Abstract:
As well as ministers, prominent people in particular fields have been
employed as government ‘tsars’ or ‘champions’,
to lead on or promote particular government policies. There needs to be
greater transparency around these posts, so that their effectiveness can
be effectively scrutinized.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 47-48
Issue: 1
Volume: 32
Year: 2012
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2012.643057
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Author-Name: Arthur Midwinter
Author-X-Name-First: Arthur
Author-X-Name-Last: Midwinter
Title: Fiscal autonomy in Scotland: an assessment and critique
Abstract:
The Scotland Bill's proposals to increase the tax powers of the Scottish
Parliament are currently under scrutiny. Although the Calman Commission
rejected full fiscal autonomy within the UK as a viable option under
devolution, the Scottish Government is considering its inclusion in the
independence referendum, as a fallback position should independence fail
to attract majority support. The real choice for Scotland is between
devolution and independence: there is no middle way.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 49-52
Issue: 1
Volume: 32
Year: 2012
Month: 1
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Author-Name: Ciaran Connolly
Author-X-Name-First: Ciaran
Author-X-Name-Last: Connolly
Author-Name: Anthony Wall
Author-X-Name-First: Anthony
Author-X-Name-Last: Wall
Title: Implementing IFRSs in the public sector: caveats from a case in the UK
Abstract:
This article assesses the implementation of International Financial
Reporting Standards (IFRSs) in the United Kingdom public sector. Possible
motivations for the move are suggested before presenting the findings of
interviews with, and a survey of, key personnel. The primary issues
discussed are the rationale, challenges and costs associated with
implementing IFRSs. The article concludes that the policy appears to have
been implemented against a backdrop of indeterminate benefits and to be a
continuation of New Public Management-style reforms with their emphasis on
public sector professionalization and the language of accountancy.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 53-60
Issue: 1
Volume: 32
Year: 2012
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2012.643064
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Author-Name: Jeanette Van Akkeren
Author-X-Name-First: Jeanette
Author-X-Name-Last: Van Akkeren
Title: United we stand, divided we fall: the failure of an accounting information system in a major radiology provider
Abstract:
This article explores the way in which a major Australian radiology
organization implemented a complex accounting information system and how
workers in the 72 radiology practices that had to use it resisted the
change. The study reports on the issues that led to the circumvention of
the system by individuals and, after only three years, complete withdrawal
of the accounting information system by the parent organization. This
article has implications for firms in the health care and other sectors
considering implementing new accounting information systems. Organizations
need to incorporate change management techniques and provide open
communication to all stakeholders to minimize disruption and potential
problems.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 61-68
Issue: 1
Volume: 32
Year: 2012
Month: 1
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Author-Name: Patricia Bachiller
Author-X-Name-First: Patricia
Author-X-Name-Last: Bachiller
Author-Name: Giuseppe Grossi
Author-X-Name-First: Giuseppe
Author-X-Name-Last: Grossi
Title: Great expectations but poor results: financial and social performance of the T oscana Energia merger
Abstract:
This article investigates the importance of mergers in the public sector
, analysing the case of T oscana Energia—a gas supplier in Italy. T
oscana Energia was formed by merging three entities. There was no
improvement in financial performance after the merger. Realistic merger
benefits include competitive gains and, in this case, a better deal for
consumers. P oliticians under pressure to merge should insist on the
public sector being the majority owner in utilities. The best merger
outcomes are of smaller municipal enterprises.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 69-74
Issue: 1
Volume: 32
Year: 2012
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2012.643067
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Author-Name: Paul Hunton
Author-X-Name-First: Paul
Author-X-Name-Last: Hunton
Author-Name: Alan Jones
Author-X-Name-First: Alan
Author-X-Name-Last: Jones
Author-Name: Richard Short
Author-X-Name-First: Richard
Author-X-Name-Last: Short
Title: New development: Implementing SOA to deliver police performance management and intelligence reporting
Abstract:
Improved access to intelligence data is a major initiative within UK
police forces. This article describes new developments that deliver the
data integration and new analytical needs of police performance and
intelligence reporting. An initial solution has successfully been
developed and implemented, which can extend the life of legacy systems and
uses commercial subscription services to abstract data into a new
analytical processor. The solution provides a blueprint for a common
technical architecture that is capable of tackling data integration on a
global scale. This approach not only provides policing with improved
information and knowledge sharing, but also offers an opportunity for
efficiency gains across the entire criminal justice system
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 75-80
Issue: 1
Volume: 32
Year: 2012
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2010.528210
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Author-Name: Joyce Liddle
Author-X-Name-First: Joyce
Author-X-Name-Last: Liddle
Author-Name: Pete Murphy
Author-X-Name-First: Pete
Author-X-Name-Last: Murphy
Title: Editorial
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 83-86
Issue: 2
Volume: 32
Year: 2012
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2012.655999
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Author-Name: Howard Elcock
Author-X-Name-First: Howard
Author-X-Name-Last: Elcock
Author-Name: John Fenwick
Author-X-Name-First: John
Author-X-Name-Last: Fenwick
Title: The political leadership matrix: a tool for analysis
Abstract:
The nature and the practice of local political leadership are undergoing
rapid change. In the UK, policy initiatives have included the adoption of
executive leadership systems in the form of the directly elected mayor or
the increasing selection of council leaders for four-year terms rather
than through annual nomination. The drive toward elected mayors and other
reforms of local management continues under the current coalition
government. This article draws from extensive research in the UK, other
European countries and the USA, in order to propose and develop a matrix
for the analysis of both local and national political leadership.
Illustrations are offered of how the matrix might be used in such
analysis, alongside a consideration of prospects for further research in
this area.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 87-94
Issue: 2
Volume: 32
Year: 2012
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2012.656000
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Author-Name: James Hunter
Author-X-Name-First: James
Author-X-Name-Last: Hunter
Title: Place matters: but does local leadership?
Abstract:
‘Place’ became significant on the UK's policy agenda when
the Labour government came to power in 1997. A range of area-based
initiatives were introduced to tackle neighbourhood forms of deprivation
and to re-establish a sense of identity and connection between individuals
and their local community. In terms of place-making, effective and
inclusive participation, representation and leadership were all identified
as prerequisites for the creation of sustainable communities. This article
examines the extent to which local leadership and strategic vision are
important in promoting higher levels of satisfaction, belonging, cohesion
and participation across single tier councils in England. Questions are
raised not only about the importance of local leadership in place-making,
but also the environmental and organizational factors that shape local
places.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 95-102
Issue: 2
Volume: 32
Year: 2012
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2012.656001
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Author-X-Name-First: Dave
Author-X-Name-Last: Mckenna
Title: Local politicians' attitudes towards participatory initiatives: a Bulpittian perspective
Abstract:
The mixed attitudes that councillors have towards participatory
initiatives present a challenge for policy-makers and for the designers of
these initiatives. Using a framework adapted from the ideas of Jim
Bulpitt, this article provides an original analysis of existing research
and concludes that only consultation and cogovernance initiatives are
likely to find favour with local politicians. While concerned primarily
with the UK, the analysis may be applicable to representative local
governments in other countries.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 103-110
Issue: 2
Volume: 32
Year: 2012
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2012.656012
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Author-X-Name-First: Don
Author-X-Name-Last: Harradine
Title: An examination, through roles of accounting, of the commissioning of public services from the third sector: the case of a DWP funded initiative
Abstract:
The commissioning of public services from the third sector is explored.
The article is based on a qualitative review of pilots for a Department
for Work and Pensions (DWP) project— ‘LinkAge
Plus’—for people aged over 50. The article offers
organizations and policy-makers new insights into the issues faced by the
third sector and commissioners of services. The main issue identified is
the fragility of the accounting information used to make decisions and
monitor progress.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 111-117
Issue: 2
Volume: 32
Year: 2012
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2012.656015
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Author-X-Name-First: Laurence
Author-X-Name-Last: Ferry
Author-Name: Peter Eckersley
Author-X-Name-First: Peter
Author-X-Name-Last: Eckersley
Title: Budgeting and governing for deficit reduction in the UK public sector: act 2 ‘the annual budget’
Abstract:
This paper explains how the UK government sets its annual budgets within
the context of multi-year spending reviews, yet was able to announce
policies in the 2011 annual budget that sat outside the 2010 spending
review framework. As such, it illustrates that the budget process remains
an enabler of changing circumstances and is not constrained by medium-term
financial planning. This finding has implications for other jurisdictions
that may be considering how best to balance annual flexibility with
multi-year stability in public spending.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 119-126
Issue: 2
Volume: 32
Year: 2012
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2012.656017
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Author-X-Name-First: John
Author-X-Name-Last: Seddon
Title: Debate: Academia can tax one's patience
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 127-128
Issue: 2
Volume: 32
Year: 2012
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2012.656018
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Author-X-Name-First: Pat
Author-X-Name-Last: Barrett
Title: Performance auditing—addressing real or perceived expectation gaps in the public sector
Abstract:
The growth of performance auditing in Australia (and in many other
countries) has led to a range of seemingly conflicting observations about
their contribution to better public administration, which basically
reflect differing political and public expectations of such audits.
Confusion also revolves around the question of just what value is being
assessed, reflecting differing perceptions of assurance and performance
and of the coverage of administrative and policy effectiveness. A better
understanding of what needs to be achieved by those responsible and
acceptance of accountability for the required results would improve
confidence in public administration and in the value that it delivers.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 129-136
Issue: 2
Volume: 32
Year: 2012
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2012.656019
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Author-X-Name-First: Ian
Author-X-Name-Last: Hume
Title: Internal controls in an international financial institution
Abstract:
In 2005 the World Bank decided to undertake a review of the internal
controls under the COSO framework which governed the operational
compliance of its concessionary funding agency, the International
Development Association (IDA). This was the first such review within the
Bank and the first by any international financial institution. This
article describes the purpose, scope, methodology and execution of that
review, touching also on the main findings. The review involved both
entity and transactions level design and controls testing, it used
creative empirical tools to establish ‘pass rates’ and it
provided the basis to uncover a material weakness and several significant
deficiencies.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 137-144
Issue: 2
Volume: 32
Year: 2012
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2012.656020
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Author-X-Name-First: Mervyn
Author-X-Name-Last: Stone
Title: Getting to grips with England's formula for local authority support
Abstract:
A Department for Communities and Local Government formula is currently
granting over 20 billions of pounds sterling to the 456 local authorities
(LAs) of England. This article analyses the remarkable sensitivity of the
formula to coordinated changes in the small allocations to Wokingham and
Richmond upon Thames (that do not change the total grant)—some big
LAs experience large absolute changes in funding while small ones may
undergo large percentage changes. This violation of rational principle by
a world leader in the development of resource allocation formulae makes a
strong case for thoughtful interdisciplinary review of any formula.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 145-152
Issue: 2
Volume: 32
Year: 2012
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2012.656022
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Author-X-Name-First: Sandford
Author-X-Name-Last: Borins
Title: New development: Macroeconomic fables
Abstract:
This article uses a structural narratology approach to define four
archetypal fables concerning managers and organizations, based on whether
the narrative involves growth or decline for the protagonist and growth or
decline for the organization which the protagonist leads. This approach is
applied to three cases: a celebratory-political narrative about the
Conservative Party of Canada's victory in the 2011 federal election;
Charles Ferguson's Academy Award-winning documentary ‘Inside
Job’ about the 2008 financial meltdown; and the
ideological-polemical narratives of the Democratic and Republican parties
in the United States. The article concludes that narrative analysis helps
us understand the structure of these stories and helps us examine and
question the assumptions about economic causation that they incorporate.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 153-156
Issue: 2
Volume: 32
Year: 2012
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2012.656023
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Author-Name: Jane Broadbent
Author-X-Name-First: Jane
Author-X-Name-Last: Broadbent
Author-Name: Andrew Massey
Author-X-Name-First: Andrew
Author-X-Name-Last: Massey
Author-Name: Michaela Lavender
Author-X-Name-First: Michaela
Author-X-Name-Last: Lavender
Title: Editorial
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 159-160
Issue: 3
Volume: 32
Year: 2012
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2012.676269
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Author-Name: Iain Docherty
Author-X-Name-First: Iain
Author-X-Name-Last: Docherty
Author-Name: Ronald MacDonald
Author-X-Name-First: Ronald
Author-X-Name-Last: MacDonald
Title: Debate: Scotland's fiscal options—a response to Midwinter
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 161-163
Issue: 3
Volume: 32
Year: 2012
Month: 5
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Author-Name: Fred Thompson
Author-X-Name-First: Fred
Author-X-Name-Last: Thompson
Title: Debate: Financial panic, economic threat, and sovereign debt crises
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 164-165
Issue: 3
Volume: 32
Year: 2012
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2012.676271
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Author-Name: J. Gordon Murray
Author-X-Name-First: J. Gordon
Author-X-Name-Last: Murray
Title: Debate: Revolutionizing or recycling public procurement policy in the UK?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 165-167
Issue: 3
Volume: 32
Year: 2012
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2012.676272
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Author-Name: Walter Kickert
Author-X-Name-First: Walter
Author-X-Name-Last: Kickert
Title: How the UK government responded to the fiscal crisis: an outsider's view
Abstract:
This article presents an outsider's view of the UK government's response
to recent financial, economic and fiscal crises. The article covers the
financial crisis in 2008 when the then New Labour government rescued UK
banks; the economic crisis in 2009 which resulted in economic stimulus
measures; and the fiscal crisis of increasing national debts and budget
deficits which led the newly-elected coalition government in 2010 to take
fiscal consolidation measures. The author is an administrative scientist,
and unpicks government responses, focusing on the political and
administrative aspects of the governmental decision-making processes. The
article ends with some lessons and foreign perspectives.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 169-176
Issue: 3
Volume: 32
Year: 2012
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2012.676273
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Author-Name: Robert Jupe
Author-X-Name-First: Robert
Author-X-Name-Last: Jupe
Title: Evolutionary change? An evaluation of the McNulty report on rail
Abstract:
This article examines a major UK value-for-money study by Sir Roy McNulty
in the context of the neoliberal public policy environment. This
environment favoured rail's privatization, and subsequent reform attempts,
which maintained the privatization model, have done little to address
rail's fundamental problems. McNulty's proposals are examined in terms of
their likely effects on the infrastructure authority and the train
companies. The article concludes that, although McNulty correctly
identified fragmentation as a key cause of rail's cost escalation, and
noted the less fragmented nature of other European railways, its
neoliberal focus meant that it missed the opportunity to reverse the
process.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 177-184
Issue: 3
Volume: 32
Year: 2012
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2012.676274
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Author-Name: Andrew Coulson
Author-X-Name-First: Andrew
Author-X-Name-Last: Coulson
Author-Name: Philip Whiteman
Author-X-Name-First: Philip
Author-X-Name-Last: Whiteman
Title: Holding politicians to account? Overview and scrutiny in English local government
Abstract:
Recently, there has been little research published on overview and
scrutiny. This article revisits the early literature. By restating and
developing six conditions for the effectiveness of overview and scrutiny
set out in UK government guidance in 2002, it demonstrates why success has
been patchy but that scrutiny can work well when the conditions are met.
The system exemplifies the doctrine of the separation of powers, in that
the politicians who sit on overview and scrutiny committees are charged
with holding to account another group of elected politicians who form the
executive or cabinet. The practice of scrutiny could be strengthened if it
was embedded as part of a wider process in which the full council holds
the executive to account.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 185-192
Issue: 3
Volume: 32
Year: 2012
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2012.676275
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Author-Name: Jonathan S. Davies
Author-X-Name-First: Jonathan S.
Author-X-Name-Last: Davies
Author-Name: Madeleine Pill
Author-X-Name-First: Madeleine
Author-X-Name-Last: Pill
Title: Empowerment or abandonment? Prospects for neighbourhood revitalization under the big society
Abstract:
This article explores the impact of recent trends towards privatism
through a study of neighbourhood governance in Baltimore and Bristol and
considers its implications for the big society in the UK. The self-help
ideology of the big society has been prevalent in Baltimore for many years
and the city's experience highlights profound difficulties in substituting
volunteering for government-led revitalization. The article concludes that
the Baltimore experience is a warning to British policy-makers, posing a
major dilemma.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 193-200
Issue: 3
Volume: 32
Year: 2012
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2012.676276
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Author-Name: Simon Teasdale
Author-X-Name-First: Simon
Author-X-Name-Last: Teasdale
Author-Name: Pete Alcock
Author-X-Name-First: Pete
Author-X-Name-Last: Alcock
Author-Name: Graham Smith
Author-X-Name-First: Graham
Author-X-Name-Last: Smith
Title: Legislating for the big society? The case of the Public Services (Social V alue) Bill
Abstract:
A key aspect of the ‘big society’ discourse in England is
an enhanced role for voluntary organizations in the delivery of public
services. However , Conservative philosophy draws upon the contradictory
positions of market liberals favouring the free market and a small state,
and those favouring community self-help and local distinctiveness. This
article explores how these tensions were played out in parliamentary
debate over the second reading of the Public Services (Social V alue)
Bill. The authors argue that these tensions reflect unresolved issues
within the UK Conservative party, and that market liberals will have the
upper hand.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 201-208
Issue: 3
Volume: 32
Year: 2012
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2012.676277
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Author-Name: Paul Anand
Author-X-Name-First: Paul
Author-X-Name-Last: Anand
Author-Name: Mark Exworthy
Author-X-Name-First: Mark
Author-X-Name-Last: Exworthy
Author-Name: Francesca Frosini
Author-X-Name-First: Francesca
Author-X-Name-Last: Frosini
Author-Name: Lorelei Jones
Author-X-Name-First: Lorelei
Author-X-Name-Last: Jones
Title: Autonomy and improved performance: lessons from an NHS policy reform
Abstract:
Autonomy is currently seen by policy-makers in many countries as a
possible mechanism for enhancing public sector performance. The authors
examine a service reform (the National Health Service in England) in which
more autonomy was given to better performing hospitals. Drawing on data
from interviews with senior managers, the research suggests that despite
being enmeshed in a politicized culture of regulations and guidance,
autonomy is increasingly perceived positively and appears to depend on the
extent to which organizations have the incentives and the capacity to
respond to increased autonomy. The article presents findings that will be
of value to policy-makers in many countries.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 209-216
Issue: 3
Volume: 32
Year: 2012
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2012.676279
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Author-Name: Donald Harradine
Author-X-Name-First: Donald
Author-X-Name-Last: Harradine
Author-Name: Malcolm Prowle
Author-X-Name-First: Malcolm
Author-X-Name-Last: Prowle
Title: Service line reporting in a National Health Service foundation trust: an initial assessment of its relevance and applicability
Abstract:
Financial management and control systems are key components of effective
management in NHS organizations. Systems have recently been enhanced by
the introduction of service line reporting (SLR) in NHS foundation trusts
(NHSFT). This article explores the extent to which SLR has been introduced
into one NHSFT and what achievements have been made so far. It also
considers the extent to which the SLR approach aligns with modern thinking
about budgetary systems.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 217-224
Issue: 3
Volume: 32
Year: 2012
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2012.676280
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Author-X-Name-First: Paul
Author-X-Name-Last: Hunton
Title: Managing the technical resource capability of cybercrime investigation: a UK law enforcement perspective
Abstract:
This article discusses the challenges faced by law enforcement agencies
when investigating cybercrime. The article presents the technical
investigation roles necessary for cybercrime policing in a resource
capability matrix. Adopting a standard resource capability framework
across the wider law enforcement community will assist in the development
of common policies and procedures, and will maximize the efficiency and
effectiveness of cybercrime investigation in a shrinking global economy.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 225-232
Issue: 3
Volume: 32
Year: 2012
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2012.676281
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Author-Name: Robin Miller
Author-X-Name-First: Robin
Author-X-Name-Last: Miller
Author-Name: Ross Millar
Author-X-Name-First: Ross
Author-X-Name-Last: Millar
Author-Name: Kelly Hall
Author-X-Name-First: Kelly
Author-X-Name-Last: Hall
Title: New development: Spin-outs and social enterprise: the ‘right to request’ programme for health and social care services
Abstract:
The ‘right to request’ policy encouraged and supported
National Health Service (NHS) community health staff in England to
‘spin out’ services into independent social enterprises.
This article considers the processes and outputs of the initiative and
reflects on the likelihood of positive outcomes for patients being
achieved. It highlights lessons for future programmes seeking to transfer
services out of public ownership.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 233-236
Issue: 3
Volume: 32
Year: 2012
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2012.676283
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Author-Name: Jane Broadbent
Author-X-Name-First: Jane
Author-X-Name-Last: Broadbent
Author-Name: Andrew Massey
Author-X-Name-First: Andrew
Author-X-Name-Last: Massey
Author-Name: Michaela Lavender
Author-X-Name-First: Michaela
Author-X-Name-Last: Lavender
Title: Editorial
Abstract:
This July 2012 edition of Public Money & Management
publishes a range of articles debating matters of interest to academics
and practitioners working in the provision of public services. The
efficient use of public resources is a recurrent theme in our journal and
this is reflected in different ways in this edition.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 239-239
Issue: 4
Volume: 32
Year: 2012
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2012.691292
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Author-X-Name-First: Pat
Author-X-Name-Last: Barrett
Title: Debate: Focusing on programme implementation for improved accountability and results
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 240-242
Issue: 4
Volume: 32
Year: 2012
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2012.691293
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Author-Name: Francis Terry
Author-X-Name-First: Francis
Author-X-Name-Last: Terry
Title: Debate: Railway policy—another damp squib
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 242-244
Issue: 4
Volume: 32
Year: 2012
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2012.691295
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Author-Name: Stephen P. Osborne
Author-X-Name-First: Stephen P.
Author-X-Name-Last: Osborne
Title: Debate: Can the third sector survive the recession? Evidence from Scotland
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 245-247
Issue: 4
Volume: 32
Year: 2012
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2012.691296
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Author-Name: Mark Wilberforce
Author-X-Name-First: Mark
Author-X-Name-Last: Wilberforce
Author-Name: Kate Baxter
Author-X-Name-First: Kate
Author-X-Name-Last: Baxter
Author-Name: Caroline Glendinning
Author-X-Name-First: Caroline
Author-X-Name-Last: Glendinning
Title: Efficiency, choice and control in social care commissioning
Abstract:
Publicly-funded social care providers are under significant pressure as a
consequence of an ageing population, a tight financial climate, and
demands for greater quality and dignity in care. Personal budgets have
been advocated as a potential solution. However, the implications of
personal budgets on commissioning and market development are largely
unexplored. This article looks at new approaches being adopted by English
local authorities to reconcile tensions between the efficiency and
personalization agendas, and to counter new transaction costs.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 249-256
Issue: 4
Volume: 32
Year: 2012
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2012.691297
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Author-Name: Michael Gibbons
Author-X-Name-First: Michael
Author-X-Name-Last: Gibbons
Author-Name: David Parker
Author-X-Name-First: David
Author-X-Name-Last: Parker
Title: Impact assessments and better regulation: the role of the UK's Regulatory Policy Committee
Abstract:
Impact assessment is a method of regulatory oversight intended to improve
both regulatory processes and outcomes. This article reviews the work of
the Regulatory Policy Committee established in 2009 to improve regulatory
scrutiny in the UK, including its role in the coalition government's
policy of ‘one in, one out’. The new oversight body has
improved regulation but weaknesses remain. The UK has been a leading
country in the use of impact assessment and the lessons from the work of
the committee will be relevant to both those studying UK public
administration and those developing better regulation programmes
internationally.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 257-264
Issue: 4
Volume: 32
Year: 2012
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2012.691302
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Author-Name: Tamyko Ysa
Author-X-Name-First: Tamyko
Author-X-Name-Last: Ysa
Author-Name: Mireia Giné
Author-X-Name-First: Mireia
Author-X-Name-Last: Giné
Author-Name: Marc Esteve
Author-X-Name-First: Marc
Author-X-Name-Last: Esteve
Author-Name: Vicenta Sierra
Author-X-Name-First: Vicenta
Author-X-Name-Last: Sierra
Title: Public corporate governance of state-owned enterprises: evidence from the Spanish banking industry
Abstract:
This article provides a framework for public corporate governance
combining two main components: traditional corporate governance (via
governing bodies) and multi-level governance (via regulation). We provide
evidence from the publiclyowned Spanish savings banks
(‘cajas’), which have a conflict between their two main
goals: operating efficiently and maximizing the reach of their welfare
projects. The case may have lessons for policy-makers in the 80+ countries
that have some government ownership of banks, and for managers muddling
through public corporate governance.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 265-272
Issue: 4
Volume: 32
Year: 2012
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2012.691305
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Author-Name: Vicente Pina
Author-X-Name-First: Vicente
Author-X-Name-Last: Pina
Author-Name: María José Arcas
Author-X-Name-First: María José
Author-X-Name-Last: Arcas
Author-Name: Caridad Martí
Author-X-Name-First: Caridad
Author-X-Name-Last: Martí
Title: Accruals and ‘accounting numbers management’ in UK executive agencies
Abstract:
Public sector reforms have implemented business techniques, including
management by results, cost management and accrual accounting, to make
public entities more efficient and accountable. As a consequence,
‘accounting numbers management’ has become a way for
managers in the public sector to adapt accounting figures to their
interests. This study focuses on ‘earnings management’
(manipulation of earnings) in government agencies. The authors provide
evidence of earnings management in which agencies try to keep net
operating costs to around zero. The authors' findings question the
effectiveness of financial targets associated with accrual-based measures.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 273-280
Issue: 4
Volume: 32
Year: 2012
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2012.691306
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Author-Name: Joe Wallis
Author-X-Name-First: Joe
Author-X-Name-Last: Wallis
Author-Name: Shaun Goldfinch
Author-X-Name-First: Shaun
Author-X-Name-Last: Goldfinch
Author-Name: Andy Klein
Author-X-Name-First: Andy
Author-X-Name-Last: Klein
Title: The challenge of sustaining respect in a central budget agency: what can Ireland learn from New Zealand?
Abstract:
A primary leadership challenge facing central budget agencies is
sustaining the respect of finance ministers. Lessons are drawn in this
article from the corrosive effect that missed opportunities to take the
lead on economic strategy and public service modernization had on the
long-term respect commanded by the Irish Department of Finance, and from
the strategic re-orientation the New Zealand Treasury undertook to correct
its tendency to ‘over-reach’ itself in these areas following
a process of capacity-building and cultural transformation in the 1980s.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 281-288
Issue: 4
Volume: 32
Year: 2012
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2012.691329
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Author-Name: Jean Kellie
Author-X-Name-First: Jean
Author-X-Name-Last: Kellie
Author-Name: Brian Milsom
Author-X-Name-First: Brian
Author-X-Name-Last: Milsom
Author-Name: Eileen Henderson
Author-X-Name-First: Eileen
Author-X-Name-Last: Henderson
Title: Leadership through action learning: a bottom-up approach to ‘best practice’ in ‘infection prevention and control’ in a UK NHS trust
Abstract:
This article reports on the outcomes of an action learning leadership
intervention in a National Health Service (NHS) acute trust in partnership
with a UK business school. This contribution provides an empirical example
of the potential benefits of non-hierarchical leadership. Over a
three-year period, 45 nurses took part in an initiative designed to reduce
the number of health care associated infections (HCAI) in a large NHS
acute trust. By 2010, serious reportable infections were reduced by around
300, providing an efficiency benefit in the region of £3 million and
improved patient safety. The turnaround is significant, and although not
exclusively attributable to this initiative, the trust is convinced that
the intervention has been pivotal.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 289-296
Issue: 4
Volume: 32
Year: 2012
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2012.691308
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Author-Name: Alistair Hewison
Author-X-Name-First: Alistair
Author-X-Name-Last: Hewison
Author-Name: Nicola Gale
Author-X-Name-First: Nicola
Author-X-Name-Last: Gale
Author-Name: Jonathan Shapiro
Author-X-Name-First: Jonathan
Author-X-Name-Last: Shapiro
Title: Co-production in research: some reflections on the experience of engaging practitioners in health research
Abstract:
This article reports the activities undertaken to develop co-production
in health research. It is a response to the call for more discussion of
the issue made in an earlier issue of this journal. Consideration of the
practicalities of undertaking research in this way is an important
contribution to the debate.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 297-302
Issue: 4
Volume: 32
Year: 2012
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2012.691311
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Author-Name: Walter Kickert
Author-X-Name-First: Walter
Author-X-Name-Last: Kickert
Title: State responses to the fiscal crisis: Belgium
Abstract:
This article presents a brief description of how the Belgian government
responded to the global financial, economic and fiscal crises. Belgium
took various measures to support banks in 2008. Following forecasts of a
substantial economic decline in 2009 and zero growth in 2010, and
increases in unemployment in 2009 and 2010, the federal and regional
governments took successful economic recovery measures. Although it might
appear that the fiscal crises of state debt and budget deficits were
ignored during this time, there were measures in place to tackle them.
This article looks at the contents of the government responses, as well as
the political and administrative aspects of the governmental
decision-making processes.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 303-310
Issue: 4
Volume: 32
Year: 2012
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2012.691313
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Author-Name: Basilio Acerete
Author-X-Name-First: Basilio
Author-X-Name-Last: Acerete
Author-Name: Anne Stafford
Author-X-Name-First: Anne
Author-X-Name-Last: Stafford
Author-Name: Pamela Stapleton
Author-X-Name-First: Pamela
Author-X-Name-Last: Stapleton
Title: New development: New global health care PPP developments—a critique of the success story
Abstract:
Health care public--private partnerships (PPPs), where clinical services
as well as infrastructure are delivered by the private sector, are coming
under the spotlight as governments seek to achieve value for money in
health budgets. Existing examples have been widely reported as successful.
However, this article urges caution as a closer look at the evidence shows
that handing over control of service delivery to the private sector is
difficult to monitor and evaluate, carries cost implications which remain
largely unquantified and can create additional risk.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 311-314
Issue: 4
Volume: 32
Year: 2012
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2012.691315
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Author-Name: Lorraine Ford
Author-X-Name-First: Lorraine
Author-X-Name-Last: Ford
Author-Name: Mike Green
Author-X-Name-First: Mike
Author-X-Name-Last: Green
Title: New development: Making partnerships work—a local politician's guide to leadership
Abstract:
Local strategic partnerships are non-hierarchical structures requiring
facilitative leadership. The authors describe research that shows that
facilitation demands acceptability, the development of a shared vision and
the ability to deliver it. This implies a plethora of skills and relevant
qualities, supported by favourable partners and an enabling political
environment, with enough time to get it right.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 315-319
Issue: 4
Volume: 32
Year: 2012
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2012.691316
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Author-Name: Jane Broadbent
Author-X-Name-First: Jane
Author-X-Name-Last: Broadbent
Author-Name: Andrew Massey
Author-X-Name-First: Andrew
Author-X-Name-Last: Massey
Author-Name: Michaela Lavender
Author-X-Name-First: Michaela
Author-X-Name-Last: Lavender
Title: Editorial
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 323-324
Issue: 5
Volume: 32
Year: 2012
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2012.703402
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Author-Name: J. Gordon Murray
Author-X-Name-First: J. Gordon
Author-X-Name-Last: Murray
Title: Debate: Reducing government procurement transaction costs— to pCard or not to pCard?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 324-326
Issue: 5
Volume: 32
Year: 2012
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2012.703408
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Author-Name: Matthew Flinders
Author-X-Name-First: Matthew
Author-X-Name-Last: Flinders
Author-Name: Chris Skelcher
Author-X-Name-First: Chris
Author-X-Name-Last: Skelcher
Title: Shrinking the quango state: five challenges in reforming quangos
Abstract:
Some problems of governance regularly resurface, and the use and role of
‘quangos’— public bodies operating at arm's-length to
ministers—is a case in point. The administrative history of the
British state is littered with official reviews and political debates
about quangos. Historically, governments, whatever their reforming zeal,
have found it difficult to make substantial changes. Now the UK government
has initiated a rapid and large-scale set of reforms. This article
analyses these changes and highlights five challenges for governments
wishing to reform arm's-length bodies: mapping, assessing, reconfiguring,
saving, and accounting.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 327-334
Issue: 5
Volume: 32
Year: 2012
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2012.703410
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Author-Name: Sheila Ellwood
Author-X-Name-First: Sheila
Author-X-Name-Last: Ellwood
Author-Name: Javier Garcia-Lacalle
Author-X-Name-First: Javier
Author-X-Name-Last: Garcia-Lacalle
Title: Old wine in new bottles: IFRS adoption in NHS foundation trusts
Abstract:
UK public sector organizations, including NHS foundation trusts, have
changed to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). Treasury
aims were ‘to bring benefits in consistency and comparability
between financial reports in the global economy and to follow private
sector best practice’. This comparative analysis of foundation
trusts' financial statements under IFRS shows worse financial results and
lower surpluses for the year, higher values of fixed (non-current) assets
and more indebtedness than under UK GAAP. Implications of the new
accounting regime on comparability and transparency of NHS organizations
are discussed—some wine shows improvement, while other wine looks
worse in the new bottles.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 335-342
Issue: 5
Volume: 32
Year: 2012
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2012.703411
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Author-Name: Li-cheng Chang
Author-X-Name-First: Li-cheng
Author-X-Name-Last: Chang
Title: Cost-effectiveness and fairness in health care: NICE appraisals
Abstract:
Appraisals by the UK's National Institute for Health and Clinical
Excellence (NICE) examine clinical and cost-effectiveness to determine
whether medical interventions should be publicly funded by the National
Health Service (NHS). NICE's evaluations are attracting increasing debate
about the tension between efficiency and equity. This article, using the
case of renal cell cancer, argues that NICE is not only concerned with
maximized aggregate welfare, but also with its social obligations to
protect the less advantaged members of society. The English experience is
likely to have international implications in terms of evaluating the
benefits of new medical treatments.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 343-348
Issue: 5
Volume: 32
Year: 2012
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2012.703418
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Author-Name: Pinar Guven-Uslu
Author-X-Name-First: Pinar
Author-X-Name-Last: Guven-Uslu
Title: Uncertainty and commitment in commissioning of health services
Abstract:
This article reports on the use of management accounting information in
commissioning of health services in England. The effects of environmental
pressures and uncertainty on the use of this information in the
decision-making process was examined. The relationship was further
analysed from the perspective of interorganizational dependence and
commitment with reference to particular financial management and budgeting
practices. A more integrated approach to health care commissioning could
be achieved by better harmonizing fund allocation, performance measurement
and management systems and by supporting cultivation of joint
multiprofessional groups so that regional hubs of information could be
used to formulate consistent, bottom-up and lasting local strategies to
secure inter-organizational trust and mutual dependency between local
health alliances.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 349-356
Issue: 5
Volume: 32
Year: 2012
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2012.703419
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Author-Name: Marine Portal
Author-X-Name-First: Marine
Author-X-Name-Last: Portal
Author-Name: Evelyne Lande
Author-X-Name-First: Evelyne
Author-X-Name-Last: Lande
Author-Name: Rowan Jones
Author-X-Name-First: Rowan
Author-X-Name-Last: Jones
Author-Name: Klaus Lüder
Author-X-Name-First: Klaus
Author-X-Name-Last: Lüder
Title: French revolution and German circumspection: reforming budgeting and accounting in national governments
Abstract:
In France in 2001, a revolutionary budgeting and accounting reform of the
central government was begun and, in 2006, introduced—it is now
almost complete. In 2006, the German federal government began a similarly
revolutionary budgeting and accounting reform, but abandoned it in 2010.
We identify the similarities in technique between the two countries'
reforms but also significant differences. The authors conclude that,
notwithstanding the importance of accrual accounting in the French
revolution and in the abortive German revolution, the resilience of the
traditional budgetary accounting systems is striking.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 357-361
Issue: 5
Volume: 32
Year: 2012
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2012.703421
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Author-Name: Andrew Erridge
Author-X-Name-First: Andrew
Author-X-Name-Last: Erridge
Author-Name: Sean Hennigan
Author-X-Name-First: Sean
Author-X-Name-Last: Hennigan
Title: Sustainable procurement in health and social care in Northern Ireland
Abstract:
This article reports on a sustainable public procurement project in
Northern Ireland. The authors found that limited official guidance was
available, especially on equality; nevertheless staff had positive
attitudes and sustainability criteria were being embedded in procurement
processes. While there is a need to overcome limited knowledge on social
aspects and whole life costing, sustainable procurement was found to be
compatible with efficiency. Sustainable procurement, if used effectively
by confident and well-qualified staff, can achieve not only sustainability
goals but also those relating to efficiency and economic recovery.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 363-370
Issue: 5
Volume: 32
Year: 2012
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2012.703422
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Author-Name: Juliana Jetty
Author-X-Name-First: Juliana
Author-X-Name-Last: Jetty
Author-Name: Vivien Beattie
Author-X-Name-First: Vivien
Author-X-Name-Last: Beattie
Title: The determinants of audit committees: evidence from the charity sector
Abstract:
Drawing on the theoretical perspectives of agency theory, institutional
theory and resource dependency theory, this study finds that board
attributes (consisting of the number of trustees and board structure),
charity size, the nature of charitable activities, and external influences
(namely proportion of restricted funds, presence of government funding and
auditor quality) are all significantly positively associated with the
annual report disclosure of audit committee existence. No relationship was
found with either organizational legal form or donor dependence.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 371-378
Issue: 5
Volume: 32
Year: 2012
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2012.703424
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Author-Name: Paresh Wankhade
Author-X-Name-First: Paresh
Author-X-Name-Last: Wankhade
Title: Different cultures of management and their relationships with organizational performance: evidence from the UK ambulance service
Abstract:
This article explores the relationship between organizational subcultures
and organizational performance in an ambulance service. Three distinct
occupational ‘tribes’ , or subcultures, are identified.
There is no ‘single’ ambulance culture and no consensus view
on good performance, for example according to a paramedic: ‘if you
get to a patient in 8 minutes and they die, you succeed; but if you get
there in 9 minutes and the patient survives, you fail’. Ambulance
services could be more effective if these subcultures were recognized and
steps taken to create mutual understanding. The lessons in this article
have relevance to emergency response services in the UK and overseas.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 381-388
Issue: 5
Volume: 32
Year: 2012
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2012.676312
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Author-Name: Sheila Ellwood
Author-X-Name-First: Sheila
Author-X-Name-Last: Ellwood
Author-Name: Javier Garcia-Lacalle
Author-X-Name-First: Javier
Author-X-Name-Last: Garcia-Lacalle
Title: New development: Local public audit—the changing landscape
Abstract:
This article considers the implications for local public audit of the
abolition of the Audit Commission and its audit practice (District Audit).
The audit regime of NHS foundation trusts, where the Audit Commission is
not responsible for auditor appointments or their oversight, is
investigated to provide insights for the future of local public audit.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 389-392
Issue: 5
Volume: 32
Year: 2012
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2012.692554
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Author-Name: Jane Broadbent
Author-X-Name-First: Jane
Author-X-Name-Last: Broadbent
Author-Name: Andrew Massey
Author-X-Name-First: Andrew
Author-X-Name-Last: Massey
Author-Name: Michaela Lavender
Author-X-Name-First: Michaela
Author-X-Name-Last: Lavender
Title: Editorial
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 395-395
Issue: 6
Volume: 32
Year: 2012
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2012.728775
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Author-Name: Kathryn Cearns
Author-X-Name-First: Kathryn
Author-X-Name-Last: Cearns
Title: Debate: Local public audit— comparison with the private sector
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 396-397
Issue: 6
Volume: 32
Year: 2012
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2012.728776
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Author-Name: Muiris MacCarthaigh
Author-X-Name-First: Muiris
Author-X-Name-Last: MacCarthaigh
Title: Debate: Shrinking the quango state— an international view
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 397-399
Issue: 6
Volume: 32
Year: 2012
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2012.728777
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Author-Name: Sandra van Thiel
Author-X-Name-First: Sandra
Author-X-Name-Last: van Thiel
Title: Debate: From trendsetter to laggard? Quango reform in the UK
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 399-400
Issue: 6
Volume: 32
Year: 2012
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2012.728778
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Author-Name: Vivien Lowndes
Author-X-Name-First: Vivien
Author-X-Name-Last: Lowndes
Author-Name: Sharon Squires
Author-X-Name-First: Sharon
Author-X-Name-Last: Squires
Title: Cuts, collaboration and creativity
Abstract:
Massive cuts in public spending are demanding a new era of collaborative
working among partners in English local governance. Partnerships have the
capacity to pool assets, share scarce resources and leverage new forms of
social and human capital. City-wide partnerships are also ideal vehicles
for public service creativity. Action research in Sheffield reveals the
potential, but also the pitfalls, of attempts to mainstream partnership
principles, now they are no longer mandated by central government.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 401-408
Issue: 6
Volume: 32
Year: 2012
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2012.728779
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Author-Name: Jan Myers
Author-X-Name-First: Jan
Author-X-Name-Last: Myers
Author-Name: Molly Scott Cato
Author-X-Name-First: Molly Scott
Author-X-Name-Last: Cato
Author-Name: Paul A. Jones
Author-X-Name-First: Paul A.
Author-X-Name-Last: Jones
Title: An ‘alternative mainstream’? The impact of financial inclusion policy on credit unions in Wales
Abstract:
Not having access to mainstream financial services, such as a bank
account or a credit card, can lead to a variety of social and economic
exclusions. In a number of countries, particularly Ireland, Spain, Canada
and the UK, credit unions— member-owned financial
co-operatives—play a significant role in reaching under-served and
excluded communities, as well as providing ‘safe’ avenues
for savings and credit. Yet many credit unions are facing financial and
operational problems. This article looks at the experience of Welsh credit
unions. The research has implications for policy development and
government--credit union relations in Wales and further research on credit
unions and financial inclusion.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 409-416
Issue: 6
Volume: 32
Year: 2012
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2012.728780
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Author-Name: Karen Jones
Author-X-Name-First: Karen
Author-X-Name-Last: Jones
Author-Name: Ann Netten
Author-X-Name-First: Ann
Author-X-Name-Last: Netten
Author-Name: José-Luis Fernández
Author-X-Name-First: José-Luis
Author-X-Name-Last: Fernández
Author-Name: Martin Knapp
Author-X-Name-First: Martin
Author-X-Name-Last: Knapp
Author-Name: David Challis
Author-X-Name-First: David
Author-X-Name-Last: Challis
Author-Name: Caroline Glendinning
Author-X-Name-First: Caroline
Author-X-Name-Last: Glendinning
Author-Name: Sally Jacobs
Author-X-Name-First: Sally
Author-X-Name-Last: Jacobs
Author-Name: Jill Manthorpe
Author-X-Name-First: Jill
Author-X-Name-Last: Manthorpe
Author-Name: Nicola Moran
Author-X-Name-First: Nicola
Author-X-Name-Last: Moran
Author-Name: Martin Stevens
Author-X-Name-First: Martin
Author-X-Name-Last: Stevens
Author-Name: Mark Wilberforce
Author-X-Name-First: Mark
Author-X-Name-Last: Wilberforce
Title: The impact of individual budgets on the targeting of support: findings from a national evaluation of pilot projects in England
Abstract:
Individual or personal budgets are part of a growing international trend
to encourage greater choice and control over social care services at a
time of financial austerity. The authors' evaluation of individual budgets
found that levels of allocated resources reflected a range of factors,
including informal or carer support and disability levels. Furthermore,
individual budgets were found to be cost-neutral compared with
conventional social care delivery.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 417-424
Issue: 6
Volume: 32
Year: 2012
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2012.728781
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Author-Name: Magnus Schoeman
Author-X-Name-First: Magnus
Author-X-Name-Last: Schoeman
Author-Name: David Baxter
Author-X-Name-First: David
Author-X-Name-Last: Baxter
Author-Name: Keith Goffin
Author-X-Name-First: Keith
Author-X-Name-Last: Goffin
Author-Name: Pietro Micheli
Author-X-Name-First: Pietro
Author-X-Name-Last: Micheli
Title: Commercialization partnerships as an enabler of UK public sector innovation: the perfect match?
Abstract:
This article examines the potential for private sector organizations to
contribute to public sector innovation. Specifically, the study explores
how partnering with the private sector can go beyond delivery and extend
to development of new services and new markets. The term
‘commercialization partnership’ is coined for such
partnerships and the article describes an exploratory investigation of
this emerging form of innovation.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 425-432
Issue: 6
Volume: 32
Year: 2012
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2012.728782
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Author-Name: Javier Bilbao-Ubillos
Author-X-Name-First: Javier
Author-X-Name-Last: Bilbao-Ubillos
Title: Social protection policies in developing countries: estimating the financial impact of new decisions
Abstract:
This article is based on the need to round out social benefits in
developing countries with non-contributive schemes, to focus social public
spending and to ensure the financial sustainability of any measures
adopted. A simple tool is described for estimating the financial impact of
potential measures in the field of social protection policies for public
sector decision-makers. The decomposition of public spending on social
benefits into four factors—two of which can be controlled by the
public administration and could therefore be seen as typical instruments
of a certain kind of social protection policy—is the starting point
for the new model, which was tested in Colombia.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 433-438
Issue: 6
Volume: 32
Year: 2012
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2012.728783
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Author-Name: Walter Kickert
Author-X-Name-First: Walter
Author-X-Name-Last: Kickert
Title: How the Dutch government responded to financial, economic and fiscal crisis
Abstract:
This article describes how the Dutch government responded to that
country's financial, economic and fiscal crises. The article covers the
financial crisis in 2008 when the Dutch government took measures to
support and save banks; the economic crisis in 2009, which forced the
government to take economic recovery measures; and the resulting fiscal
crisis of increasing state debts and budget deficits which led the
incoming government in 2010 to begin cutbacks in public expenditure.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 439-443
Issue: 6
Volume: 32
Year: 2012
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2012.728784
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Author-Name: Fraser Macfarlane
Author-X-Name-First: Fraser
Author-X-Name-Last: Macfarlane
Author-Name: Joanne Duberley
Author-X-Name-First: Joanne
Author-X-Name-Last: Duberley
Author-Name: Chris Fewtrell
Author-X-Name-First: Chris
Author-X-Name-Last: Fewtrell
Author-Name: Martin Powell
Author-X-Name-First: Martin
Author-X-Name-Last: Powell
Title: Talent management for NHS managers: human resources or resourceful humans?
Abstract:
The need for effective leadership in the UK public sector has been a
prominent discourse in recent years. One aspect of this is a growing
interest in talent management. This article examines the evolution of
processes used for managing talent and developing leaders in the UK's
National Health Service (NHS) by applying human resource management theory
to an empirical case study. Our aim was to provide a constructive, but
critical, analysis of the current role of managerial talent management and
to comment on the suitability of the adopted approach in the NHS. Over the
past three decades the NHS has come to adopt an increasingly
‘hard’ approach to talent management, i.e. rationalistic,
managerial and narrowly focused on leadership competencies and senior
management roles. This parallels a more general shift in the NHS from its
traditional public sector ethos and humanistic values to more
business-oriented values and ways of working.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 445-452
Issue: 6
Volume: 32
Year: 2012
Month: 11
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Author-Name: Francisco Longo
Author-X-Name-First: Francisco
Author-X-Name-Last: Longo
Author-Name: Marc Esteve
Author-X-Name-First: Marc
Author-X-Name-Last: Esteve
Title: Assessing the implementation of managerial reforms in Catalan government: the development of professional public management
Abstract:
This article examines the extent of recent managerial reforms in Catalan
government. The results were unexpected. Reforms which aimed to provide
public administrations with more managerially-oriented frameworks are
failing to embed in Catalan administrations, particularly in areas like
accountability and incentives systems. This article will be of particular
value in countries where the boundaries between politicians and managers
coming from administrative careers in the public service are blurred, such
as in Spain, France and Italy.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 453-460
Issue: 6
Volume: 32
Year: 2012
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2012.728788
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Author-Name: Lord Bichard
Author-X-Name-First: Lord
Author-X-Name-Last: Bichard
Title: Editorial: The need for a public service strategy
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 3-4
Issue: 1
Volume: 33
Year: 2013
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2012.741403
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Author-X-Name-First: Marika
Author-X-Name-Last: Arena
Author-Name: Michela Arnaboldi
Author-X-Name-First: Michela
Author-X-Name-Last: Arnaboldi
Title: Debate: Dealing with spending reviews—Italy
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 4-6
Issue: 1
Volume: 33
Year: 2013
Month: 1
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Author-X-Name-First: Peter M.
Author-X-Name-Last: Jackson
Title: Debate: Fraud risk management in the public sector
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 6-8
Issue: 1
Volume: 33
Year: 2013
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2013.744866
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Author-Name: Robbie Foy
Author-X-Name-First: Robbie
Author-X-Name-Last: Foy
Author-Name: Louise Locock
Author-X-Name-First: Louise
Author-X-Name-Last: Locock
Author-Name: Sarah Purdy
Author-X-Name-First: Sarah
Author-X-Name-Last: Purdy
Author-Name: Catherine O'Donnell
Author-X-Name-First: Catherine
Author-X-Name-Last: O'Donnell
Author-Name: Nicola Gray
Author-X-Name-First: Nicola
Author-X-Name-Last: Gray
Author-Name: Tim Doran
Author-X-Name-First: Tim
Author-X-Name-Last: Doran
Author-Name: Huw Davies
Author-X-Name-First: Huw
Author-X-Name-Last: Davies
Title: Research shapes policy: but the dynamics are subtle
Abstract:
Major policy initiatives such as the Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF)
in the national contract for UK general practitioners might variably be
informed by evidence at their inception, implementation and subsequent
evolution. But what evidence gets admitted into these policy
debates—and what is left out? Using QOF as an example, this article
demonstrates what an analysis of the relationship between policy and the
associated research can tell us about the underlying policy assumptions
and about the role of evidence in policy debates.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 9-14
Issue: 1
Volume: 33
Year: 2013
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2013.744869
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Author-Name: Pauline Jas
Author-X-Name-First: Pauline
Author-X-Name-Last: Jas
Title: The role of interim managers in performance improvement: evidence from English local authorities
Abstract:
This article shows how interim managers use the ambiguity of being
perceived as both an insider and outsider to an organization to manage
difficult situations in the process of turnaround from poor performance.
Their temporary involvement with an organization allows them to support
staff, as well as deal with urgent managerial and governance issues. Their
contributions to the improvement of organization performance often take
place in the early stages of the process and remain largely invisible.
Reducing management in the public sector in order to cut the cost of
delivery may put organizational performance at risk.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 15-22
Issue: 1
Volume: 33
Year: 2013
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2013.744890
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Author-Name: Sarah Hean
Author-X-Name-First: Sarah
Author-X-Name-Last: Hean
Author-Name: Louise Worswick
Author-X-Name-First: Louise
Author-X-Name-Last: Worswick
Author-Name: LeeAnn Fenge
Author-X-Name-First: LeeAnn
Author-X-Name-Last: Fenge
Author-Name: Charlie Wilkinson
Author-X-Name-First: Charlie
Author-X-Name-Last: Wilkinson
Author-Name: Stella Fearnley
Author-X-Name-First: Stella
Author-X-Name-Last: Fearnley
Title: Keeping informed during times of economic downturn: the trusted amateur as a preferred source of financial information
Abstract:
Service providers need to understand financial capability from the
perspective of the older client, in order to deliver services best suited
for this age group. This article explores how older people perceive one
dimension of their financial capability—their ability to stay
financially informed. Older people were found to be accessing less
traditional sources of financial information: they are either selfreliant
for information, researching on the internet or using the media, or they
tap into existing sources of social capital found within their social
networks. Trusted public and voluntary sector service providers are
preferred information resources over and above professionals in financial
services. These findings suggest financial services need to build trust
and/or form partnerships with other trusted voluntary or public sector
services.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 23-30
Issue: 1
Volume: 33
Year: 2013
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2013.744891
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Author-Name: Patrícia Gomes
Author-X-Name-First: Patrícia
Author-X-Name-Last: Gomes
Author-Name: Silvia M. Mendes
Author-X-Name-First: Silvia M.
Author-X-Name-Last: Mendes
Title: Performance measurement and management in Portuguese law enforcement
Abstract:
Performance measurement of police services is complicated by ambiguous
and complex goaland objectives-setting, and by the difficulties of
measuring outputs. This article looks at the organizational and management
changes being made in Portuguese police forces. The authors fill a gap in
the literature on performance measurement in Portugal by taking a national
approach to the study of how law enforcement agencies are introducing new
management accounting changes. The article therefore widens the debate on
performance measurement and performance improvements in law enforcement.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 31-38
Issue: 1
Volume: 33
Year: 2013
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2013.744892
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Author-X-Name-First: Inger Johanne
Author-X-Name-Last: Pettersen
Title: Diverse management practices— a study of clinical managers
Abstract:
This article examines whether changes in the governance of public
hospitals in Norway have affected the perceived practices of operational
managers. A study involving a survey of and interviews with clinical
managers in Norwegian hospitals has shown that managers considering
themselves highly involved in management control practices. The managers'
perception of their control activities was related to such institutional
pressures as budget deficits, as well as to contextual variables such as
department size. This article shows that clinical managers also use
accounting information for purposes other than simply being accountable
for meeting budgets.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 39-46
Issue: 1
Volume: 33
Year: 2013
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2013.744893
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Author-Name: Carolyn J. Cordery
Author-X-Name-First: Carolyn J.
Author-X-Name-Last: Cordery
Author-Name: Sarah B. Proctor-Thomson
Author-X-Name-First: Sarah B.
Author-X-Name-Last: Proctor-Thomson
Author-Name: Karen A. Smith
Author-X-Name-First: Karen A.
Author-X-Name-Last: Smith
Title: Towards communicating the value of volunteers: lessons from the field
Abstract:
Well-managed volunteers are assets that charities insist they cannot do
without. Nevertheless, few charities publish the value of their
volunteers' efforts in annual reports. Charities' current practices in
communicating volunteers' value reflect the regulatory environment, but
not their increasing professionalization. Valuing volunteers can assist
charities in services planning and to build their reputation in their
communities. However, charities' managers must also accept that judgement
is required in negotiating the sensitive nature of defining volunteers'
value.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 47-54
Issue: 1
Volume: 33
Year: 2013
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2013.744894
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Author-Name: Walter Kickert
Author-X-Name-First: Walter
Author-X-Name-Last: Kickert
Title: How the Danish government responded to financial crises
Abstract:
This article examines the Danish government's responses to recent
financial crises. The author discusses the banking crisis which began in
2008 when the government took a series of measures to rescue banks; the
economic crisis in 2009 which led the government to take economic recovery
measures; and the fiscal crisis which led government to cut back on
spending in 2010 and 2011. This article not only looks at the contents of
the measures, but also especially at the political decision-making
processes leading to those measures.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 55-62
Issue: 1
Volume: 33
Year: 2013
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2013.744895
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Author-Name: Veronica Vecchi
Author-X-Name-First: Veronica
Author-X-Name-Last: Vecchi
Author-Name: Mark Hellowell
Author-X-Name-First: Mark
Author-X-Name-Last: Hellowell
Title: Leasing by public authorities in Italy: creating economic value from a balance sheet illusion
Abstract:
Leasing allows organizations to procure fixed assets without the need for
upfront investment, and can be an attractive option for public
authorities. This article describes the pattern of public sector demand
for leases in Italy. While leasing is widely regarded as a model with the
potential to create economic value, demand for leases is mainly driven by
accounting considerations. The authors suggest that the operating lease
model may, if properly structured, offer the cost-certainty benefits
associated with concession-based public--private partnership (PPP)
contracts, but with lower transaction and financial costs. These findings
have significant implications for procurement policy in Europe, where PPPs
are being promoted by the EC and the governments of many member states.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 63-70
Issue: 1
Volume: 33
Year: 2013
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2013.744896
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Author-Name: Qi Zhang
Author-X-Name-First: Qi
Author-X-Name-Last: Zhang
Author-Name: James L. Chan
Author-X-Name-First: James L.
Author-X-Name-Last: Chan
Title: New development: Fiscal transparency in China—government policy and the role of social media
Abstract:
Despite a reputation for secrecy, the Chinese government recently adopted
a policy of publishing official financial information. The policy applies
to all levels of government in China. The information released is being
amplified by the media, particularly the internet-based social media, and
has triggered unprecedented public discussion about corruption in
government and financial management practices. This article describes the
evolution and impact of this new fiscal transparency in China, and the
role of social media in transmitting government financial information and
providing feedback to government. Since this information is available only
in Chinese, this article also discusses its general contents.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 71-75
Issue: 1
Volume: 33
Year: 2013
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2012.741415
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Author-X-Name-First: Ruth
Author-X-Name-Last: Levitt
Author-Name: William Solesbury
Author-X-Name-First: William
Author-X-Name-Last: Solesbury
Title: New development: Policy tsars—Whitehall's expert advisers revealed
Abstract:
The number of tsars in government acting as external experts has been
steadily growing. Policy tsars are mostly businessmen and retired public
servants. They are left free to work as they wish, so their practices vary
greatly. In consequence, issues of propriety (since these are public
appointments) and effectiveness (since they advise ministers very
directly) arise.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 77-80
Issue: 1
Volume: 33
Year: 2013
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2013.744898
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Author-Name: Jane Broadbent
Author-X-Name-First: Jane
Author-X-Name-Last: Broadbent
Author-Name: Robin Middlehurst
Author-X-Name-First: Robin
Author-X-Name-Last: Middlehurst
Title: Introduction
Abstract:
Once an élite system dealing with a privileged few, UK universities now
have to deal with the challenges of educating many more students. State
funding per student has become constrained as the country has struggled to
control the increases in costs that the expanded number of students
entails. Semiautonomous* universities are therefore looking for revenue
streams to bolster increasingly restricted government funding. Two
particular issues have emerged as responses to resource constraint as
universities and the state have grappled with generating revenue and
controlling costs: internationalization and private sector involvement.
Both of these are considered here in order to illustrate the context of
the theme articles contained in this issue of Public Money &
Management. * Universities have a level of autonomy but
reliance on government funding constrains their autonomy (Broadbent,
2011). This is manifest in a variety of ways, but particularly in control
of undergraduate student numbers, limiting the number of home and European
Union students that a university can recruit.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 83-90
Issue: 2
Volume: 33
Year: 2013
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2013.763412
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Author-Name: Roger Brown
Author-X-Name-First: Roger
Author-X-Name-Last: Brown
Title: Debate: Do we really need world-class universities?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 91-92
Issue: 2
Volume: 33
Year: 2013
Month: 3
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Author-Name: Tommaso Agasisti
Author-X-Name-First: Tommaso
Author-X-Name-Last: Agasisti
Author-Name: Giuseppe Catalano
Author-X-Name-First: Giuseppe
Author-X-Name-Last: Catalano
Title: Debate: Innovation in the Italian public higher education system: introducing accrual accounting
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 92-94
Issue: 2
Volume: 33
Year: 2013
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2013.763414
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Author-Name: Elspeth Jones
Author-X-Name-First: Elspeth
Author-X-Name-Last: Jones
Title: Internationalization and employability: the role of intercultural experiences in the development of transferable skills
Abstract:
This article identifies the alignment of transferable skills developed
through international experience with those sought by graduate employers
and argues the value of domestic intercultural contexts for similar
learning. It is essential reading for world-wide universities,
policy-makers and academics, offering key pointers for policy and
practice.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 95-104
Issue: 2
Volume: 33
Year: 2013
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2013.763416
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Author-Name: Marie Boitier
Author-X-Name-First: Marie
Author-X-Name-Last: Boitier
Author-Name: Anne Rivière
Author-X-Name-First: Anne
Author-X-Name-Last: Rivière
Title: Are French universities under control?
Abstract:
This article discusses the changes taking place in French universities
resulting from France's move to New Public Management (NPM) principles in
2007. A new performance management system focusing on accountability and
efficiency is currently under construction. However, the model is not yet
entirely institutionalized, and resistance from various stakeholders is
leading to some interesting adaptations.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 105-110
Issue: 2
Volume: 33
Year: 2013
Month: 3
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Author-Name: Adelien Decramer
Author-X-Name-First: Adelien
Author-X-Name-Last: Decramer
Author-Name: Stijn Goeminne
Author-X-Name-First: Stijn
Author-X-Name-Last: Goeminne
Author-Name: Carine Smolders
Author-X-Name-First: Carine
Author-X-Name-Last: Smolders
Title: The impact of internationalization on volume and quality of scholarly publication performance
Abstract:
This article discusses the effect of academic teaching staff mobility and
publication performance. It investigates how international teaching
assignments affect research output (measured in terms of publication). The
research described covered a large range of publication types (for example
in peer-reviewed journals, conference proceedings, book chapters),
disciplines and positions, as well as the duration and number of
international visits. Generally, short, frequent teaching assignments
increased productivity.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 111-117
Issue: 2
Volume: 33
Year: 2013
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2013.763422
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Author-Name: Anne Lee
Author-X-Name-First: Anne
Author-X-Name-Last: Lee
Title: New development: Are our doctoral programmes doing what we think they are?
Abstract:
While there is general agreement that the doctoral process is about the
creation of original knowledge, there is less clarity about other
objectives. In an age of austerity the potential conflict between longand
short-term aims becomes more acute, as well as the conflict between larger
scale objectives (such as sustainability, economic and intellectual
development), quality assurance procedures and ethical requirements. These
conflicts are explored through a review of some initiatives followed in
Australia, England, Estonia, Germany, Norway, Sweden, the USA and Wales.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 119-122
Issue: 2
Volume: 33
Year: 2013
Month: 3
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Author-Name: Helen Sullivan
Author-X-Name-First: Helen
Author-X-Name-Last: Sullivan
Author-Name: Paul Williams
Author-X-Name-First: Paul
Author-X-Name-Last: Williams
Author-Name: Mick Marchington
Author-X-Name-First: Mick
Author-X-Name-Last: Marchington
Author-Name: Louise Knight
Author-X-Name-First: Louise
Author-X-Name-Last: Knight
Title: Collaborative futures: discursive realignments in austere times
Abstract:
This article explores the future of collaboration in an era of austerity.
Boundary object theory provides a framework to assess the significance and
role of four key discourses in collaboration—efficiency,
effectiveness, responsiveness and cultural performance. Crisis provides a
way of examining how discourses realign. The exploration of discourses
aids critical analysis of collaboration across sectoral, geographical and
disciplinary boundaries, highlighting the importance of understanding the
contextual roots of collaboration theory and practice, and the
implications of local/global dynamics.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 123-130
Issue: 2
Volume: 33
Year: 2013
Month: 3
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Author-Name: Benjamin Dreveton
Author-X-Name-First: Benjamin
Author-X-Name-Last: Dreveton
Title: The advantages of the balanced scorecard in the public sector: beyond performance measurement
Abstract:
This article describes the introduction of a management control device (a
balanced scorecard) in a French public sector organization. The focus is
on the scorecard creation process itself. A two-year case study shows that
the advantages of the scorecard go well beyond simply measuring
performance: strategic, organizational and human benefits were gained.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 131-136
Issue: 2
Volume: 33
Year: 2013
Month: 3
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Author-Name: Itai Beeri
Author-X-Name-First: Itai
Author-X-Name-Last: Beeri
Title: Direct administration of failing local authorities: democratic deficit or effective bureaucracy?
Abstract:
The recent economic slowdown has revealed major weaknesses in existing
fiscal arrangements in local authorities, resulting in the introduction of
stronger enforcement mechanisms in a number of OECD countries. This
article describes an extreme intervention approach—the
neutralization of the elected local leadership and its replacement with a
convened committee (CC), in Israeli local authorities. The performance of
local authorities headed by CCs was significantly improved with only a
temporary loss of democracy. The Israeli approach could be an option for
countries dealing with failing local administrations.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 137-144
Issue: 2
Volume: 33
Year: 2013
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2013.763433
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Author-Name: Alan Doig
Author-X-Name-First: Alan
Author-X-Name-Last: Doig
Author-Name: Michael Levi
Author-X-Name-First: Michael
Author-X-Name-Last: Levi
Title: A case of arrested development? Delivering the UK National Fraud Strategy within competing policing policy priorities
Abstract:
The UK government has been developing strategy on fraud since 2006
looking at its cost to the nation, as well as its presence in many other
areas of criminality, from identity theft to organized crime. This article
focuses on the police dimension of the UK's fraud strategy, and its
assimilation and implementation in the context of other policies and
priorities. To avoid being arrested before it achieves anything, the fresh
impetus sought by the last of the strategy reviews must take account of
the ‘facts on the ground’, such as diminished police fraud
investigation resources resulting from financial cutbacks and other,
competing, priorities for these reduced resources.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 145-152
Issue: 2
Volume: 33
Year: 2013
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2013.763435
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Author-Name: Nick Sciulli
Author-X-Name-First: Nick
Author-X-Name-Last: Sciulli
Title: Organizational barriers to adapting infrastructure assets to climate change: evidence from coastal councils in Australia
Abstract:
The frequency and severity of extreme weather events, such as floods,
storm surges, droughts, bushfires and cyclones, are forcing public
organizations to look at their strategies for safeguarding their
infrastructure assets. The organizational challenges facing local councils
worldwide in the context of climate change have not been adequately
developed or understood. This article addresses this gap in knowledge with
a model that identifies the organizational barriers to adapting
infrastructure to climate change. Managers can use the model to also
assess the vulnerability of their infrastructure to climate change.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 153-160
Issue: 2
Volume: 33
Year: 2013
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2013.763436
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Author-Name: Rob Wilson
Author-X-Name-First: Rob
Author-X-Name-Last: Wilson
Author-Name: Susan Baines
Author-X-Name-First: Susan
Author-X-Name-Last: Baines
Author-Name: Irene Hardill
Author-X-Name-First: Irene
Author-X-Name-Last: Hardill
Author-Name: Martin Ferguson
Author-X-Name-First: Martin
Author-X-Name-Last: Ferguson
Title: Editorial: Information for local governance. Data is the solution…what was the question again?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 163-166
Issue: 3
Volume: 33
Year: 2013
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2013.785682
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Author-Name: Mike Martin
Author-X-Name-First: Mike
Author-X-Name-Last: Martin
Title: Debate: Information economies for social care: copy and paste or learning from ecommerce?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 167-168
Issue: 3
Volume: 33
Year: 2013
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2013.785688
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Author-Name: Nadeem Moghal
Author-X-Name-First: Nadeem
Author-X-Name-Last: Moghal
Title: Debate: Local governance in a clinical setting—a void that needs live conversations
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 168-170
Issue: 3
Volume: 33
Year: 2013
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2013.785778
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Author-Name: Vicente Montesinos
Author-X-Name-First: Vicente
Author-X-Name-Last: Montesinos
Author-Name: Isabel Brusca
Author-X-Name-First: Isabel
Author-X-Name-Last: Brusca
Author-Name: Francesca Manes Rossi
Author-X-Name-First: Francesca Manes
Author-X-Name-Last: Rossi
Author-Name: Natalia Aversano
Author-X-Name-First: Natalia
Author-X-Name-Last: Aversano
Title: The usefulness of performance reporting in local government: comparing Italy and Spain
Abstract:
This article presents a comparative analysis of the perceived
usefulness of performance information by managers in local authorities in
Italy and Spain. Italy and Spain have similar cultural and administrative
characteristics and in both countries there are external requirements
(from central government) to adopt performance indicators. The adoption of
performance indicators was found to be almost symbolic in both states.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 171-176
Issue: 3
Volume: 33
Year: 2013
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2013.785701
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Author-Name: Paul Richter
Author-X-Name-First: Paul
Author-X-Name-Last: Richter
Author-Name: Rob Wilson
Author-X-Name-First: Rob
Author-X-Name-Last: Wilson
Title: ‘It's the tip of the iceberg’: the hidden tensions between theory, policy and practice in the management of Freedom of Information in English local government bodies—evidence from a regional study
Abstract:
On its introduction, the UK's Freedom of Information Act 2000
was heralded as signalling a new relationship between government and
citizens. This article reflects on the role of FOI within approaches to
information governance among local government bodies. Although FOI was
acknowledged by research participants as being just the ‘tip of the
iceberg’ set against broader information governance efforts, this
article suggests that the UK is some way from a vibrant information
commons.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 177-184
Issue: 3
Volume: 33
Year: 2013
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2013.785702
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Author-Name: Martin Laffin
Author-X-Name-First: Martin
Author-X-Name-Last: Laffin
Author-Name: Christianne Ormston
Author-X-Name-First: Christianne
Author-X-Name-Last: Ormston
Title: Disconnected communities? ICT, policy learning and the lessons for central--local relations
Abstract:
Contemporary information and communication technologies (ICT)
enable large amounts of information to be captured and communicated, and
for service delivery processes to be re-engineered. However, claims for a
new digital era governance and for the transformative role of ICT in
public services are questionable. A policy learning approach is used in
this article to demonstrate that the relationship between information,
policy knowledge, formulation and action is complex and uncertain. ICT
applications have limited capacity to transform radically the public
policy process and the delivery of complex public services. Similarly,
such applications are unlikely to transform central--local relations given
the multiplicity of political, professional and territorial interests and
perspectives.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 185-191
Issue: 3
Volume: 33
Year: 2013
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2013.785703
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Author-Name: Claire Moxham
Author-X-Name-First: Claire
Author-X-Name-Last: Moxham
Title: Measuring up: examining the potential for voluntary sector performance measurement to improve public service delivery
Abstract:
This article examines and challenges the notion that the
process of measuring the performance of voluntary sector public service
providers has the potential to improve the quality of public services.
Through the lens of organizational learning, the study presents the
findings of six case studies conducted in the UK. The findings suggest
that performance measurement is primarily being used to demonstrate
compliance and not as a tool for service improvement.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 193-200
Issue: 3
Volume: 33
Year: 2013
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2013.785704
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Author-Name: James Cornford
Author-X-Name-First: James
Author-X-Name-Last: Cornford
Author-Name: Rob Wilson
Author-X-Name-First: Rob
Author-X-Name-Last: Wilson
Author-Name: Susan Baines
Author-X-Name-First: Susan
Author-X-Name-Last: Baines
Author-Name: Ranald Richardson
Author-X-Name-First: Ranald
Author-X-Name-Last: Richardson
Title: Local governance in the new information ecology: the challenge of building interpretative communities
Abstract:
The localism agenda in England, to the extent that it has
been followed through, relies on the increasingly free availability of
government data for its success. The availability of this open government
data, however, solves nothing: as many writers have pointed out, such data
needs to be interpreted and interpretation is always a function of a
collective—what has been called an ‘interpretative’
or ‘epistemic’ community. The authors question the
possibility of such local epistemic or interpretative communities emerging
in the English context.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 201-208
Issue: 3
Volume: 33
Year: 2013
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2013.785705
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Author-Name: Nuno Ferreira da Cruz
Author-X-Name-First: Nuno Ferreira
Author-X-Name-Last: da Cruz
Author-Name: Rui Cunha Marques
Author-X-Name-First: Rui Cunha
Author-X-Name-Last: Marques
Title: New development: The challenges of designing municipal governance indicators
Abstract:
Quantitative governance indicators are being increasingly
used to investigate the quality of governance and to ‘measure what
matters’ in local government. This article addresses the challenges
of developing appropriate and accurate indicators and presents a model for
assessing governance systematically.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 209-212
Issue: 3
Volume: 33
Year: 2013
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2013.785706
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Author-Name: Toby Lowe
Author-X-Name-First: Toby
Author-X-Name-Last: Lowe
Title: New development: The paradox of outcomes—the more we measure, the less we understand
Abstract:
The use of ‘outcomes’ as a concept to measure
the effectiveness of social policy interventions is inherently flawed and
creates unwelcome paradoxes. This article explains why, instead of
improving the lives of those who receive support, a focus on outcome
information distorts both the priorities and practice of organizations who
deliver such support, resulting in poorer results for those most in need.
It provides an important first stage towards the evolution of new ways of
conceptualizing ways to create improvements in social policy delivery.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 213-216
Issue: 3
Volume: 33
Year: 2013
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2013.785707
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Author-Name: Drummond Bone
Author-X-Name-First: Drummond
Author-X-Name-Last: Bone
Title: Debate: Internationalization and privatization of higher education
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 217-217
Issue: 3
Volume: 33
Year: 2013
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2013.785708
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Author-Name: Peter Hill
Author-X-Name-First: Peter
Author-X-Name-Last: Hill
Title: Debate: Radical reform or path dependency in action? The UK's welfare reforms
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 218-220
Issue: 3
Volume: 33
Year: 2013
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2013.787804
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Author-Name: Harry Barton
Author-X-Name-First: Harry
Author-X-Name-Last: Barton
Title: ‘Lean’ policing? New approaches to business process improvement across the UK police service
Abstract:
The drive for efficiencies across all areas of public
spending in the UK has accelerated the need for improvements in service
performance. This article considers how police performance might be
improved through the adoption of a ‘Lean’ philosophy. This
is seen as a potential driver for internal police improvements and is made
in response to the government's call for reform and to address the
challenges of a decrease in future police funding.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 221-224
Issue: 3
Volume: 33
Year: 2013
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2013.785709
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Author-Name: Pete Murphy
Author-X-Name-First: Pete
Author-X-Name-Last: Murphy
Author-Name: Kirsten Greenhalgh
Author-X-Name-First: Kirsten
Author-X-Name-Last: Greenhalgh
Title: Performance management in fire and rescue services
Abstract:
This article contributes to the strategic review of the 46
fire and rescue services in England and Wales. It examines the previous
performance management regime and presents the authors' proposals for a
new, more efficient and effective regime. Although targeted at England and
Wales, the article will have relevance to other services and to fire
services internationally.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 225-232
Issue: 3
Volume: 33
Year: 2013
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2013.785711
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Author-Name: Clive Grace
Author-X-Name-First: Clive
Author-X-Name-Last: Grace
Author-Name: Alan Fenna
Author-X-Name-First: Alan
Author-X-Name-Last: Fenna
Title: Comparing for improvement: recent developments in benchmarking
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 235-240
Issue: 4
Volume: 33
Year: 2013
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2013.799797
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Author-Name: Carolyn Downs
Author-X-Name-First: Carolyn
Author-X-Name-Last: Downs
Title: Debate: Local government selfimprovement— benchmarking through LG Inform
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 241-242
Issue: 4
Volume: 33
Year: 2013
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2013.799799
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Author-Name: Arnold F. Shober
Author-X-Name-First: Arnold F.
Author-X-Name-Last: Shober
Title: Debate: Benchmarking inequality—driving education progress in the USA
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 242-244
Issue: 4
Volume: 33
Year: 2013
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2013.799800
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Author-Name: Gwyn Bevan
Author-X-Name-First: Gwyn
Author-X-Name-Last: Bevan
Author-Name: Deborah Wilson
Author-X-Name-First: Deborah
Author-X-Name-Last: Wilson
Title: Does ‘naming and shaming’ work for schools and hospitals? Lessons from natural experiments following devolution in England and Wales
Abstract:
Prior to devolution in 1999, governance of schools and
hospitals in England and Wales was similar. After devolution, the funding
and organization continued to be similar, but the two governments adopted
different policies in the pursuit of common objectives. This paper reports
the results of two ‘natural experiments’ which compare
outcomes in the two countries before and after these policy changes. The
governance model of ‘trust and altruism’ resulted in worse
reported performance in Wales as compared with England on what were each
government's key objectives. We argue that ‘naming and
shaming’ worked in England, as compared with Wales, resulting in
improved examination performance and eliminating the endemic problem of
long waiting times.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 245-252
Issue: 4
Volume: 33
Year: 2013
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2013.799801
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Author-Name: Elaine Yi Lu
Author-X-Name-First: Elaine Yi
Author-X-Name-Last: Lu
Title: Beginning to unlock the black box of the budgetary performance evaluation practices in China: a case study of evaluation reports from Zhejiang province
Abstract:
Using first-hand performance evaluation reports from Zhejiang
province and a series of interviews, this paper provides a preliminary
assessment of performance evaluation in China. Evaluation reports are
examined in terms of their format, content, evaluative criteria,
conclusion and the characteristics of evaluation staff. China was found to
be somewhat open in terms of involving external evaluators, and minimal
variance was seen in evaluation scores. China is in the early stages of
measuring performance in a context where centralized governance is in
place; various reform initiatives are taking shape; the boundaries of
scientific evaluations and the potential usefulness of performance
evaluations within its political environment are unknown. Many developing
economies are in similar situations, so this paper will have relevance
well beyond China.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 253-260
Issue: 4
Volume: 33
Year: 2013
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2013.799802
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Author-Name: Gerhard Hammerschmid
Author-X-Name-First: Gerhard
Author-X-Name-Last: Hammerschmid
Author-Name: Steven Van de Walle
Author-X-Name-First: Steven
Author-X-Name-Last: Van de Walle
Author-Name: Vid Stimac
Author-X-Name-First: Vid
Author-X-Name-Last: Stimac
Title: Internal and external use of performance information in public organizations: results from an international survey
Abstract:
This paper analyses how public managers use performance
information. A sample of over 3,100 high-level public sector executives
from six European countries, provided evidence of significant country
variations. Considerable variations were also found in patterns of use in
different policy fields; and performance indicators were not used as often
in central government as in local and regional government. Implementation
of performance management instruments in an organization had a strong
effect on the actual use of performance information.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 261-268
Issue: 4
Volume: 33
Year: 2013
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2013.799803
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Author-Name: Sabine Kuhlmann
Author-X-Name-First: Sabine
Author-X-Name-Last: Kuhlmann
Author-Name: Tim Jäkel
Author-X-Name-First: Tim
Author-X-Name-Last: Jäkel
Title: Competing, collaborating or controlling? Comparing benchmarking in European local government
Abstract:
The way that local authorities in OECD countries compare and
benchmark their performance varies widely. This paper explains some of the
reasons behind the variations. The current local government benchmarking
schemes in Europe— their governance, coverage and
impact—largely depend on the institutional characteristics of the
respective administrative and local government systems (in other words,
the starting conditions). There are signs that, as a result of the fiscal
crisis in Europe and need to cut public sector costs, many countries (but
not England and Wales) are leaning towards compulsory large-scale
benchmarking projects.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 269-276
Issue: 4
Volume: 33
Year: 2013
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2013.799815
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Author-Name: Steve Martin
Author-X-Name-First: Steve
Author-X-Name-Last: Martin
Author-Name: James Downe
Author-X-Name-First: James
Author-X-Name-Last: Downe
Author-Name: Clive Grace
Author-X-Name-First: Clive
Author-X-Name-Last: Grace
Author-Name: Sandra Nutley
Author-X-Name-First: Sandra
Author-X-Name-Last: Nutley
Title: New development: All change? Performance assessment regimes in UK local government
Abstract:
Contrasting approaches to assessing the performance of public
services highlight important issues for policy-makers and future research.
We need systematic comparisons between countries. We should use a broader
range of evidence. The public ought to have a greater role in designing
performance criteria, and we need to know more about the impacts of
assessments.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 277-280
Issue: 4
Volume: 33
Year: 2013
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2013.799816
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Author-Name: Mark McAteer
Author-X-Name-First: Mark
Author-X-Name-Last: McAteer
Author-Name: Andrew Stephens
Author-X-Name-First: Andrew
Author-X-Name-Last: Stephens
Title: New development: The role of benchmarking in supporting improvement in local government— Scottish and Welsh practitioners' perspectives
Abstract:
Local councils need to deliver improved outcomes for their
citizens. This article explains why councils, individually and
collectively, need to understand and compare their performance by making
better use of performance information to plan service improvements. This
should extend to councils' partnership activities and not just those
services delivered directly by councils.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 281-284
Issue: 4
Volume: 33
Year: 2013
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2013.799833
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Author-Name: J. Gordon Murray
Author-X-Name-First: J. Gordon
Author-X-Name-Last: Murray
Title: Debate: The need for procurement risk management
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 285-287
Issue: 4
Volume: 33
Year: 2013
Month: 7
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Author-Name: Donald P. Moynihan
Author-X-Name-First: Donald P.
Author-X-Name-Last: Moynihan
Author-Name: Wouter Vandenabeele
Author-X-Name-First: Wouter
Author-X-Name-Last: Vandenabeele
Author-Name: Jens Blom-Hansen
Author-X-Name-First: Jens
Author-X-Name-Last: Blom-Hansen
Title: Debate: Advancing public service motivation research
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 288-289
Issue: 4
Volume: 33
Year: 2013
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2013.799835
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Author-Name: Walter Kickert
Author-X-Name-First: Walter
Author-X-Name-Last: Kickert
Title: How the German government responded to the financial, economic and fiscal crises
Abstract:
This paper explains the German government's response to the
financial, economic and fiscal crises. It covers the financial crisis in
2008 when banks were supported (SoFFin), the economic crisis in 2009, and
the fiscal crisis of increasing state debts and budget deficits which
caused the German government to cut spending (Sparpaket) in 2010. The
author looks at the contents of the government's responses, but also at
the political and administrative aspects of the government's
decision-making processes.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 291-296
Issue: 4
Volume: 33
Year: 2013
Month: 7
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Author-Name: Jens Heiling
Author-X-Name-First: Jens
Author-X-Name-Last: Heiling
Author-Name: Sabine Schührer
Author-X-Name-First: Sabine
Author-X-Name-Last: Schührer
Author-Name: James L. Chan
Author-X-Name-First: James L.
Author-X-Name-Last: Chan
Title: New development: Towards a grand convergence? International proposals for aligning government budgets, accounts and finance statistics
Abstract:
Government responses to recent financial crises have imposed
heavy burdens on the public finances of many countries, and exposed weak
links between fiscal information sources: budgets, accounts and finance
statistics. In order to better understand the causes and effects of
financial crises—as well as to predict them early and manage them
effectively—the International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently proposed
a standard for fiscal forecasting. Viewing this alignment proposal as the
culmination—a ‘grand convergence’—of earlier
attempts at linking and improving these three fields, the authors describe
and assess the IMF initiative, and discuss its likely impact.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 297-303
Issue: 4
Volume: 33
Year: 2013
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2013.799838
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Author-Name: Matt Qvortrup
Author-X-Name-First: Matt
Author-X-Name-Last: Qvortrup
Title: New development: Comparative perspectives on political divorce settlements—what happens when a country secedes?
Abstract:
This article presents an overview of the legal issues
pertaining to the possible secession of Scotland from the United Kingdom.
International law and existing norms are few and far between. However,
many issues, such as the right to secession, settlement of debt and
membership of international organizations are relatively well established.
The likely conclusions are that Scotland would have to apply for
membership of international organizations. However, it is far from certain
that Scotland would have to pay its share of the UK's national debt.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 305-308
Issue: 4
Volume: 33
Year: 2013
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2013.799839
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Author-Name: Robert Jupe
Author-X-Name-First: Robert
Author-X-Name-Last: Jupe
Title: Editorial
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 311-312
Issue: 5
Volume: 33
Year: 2013
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2013.817113
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Author-Name: David Parker
Author-X-Name-First: David
Author-X-Name-Last: Parker
Title: The privatized railways: problems foreseen
Abstract:
This paper looks at the planning of privatization within
government. It is based on the author's unique access to internal
government papers in his role as the Official Historian of Privatization,
as well as interviews with former ministers, government officials and
industry management. The paper reveals that a number of the problems that
have arisen since privatization were foreseen.*
-super-* The author was given access to
internal government papers yet to be released for public inspection under
the 30-year rule.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 313-319
Issue: 5
Volume: 33
Year: 2013
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2013.817114
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Author-Name: Sean McCartney
Author-X-Name-First: Sean
Author-X-Name-Last: McCartney
Author-Name: John Stittle
Author-X-Name-First: John
Author-X-Name-Last: Stittle
Title: ‘Failing to deliver’—the privatized British rail freight industry
Abstract:
Since rail privatization the performance of passenger
services has received considerable publicity and comment, but that of the
rail freight industry has received scant attention. The freight operators,
industry planners and regulators, and governments have proclaimed it a
‘success story’ and advanced ambitious growth targets. This
paper evaluates the overall performance of rail freight and argues it has
been, at best, disappointing. The projected growth figures for rail
freight are wildly optimistic.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 321-328
Issue: 5
Volume: 33
Year: 2013
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2013.817115
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Author-Name: Ian Taylor
Author-X-Name-First: Ian
Author-X-Name-Last: Taylor
Author-Name: Lynn Sloman
Author-X-Name-First: Lynn
Author-X-Name-Last: Sloman
Title: Reunifying Britain's railways: obstacles and opportunities
Abstract:
During the European drive for rail liberalization in the
1990s Britain moved far beyond its continental neighbours. Amid signs of a
resurgent political debate about Britain's privatized railways, the
authors examine the obstacles confronting any policy-makers who may wish
to re-integrate Britain's railway under public ownership. The paper
considers what structural models could satisfy European rail directives,
the potential for a government to reclaim rail passenger service
franchises at minimal cost, and cost savings available to a de-fragmented
railway without profit leakage.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 329-336
Issue: 5
Volume: 33
Year: 2013
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2013.817118
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Author-Name: Robert Jupe
Author-X-Name-First: Robert
Author-X-Name-Last: Jupe
Title: New development: Going off the rails? Rail franchising after the cancellation of the West Coast franchise competition
Abstract:
In August 2012, the UK's Department for Transport (DfT)
announced the award of the new West Coast rail franchise to FirstGroup.
The incumbent operator, Virgin Rail Group, then launched legal proceedings
to challenge the decision. The DfT initially defended the award, but
cancelled the franchise competition in October 2012 because it discovered
serious errors in the procurement process. This article examines the key
issues highlighted by this cancellation, and discusses their implications
for the future of rail franchising.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 337-341
Issue: 5
Volume: 33
Year: 2013
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2013.817119
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Author-Name: Tony Bolden
Author-X-Name-First: Tony
Author-X-Name-Last: Bolden
Author-Name: Reg Harman
Author-X-Name-First: Reg
Author-X-Name-Last: Harman
Title: New development: The purpose and planning of railways in the 21st century
Abstract:
Most people in Great Britain consider the national passenger
railway system as essential. Yet little evidence exists about the system's
roles and impacts or the benefits from substantial public funding. This
article examines these issues, following recent government reports. It
argues that the railway system's role must be fully established, to
understand what level of public money should be committed, and that the
franchising processes should engage local as well as national interests,
both public and private.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 343-348
Issue: 5
Volume: 33
Year: 2013
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2013.817120
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Author-Name: Martina Linnenluecke
Author-X-Name-First: Martina
Author-X-Name-Last: Linnenluecke
Title: Debate: Can local government drive adaptation to climate change?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 349-351
Issue: 5
Volume: 33
Year: 2013
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2013.817122
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Author-Name: Alan Stokes
Author-X-Name-First: Alan
Author-X-Name-Last: Stokes
Title: Debate: Local councils' dilemma of planning for uncertainty
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 351-352
Issue: 5
Volume: 33
Year: 2013
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2013.817123
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Author-Name: Wolfgang Drechsler
Author-X-Name-First: Wolfgang
Author-X-Name-Last: Drechsler
Title: Wang Anshi and the origins of modern public management in Song Dynasty China
Abstract:
Wang Anshi (1021--1086) is well known as one of the greatest
statesmen of classical China, but it is rarely recognized that his 1058
‘Wan Yan Shu’ is one of the first texts of public management
in the modern sense. This is because Wang addressed still current concerns
of a civil service—selection, training, motivation,
remuneration—often presenting solutions that are completely in line
with today's perspectives. Wang's work is particularly relevant now given
the current global state of public management—post-NPM but with no
clear new paradigm having emerged.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 353-360
Issue: 5
Volume: 33
Year: 2013
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2013.817125
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Author-Name: Andrea Chiarini
Author-X-Name-First: Andrea
Author-X-Name-Last: Chiarini
Author-Name: Enrico Bracci
Author-X-Name-First: Enrico
Author-X-Name-Last: Bracci
Title: Implementing Lean Six Sigma in healthcare: issues from Italy
Abstract:
Lean Six Sigma is a method for strategic process improvement
that aims to improve operational uniformity and quality, and reduce
variations and waste. Lean thinking and Six Sigma have traditionally been
applied to manufacturing. This paper examines ways of using Lean Six Sigma
in healthcare organizations. The authors discuss the implications of their
research for practitioners (managers and physicians) and present an agenda
for future research.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 361-368
Issue: 5
Volume: 33
Year: 2013
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2013.817126
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Author-Name: Adele Caldarelli
Author-X-Name-First: Adele
Author-X-Name-Last: Caldarelli
Author-Name: Clelia Fiondella
Author-X-Name-First: Clelia
Author-X-Name-Last: Fiondella
Author-Name: Marco Maffei
Author-X-Name-First: Marco
Author-X-Name-Last: Maffei
Author-Name: Rosanna Spanò
Author-X-Name-First: Rosanna
Author-X-Name-Last: Spanò
Author-Name: Massimo Aria
Author-X-Name-First: Massimo
Author-X-Name-Last: Aria
Title: CEO performance evaluation systems: empirical findings from the Italian health service
Abstract:
This paper examines the way that the performance of chief
executive officers of Italian healthcare organizations is evaluated. The
aim is to analyse the extent of the use of New Public Management
techniques in the highly regionalized and political Italian healthcare
sector. A positive association was found between formal CEO performance
evaluation systems and the quality of regional governance. There was no
significant relationship between formal CEO performance evaluation and the
duration of CEO tenure.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 369-376
Issue: 5
Volume: 33
Year: 2013
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2013.817129
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Author-Name: Dorcas Mbuvi
Author-X-Name-First: Dorcas
Author-X-Name-Last: Mbuvi
Author-Name: Klaas Schwartz
Author-X-Name-First: Klaas
Author-X-Name-Last: Schwartz
Title: The politics of utility reform: a case study of the Ugandan water sector
Abstract:
The global pursuit of neoliberalist reforms has been a
markedly political process resulting in a variety of outcomes. Using the
case of the Ugandan water sector, the authors demonstrate that this
political process is most pronounced when reforms lead to organizational
changes and is less evident when private institutions are introduced.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 377-382
Issue: 5
Volume: 33
Year: 2013
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2013.817130
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Author-Name: Harun Harun
Author-X-Name-First: Harun
Author-X-Name-Last: Harun
Author-Name: Yi An
Author-X-Name-First: Yi
Author-X-Name-Last: An
Author-Name: Abdul Kahar
Author-X-Name-First: Abdul
Author-X-Name-Last: Kahar
Title: Implementation and challenges of introducing NPM and accrual accounting in Indonesian local government
Abstract:
This article provides insights into the implementation of New
Public Management (NPM) practices in Indonesia, including the introduction
of an accrual accounting system for local government. The adoption of NPM
practices was part of political, economic and public sector reforms
introduced after 1998. The article discusses the background and obstacles
to the reforms and the nature of the accrual accounting system adopted by
Indonesian local government. Finally, the authors make
recommendations for policy-makers in Indonesia and other developing
nations.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 383-388
Issue: 5
Volume: 33
Year: 2013
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2013.817131
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Author-Name: Jane Broadbent
Author-X-Name-First: Jane
Author-X-Name-Last: Broadbent
Title: Reclaiming the ideal of public service
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 391-394
Issue: 6
Volume: 33
Year: 2013
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2013.835992
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Author-Name: Katherine Tonkiss
Author-X-Name-First: Katherine
Author-X-Name-Last: Tonkiss
Author-Name: Amy Noonan
Author-X-Name-First: Amy
Author-X-Name-Last: Noonan
Title: Debate: Arm's- length bodies and alternative models of service delivery
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 395-397
Issue: 6
Volume: 33
Year: 2013
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2013.835993
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Author-Name: Michiel S. de Vries
Author-X-Name-First: Michiel S.
Author-X-Name-Last: de Vries
Title: Debate: The search is on
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 397-398
Issue: 6
Volume: 33
Year: 2013
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2013.835995
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Author-Name: Kate Baxter
Author-X-Name-First: Kate
Author-X-Name-Last: Baxter
Author-Name: Parvaneh Rabiee
Author-X-Name-First: Parvaneh
Author-X-Name-Last: Rabiee
Author-Name: Caroline Glendinning
Author-X-Name-First: Caroline
Author-X-Name-Last: Glendinning
Title: Managed personal budgets for older people: what are English local authorities doing to facilitate personalized and flexible care?
Abstract:
This paper explores how three local authorities in England
have tried to facilitate personalized home care for older people through
changes in commissioning and market development activities; and how these
changes have been experienced by support planners and home care agency
managers. Overall, it appears that changes are well intended, but the
practicalities of implementing them raise some challenges that mean
desired objectives may not always be achieved.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 399-406
Issue: 6
Volume: 33
Year: 2013
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2013.835998
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Author-Name: Phil Saj
Author-X-Name-First: Phil
Author-X-Name-Last: Saj
Title: The imperatives for organizational governance in a large charity: a strategic choice perspective
Abstract:
This paper explains the factors that shaped governance
practices in a large charity. The author uses strategic choice theory in
an analysis of case study data to bring into calculation the internal and
external factors that impacted the roles of board members and executives.
The paper finds overall support for a powersharing model and contributes
to our understanding of governance in nonprofit organizations.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 407-414
Issue: 6
Volume: 33
Year: 2013
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2013.835999
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Author-Name: Bruce Gurd
Author-X-Name-First: Bruce
Author-X-Name-Last: Gurd
Title: Rising accountability of Australian non-government schools
Abstract:
This paper reflects on the contested space of school funding
in Australia and with it accountability requirements for non-government
schools. With the significant growth of Australian government schools has
come substantial visibility and electoral power. Yet, over the past 20
years, the Australian central (Commonwealth) government has used its
countervailing power to expand its accountability requirements. Possible
lessons for the UK situation are suggested.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 415-420
Issue: 6
Volume: 33
Year: 2013
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2013.836002
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Author-Name: Barry Ardley
Author-X-Name-First: Barry
Author-X-Name-Last: Ardley
Author-Name: John Mcmanus
Author-X-Name-First: John
Author-X-Name-Last: Mcmanus
Author-Name: David Floyd
Author-X-Name-First: David
Author-X-Name-Last: Floyd
Title: Does Europe still represent a healthy deal in times of increased global challenges and reduced levels of growth? A market, service and social perspective of European healthcare
Abstract:
This paper analyses the challenges faced by European
healthcare providers in an increasingly competitive world economy. It does
this by providing the servicescape framework for analysis, as well as
using supportive data on the current situation of European healthcare
provision. Evidence suggests that there is much to be done to find the
best ways of providing better healthcare provision for the EU citizens of
the future.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 421-428
Issue: 6
Volume: 33
Year: 2013
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2013.836003
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Author-Name: Alessandro Lombrano
Author-X-Name-First: Alessandro
Author-X-Name-Last: Lombrano
Author-Name: Luca Zanin
Author-X-Name-First: Luca
Author-X-Name-Last: Zanin
Title: IPSAS and local government consolidated financial statements—proposal for a territorial consolidation method
Abstract:
This paper presents a new consolidation method to improve
local government accountability. After a brief review of consolidated
financial statements in the public sector, the International Public Sector
Accounting Standards approach to consolidation is described. The authors
explain why this approach does not adequately consider the distinctive
features of local governments. A case study is presented to illustrate the
principles underlying the new method.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 429-436
Issue: 6
Volume: 33
Year: 2013
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2013.836004
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Author-Name: Isabel Brusca
Author-X-Name-First: Isabel
Author-X-Name-Last: Brusca
Author-Name: Vicente Montesinos
Author-X-Name-First: Vicente
Author-X-Name-Last: Montesinos
Author-Name: Danny S. L. Chow
Author-X-Name-First: Danny S. L.
Author-X-Name-Last: Chow
Title: Legitimating International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS): the case of Spain
Abstract:
Examinations of the growth in the adoption of International
Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS) at a global level have focused
on Anglo-Saxon countries. This paper considers the implications of IPSAS
adoption in Spain. The authors found that a combination of
factors, such as the political need to demonstrate improvements in public
sector accountability, 'code-law' based systems of governance, European
Union pressures for the harmonization of business accounting and the
credibility resulting from major international institutions adopting
IPSAS, all contributed to its legitimation in Spain.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 437-444
Issue: 6
Volume: 33
Year: 2013
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2013.836006
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Author-Name: Oliver Fritsch
Author-X-Name-First: Oliver
Author-X-Name-Last: Fritsch
Author-Name: Claudio M. Radaelli
Author-X-Name-First: Claudio M.
Author-X-Name-Last: Radaelli
Author-Name: Lorna Schrefler
Author-X-Name-First: Lorna
Author-X-Name-Last: Schrefler
Author-Name: Andrea Renda
Author-X-Name-First: Andrea
Author-X-Name-Last: Renda
Title: Comparing the content of regulatory impact assessments in the UK and the EU
Abstract:
This paper examines the content of impact assessments (IAs)
in the European Commission (EC) and the UK for the period 2005 to 2010. We
coded 477 IAs for the UK and 296 for the EC, using a detailed scorecard.
The findings suggest that IA is not a perfunctory activity in the European
Union and the UK. The breadth of consultation and economic analysis has
improved steadily across the years, arguably as a result of learning and
regulatory oversight. The UK and the EC are strikingly similar on a number
of dimensions (such as economic analysis and identification of costs and
benefits). However, the IAs of the EC seem to pay more attention to social
and environmental dimensions. The conclusions reflect on the implications
of the authors' findings for current policy discussions concerning
regulatory quality and the role of regulatory oversight bodies.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 445-452
Issue: 6
Volume: 33
Year: 2013
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2013.836007
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Author-Name: Michael Gibbons
Author-X-Name-First: Michael
Author-X-Name-Last: Gibbons
Author-Name: David Parker
Author-X-Name-First: David
Author-X-Name-Last: Parker
Title: New development: Recent changes to the UK's regulatory process
Abstract:
The UK prime minister is committed to leading the first
government 'in modern history to leave office having reduced the overall
burden of regulation rather than increased it'. In our paper in Public
Money & Management in 2012 (Vol. 32, No. 4), we set out the role of the
Regulatory Policy Committee (RPC) in the government's better regulation
agenda (Gibbons and Parker, 2012). Since then a number of changes to the
regulatory process has been introduced. In this article we describe the
main changes to the UK's regulatory processes introduced since July 2012,
including changes to the way the RPC operates.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 453-457
Issue: 6
Volume: 33
Year: 2013
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2013.836008
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Author-Name: Marco Meneguzzo
Author-X-Name-First: Marco
Author-X-Name-Last: Meneguzzo
Author-Name: Alessandro Sancino
Author-X-Name-First: Alessandro
Author-X-Name-Last: Sancino
Author-Name: Marcel Guenon
Author-X-Name-First: Marcel
Author-X-Name-Last: Guenon
Author-Name: Gloria Fiorani
Author-X-Name-First: Gloria
Author-X-Name-Last: Fiorani
Title: New development: The crisis and European local government reforms
Abstract:
This article highlights the main reform trajectories put in
place in French, Italian, German and Portuguese local governments during
the recent crisis and identifies a number of important trends: for example
increasing centralization of decision-making powers away from local
governments. The authors explain why local governments have an opportunity
to use reforms during the crisis to strategically reposition their value
proposition.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 459-462
Issue: 6
Volume: 33
Year: 2013
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2013.836010
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Author-Name: Tony Bolden
Author-X-Name-First: Tony
Author-X-Name-Last: Bolden
Author-Name: Reg Harman
Author-X-Name-First: Reg
Author-X-Name-Last: Harman
Title: New development: High speed rail in Great Britain—its rationale and purpose
Abstract:
The HS2 rail route proposed for Great Britain mirrors an
international trend towards creating new high speed rail services. Yet its
rapid evolution in Great Britain remains controversial. Arguments for
improved north-south travel and large economic benefits are being
countered with concerns over its high costs, its transformational
qualities and opposition to its environmental impacts. This article sets
out some principles and criteria for developing high speed rail in Great
Britain across a number of fields: economic, environmental, railway
strategy, and spatial planning. The authors support high speed rail
development but, reflecting experience in continental Europe, identify
proper rationale and purpose as essential to its acceptance.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 463-468
Issue: 6
Volume: 33
Year: 2013
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2013.836011
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Author-Name: Andrew Massey
Author-X-Name-First: Andrew
Author-X-Name-Last: Massey
Title: Editorial
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 3-4
Issue: 1
Volume: 34
Year: 2014
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2014.865913
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Author-Name: Duncan McTavish
Author-X-Name-First: Duncan
Author-X-Name-Last: McTavish
Title: Debate: Scotland, the United Kingdom and complex government
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 4-8
Issue: 1
Volume: 34
Year: 2014
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2014.865915
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Author-X-Name-First: Helena
Author-X-Name-Last: Djurkovic
Title: Debate: Open Access in academic journal publishing
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 8-10
Issue: 1
Volume: 34
Year: 2014
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2014.865926
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Author-Name: Paul Spicker
Author-X-Name-First: Paul
Author-X-Name-Last: Spicker
Title: Seven Principles of Public Life: time to rethink
Abstract:
The Seven Principles of Public Life, developed by the Nolan
Committee, claim to be concerned with the development of an ethical
culture, but they have been imposed by central authority. The principles
are muddled and unclear, but beyond that they have signally failed to
relate to many of the key ethical issues which have arisen in public
services in the intervening period. This paper reviews both some of the
alternative principles that might be considered, and the possibility of a
different approach based on virtue ethics.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 11-18
Issue: 1
Volume: 34
Year: 2014
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2014.865927
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Author-Name: Kirsten Greenhalgh
Author-X-Name-First: Kirsten
Author-X-Name-Last: Greenhalgh
Author-Name: Donald Harradine
Author-X-Name-First: Donald
Author-X-Name-Last: Harradine
Title: Civil society commissioning: the accounting contribution to strategy
Abstract:
The authors propose that an accounting discipline contribution,
throughout the commissioning cycle for services, is essential to the
strategic perspective and therefore the long-term sustainability of
service given the growing importance to the delivery of public services by
commissioned civil society organizations (CSOs). The authors examine a
Department for Work & Pensions (DWP) project in one local authority in the
UK to identify the contribution that could and should be made. A model,
the strategic accounting commissioning cycle (SACC), which suggests the
contribution to be made by the accounting discipline at each stage within
the cycle, has been developed to assist the identification of this
contribution.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 19-26
Issue: 1
Volume: 34
Year: 2014
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2014.865928
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Author-Name: Mark Huijben
Author-X-Name-First: Mark
Author-X-Name-Last: Huijben
Author-Name: Arno Geurtsen
Author-X-Name-First: Arno
Author-X-Name-Last: Geurtsen
Author-Name: Jan van Helden
Author-X-Name-First: Jan
Author-X-Name-Last: van Helden
Title: Managing overhead in public sector organizations through benchmarking
Abstract:
Many public sector organizations struggle with the size of their
overhead. The current crisis has forced them to cut costs, but how drastic
can these cuts be without losing too much value? In 2001, we started an
overhead benchmarking project in the Netherlands and by 2012, 1,500 public
sector organizations had participated in the study. This paper shows how
benchmarking of overhead costs helps organizations to understand and
properly balance the costs and benefits of their overhead
functions.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 27-34
Issue: 1
Volume: 34
Year: 2014
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2014.865929
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Author-Name: Gianluca Veronesi
Author-X-Name-First: Gianluca
Author-X-Name-Last: Veronesi
Author-Name: Ian Kirkpatrick
Author-X-Name-First: Ian
Author-X-Name-Last: Kirkpatrick
Author-Name: Francesco Vallascas
Author-X-Name-First: Francesco
Author-X-Name-Last: Vallascas
Title: Does clinical management improve efficiency? Evidence from the English National Health Service
Abstract:
The paper investigates the presence and impact of clinicians on
the boards of National Health Service (NHS) acute care trusts on
efficiency over a three-year period (2006--2009). The analysis shows an
increase, albeit marginal, in the number of clinically qualified directors
in the period under investigation. Furthermore, it reveals that the
percentage of clinicians--and, more specifically, doctors--at the board
level is positively associated to the rating achieved for the financial
management of resources. Although the results need to be treated
cautiously, they do lend support to the argument that increased clinical
involvement in management decision-making will have benefits for the
performance of hospital services.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 35-42
Issue: 1
Volume: 34
Year: 2014
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2014.865932
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Author-Name: Samuel Carpintero
Author-X-Name-First: Samuel
Author-X-Name-Last: Carpintero
Author-Name: Ole Helby Petersen
Author-X-Name-First: Ole Helby
Author-X-Name-Last: Petersen
Title: PPP projects in transport: evidence from light rail projects in Spain
Abstract:
Public--private partnerships (PPPs) have been extensively used in
Spain for the procurement of light rail systems. This paper analyses five
projects that have been in operation for more than five years. The authors
examine the reasoning behind the selection of the PPP projects,
risk-sharing mechanisms, competition among private providers, and overall
cost-effectiveness. The paper demonstrates a need for more rigorous
assessments of the merits of PPP projects before they are
initiated.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 43-50
Issue: 1
Volume: 34
Year: 2014
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2014.865935
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Author-Name: Xiaomei Deng
Author-X-Name-First: Xiaomei
Author-X-Name-Last: Deng
Author-Name: Yuhong Wang
Author-X-Name-First: Yuhong
Author-X-Name-Last: Wang
Author-Name: Qianqian Zhang
Author-X-Name-First: Qianqian
Author-X-Name-Last: Zhang
Author-Name: Judy Xiye Huang
Author-X-Name-First: Judy Xiye
Author-X-Name-Last: Huang
Author-Name: Jingjing Cui
Author-X-Name-First: Jingjing
Author-X-Name-Last: Cui
Title: Analysis of fraud risk in public construction projects in China
Abstract:
This paper focuses on the root causes of construction fraud in
China through detailed analysis of information collected from seven public
construction projects. The three dimensions of 'fraud triangle' (pressure,
rationalization, and opportunity) were used to identify factors that
influence attitudes and behavior in fraudulent situations. Five measures
are recommended to combat fraud on public projects.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 51-58
Issue: 1
Volume: 34
Year: 2014
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2014.865939
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Author-Name: Pat Barrett
Author-X-Name-First: Pat
Author-X-Name-Last: Barrett
Title: New development: Financial reform and good governance
Abstract:
It has taken almost 15 years for an Australian government to again
proceed with major financial reform. Earlier this year, the then minister
for finance when introducing new legislation implementing the reforms
under one Act (the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act
2013) noted that the system was 'not broken' but that it 'creaks at
times'. That Act represents about one half of the proposed reforms but is
central to their success. One of the more interesting aspects of the
reforms is that they were developed in an open process with the
involvement of both public and private sector advisers over a three-year
period and oversight by the Department of Finance, similar to the approach
taken with the ground-breaking public service reforms in Australia in the
1990s. The focus is largely on financial reform as part of good
governance, stressing performance and accountability, but also giving
prominence to risk management and the associated notion of 'earned
autonomy' and less 'red tape'. In addition, attention is given to the need
to establish a governance framework that recognizes the increasing
co-operation and collaboration across agencies and entities, across
governments at all levels and across sectors of the economy. We continue
to learn from research in both the UK and Canada in particular,
recognizing both the similarities and differences between the public and
private sectors.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 59-66
Issue: 1
Volume: 34
Year: 2014
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2014.854987
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Author-Name: Talal A. Al-Kassar
Author-X-Name-First: Talal A.
Author-X-Name-Last: Al-Kassar
Author-Name: Jared S. Soileau
Author-X-Name-First: Jared S.
Author-X-Name-Last: Soileau
Title: New development: Accounting and accountability for government revenues in Iraq
Abstract:
This paper focuses on a new control body created by the Iraqi
parliament: the Commission of Integrity. The authors describe the ways
that the Iraqi government is using accounting and auditing to fight
financial and managerial corruption and to measure oil and tax accurately
as a percentage of total government income.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 67-70
Issue: 1
Volume: 34
Year: 2014
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2014.865944
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Author-Name: Neil Reeder
Author-X-Name-First: Neil
Author-X-Name-Last: Reeder
Title: New development: UK government ambitions for a preventative agenda-- fact or 'futurewash'?
Abstract:
Local government in England is responsible for many preventative
actions, from youth work to encouraging households to reduce levels of
waste. A high priority for prevention would imply maintained funding
levels, or at least a decline no worse than overall. However, analysis
suggests that preventative spend by English local authorities declined
from 32.4% of spend in 2010/11 to 30.6% in 2011/ 12: a proportional fall
of 5.5%. Similar effects have been observed in other European countries.
This suggests that short-termism is taking precedence as budget cuts
hit.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 71-74
Issue: 1
Volume: 34
Year: 2014
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2014.865946
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Author-Name: Giuseppe Grossi
Author-X-Name-First: Giuseppe
Author-X-Name-Last: Grossi
Author-Name: Denita Cepiku
Author-X-Name-First: Denita
Author-X-Name-Last: Cepiku
Title: Editorial
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 79-81
Issue: 2
Volume: 34
Year: 2014
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2014.887513
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Author-Name: S. J. Bailey
Author-X-Name-First: S. J.
Author-X-Name-Last: Bailey
Author-Name: P. Valkama
Author-X-Name-First: P.
Author-X-Name-Last: Valkama
Author-Name: S. Salonen
Author-X-Name-First: S.
Author-X-Name-Last: Salonen
Title: The EU's public finance crisis: causes, consequences and cure
Abstract:
This paper considers the causes and
consequences of the crisis in the public finances of EU member states and
other countries. It critically appraises the proposed 'cures' and whether
they are likely to be successful by analysing 'structural gaps' in the
public finances. The paper theorizes the multifaceted causes of the
crisis--these being financial, political, institutional, economic and
cultural. It concludes that the proposed cures will not necessarily close
structural gaps and that a sustainable long-term strategy for the public
finances has to be much more holistic, creating symmetry between decisions
to spend and liability to finance those decisions.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 83-90
Issue: 2
Volume: 34
Year: 2014
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2014.887514
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Author-Name: Geraldine Robbins
Author-X-Name-First: Geraldine
Author-X-Name-Last: Robbins
Author-Name: Irvine Lapsley
Author-X-Name-First: Irvine
Author-X-Name-Last: Lapsley
Title: The success story of the Eurozone crisis? Ireland's austerity measures
Abstract:
This paper examines the response of the Irish government to the
Eurozone fiscal crisis. This paper discusses the external financial
assistance programme sought and implemented, economic recovery to date,
and the impacts of austerity in Ireland. As Ireland nears the end of the
'Programme of Support' from Europe the contention that Ireland is a
success story is explored. The paper reveals the primacy of financial
cutbacks in the Irish response and the limited efforts at public
management reforms.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 91-98
Issue: 2
Volume: 34
Year: 2014
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2014.887515
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Author-Name: J. F. A. (Tom) Overmans
Author-X-Name-First: J. F. A. (Tom)
Author-X-Name-Last: Overmans
Author-Name: Mirko Noordegraaf
Author-X-Name-First: Mirko
Author-X-Name-Last: Noordegraaf
Title: Managing austerity: rhetorical and real responses to fiscal stress in local government
Abstract:
Coping with fiscal stress is a major
challenge. Four responses can be identified for managing austerity:
decline, cutbacks, retrenchment, and downsizing. Rhetorically, governments
are innovative. In reality, however, fiscal measures that tend towards
stability are most often used. This paper unpicks current austerity
practices in Dutch cities, identifying successes and failures.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 99-106
Issue: 2
Volume: 34
Year: 2014
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2014.887517
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Author-Name: Emma Capalbo
Author-X-Name-First: Emma
Author-X-Name-Last: Capalbo
Author-Name: Giuseppe Grossi
Author-X-Name-First: Giuseppe
Author-X-Name-Last: Grossi
Title: Assessing the influence of socioeconomic drivers on Italian municipal financial destabilization
Abstract:
The influence of external factors on local
government finances, particularly bankruptcies, is much debated. This
paper investigates the relationship between regional socioeconomic
features and those Italian municipalities that have been declared
'financially destabilized' (i.e. bankrupt). Statistical evidence confirms
that municipalities located in regions with particular socioeconomic
features are less exposed to financial destabilization. An early model
that attempts to predict local fiscal stress is presented.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 107-114
Issue: 2
Volume: 34
Year: 2014
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2014.887518
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Author-Name: Ulf Papenfuß
Author-X-Name-First: Ulf
Author-X-Name-Last: Papenfuß
Title: How (should) public authorities report on state-owned enterprises for financial sustainability and cutback management--a new quality model
Abstract:
Empirical data show the significance of
state-owned enterprises (SOEs) for providing public services. Financial
sustainability, cutback management and budget consolidation are no longer
possible without including SOEs. This paper examines the ways that public
authorities reported on the capital, performance and debts of their SOEs
in Germany, Austria and Switzerland between 2009 and 2012. The quality of
holdings reporting was found to differ quite considerably. The author
provides new knowledge and a conceptual approach for countries all over
the world to evaluate and substantially enhance public management
concerning financial sustainability and cutbacks.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 115-122
Issue: 2
Volume: 34
Year: 2014
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2014.887519
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Author-Name: Lotta-Maria Sinervo
Author-X-Name-First: Lotta-Maria
Author-X-Name-Last: Sinervo
Title: Interpreting financial balance in local government: a case study from Finland
Abstract:
Long-term economic balance in local
government is often interpreted based on accrual accounting information.
This case study from Finland shows that accruals information has
limitations. The author distinguishes four different interpretations of
economic balance: results-related, resource-related, needs- related and
value-related. She concludes that accrual accounting information should be
complemented with information about efficiency and equity of services.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 123-130
Issue: 2
Volume: 34
Year: 2014
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2014.887521
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Author-Name: Ian Roberge
Author-X-Name-First: Ian
Author-X-Name-Last: Roberge
Title: New development: Canada's cutback management
Abstract:
This new development article presents the
study of narratives as an important approach to the practice and analysis
of public management overall and more specifically to that of cutback
management and financial sustainability. Canada's current fiscal situation
is used as an example to highlight the usefulness of narratives in the
discipline; the article also provides lessons for European countries
currently facing a public finance crisis.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 131-134
Issue: 2
Volume: 34
Year: 2014
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2014.887545
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Author-Name: Eugenio Caperchione
Author-X-Name-First: Eugenio
Author-X-Name-Last: Caperchione
Author-Name: Federica Salvatori
Author-X-Name-First: Federica
Author-X-Name-Last: Salvatori
Author-Name: Elisabetta Benghi
Author-X-Name-First: Elisabetta
Author-X-Name-Last: Benghi
Title: New development: Where there's a will, there's a way--acting beyond cutbacks
Abstract:
A sustainable solution to the recent
financial crisis requires a sea-change in governments' thinking, rather
than just cutting expenses. Governments need to re-examine the managerial
and cultural factors that lie beyond the crisis: the way budgets are
prepared, the (lack of) strategic management, the limited room left for
innovation, and excessive reliance on public entities for the solution of
social problems.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 135-138
Issue: 2
Volume: 34
Year: 2014
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2014.887546
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Author-Name: Sheila Ellwood
Author-X-Name-First: Sheila
Author-X-Name-Last: Ellwood
Title: Debate: Autonomy, governance, accountability and a new audit regime
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 139-141
Issue: 2
Volume: 34
Year: 2014
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2014.887547
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Author-Name: J. Gordon Murray
Author-X-Name-First: J. Gordon
Author-X-Name-Last: Murray
Title: Debate: Public procurement needs outcome evaluations
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 141-143
Issue: 2
Volume: 34
Year: 2014
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2014.887548
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Author-Name: Brian M. Mills
Author-X-Name-First: Brian M.
Author-X-Name-Last: Mills
Author-Name: Mark S. Rosentraub
Author-X-Name-First: Mark S.
Author-X-Name-Last: Rosentraub
Author-Name: Jason A. Winfree
Author-X-Name-First: Jason A.
Author-X-Name-Last: Winfree
Author-Name: Michael B. Cantor
Author-X-Name-First: Michael B.
Author-X-Name-Last: Cantor
Title: Fiscal outcomes and tax impacts from stadium financing strategies in Arlington, Texas
Abstract:
This paper addresses the case of
Arlington, Texas and its strategy of using a sales tax increase to fund
the construction of its sports stadiums. While Arlington exported a large
portion of the tax increase to nearby areas--and increased its monthly
sales and use tax collections by nearly $1.7 million--the net outcome with
respect to economic activity may not justify its use due to relatively
large losses in taxable spending within the city. While certain industry
sectors may be prime taxation targets due to unique characteristics of a
given area, public managers must be aware of the potential to avoid these
taxes due to how municipal boundaries are drawn.The financing lessons
provided will be applicable to any tax increase implementation for
facilities with temporary tenants or any other publicly-funded project,
for example the Olympic Games and World Cup.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 145-152
Issue: 2
Volume: 34
Year: 2014
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2014.887550
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Author-Name: Matt Qvortrup
Author-X-Name-First: Matt
Author-X-Name-Last: Qvortrup
Title: New development: The comparative study of secession referendums
Abstract:
There have been 50 referendums on
independence since the Second World War. Most were held in the 1990s when
the international community required that the independence of new states
in former communist countries were ratified by referendums. Most
referendums on independence have been held in developing countries or in
areas with limited experiences of democratic governance. Apart from the
2006 referendum in Montenegro, all referendums in developed capitalist
democracies have resulted in defeat. Winning a referendum on independence
in Scotland will be a tall order. However, as other referendums show,
charismatic leaders such as de Gaulle in France and British prime minister
Tony Blair in Northern Ireland have on rare occasions overcome obstacles
and won referendums on nationalist issues although the polls were
initially against them.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 153-156
Issue: 2
Volume: 34
Year: 2014
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2014.887552
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Author-Name: Andrew Massey
Author-X-Name-First: Andrew
Author-X-Name-Last: Massey
Title: Editorial
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 157-158
Issue: 3
Volume: 34
Year: 2014
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2014.907999
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Author-Name: Mark Serwotka
Author-X-Name-First: Mark
Author-X-Name-Last: Serwotka
Title: Debate: A social security system can only reflect wider society
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 158-159
Issue: 3
Volume: 34
Year: 2014
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2014.908000
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Author-Name: Nick Hillman
Author-X-Name-First: Nick
Author-X-Name-Last: Hillman
Title: Debate: Reforming state welfare
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 159-161
Issue: 3
Volume: 34
Year: 2014
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2014.908001
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Author-Name: Michael W. Bauer
Author-X-Name-First: Michael W.
Author-X-Name-Last: Bauer
Author-Name: Stefan Becker
Author-X-Name-First: Stefan
Author-X-Name-Last: Becker
Title: Debate: From the front line to the back stage-how the financial crisis has quietly strengthened the European Commission
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 161-163
Issue: 3
Volume: 34
Year: 2014
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2014.908003
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Author-Name: Adam M. Williams
Author-X-Name-First: Adam M.
Author-X-Name-Last: Williams
Title: Local preferencing for local suppliers: examining the use of locality in public procurement
Abstract:
The academic literature on the selection of suppliers for public
contracts, while vast, lacks attention when examining the use of local
suppliers. Benefits of local suppliers have been discussed with respect to
local economies, but the actual selection of these suppliers has been
largely ignored. This paper examines the choice of local suppliers when
there is an explicit desire for public procurement agencies to cater to
minority-owned and emerging small businesses. The paper provides important
insight into local supplier selection, while opening new avenues of future
research into the role these suppliers play in the supply chain.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 165-172
Issue: 3
Volume: 34
Year: 2014
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2014.908006
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Author-Name: Michael Howlett
Author-X-Name-First: Michael
Author-X-Name-Last: Howlett
Author-Name: Andrea Migone
Author-X-Name-First: Andrea
Author-X-Name-Last: Migone
Title: Assessing contract policy work: overseeing Canadian policy consultants
Abstract:
Most of the interest in assessment of policy consulting in recent
years has been related to financial and budgetary matters. This narrow
focus has not dealt adequately with other important issues such as the
impact of increased external consulting on the range and quality of advice
and services provided to government. As such, important dimensions of this
kind of contracting behaviour have been missed. This paper supplements new
government contract data with the findings of a 2012-13 survey of
approximately 160 Canadian federal government policy managers to
investigate the oversight of contracts for policy work in Canada.
Inefficiencies generated by a generalized lack of shared data and
knowledge gained through the employment of external consultants is a major
characteristic of this activity, which existing financially-based control
systems fail to manage effectively.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 173-180
Issue: 3
Volume: 34
Year: 2014
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2014.908007
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Author-Name: Emanuele Teti
Author-X-Name-First: Emanuele
Author-X-Name-Last: Teti
Author-Name: Alan Collins
Author-X-Name-First: Alan
Author-X-Name-Last: Collins
Author-Name: John Sedgwick
Author-X-Name-First: John
Author-X-Name-Last: Sedgwick
Title: An offer they couldn't refuse (but probably should have): the ineffectiveness of Italian state subsidies to movie-making
Abstract:
Public financial support to national movie (film) production is
typically conditional on very subjective artistic and socio-cultural
criteria and objectives. Yet the question remains as to whether state
subsidies actually help films at the box office. This paper shows the
public grant regime in Italy did not develop the industry as intended,
since in an overwhelming number of cases, production losses exceeded
subsidy. The subsidy regime was ineffective and wasteful. Specific
institutional and political features characterizing the Italian system are
important components in this story. The conclusions will be of interest to
all countries making commercial films.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 181-188
Issue: 3
Volume: 34
Year: 2014
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2014.908008
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Author-Name: Carolina Pontones Rosa
Author-X-Name-First: Carolina Pontones
Author-X-Name-Last: Rosa
Author-Name: Rosario P�rez Morote
Author-X-Name-First: Rosario P�rez
Author-X-Name-Last: Morote
Author-Name: Malcolm J. Prowle
Author-X-Name-First: Malcolm J.
Author-X-Name-Last: Prowle
Title: Developing performance audit in Spanish local government: an empirical study of a way forward
Abstract:
Like many developed countries, public services in Spain are facing
a prolonged period of financial austerity. Consequently, most parts of the
Spanish public sector have to give consideration to various aspects of
public services, including the means for improving existing performance.
Performance audit is seen as a key means for improving performance in
Spanish local government but the approach is not as well developed as in
many other countries. This paper is an empiricallybased study of the
current situation regarding performance audit in the Spanish local
government sector and provides pointers as to how this approach might be
strengthened.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 189-196
Issue: 3
Volume: 34
Year: 2014
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2014.908009
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Author-Name: Francis McGeough
Author-X-Name-First: Francis
Author-X-Name-Last: McGeough
Title: Performance information in the Irish public sector: a comparison with the UK
Abstract:
Public sector organizations (PSOs) are expected to account for not
only the monies spent but what has been achieved with this money.
Therefore, performance reporting has become a key issue for PSOs. In a
comparable sample of PSOs in the UK and Ireland with an operational focus,
it was found that UK PSOs provide substantially more performance
information. Irish PSOs are particularly hesitant about producing
performance targets. A key lesson from this paper is that the
establishment of performance targets must be driven by the political
system.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 197-204
Issue: 3
Volume: 34
Year: 2014
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2014.908010
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Author-Name: Derek Birrell
Author-X-Name-First: Derek
Author-X-Name-Last: Birrell
Author-Name: Ann Marie Gray
Author-X-Name-First: Ann Marie
Author-X-Name-Last: Gray
Title: Welfare reform and devolution: issues of parity, discretion and divergence for the UK government and the devolved administrations
Abstract:
The impact of devolution in the UK on social security is examined
in the context of the major powers in the area continuing to be exercised
by the Westminster government. Developments and principles involved are
described in three perspectives and phases. First, the established model
of parity with minor adjustments. Second, parity with enhanced discretion
associated with the introduction of welfare reforms. Third, the prospect
of the future transformation of the parity principle with increased focus
on greater fiscal responsibility and greater devolution and divergence in
social security, and with the additional context of the referendum on
independence for Scotland. Also discussed are the implications of either a
'yes' or 'no' vote in the Scottish referendum.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 205-212
Issue: 3
Volume: 34
Year: 2014
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2014.908030
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Author-Name: Joseph Drew
Author-X-Name-First: Joseph
Author-X-Name-Last: Drew
Author-Name: Brian Dollery
Author-X-Name-First: Brian
Author-X-Name-Last: Dollery
Title: Separation anxiety: an empirical evaluation of the Australian Sunshine Coast Regional Council de-amalgamation
Abstract:
As part of the broader Queensland local government amalgamation
programme, in 2008 Noosa Shire Council, Caloundra City Council and
Maroochy Shire Council were compulsorily merged into a new Sunshine Coast
Regional Council. Five years on, unyielding public opposition and a new
Queensland Government has secured deamalgamation of Noosa Shire from the
Sunshine Coast Regional Council. Given the almost complete absence of
empirical literature on municipal de-amalgamation, the Noosa case provides
a rare opportunity to empirically assess a de-amalgamation process.
Accordingly, this paper provides a critical evaluation of the
de-amalgamation analysis prepared by the Queensland Treasury Corporation.
Far from placating residents, the de-amalgamation plans are likely to
provoke further acrimony due not only to equity problems, but also a lack
of democratic representation on key decisionmaking bodies. On a broader
level, this case study serves as a template for the theory and practice
associated with any municipal de-amalgamation-either in Australia or
abroad.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 213-220
Issue: 3
Volume: 34
Year: 2014
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2014.908032
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Author-Name: Yunxiao Xu
Author-X-Name-First: Yunxiao
Author-X-Name-Last: Xu
Author-Name: Caichen Ma
Author-X-Name-First: Caichen
Author-X-Name-Last: Ma
Author-Name: James L. Chan
Author-X-Name-First: James L.
Author-X-Name-Last: Chan
Title: New development: Wang Anshi's Wanyanshu as the origins of modern public management?
Abstract:
A recent paper in this journal (Drechsler, 2013) traced the
origins of modern public management to the Wanyanshu, a memorandum Wang
Anshi submitted in 1058 to a Song Dynasty emperor in China. We raise
doubts about the author's assessment and claims about that still
remarkable document about government human resource management, in part by
citing Chinese historians' ambivalence. Believing in the value of
Sino-Western comparative research in public management, we push back the
origins of Chinese statecraft by 2,000 years by suggesting further
research into older and greater Chinese contributions to global public
management.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 221-226
Issue: 3
Volume: 34
Year: 2014
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2014.908033
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Author-Name: Jean Hartley
Author-X-Name-First: Jean
Author-X-Name-Last: Hartley
Title: New development: Eight and a half propositions to stimulate frugal innovation
Abstract:
This article distills some key ideas and practices which research
indicates can stimulate innovation in public services in thrifty ways.
Some propositions may be surprising, given the conventional wisdom about
innovation. The propositions are intended to provoke policy-makers, public
managers and academics, challenging thinking and encouraging new
approaches to innovation.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 227-232
Issue: 3
Volume: 34
Year: 2014
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2014.908034
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Author-Name: Manuel Pedro Rodríguez Bolívar
Author-X-Name-First: Manuel Pedro Rodríguez
Author-X-Name-Last: Bolívar
Author-Name: Andrés Navarro Galera
Author-X-Name-First: Andrés Navarro
Author-X-Name-Last: Galera
Author-Name: Laura Alcaide Muñoz
Author-X-Name-First: Laura Alcaide
Author-X-Name-Last: Muñoz
Title: New development: The role of accounting in assessing local government sustainability
Abstract:
In order to evaluate financial sustainability, public sector
managers are being pressured to provide better financial information and
information transparency. This article examines the role of accounting in
assessing the sustainability of local governments and analyses of the
usefulness of annual income statements in the measurement of 'inter-period
equity'.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 233-236
Issue: 3
Volume: 34
Year: 2014
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2014.908035
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Author-Name: Gordon Greenshields
Author-X-Name-First: Gordon
Author-X-Name-Last: Greenshields
Title: New development: Time for a consequential impact tax to support the NHS?
Abstract:
The UK's National Health Service (NHS) is facing its most serious
financial crisis since its inception and positive, enduring, fundamental
changes need to be made if the NHS is to survive as a financially
sustainable entity. This article looks at the costs of lifestyle
self-abuse behaviour (over 15% of the total NHS spending) and proposes a
new tax to offset the costs of treatment and preventative education. The
idea is applicable to other countries facing similar problems.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 237-241
Issue: 3
Volume: 34
Year: 2014
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2014.908037
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Author-Name: Sheila Ellwood
Author-X-Name-First: Sheila
Author-X-Name-Last: Ellwood
Title: Editorial
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 243-243
Issue: 4
Volume: 34
Year: 2014
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2014.920193
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Author-Name: J. Gordon Murray
Author-X-Name-First: J. Gordon
Author-X-Name-Last: Murray
Title: Debate: UK public procurement 2014
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 244-246
Issue: 4
Volume: 34
Year: 2014
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2014.920194
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Author-Name: Wolfgang Drechsler
Author-X-Name-First: Wolfgang
Author-X-Name-Last: Drechsler
Title: Debate: Towards understanding Wang Anshi and Confucian public management
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 246-248
Issue: 4
Volume: 34
Year: 2014
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2014.920195
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Author-Name: Clare Moran
Author-X-Name-First: Clare
Author-X-Name-Last: Moran
Author-Name: Shona Russell
Author-X-Name-First: Shona
Author-X-Name-Last: Russell
Title: Debate: At a loss-responsibility, accountability, and (in)decision after the floods
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 248-250
Issue: 4
Volume: 34
Year: 2014
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2014.920196
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Author-Name: David Parker
Author-X-Name-First: David
Author-X-Name-Last: Parker
Title: Selling the Royal Mail
Abstract:
In October 2013, the Royal Mail (RM) was sold by the UK government
through a public share offering. This was the largest privatization by
value since the 1990s. The RM is facing competition in its core letters
and parcels businesses and the coalition government concluded that its
future best lay in the private sector with access to the private capital
market. This study contrasts this privatization with large privatizations
in the 1980s and 1990s. Significant differences are identified in terms of
post-privatization gains to investors, the attitude towards marketing of
the shares to the public, the preferential share scheme for employees and
the treatment of pension liabilities. This privatization is shown to be
particularly poor value for money for British taxpayers.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 251-258
Issue: 4
Volume: 34
Year: 2014
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2014.920197
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Author-Name: Roberto Moro Visconti
Author-X-Name-First: Roberto
Author-X-Name-Last: Moro Visconti
Title: Multidimensional principal-agent value for money in healthcare project financing
Abstract:
Value for money (VfM) is a key parameter for the public sector in
the choice between a public-private partnership (PPP) and traditional
procurement, especially for healthcare infrastructure. This paper
investigates the differences in what VfM means to the public and private
sectors.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 259-264
Issue: 4
Volume: 34
Year: 2014
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2014.920198
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Author-Name: Craig Furneaux
Author-X-Name-First: Craig
Author-X-Name-Last: Furneaux
Author-Name: Jo Barraket
Author-X-Name-First: Jo
Author-X-Name-Last: Barraket
Title: Purchasing social good(s): a definition and typology of social procurement
Abstract:
Social procurement has gained attention in modern public management;
however, considerable differences exist in understanding what social
procurement actually is. Divergent definitions of social procurement
inhibit effective policy implementation, and can result in imprecision in
empirical research. This paper develops a typology of social procurement
implementation, and advances a coherent single definition of social
procurement. Clarifying the intent and approaches to social procurement
will assist policy implementation and empirical evaluation.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 265-272
Issue: 4
Volume: 34
Year: 2014
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2014.920199
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Author-Name: Kuntal Goswami
Author-X-Name-First: Kuntal
Author-X-Name-Last: Goswami
Author-Name: Sumit Lodhia
Author-X-Name-First: Sumit
Author-X-Name-Last: Lodhia
Title: Sustainability disclosure patterns of South Australian local councils: a case study
Abstract:
This article investigates the types of sustainability information
disclosed by four South Australian local councils in the absence of any
mandatory sustainability reporting guidelines. The findings suggest that
even though standardized sustainability reporting guidelines are not in
use, elements of these guidelines are reported as sustainability issues in
annual reports. Our study also reveals that in the absence of any
prescribed requirements, multiple overlapping guidelines based on
contemporary sustainability philosophies are in use. A need for local
centric guidelines is suggested, not just for the context of this study
but also for other local governments, nationally and
internationally.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 273-280
Issue: 4
Volume: 34
Year: 2014
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2014.920200
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Author-Name: Joseph Drew
Author-X-Name-First: Joseph
Author-X-Name-Last: Drew
Author-Name: Brian Dollery
Author-X-Name-First: Brian
Author-X-Name-Last: Dollery
Title: The impact of metropolitan amalgamations in Sydney on municipal financial sustainability
Abstract:
The Australian Independent Local Government Review Panel recently proposed
amalgamating the majority of New South Wales (NSW) local councils in the
Greater Sydney metropolitan region in order to increase municipal
population size with the aim of engineering a more financially sustainable
system. However, no attempt was made to determine whether there is a
statistically significant association between larger population size and
improved financial sustainability ratios, nor whether the proposed merged
local authorities will be more financially viable. This paper addresses
these critical omissions. The empirical analysis reported indicates that
the proposed amalgamations will not secure enhanced financial
sustainability in Greater Sydney local government.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 281-288
Issue: 4
Volume: 34
Year: 2014
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2014.920201
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Author-Name: Kristof Stouthuysen
Author-X-Name-First: Kristof
Author-X-Name-Last: Stouthuysen
Author-Name: Kevin Schierhout
Author-X-Name-First: Kevin
Author-X-Name-Last: Schierhout
Author-Name: Filip Roodhooft
Author-X-Name-First: Filip
Author-X-Name-Last: Roodhooft
Author-Name: Evelien Reusen
Author-X-Name-First: Evelien
Author-X-Name-Last: Reusen
Title: Time-driven activity-based costing for public services
Abstract:
Public managers must provide better public services at lower costs. To
cope with this cost pressure, public management needs a better
understanding of relevant cost drivers. The authors explain how they
carried out a pilot project on time- driven activity-based costing for two
Belgian public swimming-pools and provide evidence of the potential
benefits of such analyses.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 289-296
Issue: 4
Volume: 34
Year: 2014
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2014.920202
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Author-Name: Matias Laine
Author-X-Name-First: Matias
Author-X-Name-Last: Laine
Author-Name: Eija Vinnari
Author-X-Name-First: Eija
Author-X-Name-Last: Vinnari
Title: The dynamics of voluntary benchmarking in the water sector
Abstract:
This article investigates the dynamics of benchmarking in municipal water
utilities. The authors explain how a voluntary project developed the
characteristics of compulsory benchmarking. While the first adopters of
benchmarking sought efficiency gains, later adoptions have mainly been
driven by institutional pressures. This limits the potential of
benchmarking for improving utility performance.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 297-304
Issue: 4
Volume: 34
Year: 2014
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2014.920203
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Author-Name: Étienne Charbonneau
Author-X-Name-First: Étienne
Author-X-Name-Last: Charbonneau
Author-Name: Younhee Kim
Author-X-Name-First: Younhee
Author-X-Name-Last: Kim
Author-Name: Alexander C. Henderson
Author-X-Name-First: Alexander C.
Author-X-Name-Last: Henderson
Title: New development: Reintroducing the zone of indifference: disengaging the cogs of public service performance and citizen satisfaction
Abstract:
Citizen satisfaction is critical to evaluating the quality of public
services; however, the relationships between performance and individual
satisfaction remain unproven. This article creates important linkages
narrowing the gaps between objective measures of performance and
subjective measures of satisfaction by reintroducing the concept of the
zone of indifference. The zone of indifference acknowledges that not all
variations in performance will register with citizens or have an immediate
effect.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 305-308
Issue: 4
Volume: 34
Year: 2014
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2014.920205
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Author-Name: John Fenwick
Author-X-Name-First: John
Author-X-Name-Last: Fenwick
Author-Name: Andrew Massey
Author-X-Name-First: Andrew
Author-X-Name-Last: Massey
Title: Editorial
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 309-310
Issue: 5
Volume: 34
Year: 2014
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2014.945791
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Author-Name: Graham Sansom
Author-X-Name-First: Graham
Author-X-Name-Last: Sansom
Title: Debate: Rumblings Downunder-stronger mayors for Australia and New Zealand?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 311-313
Issue: 5
Volume: 34
Year: 2014
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2014.945792
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Author-Name: Robin Hambleton
Author-X-Name-First: Robin
Author-X-Name-Last: Hambleton
Author-Name: David Sweeting
Author-X-Name-First: David
Author-X-Name-Last: Sweeting
Title: Innovation in urban political leadership. Reflections on the introduction of a directly-elected mayor in Bristol, UK
Abstract:
In May 2012, 10 of England's largest cities, outside London, were
required to hold referendums giving citizens the option of introducing a
directly-elected mayor. Bristol was the only city to vote in favour of the
mayoral model. This paper outlines the main themes that feature in current
debates about urban leadership. It presents a framework for understanding
place-based leadership and, by drawing on a current researchproject on
mayoral governance in Bristol, highlights the existence of very different
perceptions of how to improve city leadership and democratic
accountability.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 315-322
Issue: 5
Volume: 34
Year: 2014
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2014.945793
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Author-Name: Colin Copus
Author-X-Name-First: Colin
Author-X-Name-Last: Copus
Author-Name: Michael Dadd
Author-X-Name-First: Michael
Author-X-Name-Last: Dadd
Title: 'It's a proper job': process, people and power in an English city
Abstract:
Sir Peter Soulsby, a Member of Parliament, resigned from office to
fight for what he called 'a proper job': the elected mayor of Leicester
City. He was elected on 5 May 2011, but before that event a series of
political interactions and actions had to be taken and shifting alliances
had to be formed to generate a critical mass of support to change the
governing arrangements of the city council to an elected mayor. This paper
explores the way existing patterns of political behaviour and preferences
were altered to lead to the introduction of the new office. The paper
examines how, through a careful, if condensed, process of
preference-shaping and the use of context, timing and authority-building,
political leaders can construct a system of government that matches a
personalized agenda for further political action.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 323-330
Issue: 5
Volume: 34
Year: 2014
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2014.945797
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Author-Name: Hellmut Wollmann
Author-X-Name-First: Hellmut
Author-X-Name-Last: Wollmann
Title: The directly-elected mayor in the German L�nder-introduction, implementation and impact
Abstract:
In the early 1990s, all German L�nder (states) introduced direct
election of executive mayors, along with the procedures to recall a
sitting mayor by local referendum. This paper looks at the context and
causes of this major institutional change and its impact on local
politics. Although the directly-elected executive mayor has risen to a
dominant position, effective institutional and political checks and
balances are in place to prevent misuse of power. Finally, the German
reforms are compared with other European countries.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 331-337
Issue: 5
Volume: 34
Year: 2014
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2014.945798
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Author-Name: Karin A. Bottom
Author-X-Name-First: Karin A.
Author-X-Name-Last: Bottom
Author-Name: Marion Reiser
Author-X-Name-First: Marion
Author-X-Name-Last: Reiser
Title: Still want to party? An assessment of party-politicization in directly-elected mayoral authorities in England and Germany's North Rhine-Westphalia
Abstract:
Very little attention has been paid to the political impact of
directly-elected mayors. This paper sheds light on the topic by comparing
the English case with that of North Rhine-Westphalia. Both demonstrate
that parties continue to monopolize their local political systems and most
aspects of mayoral office; nevertheless, some de-party-politicization is
noted. There is much to learn about the English case from observation of
the mayoral model in North Rhine-Westphalia.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 339-346
Issue: 5
Volume: 34
Year: 2014
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2014.945799
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Author-Name: Peter Eckersley
Author-X-Name-First: Peter
Author-X-Name-Last: Eckersley
Author-Name: Peter Timm-Arnold
Author-X-Name-First: Peter
Author-X-Name-Last: Timm-Arnold
Title: Directly-elected mayors and the austerity agenda: lessons from the German experience
Abstract:
This paper identifies the key factors that have affected the
ability of elected mayors in some German cities to introduce austerity
measures in response to serious financial problems. Drawing on a detailed
study of six municipalities in North Rhine-Westphalia, it highlights how
the mayor's managerial and/or legal experience, as well as the
party-political make-up of the council, played a vital role in determining
the success of savings initiatives. Such findings have important
implications for countries such as England, where some have argued for the
introduction of elected mayors in order to improve decision-making
capacity within local government.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 347-354
Issue: 5
Volume: 34
Year: 2014
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2014.945803
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Author-Name: Aki J��skel�inen
Author-X-Name-First: Aki
Author-X-Name-Last: J��skel�inen
Author-Name: Harri Laihonen
Author-X-Name-First: Harri
Author-X-Name-Last: Laihonen
Title: A strategy framework for performance measurement in the public sector
Abstract:
This paper looks at a little-studied question: what are the
strategic choices behind the selection and implementation of performance
measurement practices in public sector entities? The paper presents a new
strategy framework which provides a structured approach to the many
options available for measuring performance effectively. The framework is
primarily intended for large public sector organizations, such as
municipalities, but will also be useful in smaller entities.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 355-362
Issue: 5
Volume: 34
Year: 2014
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2014.945807
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Author-Name: Kit Van Gestel
Author-X-Name-First: Kit
Author-X-Name-Last: Van Gestel
Author-Name: Tom Willems
Author-X-Name-First: Tom
Author-X-Name-Last: Willems
Author-Name: Koen Verhoest
Author-X-Name-First: Koen
Author-X-Name-Last: Verhoest
Author-Name: Joris Voets
Author-X-Name-First: Joris
Author-X-Name-Last: Voets
Author-Name: Steven Van Garsse
Author-X-Name-First: Steven
Author-X-Name-Last: Van Garsse
Title: Public-private partnerships in Flemish schools: a complex governance structure in a complex context
Abstract:
Public-private partnerships (PPPs) are used very widely but
remarkably little empirical research has been published investigating the
governance of PPPs. PPPs are complex infrastructure projects and present
important governance challenges as the responsibilities of public and
private partners are ambiguous and can be confused. This paper looks at
the interactions between the elements of complexity and at the governance
structure of PPPs, and their combined effect on performance. A case study
in Flanders (the northern region of Belgium) is discussed.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 363-370
Issue: 5
Volume: 34
Year: 2014
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2014.945808
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Author-Name: Jason Whalley
Author-X-Name-First: Jason
Author-X-Name-Last: Whalley
Author-Name: Peter Curwen
Author-X-Name-First: Peter
Author-X-Name-Last: Curwen
Title: Managing tax by organizational means: the case of Vodafone
Abstract:
In many countries, continued austerity is forcing governments to
take a tougher attitude towards tax avoidance. Through the example of
Vodafone, a leading player in the global mobile telecommunications
industry, this paper explores the relationship between industry
participants and the amount of tax that they pay. The case study
highlights how multi-national enterprises (MNEs) exploit differences
between countries to reduce their taxes. If governments want to increase
the amount of tax raised from MNEs, their focus should switch from
complaining about such companies to changing the rules to which they are
subject.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 371-378
Issue: 5
Volume: 34
Year: 2014
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2014.945809
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Author-Name: Yvonne Brunetto
Author-X-Name-First: Yvonne
Author-X-Name-Last: Brunetto
Title: Editorial
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 379-380
Issue: 6
Volume: 34
Year: 2014
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2014.962360
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Author-Name: Elisabetta Trinchero
Author-X-Name-First: Elisabetta
Author-X-Name-Last: Trinchero
Author-Name: Elio Borgonovi
Author-X-Name-First: Elio
Author-X-Name-Last: Borgonovi
Author-Name: Ben Farr-Wharton
Author-X-Name-First: Ben
Author-X-Name-Last: Farr-Wharton
Title: Leader-member exchange, affective commitment, engagement, wellbeing, and intention to leave: public versus private sector Italian nurses
Abstract:
In the context of nurse shortages and budget constraints in
hospitals, retaining skilled nurses is crucial. This paper investigates
the impact of supervisor-nurse relationships on engagement, wellbeing,
affective commitment and turnover intention for Italian private and public
sector nurses. Private sector nurses in Italy were found to be more
committed, engaged and had higher perceptions of wellbeing than public
sector nurses. Based on these results, public managers need to do more to
sustain the motivation of nurses in public sector hospitals.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 381-388
Issue: 6
Volume: 34
Year: 2014
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2014.962361
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Author-Name: Matthew J. Xerri
Author-X-Name-First: Matthew J.
Author-X-Name-Last: Xerri
Author-Name: Rod Farr-Wharton
Author-X-Name-First: Rod
Author-X-Name-Last: Farr-Wharton
Author-Name: Yvonne Brunetto
Author-X-Name-First: Yvonne
Author-X-Name-Last: Brunetto
Author-Name: Kate Shacklock
Author-X-Name-First: Kate
Author-X-Name-Last: Shacklock
Author-Name: Fiona Robson
Author-X-Name-First: Fiona
Author-X-Name-Last: Robson
Title: Antecedents and outcomes relating to public and private nurses' use of intuition in England
Abstract:
This paper examines public and private sector nurses' use of
intuition in England using structural equation modeling. Leader-member
exchange (LMX) and perceived organizational support (POS) correlated
positively with nurses' perception of discretionary power and use of
intuition. Nurses' perception of discretionary power and use of intuition
were positively correlated with their engagement. Further, differences
were identified between private sector and public sector nurses in
relation to the impact of workplace relationships (POS and LMX) and
intuition onto perceived discretionary power and employee engagement. The
results are important for all hospital managers seeking to foster
employees' use of intuition, perception of discretionary power, and
engagement.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 389-396
Issue: 6
Volume: 34
Year: 2014
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2014.962363
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Author-Name: Silvia A. Nelson
Author-X-Name-First: Silvia A.
Author-X-Name-Last: Nelson
Author-Name: Patricia R. Azevedo
Author-X-Name-First: Patricia R.
Author-X-Name-Last: Azevedo
Author-Name: Rosilda S. Dias
Author-X-Name-First: Rosilda S.
Author-X-Name-Last: Dias
Author-Name: Santana M. A. de Sousa
Author-X-Name-First: Santana M. A. de
Author-X-Name-Last: Sousa
Author-Name: Liscia D. P. de Carvalho
Author-X-Name-First: Liscia D. P. de
Author-X-Name-Last: Carvalho
Author-Name: Andrea C. O. Silva
Author-X-Name-First: Andrea C. O.
Author-X-Name-Last: Silva
Author-Name: Poliana P. C. Rabelo
Author-X-Name-First: Poliana P. C.
Author-X-Name-Last: Rabelo
Title: The influence of bullying on the wellbeing of Brazilian nursing professionals
Abstract:
Social exchange theory is used in this paper to explore how the
quality of leader-member exchange (LMX) and perceived organizational
support (POS) affect Brazilian nursing professionals' perceptions of
bullying and harassment and, in turn, their wellbeing. Data was obtained
from 868 nursing professionals in four public hospitals in Brazil.
Statistically significant linkages were found between LMX, POS,
bullying/harassment and wellbeing, except for the relationship between POS
and bullying/harassment. Healthcare managers and human resource managers
clearly need to take initiatives to strengthen LMX and POS, minimize
bullying and to strengthen nursing professionals' wellbeing.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 397-404
Issue: 6
Volume: 34
Year: 2014
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2014.962364
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Author-Name: Kerry Ace
Author-X-Name-First: Kerry
Author-X-Name-Last: Ace
Title: Debate: New guidance to improve public sector governance
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 405-406
Issue: 6
Volume: 34
Year: 2014
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2014.962365
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Author-Name: Zhichang Zhu
Author-X-Name-First: Zhichang
Author-X-Name-Last: Zhu
Title: Debate: Origins, ambivalence and relevance in comparative public management research
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 407-408
Issue: 6
Volume: 34
Year: 2014
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2014.962366
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Author-Name: Pat McGregor
Author-X-Name-First: Pat
Author-X-Name-Last: McGregor
Author-Name: Ciaran O'Neill
Author-X-Name-First: Ciaran
Author-X-Name-Last: O'Neill
Title: Resource allocation in the Northern Ireland health service: consensus or challenge?
Abstract:
The Northern Ireland health service faces major restructuring at a
time of extreme fiscal austerity. This paper assesses the capacity of the
service's administration to meet this challenge, focusing on past
distribution of resources across programmes of care. The central finding
is that resources generally appear to be distributed on a pro rata basis
with little evidence of strategic direction. Within a context of generally
poor performance against previous targets, and low productivity compared
to England, the outlook for major restructuring is not sanguine. That the
administrative structure is embedded in a political framework that favours
consensus over leadership is a further cause for concern.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 409-416
Issue: 6
Volume: 34
Year: 2014
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2014.962367
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Author-Name: Jenny M. Lewis
Author-X-Name-First: Jenny M.
Author-X-Name-Last: Lewis
Title: Research productivity and research system attitudes
Abstract:
The release of the 2014 REF results in the UK is a timely reminder
that many national governments have aimed to increase the research
productivity of universities, by introducing performance-based research
systems. This paper examines whether there is a relationship between
attitudes to these research systems and research productivity, using
interview data from three universities in Australia, New Zealand and the
UK. It concludes that attitudes are not strongly related to productivity,
and that only a better understanding of system limitations will help to
improve them.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 417-424
Issue: 6
Volume: 34
Year: 2014
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2014.962368
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Author-Name: Athena Panayiotou
Author-X-Name-First: Athena
Author-X-Name-Last: Panayiotou
Author-Name: Francesca Medda
Author-X-Name-First: Francesca
Author-X-Name-Last: Medda
Title: Attracting private sector participation in infrastructure investment: the UK case
Abstract:
Infrastructure investments are often considered by governments
that are looking for private sector investment in infrastructure. However,
private investors tend to have a cautious attitude towards this class of
investments. This paper focuses on the UK's financial and regulatory
drawbacks to infrastructure investment. The authors conclude that
regulatory conditions are key levers for the UK government to attract
increased private sector participation.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 425-431
Issue: 6
Volume: 34
Year: 2014
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2014.962369
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Author-Name: Paulo Jorge Reis Mourão
Author-X-Name-First: Paulo Jorge Reis
Author-X-Name-Last: Mourão
Title: When municipalities go shopping-Portuguese direct awards
Abstract:
A direct award allows a public sector entity to contract with a
supplier of goods and services and accelerates most procedures associated
with public contracts. Direct awards are used by many European
municipalities and are the subject of much debate. This paper looks at the
value of direct awards in Portugal. Employing classification and
regression tree (CART) analysis, the author concludes that, in European
countries, direct awards are the most efficient solution for small,
current expenses; however, larger projects should be subject to public
competition.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 433-440
Issue: 6
Volume: 34
Year: 2014
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2014.962370
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Author-Name: Muhammad Azizul Islam
Author-X-Name-First: Muhammad Azizul
Author-X-Name-Last: Islam
Title: Bribery and corruption in Australian local councils
Abstract:
This paper explores public concerns about corruption and bribery
in Australian local government and provides guidance for policy-makers on
how to control bribery and corruption. Lack of regulation is a major
reason why local councils are not taking appropriate anti-corruption or
bribery measures. The author urges regulators to impose radical and
mandatory requirements, especially reporting requirements, on local
councils. Australia should also look to other countries for successful
measures to curb bribery and corruption.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 441-446
Issue: 6
Volume: 34
Year: 2014
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2014.962372
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Author-Name: Juli�n Sierra Tamayo
Author-X-Name-First: Juli�n Sierra
Author-X-Name-Last: Tamayo
Author-Name: Jose Manuel Vassallo
Author-X-Name-First: Jose Manuel
Author-X-Name-Last: Vassallo
Author-Name: María de los Ángeles Baeza
Author-X-Name-First: María de los Ángeles
Author-X-Name-Last: Baeza
Title: Unbundling tolls from contracts: a new road PPP model
Abstract:
Considerable evidence from different countries has revealed
important shortcomings in most road public-private partnership (PPP)
models. In this paper a new PPP model is presented that overcomes some of
the problems found in PPP road contracts. The new model is based on
separating user tolls from the fees paid to PPP contractors and setting up
new institutional arrangements to oversee PPPs.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 447-451
Issue: 6
Volume: 34
Year: 2014
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2014.962373
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Author-Name: Walter Kickert
Author-X-Name-First: Walter
Author-X-Name-Last: Kickert
Author-Name: Tamyko Ysa
Author-X-Name-First: Tamyko
Author-X-Name-Last: Ysa
Title: New development: How the Spanish government responded to the global economic, banking and fiscal crisis
Abstract:
The way Spain responded to the global crisis differed from the
general Western European pattern. First, it was not the global banking
crisis that caused the economic crisis in Spain, but the other way around.
Second, the Spanish banking sector was bailed-out by the 'Troika': the EU,
ECB and IMF. Third, the fiscal austerity plan that the Zapatero government
announced in 2010 and the newly-elected Rajoy government stepped up in
2012, were conceived under strong external pressure from the EU. Spain's
main fiscal challenge was to lower its soaring bond rates.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 453-457
Issue: 6
Volume: 34
Year: 2014
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2014.962375
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Author-Name: Pat Barrett AO
Author-X-Name-First: Pat
Author-X-Name-Last: Barrett AO
Title: New development: Risk management-how to regain trust and confidence in government
Abstract:
There is a growing loss of public confidence in governments
worldwide, reinforced by the global financial crisis, but also reflecting
some disturbing concerns about democracy. This article examines
Australia's recent reforms aimed at improving performance and
accountability which focus on managing the risks involved in achieving the
required outcomes. One risk might be that the electorate is simply not
interested-because citizens are not convinced that the government is
committed and/or capable of delivering the stated outcomes. The challenge
for governments is to involve all interested parties to achieve and
maintain credibility in any reforms. The issue is not only what needs to
be done, but how to do it. The search for the 'Holy Grail' of improved
public sector performance and accountability continues.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 459-464
Issue: 6
Volume: 34
Year: 2014
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2014.962376
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Author-Name: Duncan McTavish
Author-X-Name-First: Duncan
Author-X-Name-Last: McTavish
Title: Editorial
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 1-2
Issue: 1
Volume: 35
Year: 2015
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2015.986857
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Author-Name: Paul Cairney
Author-X-Name-First: Paul
Author-X-Name-Last: Cairney
Title: Debate: What is complex government and what can we do about it?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 3-6
Issue: 1
Volume: 35
Year: 2015
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2015.986858
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Author-Name: John Fenwick
Author-X-Name-First: John
Author-X-Name-Last: Fenwick
Title: The problem of sub-national governance in England
Abstract:
English sub-national governance is fragmented, embracing regions,
city regions and local government. This complex pattern of sub-national
provision has grown ever more varied, subject to ad hoc initiatives, with
no overall rationale. There has been little political incentive to address
the nature of English sub-national governance. This paper examines
component elements of English governance and draws conclusions about
prospects for change.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 7-14
Issue: 1
Volume: 35
Year: 2015
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2015.986859
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Author-Name: Karen Johnston
Author-X-Name-First: Karen
Author-X-Name-Last: Johnston
Title: Public governance: the government of non-state actors in 'partnerships'
Abstract:
Partnerships, as a form of governance, involve state and non-state
actors in networks which are increasingly being employed in the
formulation and implementation of public policy. This paper focuses on the
internal dynamics of local partnerships and offers insights into the
interactions between state and non-state actors in these governance
networks. The state's authoritative role creates asymmetries in governance
networks which make the theoretical conceptualization of governance
questionable.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 15-22
Issue: 1
Volume: 35
Year: 2015
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2015.986860
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Author-Name: Colin Knox
Author-X-Name-First: Colin
Author-X-Name-Last: Knox
Title: Sharing power and fragmenting public services: complex government in Northern Ireland
Abstract:
There are obvious complexities in the governance of Northern
Ireland. Long-awaited political stability, power-sharing and settled
devolution come with a highly-fragmented structure of public services. In
addition, because of its pre-occupation with constitutional and security
matters, Northern Ireland is playing catch-up in public sector reform.
There are greater expectations that local politicians can tackle endemic
issues of poverty and social deprivation than their British 'direct rule'
predecessors. This paper looks at a new initiative, which aims to address
the complexities of power-sharing and its attendant fragmented governance
arrangements.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 23-30
Issue: 1
Volume: 35
Year: 2015
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2015.986861
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Author-Name: Laura McAllister
Author-X-Name-First: Laura
Author-X-Name-Last: McAllister
Title: Immature relationships in the new multi-level United Kingdom: perspectives from Wales
Abstract:
This paper explores the new multi-level relationships that exist
in the UK postdevolution. In focusing on Wales, it uses two case studies
to test some key propositions around system weaknesses; namely, poor
intelligence and inadequate collaboration and communication between the
'centre' and the devolved nations. The paper suggests that this has
resulted in unbalanced relationships and underdeveloped policy learning
between the nations of the UK.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 31-38
Issue: 1
Volume: 35
Year: 2015
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2015.986862
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Author-Name: Duncan McTavish
Author-X-Name-First: Duncan
Author-X-Name-Last: McTavish
Title: Aspects of complex government: politics, nation states and multi-level government
Abstract:
The complexities of governing in the multi-level government
environment can be illustrated in the variety of arrangements for
government within the nation state. These are often grounded in
multi-level systems within the state, yet may be part of a process of
'denationalization' of politics. This paper outlines the impact of the
denationalization of politics, specifically in the case of Europe, in the
context of the supra-national EU dimension beyond the level of the state.
It goes on to explore a number of multi-level systems (the UK, Belgium,
Canada and to a lesser extent Spain) commenting on the stability and
sustainability of current arrangements.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 39-46
Issue: 1
Volume: 35
Year: 2015
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2015.986863
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Author-Name: Tobias Jung
Author-X-Name-First: Tobias
Author-X-Name-Last: Jung
Author-Name: Jenny Harrow
Author-X-Name-First: Jenny
Author-X-Name-Last: Harrow
Title: New development: Philanthropy in networked governance-treading with care
Abstract:
While philanthropy is widely seen as a way of filling the void
left by cuts in public services, reflective debates on philanthropy, its
roles and challenges, are rare. The authors outline key facets of
philanthropy, as expressed through philanthropic foundations and trusts,
that require further exploration within networked governance debates: our
limited understanding of philanthropy and of philanthropic foundations;
the increasingly neoliberal discourse of and on philanthropy; and the
extent of philanthropy's potential and achievements.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 47-52
Issue: 1
Volume: 35
Year: 2015
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2015.986880
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Author-Name: Edoardo Ongaro
Author-X-Name-First: Edoardo
Author-X-Name-Last: Ongaro
Title: New development: The descriptive and explanatory power of multilevel governance in the 'hard case' of dis-uniting political unions
Abstract:
This article explains the major influence that choices over
currency in multi-level political unions can have. This applies to the UK
in relation to the EU, since the UK is a member of the EU without having
adopted its common currency, and hypothetically could have applied to
relations between Scotland and the UK had the 2014 referendum been for an
independent Scotland. The choice of the currency as a key path-making
decision has already set the UK on a path divergent from the path on which
eurozone countries are set. This consideration may be used as an argument
for assuaging the impact of leaving the EU by advocates of the UK leaving
the EU, or at the opposite it might be used as an argument for the UK not
leaving. Historical new institutionalism, revised neo-functionalism, and
frameworks drawn from the multilevel governance (MLG) literature are
employed to underpin the argument.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 53-56
Issue: 1
Volume: 35
Year: 2015
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2015.986881
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Author-Name: Matt Qvortrup
Author-X-Name-First: Matt
Author-X-Name-Last: Qvortrup
Title: New development: The courts and multi-level governance-some comparative perspectives on the emerging jurisprudence of the UK Supreme Court
Abstract:
In federal systems the courts are accorded the important role of
policing the boundaries of the constitutionally specified powers given to
the legislature and the executive. The devolution statutes enacted by the
UK parliament have created a semi-federal system, in which the courts
increasingly have been called upon to adjudicate on whether sub-national
legislative bodies have acted ultra vires. Following a comparative
overview of the theory and practice of court adjudication in overseas
systems of multi-level governance, the leading cases of the British
Supreme Court and the House of Lords are considered. It is proposed that
Britain-almost by default-has become a semi-federal court somewhat akin to
the US Supreme Court and the German Bundesverfassungsgericht.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 57-61
Issue: 1
Volume: 35
Year: 2015
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2015.986882
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Author-Name: Wolfgang Drechsler
Author-X-Name-First: Wolfgang
Author-X-Name-Last: Drechsler
Title: Debate: Islamic PA-does it exist, what is it, and why and how should we study it?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 63-64
Issue: 1
Volume: 35
Year: 2015
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2015.986885
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Author-Name: Graham Sansom
Author-X-Name-First: Graham
Author-X-Name-Last: Sansom
Title: Debate: The case for local government amalgamations in Sydney: fact and Fiction
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 65-66
Issue: 1
Volume: 35
Year: 2015
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2015.986886
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Author-Name: Ian McNay
Author-X-Name-First: Ian
Author-X-Name-Last: McNay
Title: Debate: Does research quality assessment increase output and give value for money?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 67-68
Issue: 1
Volume: 35
Year: 2015
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2015.986888
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Author-Name: Sheila Ellwood
Author-X-Name-First: Sheila
Author-X-Name-Last: Ellwood
Author-Name: Naomi Chambers
Author-X-Name-First: Naomi
Author-X-Name-Last: Chambers
Author-Name: Sue Llewellyn
Author-X-Name-First: Sue
Author-X-Name-Last: Llewellyn
Author-Name: Chris Begkos
Author-X-Name-First: Chris
Author-X-Name-Last: Begkos
Author-Name: Chris Wood
Author-X-Name-First: Chris
Author-X-Name-Last: Wood
Title: Debate: Achieving the benefits of patient-level costing-open book or can't look?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 69-70
Issue: 1
Volume: 35
Year: 2015
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2015.986893
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Author-Name: Mark Hellowell
Author-X-Name-First: Mark
Author-X-Name-Last: Hellowell
Author-Name: Veronica Vecchi
Author-X-Name-First: Veronica
Author-X-Name-Last: Vecchi
Author-Name: Stefano Caselli
Author-X-Name-First: Stefano
Author-X-Name-Last: Caselli
Title: Return of the state? An appraisal of policies to enhance access to credit for infrastructure-based PPPs
Abstract:
The global financial crisis had a major impact on the cost and
availability of finance for infrastructure-based public-private
partnerships (PPPs). In response, policy-makers have introduced models of
'credit-enhancement' that aim to reduce the risk faced by private
investors and attract additional capital into the market. Other policies
involve hybrid structures in which public capital substitutes for private
finance. The emergence of capital constraints in recent years has resulted
from increased sensitivity among investors to liquidity risks and capital
adequacy regulations, rather than credit risks. Models of
credit-enhancement therefore fail to target the source of the problem
directly and distort incentive structures. Given liquid and efficient
markets for government debt, the authors conclude that a policy in which
the provision of public finance is combined with enhanced risk-bearing by
private financiers is likely to be optimal.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 71-78
Issue: 1
Volume: 35
Year: 2015
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2015.986896
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Author-Name: David McKevitt
Author-X-Name-First: David
Author-X-Name-Last: McKevitt
Author-Name: Paul Davis
Author-X-Name-First: Paul
Author-X-Name-Last: Davis
Title: How to interact, when and with whom? SMEs and public procurement
Abstract:
Research consistently shows that small and medium enterprises
(SMEs) struggle with public procurement processes. The aim of this paper
is to extend the research agenda using the lens of supplier development.
Dyadic mentoring theory is used to classify three role sets that buyers
are willing to use in order to develop small firms. This paper's findings
distinguish budget holders from traditional buyers in terms of how and
what processes they are willing to use to develop SMEs. Role theory is
used in the paper to explain the different mentor behaviours.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 79-86
Issue: 1
Volume: 35
Year: 2015
Month: 1
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Author-Name: Daniel Albalate
Author-X-Name-First: Daniel
Author-X-Name-Last: Albalate
Author-Name: Germ� Bel
Author-X-Name-First: Germ�
Author-X-Name-Last: Bel
Author-Name: R. Richard Geddes
Author-X-Name-First: R. Richard
Author-X-Name-Last: Geddes
Title: The determinants of contractual choice for private involvement in infrastructure projects
Abstract:
Numerous studies have examined the determinants of private
participation in infrastructure projects. We depart from this simple
public/private dichotomy by empirically examining a rich set of
contractual arrangements. Infrastructure characteristics, particularly
those that reflect 'stand alone' versus network characteristics, are key
factors influencing the extent of private participation. Fiscal variables
as well as basic controls, such as population and locality of government,
increase the degree of private participation. A greater tax burden reduces
private participation.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 87-94
Issue: 1
Volume: 35
Year: 2015
Month: 1
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Author-Name: J. Gordon Murray
Author-X-Name-First: J. Gordon
Author-X-Name-Last: Murray
Title: Editorial
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 95-98
Issue: 2
Volume: 35
Year: 2015
Month: 3
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Author-Name: David McKevitt
Author-X-Name-First: David
Author-X-Name-Last: McKevitt
Title: Debate: Value for money-in search of a definition
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 99-100
Issue: 2
Volume: 35
Year: 2015
Month: 3
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Author-Name: Liesel Henn
Author-X-Name-First: Liesel
Author-X-Name-Last: Henn
Author-Name: Michael B. Charles
Author-X-Name-First: Michael B.
Author-X-Name-Last: Charles
Author-Name: Neil Douglas
Author-X-Name-First: Neil
Author-X-Name-Last: Douglas
Author-Name: Keith Sloan
Author-X-Name-First: Keith
Author-X-Name-Last: Sloan
Title: Debate: Multi-criteria framework needed to assess alternative financing methods for large-scale projects
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 100-102
Issue: 2
Volume: 35
Year: 2015
Month: 3
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Author-Name: Paulo R. C. Reis
Author-X-Name-First: Paulo R. C.
Author-X-Name-Last: Reis
Author-Name: Sandro Cabral
Author-X-Name-First: Sandro
Author-X-Name-Last: Cabral
Title: Public procurement strategy: the impacts of a preference programme for small and micro businesses
Abstract:
The authors assess the impact of a public procurement programme
designed to encourage small and micro businesses (SMBs) in Brazil to take
part in public procurement auctions. The programme had no effect on
contracted prices. However, SMBs were more likely to have their contracts
terminated as a result of poor performance. Implications for theory and
for practice internationally are discussed in this paper.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 103-110
Issue: 2
Volume: 35
Year: 2015
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2015.1007704
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Author-Name: Anthony Flynn
Author-X-Name-First: Anthony
Author-X-Name-Last: Flynn
Author-Name: Paul Davis
Author-X-Name-First: Paul
Author-X-Name-Last: Davis
Title: The rhetoric and reality of SME-friendly procurement
Abstract:
Small- and medium-sized enterprise-friendly policies are central
to public procurement. The extent to which these policies have been put
into practice has gone largely untested. To address this gap, a survey of
SMEs' reported experiences of policy implementation was conducted. Ireland
served as the research context. Policy implementation was found to be
limited. Company size was a significant predictor of SMEs' experiences,
with micro-enterprises more negative than small or medium-sized
enterprises. The authors explain the policy-practice divide and make
recommendations for improvement.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 111-118
Issue: 2
Volume: 35
Year: 2015
Month: 3
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Author-Name: Jolien Grandia
Author-X-Name-First: Jolien
Author-X-Name-Last: Grandia
Title: The role of change agents in sustainable public procurement projects
Abstract:
In the procurement process the decisions of project teams
determine if the potential of sustainable procurement is attained. To
optimize this, project teams should be encouraged to adopt new behaviour.
The academic literature awards an encouraging role to the change agent. A
comparison of the role of change agents in seven Dutch public procurement
projects shows that change agents play an important role in sustainable
procurement projects and help project teams progress towards sustainable
procurement.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 119-126
Issue: 2
Volume: 35
Year: 2015
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2015.1007706
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Author-Name: Mark Crowder
Author-X-Name-First: Mark
Author-X-Name-Last: Crowder
Title: Public procurement: the role of cognitive heuristics
Abstract:
Public procurement processes have been extensively studied, but
previous research has not sought to explain public procurement in terms of
cognitive heuristics. This paper examines the award of a large public
sector contract and outlines how the decisions were made. Heuristics were
used throughout the process. Three heuristics-EBA, conjunctive, and
WADD-were used in combination to reduce the number of bidders for the
contract from a somewhat unmanageable 63 down to four. This paper allows
the underlying stages to be viewed from this perspective and therefore it
explores procurement in a way that sheds new light on the processes
involved.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 127-134
Issue: 2
Volume: 35
Year: 2015
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2015.1007707
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Author-Name: Tessa Wright
Author-X-Name-First: Tessa
Author-X-Name-Last: Wright
Title: New development: Can 'social value' requirements on public authorities be used in procurement to increase women's participation in the UK construction industry?
Abstract:
Public authorities in the UK are only starting to become aware of
the requirement of the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012 to consider
additional economic, social and environmental benefits in the
commissioning of services. This article argues, based on a pilot study of
the Women into Construction project in London, that the legislation can be
an additional spur to address women's under-representation in the
construction industry, contributing to reducing occupational gender
segregation, which is a factor in the persistent gender pay gap.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 135-140
Issue: 2
Volume: 35
Year: 2015
Month: 3
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Author-Name: Helen Walker
Author-X-Name-First: Helen
Author-X-Name-Last: Walker
Title: New development: Public procurement research at IPSERA-aligning research and practice, and future trends
Abstract:
This article considers public procurement papers presented at the
recent annual conferences of the International Purchasing and Supply
Education and Research Association (IPSERA). It reflects on whether the
studies presented at IPSERA align with public procurement priorities. It
identifies congruence between research and practice, but also areas in
which research is leading practice, such studies of sourcing from low-cost
countries, service delivery and risk management. Future trends in public
procurement research are then discussed.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 141-144
Issue: 2
Volume: 35
Year: 2015
Month: 3
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Author-Name: Jan Stejskal
Author-X-Name-First: Jan
Author-X-Name-Last: Stejskal
Author-Name: Petr H�jek
Author-X-Name-First: Petr
Author-X-Name-Last: H�jek
Title: Evaluating the economic value of a public service-the case of the Municipal Library of Prague
Abstract:
To allocate public resources efficiently, governments need
accurate information about the performance and effectiveness of public
institutions. This paper presents a new approach to valuing public
services, using the example of the Municipal Library of Prague (MLP). The
contingent valuation method was used with a focus on library users'
willingness to pay for individual library services. The result is an
overview of the perceived value of the MLP's services and its return on
public investment. The proposed methodology could be used for other public
services, such as healthcare or education.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 145-152
Issue: 2
Volume: 35
Year: 2015
Month: 3
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Author-Name: Tom Ward
Author-X-Name-First: Tom
Author-X-Name-Last: Ward
Title: The Irish parliament and the scrutiny of departmental performance reports
Abstract:
The public service reform agenda across the OECD has seen the
roll-out of performance-reporting initiatives, which emphasise the results
of public spending and enable parliaments to hold senior officials and
ministers to account for performance. But do parliaments actually engage
with this information? This paper examines the extent to which the Irish
parliament (D�il Éireann) engaged with departmental performance
reports and finds that reports were largely ignored in D�il
Éireann's discussions on the annual budget. The paper concludes
with a discussion on barriers to parliamentary engagement with performance
information.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 153-160
Issue: 2
Volume: 35
Year: 2015
Month: 3
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Author-Name: Sandra G. Leggat
Author-X-Name-First: Sandra G.
Author-X-Name-Last: Leggat
Author-Name: Timothy Bartram
Author-X-Name-First: Timothy
Author-X-Name-Last: Bartram
Author-Name: Pauline Stanton
Author-X-Name-First: Pauline
Author-X-Name-Last: Stanton
Author-Name: Greg J. Bamber
Author-X-Name-First: Greg J.
Author-X-Name-Last: Bamber
Author-Name: Amrik S. Sohal
Author-X-Name-First: Amrik S.
Author-X-Name-Last: Sohal
Title: Have process redesign methods, such as Lean, been successful in changing care delivery in hospitals? A systematic review
Abstract:
A systematic literature review identified 41 studies, including
four reviews, reporting on process redesign interventions in hospitals.
Success factors for the changes included mechanisms to facilitate
participation throughout the process, clearly documented protocols and
expectations for the health professionals which were supported by
education, mechanisms to audit and provide feedback on behaviours and
performance, as well as being able to hold the participating health
professionals accountable. The success of process redesign methodologies
is found to be highly dependent on these performance-based human resource
management (HRM) practices.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 161-168
Issue: 2
Volume: 35
Year: 2015
Month: 3
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Author-Name: Sophie Flemig
Author-X-Name-First: Sophie
Author-X-Name-Last: Flemig
Title: New development: A game of responsibility? The regulation of health and social care professionals
Abstract:
The UK's law commissions in a recent joint report have recommended
that individual regulatory bodies for medical and other healthcare
professions receive more decision-making power and that procedural
regulation (for example fitness to practice proceedings) be standardized.
Patient wellbeing and professional standing of practitioners are likely to
be deeply affected. The legislative process needs to be scrutinized
closely to ascertain that government and regulatory bodies do not use the
reform to shirk accountability and engage in a blame game.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 169-171
Issue: 2
Volume: 35
Year: 2015
Month: 3
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Author-Name: Andrew Massey
Author-X-Name-First: Andrew
Author-X-Name-Last: Massey
Title: Editorial
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 173-174
Issue: 3
Volume: 35
Year: 2015
Month: 5
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Author-Name: David Walker
Author-X-Name-First: David
Author-X-Name-Last: Walker
Title: Debate: Accounting for Hodge
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 174-176
Issue: 3
Volume: 35
Year: 2015
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2015.1027486
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Author-Name: Jenny Harrow
Author-X-Name-First: Jenny
Author-X-Name-Last: Harrow
Author-Name: Tobias Jung
Author-X-Name-First: Tobias
Author-X-Name-Last: Jung
Title: Debate: Thou shalt have impact, total impact--government involvement in philanthropic foundations' decision-making
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 176-178
Issue: 3
Volume: 35
Year: 2015
Month: 5
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Author-Name: Sandra Cohen
Author-X-Name-First: Sandra
Author-X-Name-Last: Cohen
Author-Name: Sotirios Karatzimas
Author-X-Name-First: Sotirios
Author-X-Name-Last: Karatzimas
Title: Debate: Reforming Greek government accounting
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 178-180
Issue: 3
Volume: 35
Year: 2015
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2015.1027489
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Author-Name: Christopher Pollitt
Author-X-Name-First: Christopher
Author-X-Name-Last: Pollitt
Title: Wickedness will not wait: climate change and public management research
Abstract:
This paper shows that climate change is a 'wicked' problem, which
presents multiple challenges for public management. These challenges are
already with us, but are likely to increase in the short and medium terms,
possibly very rapidly. Academic public management research appears to have
been slow to address these issues. Yet potentially there are several
strong points of contact between climate change issues and current public
management research themes. This will, however, require interdisciplinary
and international approaches.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 181-186
Issue: 3
Volume: 35
Year: 2015
Month: 5
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Author-Name: Carole Talbot
Author-X-Name-First: Carole
Author-X-Name-Last: Talbot
Author-Name: Colin Talbot
Author-X-Name-First: Colin
Author-X-Name-Last: Talbot
Title: Bridging the academic-policy-making gap: practice and policy issues
Abstract:
How policy-makers engage with academics is both a current 'hot'
topic and a perennial problem. Policy initiatives such as the Research
Excellence Framework's (REF) so-called 'impact agenda' have 'pushed'
academics towards seeking more such engagement, whilst others 'pull'
towards it, such as 'open policy-making'. Apart from some biographical
accounts and case studies, surprisingly little is known at a more general
level about how policy-makers do actually engage with academic research
and expertise. Analysis of these policies, as well as empirical evidence
from the British civil service, suggest these engagements may be
generating more 'endarkenment' (to use Weiss's term) than
enlightenment.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 187-194
Issue: 3
Volume: 35
Year: 2015
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2015.1027491
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Author-Name: Moira Fischbacher-Smith
Author-X-Name-First: Moira
Author-X-Name-Last: Fischbacher-Smith
Title: Mind the gaps: managing difference in partnership working
Abstract:
Community health partnerships in Scotland were given a renewed
centrality in health policy during 2014. They have, however, experienced
mixed success in their 10-year history. Drawing on interviews with senior
managers in a large community health partnership, this paper highlights
the challenges of leading and managing change and integration across
organizational boundaries, seeks to learn from the failures that occurred,
and considers the implications for policy implementation in the
future.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 195-202
Issue: 3
Volume: 35
Year: 2015
Month: 5
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Author-Name: Laurence Ferry
Author-X-Name-First: Laurence
Author-X-Name-Last: Ferry
Author-Name: Peter Eckersley
Author-X-Name-First: Peter
Author-X-Name-Last: Eckersley
Title: Budgeting and governing for deficit reduction in the UK public sector: act three 'accountability and audit arrangements'
Abstract:
This paper explains how the UK central government has changed
accountability and audit arrangements for local government in England,
while retaining its approach to setting annual budgets within the context
of multi-year spending reviews. It highlights how dismantling the
institutions and processes that monitored outputs and outcomes for
spending, such as public service agreements and comprehensive area
assessment, meant that top-down accountability became focused
overwhelmingly on financial conformance rather than organizational
performance for local government. Supplementary reforms to increase the
transparency or 'visibility' of public administration, and thereby enable
greater bottom-up accountability, have resulted in a performance
assessment system that is neither rigorous nor standardized. The overall
result is a weakening of local accountability arrangements.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 203-210
Issue: 3
Volume: 35
Year: 2015
Month: 5
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Author-Name: Rona S. Beattie
Author-X-Name-First: Rona S.
Author-X-Name-Last: Beattie
Author-Name: Frank Crossan
Author-X-Name-First: Frank
Author-X-Name-Last: Crossan
Title: Exploring employee engagement in Scottish nursing at a time of multi-faceted change: developing a research agenda
Abstract:
Given the unprecedented levels and pace of change being
experienced in the UK's National Health Service, it is critical to
maximize the engagement of key staff. This paper identifies the most
important issues that need to be addressed for nurses (the largest group
of NHS employees). The case study for this paper on Scottish nurses in a
new hospital focused on the interaction between feeling valued, involved
and having a voice; and line management support. Themes and challenges for
future empirical research are identified. Lessons from the case study will
find application internationally.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 211-218
Issue: 3
Volume: 35
Year: 2015
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2015.1027497
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Author-Name: Joan Munro
Author-X-Name-First: Joan
Author-X-Name-Last: Munro
Title: Accelerating innovation in local government
Abstract:
This paper examines what local government leaders might do to
achieve more major cost-saving innovations. It brings together the
findings from four UK studies on what encourages innovation in councils,
covering the perspectives of council chief executives, frontline
employees, political leaders and middle managers. It discusses the
similarities and the differences between different groups' views. It
suggests the most important actions local government leaders might take to
successfully implement more significant innovations more quickly.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 219-226
Issue: 3
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Year: 2015
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2015.1027498
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Author-Name: Paolo Esposito
Author-X-Name-First: Paolo
Author-X-Name-Last: Esposito
Author-Name: Paolo Ricci
Author-X-Name-First: Paolo
Author-X-Name-Last: Ricci
Title: How to turn public (dis)value into new public value? Evidence from Italy
Abstract:
Public value is a constant feature in public management studies.
This paper examines the practices which may effectively determine public
disvalue in the sense of 'public value destruction'. The authors present
empirical evidence from the Italian public sector, focusing on the factors
that determine public disvalue, and how new public value has been created
by the management of assets and properties seized from mafia
organizations.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 227-231
Issue: 3
Volume: 35
Year: 2015
Month: 5
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Author-Name: Camilla Adelle
Author-X-Name-First: Camilla
Author-X-Name-Last: Adelle
Author-Name: Donald Macrae
Author-X-Name-First: Donald
Author-X-Name-Last: Macrae
Author-Name: Andreja Marusic
Author-X-Name-First: Andreja
Author-X-Name-Last: Marusic
Author-Name: Faisal Naru
Author-X-Name-First: Faisal
Author-X-Name-Last: Naru
Title: New development: Regulatory impact assessment in developing countries--tales from the road to good governance
Abstract:
This article sets out the challenges facing the practice of
regulatory impact assessment (RIA) in developing countries and then goes
on to propose a set of guiding principles with which to attempt to
overcome these. The discussion is based on the findings of a practitioner
workshop held at the University of Pretoria, South Africa.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 233-238
Issue: 3
Volume: 35
Year: 2015
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2015.1027500
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Author-Name: Nick Sciulli
Author-X-Name-First: Nick
Author-X-Name-Last: Sciulli
Title: New development: Flood events continue to raise issues of public sector accountability
Abstract:
Climate change scientists argue that there is a link between
climate change and the frequency and severity of extreme weather events.
The catastrophic consequences of these natural disasters on human life,
agriculture and infrastructure calls into question the role and
responsibility of governments in managing such events. Mixed messages are
being communicated by governments to the public from one extreme
advocating the provision of as much assistance as required to rebuild
communities following an extreme weather event, to policies being
developed encouraging communities to become more resilient. Seemingly,
there is no contradiction in following both approaches, however, it is
currently not clear the extent of responsibility and accountability for
protecting its citizens versus the onus on the community to defend itself
from natural disasters. This paper explores these themes from the
perspective of local government in relation to the devastating floods that
hit Victoria, Australia in 2010/11.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 239-244
Issue: 3
Volume: 35
Year: 2015
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2015.1027501
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Author-Name: Suzana Grubnic
Author-X-Name-First: Suzana
Author-X-Name-Last: Grubnic
Author-Name: Ian Thomson
Author-X-Name-First: Ian
Author-X-Name-Last: Thomson
Author-Name: Georgios Georgakopoulos
Author-X-Name-First: Georgios
Author-X-Name-Last: Georgakopoulos
Title: New development: Managing and accounting for sustainable development across generations in public services--and call for papers
Abstract:
Social and environmental justice across generations is a
fundamental attribute of sustainable development. In this article, which
is also a call for papers for a future theme in Public Money & Management
(PMM), we develop our case for further research on how governments and
public service organizations seek to address sustainable development in
their decision-making processes. We believe that accounting for social and
environmental aspects is an underdeveloped area of research and practice
that is worthy of further critical enquiry. We therefore call on
researchers and practitioners to submit their research to a themed issue
of PMM on managing and accounting for sustainable development in public
services.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 245-250
Issue: 3
Volume: 35
Year: 2015
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2015.1027502
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Author-Name: Sheila Ellwood
Author-X-Name-First: Sheila
Author-X-Name-Last: Ellwood
Title: Editorial
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 251-251
Issue: 4
Volume: 35
Year: 2015
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2015.1047260
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Author-Name: Noel Hepworth
Author-X-Name-First: Noel
Author-X-Name-Last: Hepworth
Title: Debate: Implementing advanced public financial management reform in developing countries
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 251-253
Issue: 4
Volume: 35
Year: 2015
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2015.1047261
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Author-Name: Caichen Ma
Author-X-Name-First: Caichen
Author-X-Name-Last: Ma
Author-Name: Yunxiao Xu
Author-X-Name-First: Yunxiao
Author-X-Name-Last: Xu
Author-Name: James L. Chan
Author-X-Name-First: James L.
Author-X-Name-Last: Chan
Title: Debate: Wang Anshi and Confucian public management--a rejoinder
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 253-254
Issue: 4
Volume: 35
Year: 2015
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2015.1047263
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Author-Name: Wolfgang Drechsler
Author-X-Name-First: Wolfgang
Author-X-Name-Last: Drechsler
Title: Debate: Once again on Wang Anshi and Confucian public management
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 254-255
Issue: 4
Volume: 35
Year: 2015
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2015.1047264
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Author-Name: Tünde Tátrai
Author-X-Name-First: Tünde
Author-X-Name-Last: Tátrai
Title: Debate: Cutback management through public procurement
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 255-256
Issue: 4
Volume: 35
Year: 2015
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2015.1047265
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Author-Name: David Heald
Author-X-Name-First: David
Author-X-Name-Last: Heald
Author-Name: David Steel
Author-X-Name-First: David
Author-X-Name-Last: Steel
Title: Making the governance of public bodies work: chair-chief executive relationships in practice
Abstract:
The importation, over the past 30 years, of private sector
governance mechanisms into public sector bodies at arm's-length from
government has brought greater focus on the relationship of part-time
non-executive chairs and full-time chief executives. This paper explores
this relationship in 14 UK public bodies, based on in-depth interviews
with chairs, chief executives and, as triangulation, audit committee
chairs. The findings concern the negotiated differentiation of roles; the
effects of the chief executive's separate authority as accounting officer
on internal governance; the management of external stakeholders; and how
crises can affect roles and relationships. Improved processes of training
and mentoring are proposed.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 257-264
Issue: 4
Volume: 35
Year: 2015
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2015.1047266
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Author-Name: Rhys Andrews
Author-X-Name-First: Rhys
Author-X-Name-Last: Andrews
Author-Name: Marc Esteve
Author-X-Name-First: Marc
Author-X-Name-Last: Esteve
Author-Name: Tamyko Ysa
Author-X-Name-First: Tamyko
Author-X-Name-Last: Ysa
Title: Public-private joint ventures: mixing oil and water?
Abstract:
The use of public-private partnerships (PPPs) is one of the most
distinctive features of strategic management in the public sector. One of
the most significant, yet understudied, forms of PPP to emerge in recent
years is the public-private joint venture (PPJV). Unlike contractual PPPs,
in which public organizations specify the service to be provided under
contract by private sector organizations, PPJVs involve the creation of a
new institutional entity that is governed by all of the parties in the
alliance. This paper examines the distinctive character of PPJVs and draws
on documentary and case study evidence to evaluate the ways in which the
mixing of public and private within this important collaborative form can
be managed best.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 265-272
Issue: 4
Volume: 35
Year: 2015
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2015.1047267
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Author-Name: Torbj�rn Tagesson
Author-X-Name-First: Torbj�rn
Author-X-Name-Last: Tagesson
Author-Name: Nicoletta Glinatsi
Author-X-Name-First: Nicoletta
Author-X-Name-Last: Glinatsi
Author-Name: Martina Prahl
Author-X-Name-First: Martina
Author-X-Name-Last: Prahl
Title: Procurement of audit services in the municipal sector: the impact of competition
Abstract:
This paper examines the extent to which price is the determining
factor in the procurement of audit services. In Sweden, 72% of
municipalities chose audit firms with the lowest bid. Both political
competition and competition between audit firms were found to affect
whether price was the decisive criterion or not.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 273-280
Issue: 4
Volume: 35
Year: 2015
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2015.1047270
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Author-Name: Teresa S. Waring
Author-X-Name-First: Teresa S.
Author-X-Name-Last: Waring
Title: Information management and technology strategy development in the UK's acute hospital sector: a maturity model perspective
Abstract:
To integrate systems to provide centralized control, successive UK
governments have funded a large number of IT initiatives in the National
Health Service (NHS) using external management consultants and systems
developers. Many of these projects have failed to deliver. This paper
demonstrates that the historical context of the NHS IM&T strategy and
infrastructure, combined with the pace of technological change, places
acute hospitals in an invidious position when attempting to respond
effectively to key goals set by strategic policy-makers and argues that,
to be successful, they must re-evaluate their implementation
strategies.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 281-288
Issue: 4
Volume: 35
Year: 2015
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2015.1047271
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Author-Name: Glauco De Vita
Author-X-Name-First: Glauco
Author-X-Name-Last: De Vita
Author-Name: Wolfram Berger
Author-X-Name-First: Wolfram
Author-X-Name-Last: Berger
Title: 'Forward guidance': new monetary policy instrument or esoteric fad?
Abstract:
In August 2013, the Bank of England adopted a new monetary policy
known as 'forward guidance'. This paper sheds light on this landmark
moment and this rather obscure policy instrument. The authors unpack the
rationale of this policy, its implementation modality and provide
international evidence on its impact. Important questions are then raised
about whether this policy is needed in the UK, and about the downsides of
this seemingly innocuous monetary experiment.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 289-296
Issue: 4
Volume: 35
Year: 2015
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2015.1047272
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Author-Name: Lucia Giovanelli
Author-X-Name-First: Lucia
Author-X-Name-Last: Giovanelli
Author-Name: Ludovico Marinò
Author-X-Name-First: Ludovico
Author-X-Name-Last: Marinò
Author-Name: Federico Rotondo
Author-X-Name-First: Federico
Author-X-Name-Last: Rotondo
Author-Name: Nicoletta Fadda
Author-X-Name-First: Nicoletta
Author-X-Name-Last: Fadda
Author-Name: Alberto Ezza
Author-X-Name-First: Alberto
Author-X-Name-Last: Ezza
Author-Name: Marta Amadori
Author-X-Name-First: Marta
Author-X-Name-Last: Amadori
Title: Developing a performance evaluation system for the Italian public healthcare sector
Abstract:
The objective of the work described in this paper was to design and test a
new performance evaluation system to be used to plan, monitor and evaluate
the Italian public healthcare authorities' results and support
policy-making. After examining the weak points in existing models and
researching the published academic literature, the new system was
developed by researchers from different backgrounds and with the
involvement of practitioners. The paper illustrates the importance of a
continuous interactive process in designing effective performance
evaluation and monitoring systems.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 297-302
Issue: 4
Volume: 35
Year: 2015
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2015.1047274
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Author-Name: John Martin
Author-X-Name-First: John
Author-X-Name-Last: Martin
Author-Name: Alessandro Spano
Author-X-Name-First: Alessandro
Author-X-Name-Last: Spano
Title: From performance management to strategic local government leadership: lessons from different cultural settings
Abstract:
Effective performance measurement and management is a cornerstone
of contemporary public sector management. As governments at all levels
decide on the most appropriate allocation of resources and the means by
which services are delivered, they need to know the impact of their
decisions over time. Building basic compliance-related information systems
provides the basis on which governments, especially at the local
government level, can make informed strategic choices about local issues.
This paper examines performance management systems in local governments in
Victoria, Australia and Sardinia, Italy. Without a robust
compliance-related performance management information system in place,
council choices around new strategic investments are dubious at
best.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 303-310
Issue: 4
Volume: 35
Year: 2015
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2015.1047276
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Author-Name: Mervyn Stone
Author-X-Name-First: Mervyn
Author-X-Name-Last: Stone
Title: New development: The remarkable insignificance of NHS England's CCG funding formula
Abstract:
This article resolves a long-standing question about the financial
performance of small-area funding bodies in England's National Health
Service--whether or not surpluses or deficits are due to over- or
under-provision of funds relative to what is thought necessary to fund
healthcare, in line with targets set by a funding formula. Multivariate
regression of per capita surplus on the two variables (actual allocation
and target allocation), for the first year of operation of 211 clinical
commissioning groups (CCGs), revealed a decisively insignificant P-value
for the target variable--once account had been taken of the distance of
allocation from target. To help statisticians maintain that the target
formula has no rational basis, this article conjectures that the
correlation of surplus and 'distance from target' is a managerial artefact
divorced from the costs of healthcare provision.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 311-314
Issue: 4
Volume: 35
Year: 2015
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2015.1047277
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Author-Name: Peter Abelson
Author-X-Name-First: Peter
Author-X-Name-Last: Abelson
Author-Name: Roselyne Joyeux
Author-X-Name-First: Roselyne
Author-X-Name-Last: Joyeux
Title: New development: Smoke and mirrors--fallacies in the New South Wales government's views on local government financial capacity
Abstract:
As many readers of Public Money & Management know, the New South
Wales (NSW) government is planning large amalgamations of councils,
especially within metropolitan Sydney, motivated in large part by a quest
for financial savings. The historically weak financial results of many
councils in Sydney have been largely a function of the regulatory
environment, notably rate-pegging, and reflect recent changes in financial
accounting benchmarks. More fundamentally, the financial capacity of local
councils is a function of the income level of the local community and not
of its size or population. In this paper, the authors explain differences
in expenditure per capita by differences in income and services. Larger
councils will not improve financial capacity.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 315-320
Issue: 4
Volume: 35
Year: 2015
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2015.1047278
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Author-Name: Wouter Vandenabeele
Author-X-Name-First: Wouter
Author-X-Name-Last: Vandenabeele
Author-Name: Chris Skelcher
Author-X-Name-First: Chris
Author-X-Name-Last: Skelcher
Title: Review: Public service motivation--practical problems, scientific evidence and the role of a research community
Abstract:
This review article introduces Public Money & Management's theme
papers and articles on public service motivation (PSM). PSM has proven to
be a promising road in creating public performance and public value and
this theme brings it to an even wider audience, ensuring that
policy-makers and those responsible for delivering public services
worldwide are aware of the value of PSM research. The article also
presents new findings about how best to further PSM research.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 321-327
Issue: 5
Volume: 35
Year: 2015
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2015.1061165
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Author-Name: Mark Barrow
Author-X-Name-First: Mark
Author-X-Name-Last: Barrow
Title: Debate: Managing motivation in hard times
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 329-330
Issue: 5
Volume: 35
Year: 2015
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2015.1061166
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Author-Name: Steven Parker
Author-X-Name-First: Steven
Author-X-Name-Last: Parker
Title: Debate: Public service motivation, citizens and leadership roles
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 330-332
Issue: 5
Volume: 35
Year: 2015
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2015.1061167
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Author-Name: Jeannette Taylor
Author-X-Name-First: Jeannette
Author-X-Name-Last: Taylor
Author-Name: Ranald Taylor
Author-X-Name-First: Ranald
Author-X-Name-Last: Taylor
Title: Does the economy matter? Tough times, good times, and public service motivation
Abstract:
This paper describes a pilot study which explored the effects of
different economic conditions on the public service motivation (PSM)
levels of a small group of government and private sector employees in
Malaysia. It address three questions: are the PSM levels of government
employees significantly higher than those of private sector employees; are
the PSM levels of employees significantly influenced by their perceptions
of the external economic environment; and is the relationship between the
economy and PSM affected by the sector of employment? Government
employees' PSM levels were found to be higher than those of the private
sector employees, and were sensitive to perceptions of different economic
conditions.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 333-340
Issue: 5
Volume: 35
Year: 2015
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2015.1061168
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Author-Name: Maria Koumenta
Author-X-Name-First: Maria
Author-X-Name-Last: Koumenta
Title: Public service motivation and organizational citizenship
Abstract:
This paper investigates the relationship between public service
motivation (PSM) and employee performance by adopting a notion of
performance which incorporates extra-role behaviours, such as the
propensity to engage in unpaid overtime, organizational citizenship
behaviours, absenteeism and organizational deviance. It does so in an
underexplored part of the public sector, namely prisons. As well as
providing new explanatory mechanisms for understanding the outcomes of PSM
behaviour and exposing the dark side of PSM, this paper contributes to
debates about the significance of PSM and the consequences of its
absence.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 341-348
Issue: 5
Volume: 35
Year: 2015
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2015.1061169
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Author-Name: Nina Mari van Loon
Author-X-Name-First: Nina Mari
Author-X-Name-Last: van Loon
Author-Name: Wouter Vandenabeele
Author-X-Name-First: Wouter
Author-X-Name-Last: Vandenabeele
Author-Name: Peter Leisink
Author-X-Name-First: Peter
Author-X-Name-Last: Leisink
Title: On the bright and dark side of public service motivation: the relationship between PSM and employee wellbeing
Abstract:
This paper reveals that the relationship between public service
motivation (PSM) and employee wellbeing depends on the societal impact
potential (SIP) through the job and organizational type. In
people-changing organizations, PSM relates to higher burnout and lower job
satisfaction when SIP is high: employees sacrifice themselves too much for
society. However, in people-processing organizations, low SIP relates to
higher burnout and lower job satisfaction: employees experience
frustration if they cannot contribute. This shows that whether PSM relates
positively depends on institutional logics.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 349-356
Issue: 5
Volume: 35
Year: 2015
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2015.1061171
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Author-Name: Sung Min Park
Author-X-Name-First: Sung Min
Author-X-Name-Last: Park
Author-Name: Min Young Kim
Author-X-Name-First: Min Young
Author-X-Name-Last: Kim
Title: Accountability and public service motivation in Korean government agencies
Abstract:
This paper reports on a study in South Korea which looked at the
relationship between public service motivation (PSM) and goal orientation
in that country's public sector. Goal clarity and goal congruence
explained variations in accountability. Affective PSM was especially
important. When individuals were exposed to unstable and ambiguous
organizational environments, the relationship between PSM (especially
affective and norm-based) and accountability was more pronounced. The
theoretical and practical implications and limitations of this research
are explained.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 357-364
Issue: 5
Volume: 35
Year: 2015
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2015.1061178
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Author-Name: Oliver Neumann
Author-X-Name-First: Oliver
Author-X-Name-Last: Neumann
Author-Name: Adrian Ritz
Author-X-Name-First: Adrian
Author-X-Name-Last: Ritz
Title: Public service motivation and rational choice modelling
Abstract:
While most previous research has considered public service
motivation (PSM) as the only motivational factor predicting (public) job
choice, the authors present a novel, rational choice-based model which
includes three motivational dimensions: extrinsic, enjoyment-based
intrinsic and prosocial intrinsic. Besides providing more accurate
person-job fit predictions, this new approach fills a significant research
gap and facilitates future theory building.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 365-370
Issue: 5
Volume: 35
Year: 2015
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2015.1061179
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Author-Name: Susan Newberry
Author-X-Name-First: Susan
Author-X-Name-Last: Newberry
Title: Public sector accounting: shifting concepts of accountability
Abstract:
Allan Barton held strong views about governmental accounting
reforms that failed to recognize the unique characteristics of the public
sector, particularly the need for public accountability. The Allan Barton
memorial lecture of 2013, developed in this paper, pointed out that
Australia's public finance legislation reinforces the need for public
accountability, but through delegated regulatory powers terms such as
accountability and public accountability are undergoing subtle
reinterpretation. At issue is whether IFRS should apply to all
governments, and whether government departments should be viewed as not
publicly accountable and therefore permitted reduced disclosures in their
published financial reports.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 371-376
Issue: 5
Volume: 35
Year: 2015
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2015.1061180
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Author-Name: Yi An
Author-X-Name-First: Yi
Author-X-Name-Last: An
Author-Name: Umesh Sharma
Author-X-Name-First: Umesh
Author-X-Name-Last: Sharma
Title: Challenges of new public management (NPM) in Fiji's public sector. Did an employee share-ownership plan work?
Abstract:
This paper provides insights into the implementation of new public
management (NPM) practices in Telecom Fiji and whether an employee
share-ownership scheme was helpful in the organizational change process.
The adoption of NPM practices in Fiji was part of political, economic and
public sector reforms introduced after 1989 and was required by
international lenders. This paper explains the background and obstacles to
the reforms and how the employee share-ownership scheme persuaded
employees to commercialize the service. The authors make recommendations
for policy-makers in Fiji and other developing countries.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 377-382
Issue: 5
Volume: 35
Year: 2015
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2015.1061182
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Author-Name: Per Christian Ahlgren
Author-X-Name-First: Per Christian
Author-X-Name-Last: Ahlgren
Author-Name: Inger Johanne Pettersen
Author-X-Name-First: Inger Johanne
Author-X-Name-Last: Pettersen
Title: Local government and management control in inter-organizational settings
Abstract:
This paper contributes to the understanding of the challenges that
arise when municipalities outsource services. A qualitative case study of
the relationships between one large municipality in Norway and two
outsourced service providers highlights several issues that complicate
effective management control. The authors conclude that purchaser
competence is a promising avenue for further research and an important
issue that policy-makers need to consider.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 383-389
Issue: 5
Volume: 35
Year: 2015
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2015.1061183
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Author-Name: Andrew Massey
Author-X-Name-First: Andrew
Author-X-Name-Last: Massey
Title: Editorial
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 391-391
Issue: 6
Volume: 35
Year: 2015
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2015.1083678
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Author-Name: Gordon Murray
Author-X-Name-First: Gordon
Author-X-Name-Last: Murray
Title: Debate: A procurement response to ripping-off the NHS
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 391-393
Issue: 6
Volume: 35
Year: 2015
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2015.1083679
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Author-Name: Andy Westwood
Author-X-Name-First: Andy
Author-X-Name-Last: Westwood
Title: Debate: Mind the gap? Why policy-makers and academics don't connect
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 393-395
Issue: 6
Volume: 35
Year: 2015
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2015.1083681
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Author-Name: Joseph Drew
Author-X-Name-First: Joseph
Author-X-Name-Last: Drew
Author-Name: Brian Dollery
Author-X-Name-First: Brian
Author-X-Name-Last: Dollery
Title: Debate: Rejoinder to Sansom (2015)
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 395-396
Issue: 6
Volume: 35
Year: 2015
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2015.1083682
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Author-Name: Ian Ball
Author-X-Name-First: Ian
Author-X-Name-Last: Ball
Title: Debate: Would IPSAS help Greece?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 397-398
Issue: 6
Volume: 35
Year: 2015
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2015.1076954
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Author-Name: Alasdair Macnab
Author-X-Name-First: Alasdair
Author-X-Name-Last: Macnab
Title: Debate: Would outcome costing and integrated reporting link resources to strategy in the public sector?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 399-400
Issue: 6
Volume: 35
Year: 2015
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2015.1083683
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Author-Name: Helen Foster
Author-X-Name-First: Helen
Author-X-Name-Last: Foster
Title: The effectiveness of the Public Accounts Committee in Northern Ireland
Abstract:
The Westminster Public Accounts Committee (PAC) is considered to be one of
the most effective and important parliamentary committees. Devolution in
the late 1990s resulted in the establishment of separate public accounts
committees in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. This paper examines
the effectiveness of the Northern Ireland PAC. Given the consociational
nature of devolved government in Northern Ireland, and the potential for
sectarian politics, the PAC has adopted an independent and non-partisan
approach. Weaknesses identified in the study include a tendency to dwell
on detail, and over-reliance on the Northern Ireland Audit Office.
However, despite these weaknesses the committee has proven to be highly
effective.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 401-408
Issue: 6
Volume: 35
Year: 2015
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2015.1083684
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Author-Name: Ringa Raudla
Author-X-Name-First: Ringa
Author-X-Name-Last: Raudla
Author-Name: Riin Savi
Author-X-Name-First: Riin
Author-X-Name-Last: Savi
Title: The use of performance information in cutback budgeting
Abstract:
This paper explores the use of performance information in budgetary
decision-making during fiscal crisis. The theoretical part of the paper
explains the markedly different predictions produced by the main
theoretical approaches: agency theory, incrementalism, and
interactive-dialogue theory. The empirical study of the Estonian case
demonstrates that, in a fiscal crisis, performance information will not be
used for making budgetary decisions due to time pressure, the political
nature of the budgetary process, and limited analytical capacities.
Lessons are given for international practice and future research.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 409-416
Issue: 6
Volume: 35
Year: 2015
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2015.1083685
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Author-Name: Hasina Rasolonjatovo
Author-X-Name-First: Hasina
Author-X-Name-Last: Rasolonjatovo
Author-Name: Evelyne Lande
Author-X-Name-First: Evelyne
Author-X-Name-Last: Lande
Author-Name: Victor Harison
Author-X-Name-First: Victor
Author-X-Name-Last: Harison
Title: Active asset management: feasibility in Malagasy municipalities
Abstract:
This paper is about the management of public assets in a developing
country: Madagascar. Very little has been published about developing
countries' asset management. Current thinking on effective asset
management is explained and a case study involving two Malagasy
municipalities is described. Although a Western-style model of active
asset management focused on income would not be appropriate in these
municipalities, the authors conclude that there would be major benefits if
the municipalities' asset management departments and leaders could look
further into the future.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 417-422
Issue: 6
Volume: 35
Year: 2015
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2015.1083686
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Author-Name: Tommaso Agasisti
Author-X-Name-First: Tommaso
Author-X-Name-Last: Agasisti
Author-Name: Marika Arena
Author-X-Name-First: Marika
Author-X-Name-Last: Arena
Author-Name: Giuseppe Catalano
Author-X-Name-First: Giuseppe
Author-X-Name-Last: Catalano
Author-Name: Angelo Erbacci
Author-X-Name-First: Angelo
Author-X-Name-Last: Erbacci
Title: Defining spending reviews: a proposal for a taxonomy, with applications to Italy and the UK
Abstract:
After the 2008 global financial crisis, many governments introduced
spending reviews (SRs). The paper provides a valuable definition of the
concept of the SR by proposing a taxonomy of the main organizational and
methodological aspects involved in the SR process. The paper identifies
two different SR models, which feature alternative approaches to cutting
back spending. The authors highlight some important considerations when
looking to make sustainable and sensible cuts in spending.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 423-430
Issue: 6
Volume: 35
Year: 2015
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2015.1083688
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Author-Name: Wenxuan Yu
Author-X-Name-First: Wenxuan
Author-X-Name-Last: Yu
Author-Name: Liang Ma
Author-X-Name-First: Liang
Author-X-Name-Last: Ma
Title: External government performance evaluation in China: a case study of the 'Lien service-oriented government project'
Abstract:
External government evaluation projects are playing an increasingly
important role in holding government in China accountable to the public.
This paper looks at a large-scale project funded by a philanthropic
institution. The 'Lien service-oriented government project' has been
monitoring government performance in mainland China since 2010. The case
study highlights the challenges faced by performance evaluation projects
in China, as well as their potential.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 431-437
Issue: 6
Volume: 35
Year: 2015
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2015.1083689
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Author-Name: Samuel Carpintero
Author-X-Name-First: Samuel
Author-X-Name-Last: Carpintero
Author-Name: Matti Siemiatycki
Author-X-Name-First: Matti
Author-X-Name-Last: Siemiatycki
Title: PPP projects in local infrastructure: evidence from schools in the Madrid region, Spain
Abstract:
This paper analyses the use of public-private partnerships (PPPs) for the
procurement of new grant-aided schools in the Madrid region, Spain from
2005 to 2012. The procurement was large: 56 schools, providing education
for about 60,000 students, with a total investment of around 650 million
euro. The authors explain why this procurement has been so successful:
unlike some school PPP projects in other countries and some PPP projects
in other parts of the public service in Spain.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 439-446
Issue: 6
Volume: 35
Year: 2015
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2015.1083690
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Author-Name: Yunxiao Xu
Author-X-Name-First: Yunxiao
Author-X-Name-Last: Xu
Author-Name: Quanshe Yang
Author-X-Name-First: Quanshe
Author-X-Name-Last: Yang
Title: New development: China's budget law and local debt
Abstract:
China's 20-year-old budget law has been revised to give greater power to
the legislature and re-orient annual budgeting to a multi-year fiscal
framework. In addition, provincial governments are now able to issue
bonds. If the goals of these reform measures are realized, the
institutional foundations for China's fiscal policy and management will be
substantially strengthened. However, the authors are concerned that the
authorities may have underestimated the technical challenges involved.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 447-450
Issue: 6
Volume: 35
Year: 2015
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2015.1083691
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Author-Name: James L. Chan
Author-X-Name-First: James L.
Author-X-Name-Last: Chan
Title: New development: China promotes government financial accounting and management accounting
Abstract:
In late 2013, China's political leadership decided to require the
government to practice accrual accounting and prepare whole-of-government
financial reports. This decision was codified in the new budget law and
followed up by a State Council directive endorsing the reform proposal of
the Ministry of Finance. Some basic government accounting standards have
been made public for comment. In the same timeframe, the ministry also
decided to promote management accounting in order to raise the competency
and contributions of China's millions of accounting personnel.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 451-454
Issue: 6
Volume: 35
Year: 2015
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2015.1083692
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Author-Name: Rob Wilson
Author-X-Name-First: Rob
Author-X-Name-Last: Wilson
Author-Name: Paul Jackson
Author-X-Name-First: Paul
Author-X-Name-Last: Jackson
Author-Name: Martin Ferguson
Author-X-Name-First: Martin
Author-X-Name-Last: Ferguson
Title: Editorial: Science or alchemy in collaborative public service? Challenges and future directions for the management and organization of joined-up government
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 1-4
Issue: 1
Volume: 36
Year: 2016
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1103408
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Author-Name: Charlotte Pell
Author-X-Name-First: Charlotte
Author-X-Name-Last: Pell
Title: Debate: Against collaboration
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 4-5
Issue: 1
Volume: 36
Year: 2016
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1103410
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Author-Name: Ailsa Cameron
Author-X-Name-First: Ailsa
Author-X-Name-Last: Cameron
Title: What have we learnt about joint working between health and social care?
Abstract:
Joint working between local authorities and the National Health Service
(NHS) has been an integral part of health and social care policy in the
United Kingdom for many years. Using evidence from two literature reviews
this paper argues that there is little indication that joint working
delivers the outcomes envisaged in policy. While recent reforms may be
beginning to influence improvements, they are undermined by constant
reform and professional scepticism.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 7-14
Issue: 1
Volume: 36
Year: 2016
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1103411
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Author-Name: Alex Gillett
Author-X-Name-First: Alex
Author-X-Name-Last: Gillett
Author-Name: Kim Loader
Author-X-Name-First: Kim
Author-X-Name-Last: Loader
Author-Name: Bob Doherty
Author-X-Name-First: Bob
Author-X-Name-Last: Doherty
Author-Name: Jonathan M. Scott
Author-X-Name-First: Jonathan M.
Author-X-Name-Last: Scott
Title: A multi-organizational cross-sectoral collaboration: empirical evidence from an 'Empty Homes' project
Abstract:
This paper analyses the processes, outcomes and tensions of a
cross-sectoral collaborative venture involving several organizations with
multiple logics and is based on empirical evidence from a collaborative
'Empty Homes' project. While, paradoxically, multiple logics are a basis
for the partnership's existence (for example 'value for money' and local
community benefit) to achieve these different aims simultaneously, its
other aims or logics at times conflicted, resulting in intra-partnership
tensions. Hence we offer novel insights into the practical aspects of
collaboration at a local level and on multi-organizational relationships.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 15-22
Issue: 1
Volume: 36
Year: 2016
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1103413
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Author-Name: Alistair Bowden
Author-X-Name-First: Alistair
Author-X-Name-Last: Bowden
Author-Name: Malgorzata Ciesielska
Author-X-Name-First: Malgorzata
Author-X-Name-Last: Ciesielska
Title: Ecomuseums as cross-sector partnerships: governance, strategy and leadership
Abstract:
Ecomuseums are attracting increasing attention as means of preserving
heritage and also impacting positively on social and economic issues. This
paper contrasts ecomuseums with previous forms of cross-sector
partnerships. The authors focus on the governance, strategy and leadership
of the Flodden 1513 Ecomuseum. The findings have lessons for ecomuseums
and other cross-sector partnerships both in and outside the UK.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 23-30
Issue: 1
Volume: 36
Year: 2016
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1103414
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Author-Name: Pekka Valkama
Author-X-Name-First: Pekka
Author-X-Name-Last: Valkama
Author-Name: Darinka Asenova
Author-X-Name-First: Darinka
Author-X-Name-Last: Asenova
Author-Name: Stephen J. Bailey
Author-X-Name-First: Stephen J.
Author-X-Name-Last: Bailey
Title: Risk management challenges of shared public services: a comparative analysis of Scotland and Finland
Abstract:
This paper analyses the risk management challenges of shared service
provision in Scotland and Finland. Policy context and institutional
frameworks largely determine the local choice of organizational
arrangements and so the risks that arise and the way they are shared.
Finnish municipalities have developed joint municipal arrangements for
sharing services, whereas Scotland's shared service challenges are related
to the historical separation of health and social care services and the
search for cost savings while improving service effectiveness.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 31-38
Issue: 1
Volume: 36
Year: 2016
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1103415
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Author-Name: Elizabeth Eppel
Author-X-Name-First: Elizabeth
Author-X-Name-Last: Eppel
Author-Name: Miriam Lips
Author-X-Name-First: Miriam
Author-X-Name-Last: Lips
Title: Unpacking the black box of successful ICT-enabled service transformation: how to join up the vertical, the horizontal and the technical
Abstract:
This paper aims to understand what goes on in the black box of successful,
joined-up ICT-enabled service transformation, where complex interactions
and integration must occur among the horizontal processes internal to a
joined-up service delivery network, the vertical top-down processes of the
organizations involved, and the change processes caused by using ICTs. A
new conceptual framework is developed and applied to an illustrative case
study of successful, joined-up service transformation in New Zealand.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 39-46
Issue: 1
Volume: 36
Year: 2016
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1103417
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Author-Name: Ally R. Memon
Author-X-Name-First: Ally R.
Author-X-Name-Last: Memon
Author-Name: Tony Kinder
Author-X-Name-First: Tony
Author-X-Name-Last: Kinder
Title: Changing management roles in the Scottish NHS: implications for management learning and development
Abstract:
The UK government's austerity means that public service providers, such as
the National Health Service (NHS), are looking for efficiencies from
service integration and collaborative working. This paper highlights how
NHS (Scotland) management is coping with these changes and how the role of
the manager and the nature of management development is being transformed.
New forms and processes of management learning and development are needed
for collaborative partnership working in multi-agency public service
environments.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 47-54
Issue: 1
Volume: 36
Year: 2016
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1103418
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Author-Name: Jan Myers
Author-X-Name-First: Jan
Author-X-Name-Last: Myers
Author-Name: John Maddocks
Author-X-Name-First: John
Author-X-Name-Last: Maddocks
Title: New development: Mutual solutions to shaping public service delivery
Abstract:
There have been a number of developments in approaches to public service
delivery in the UK, partly as a response to austerity measures, as well as
a shift to new models of public sector, private and third sector
provision. This article considers the development of public service
mutuals--those organizations that have spun out of the public sector, and
where employees of the new providers play a key role in shaping and
delivering public services at local and national levels. The authors
identify areas where further work is needed to better understand these new
models and to consider whether the perceived benefits associated with
traditional mutual models are applicable when applied to public service
provision.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 55-60
Issue: 1
Volume: 36
Year: 2016
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1103419
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Author-Name: Steven Parker
Author-X-Name-First: Steven
Author-X-Name-Last: Parker
Title: New development: Reconnecting public service ethos and multi-agency collaboration. What are the possibilities and prospects for new local collaborative environments?
Abstract:
The public service ethos (PSE) is typically portrayed as the
responsibility of public officers working for the public good, or
described negatively as requiring intervention from the private sector.
This article explores the relationship between the ethos and collaboration
informed by findings from an empirical case study of public officers. It
ends by identifying future avenues for research on the PSE by setting out
possibilities and prospects for new local collaborative environments.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 61-66
Issue: 1
Volume: 36
Year: 2016
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1103420
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Author-Name: Tony Bovaird
Author-X-Name-First: Tony
Author-X-Name-Last: Bovaird
Title: The ins and outs of outsourcing and insourcing: what have we learnt from the past 30 years?
Abstract:
This paper explores recent experience with outsourcing of public services.
It highlights how approaches to outsourcing have evolved during the past
30 years, moving through phases of competitive tendering, partnership
working, strategic commissioning, prime contracting and, more recently,
insourcing. The paper finishes with 10 lessons for commissioners and
service providers which can be drawn from these experiences.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 67-74
Issue: 1
Volume: 36
Year: 2016
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2015.1093298
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Author-Name: Andrew Massey
Author-X-Name-First: Andrew
Author-X-Name-Last: Massey
Title: Editorial: PMM has a real-world impact
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 75-76
Issue: 2
Volume: 36
Year: 2016
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1118922
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Author-Name: Jurgen Willems
Author-X-Name-First: Jurgen
Author-X-Name-Last: Willems
Title: Debate: Should public management research be more interdisciplinary?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 76-78
Issue: 2
Volume: 36
Year: 2016
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1118924
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Author-Name: Christopher Pollitt
Author-X-Name-First: Christopher
Author-X-Name-Last: Pollitt
Title: Debate: Climate change--the ultimate wicked issue
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 78-80
Issue: 2
Volume: 36
Year: 2016
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1118925
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Author-Name: John Antony Xavier
Author-X-Name-First: John Antony
Author-X-Name-Last: Xavier
Author-Name: Noore Alam Siddiquee
Author-X-Name-First: Noore Alam
Author-X-Name-Last: Siddiquee
Author-Name: Mohd Zin Mohamed
Author-X-Name-First: Mohd Zin
Author-X-Name-Last: Mohamed
Title: The Government Transformation Programme of Malaysia: a successful approach to public service reform
Abstract:
The 2009 Malaysian Government Transformation Programme (GTP) could be
useful as a model for reform given its positive impact on improving public
services in targeted key result areas. This paper assesses the GTP's
approach in the context of the wider debate on whether reforms should be
based on best practices or whether they should be diagnostic or
problem-solving in approach. The GTP's success was largely the result of
blending both approaches. The GTP experience in Malaysia provides a number
of insights and lessons for delivering intelligent reforms quickly and
effectively.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 81-87
Issue: 2
Volume: 36
Year: 2016
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1118927
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Author-Name: Camilla Adelle
Author-X-Name-First: Camilla
Author-X-Name-Last: Adelle
Author-Name: Sabine Weiland
Author-X-Name-First: Sabine
Author-X-Name-Last: Weiland
Author-Name: Jan Dick
Author-X-Name-First: Jan
Author-X-Name-Last: Dick
Author-Name: Diana Gonz�lez Olivo
Author-X-Name-First: Diana
Author-X-Name-Last: Gonz�lez Olivo
Author-Name: Jens Marquardt
Author-X-Name-First: Jens
Author-X-Name-Last: Marquardt
Author-Name: George Rots
Author-X-Name-First: George
Author-X-Name-Last: Rots
Author-Name: Jost W�bbeke
Author-X-Name-First: Jost
Author-X-Name-Last: W�bbeke
Author-Name: Ingo Zasada
Author-X-Name-First: Ingo
Author-X-Name-Last: Zasada
Title: Regulatory impact assessment: a survey of selected developing and emerging economies
Abstract:
This paper reports on a survey of regulatory impact assessment (RIA) in 16
developing and emerging economies. RIA was playing an increasing role in
these countries: eight had introduced RIA in the past 10 years; one had
recently redesigned its existing RIA system; another had a long-standing
RIA system in place. However, RIA was at an early stage of development in
the majority of cases and six countries did not practise RIA.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 89-96
Issue: 2
Volume: 36
Year: 2016
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1118930
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Author-Name: Alistair Brown
Author-X-Name-First: Alistair
Author-X-Name-Last: Brown
Title: Reporting issues challenging the National Roads Authority of Papua New Guinea: the case for using local indigenous mechanisms
Abstract:
For many years, considerable resources have been expended on the National
Roads Authority of Papua New Guinea to help build up and maintain the road
assets for the economic and social development of Papua New Guinea.
Evidence from the audit reports of the auditor-general of Papua New Guinea
suggests that there appears room to improve the reporting and
accountability of this authority through local indigenous mechanisms. The
paper is an important warning for donor organizations about opportunism
and how to prevent it (and worse).
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 97-103
Issue: 2
Volume: 36
Year: 2016
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1118931
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Author-Name: Graham Manville
Author-X-Name-First: Graham
Author-X-Name-Last: Manville
Author-Name: Richard Greatbanks
Author-X-Name-First: Richard
Author-X-Name-Last: Greatbanks
Author-Name: Thomas Wainwright
Author-X-Name-First: Thomas
Author-X-Name-Last: Wainwright
Author-Name: Martin Broad
Author-X-Name-First: Martin
Author-X-Name-Last: Broad
Title: Visual performance management in housing associations: a crisis of legitimation or the shape of things to come?
Abstract:
Housing associations in the UK are undergoing significant reform,
potentially facing a crisis of legitimation with respect to their values.
The latest reforms have included further deregulation and limiting the
availability of bank finance at fixed low interest rates. These are
challenging times for housing associations; forcing leaders to effectively
manage organizational business performance, becoming less reliant on
regulatory bodies for guidance and legitimation.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 105-112
Issue: 2
Volume: 36
Year: 2016
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1118933
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Author-Name: Alessandra Allini
Author-X-Name-First: Alessandra
Author-X-Name-Last: Allini
Author-Name: Francesca Manes Rossi
Author-X-Name-First: Francesca
Author-X-Name-Last: Manes Rossi
Author-Name: Khaled Hussainey
Author-X-Name-First: Khaled
Author-X-Name-Last: Hussainey
Title: The board's role in risk disclosure: an exploratory study of Italian listed state-owned enterprises
Abstract:
The determinants of risk disclosure in the annual reports of listed
state-owned enterprises (SOEs) have yet to be fully explored. This paper
examines the potential impact of the composition of the boards of
directors and other company-specific features on risk disclosure levels.
The presence of women on a board made a significant difference to risk
disclosure, as did the age of board members. Board directors having an
accounting or finance/business qualification affected risk disclosure
negatively; company size and an internet visibility were positively
related to risk disclosure. Although an Italian study, the lessons here
will have application to academia and to practitioners, policy-makers and
standard-setters worldwide.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 113-120
Issue: 2
Volume: 36
Year: 2016
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1118935
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Author-Name: Julie E. Drake
Author-X-Name-First: Julie E.
Author-X-Name-Last: Drake
Title: Commissioning and GPs: to commit[tee] or not?
Abstract:
Clinical commissioning groups (CCGs), part of the UK's National Health
Service (NHS) since April 2013, are complex organizations requiring buy-in
by GPs for strategic success. CCG budgetary deficits and lack of sustained
engagement by GPs are a problem. This paper utilizes evidence of GP
experience in commissioning models to determine the factors that may
influence engagement in the governance of CCGs by GPs, which is crucial if
clinically-led commissioning is to be part of a financially sustainable
NHS.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 121-128
Issue: 2
Volume: 36
Year: 2016
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1118936
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Author-Name: Roberto Moro Visconti
Author-X-Name-First: Roberto
Author-X-Name-Last: Moro Visconti
Title: The impact of quantitative easing (QE) on the cost of debt in project finance investments
Abstract:
Recession-driven low inflation and high spreads have increased the cost of
debt in public sector project finance investments, therefore reducing
private sector profits and bankability. This paper investigates the impact
of quantitative easing by central banks, showing that it can stimulate
economic growth producing shared public and private benefits.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 129-135
Issue: 2
Volume: 36
Year: 2016
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1118937
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Author-Name: Liv Bente Hannevik Friestad
Author-X-Name-First: Liv Bente Hannevik
Author-X-Name-Last: Friestad
Title: School output control and student performance in Norwegian primary schools--an exploratory study
Abstract:
This paper explores how national school performance measures are used as a
management control system in Norwegian schools and the relationship
between the use of these measures and student performance. Survey data
from Norway and archival family background data are examined with the
results of national tests (NTs) taken by grade 5 students (10 year olds).
The study finds interesting relationships between how schools use NT
results and student performance. The findings provide insight into how
take up of national tests can be improved within Norwegian schools. These
insights might also be transferable to schools outside Norway.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 137-144
Issue: 2
Volume: 36
Year: 2016
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1118938
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Author-Name: Pat Barrett
Author-X-Name-First: Pat
Author-X-Name-Last: Barrett
Title: New development: Procurement and policy outcomes--a bridge too far?
Abstract:
This article furthers the discussion in the March 2015 (Vol. 35, No. 2)
issue of Public Money & Management on 'Public procurement policy and
practice-- international lessons and debates'. In particular, it
illustrates some of the major difficulties in achieving the required
policy outcomes through the procurement processes. The numerous
'failures', particularly in the defence acquisitions area, are of ongoing
concern both in terms of 'blow-outs' in costs and, more unfortunately, in
achieving strategic defence capability and overall policy outcomes in
required timeframes. Can current public sector reforms and observed better
practice provide any encouragement for, discipline on, participants to
achieve the required results or is it all just too difficult?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 145-148
Issue: 2
Volume: 36
Year: 2016
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1118939
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Author-Name: Xeni Dassiou
Author-X-Name-First: Xeni
Author-X-Name-Last: Dassiou
Author-Name: Peter Langham
Author-X-Name-First: Peter
Author-X-Name-Last: Langham
Author-Name: Charles Nancarrow
Author-X-Name-First: Charles
Author-X-Name-Last: Nancarrow
Author-Name: Alex Scharaschkin
Author-X-Name-First: Alex
Author-X-Name-Last: Scharaschkin
Author-Name: Dan Ward
Author-X-Name-First: Dan
Author-X-Name-Last: Ward
Title: New development: Exploring public service markets
Abstract:
The authors explain why public service markets are fundamentally different
from regulated utilities markets by looking at the product
characteristics, market structure, funding oversight and legal
arrangements in such markets. They highlight the issues which will be
important as marketized delivery becomes increasingly mainstream in public
services provision.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 149-152
Issue: 2
Volume: 36
Year: 2016
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1118942
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Author-Name: Alessandro Sancino
Author-X-Name-First: Alessandro
Author-X-Name-Last: Sancino
Author-Name: Lorenzo Castellani
Author-X-Name-First: Lorenzo
Author-X-Name-Last: Castellani
Title: New development: Directly elected mayors in Italy--creating a strong leader doesn't always mean creating strong leadership
Abstract:
More than 20 years after their introduction, directly elected mayors are
key players in Italian urban governance. This article explains the main
effects of this reform on local government systems and provides lessons
for other countries considering directly elected mayors.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 153-156
Issue: 2
Volume: 36
Year: 2016
Month: 3
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1118945
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Author-Name: Sheila Ellwood
Author-X-Name-First: Sheila
Author-X-Name-Last: Ellwood
Title: Editorial
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 157-161
Issue: 3
Volume: 36
Year: 2016
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1133956
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Author-Name: Josette Caruana
Author-X-Name-First: Josette
Author-X-Name-Last: Caruana
Title: Debate: Would IPSAS help Greece? Or would they be the ‘Emperor's New Clothes’?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 161-162
Issue: 3
Volume: 36
Year: 2016
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1133958
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Author-Name: Giovanna Dabbicco
Author-X-Name-First: Giovanna
Author-X-Name-Last: Dabbicco
Author-Name: Mariano D'Amore
Author-X-Name-First: Mariano
Author-X-Name-Last: D'Amore
Title: Debate: Accounting for macroeconomic surveillance in Europe
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 162-164
Issue: 3
Volume: 36
Year: 2016
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1133959
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Author-Name: Rosa Maria Dasí
Author-X-Name-First: Rosa Maria
Author-X-Name-Last: Dasí
Author-Name: Vicente Montesinos
Author-X-Name-First: Vicente
Author-X-Name-Last: Montesinos
Author-Name: Santiago Murgui
Author-X-Name-First: Santiago
Author-X-Name-Last: Murgui
Title: Government financial statistics and accounting in Europe: is ESA 2010 improving convergence?
Abstract:
This paper provides an empirical analysis of the impact of ESA 2010 on EU
member states, looking at countries both individually and as a whole and
analysing the global impact of the adjustments and the partial impacts of
each category. Changing the system of national accounts has introduced
conceptual and methodological changes, but there has not been any
significant variation in the convergence/divergence between government
financial statistics and budgetary accounting in reporting deficits. The
effect on the deficits reported by individual member states was quite
marked however.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 165-172
Issue: 3
Volume: 36
Year: 2016
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1133964
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Author-Name: Sandra Cohen
Author-X-Name-First: Sandra
Author-X-Name-Last: Cohen
Author-Name: Sotirios Karatzimas
Author-X-Name-First: Sotirios
Author-X-Name-Last: Karatzimas
Title: Modernizing government accounting standards in Greece: a case of ‘garbage can’ decision-making
Abstract:
This paper examines the standard-setting process during the recent reform
of government accounting standards in Greece. The process is viewed
through the lens of the ‘garbage can’ model, informed by
interviews, informal discussions and archival data. Findings indicate a
lack of effective monitoring of the process by politicians and external
lenders (the ‘Troika’), and an outcome that favoured the
bureaucrats and consultants involved.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 173-180
Issue: 3
Volume: 36
Year: 2016
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1133966
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Author-Name: Caroline Aggestam Pontoppidan
Author-X-Name-First: Caroline Aggestam
Author-X-Name-Last: Pontoppidan
Author-Name: Isabel Brusca
Author-X-Name-First: Isabel
Author-X-Name-Last: Brusca
Title: The first steps towards harmonizing public sector accounting for European Union member states: strategies and perspectives
Abstract:
This paper analyses the process that led the European Commission to the
decision to develop European Public Sector Accounting Standards (EPSAS)
for harmonizing public sector accounting practices within the European
Union. The paper finds that there was limited scope in terms of
stakeholder participation in the public consultation that served as a
basis for the decision. In addition, the decision to adopt EPSAS for EU
member states raises questions on the relationship between regional and
global governance in the area of public sector accounting.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 181-188
Issue: 3
Volume: 36
Year: 2016
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1133970
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Author-Name: Francesca Manes Rossi
Author-X-Name-First: Francesca Manes
Author-X-Name-Last: Rossi
Author-Name: Sandra Cohen
Author-X-Name-First: Sandra
Author-X-Name-Last: Cohen
Author-Name: Eugenio Caperchione
Author-X-Name-First: Eugenio
Author-X-Name-Last: Caperchione
Author-Name: Isabel Brusca
Author-X-Name-First: Isabel
Author-X-Name-Last: Brusca
Title: Harmonizing public sector accounting in Europe: thinking out of the box
Abstract:
A broad debate about the harmonization of public sector accounting
standards in Europe is underway. The authors provide arguments in favour
of harmonization, but they also acknowledge the existing pluralism and
diversity by taking stock of the state of play in 14 European countries.
The paper makes a proposal for a way forward for policy-makers and
standard-setters, in which the benefits of harmonization can be obtained
without obliging EU member countries to necessarily abandon their current
public sector accounting systems.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 189-196
Issue: 3
Volume: 36
Year: 2016
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1133976
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Author-Name: Wendy M. Payne
Author-X-Name-First: Wendy M.
Author-X-Name-Last: Payne
Title: New development: Putting a 25-year experiment to the test
Abstract:
This article explains the current state of accounting by the US federal
government. Key hurdles for the US reporting model and financial
management are discussed. An open data system, able to aggregate cost by
programme, would greatly improve the usefulness of cost information and
facilitate integration of cost with performance information.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 197-200
Issue: 3
Volume: 36
Year: 2016
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1133973
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Author-Name: James L. Chan
Author-X-Name-First: James L.
Author-X-Name-Last: Chan
Title: Government accounting with Chinese characteristics and challenges
Abstract:
This paper explains the Chinese government's decision to adopt accrual
accounting by referring to an ancient Chinese strategy of governing. It
also provides a rationale for whole-of-government financial reports in
China's current fiscal context. The nature of the existing government
accounting system is described and the technical and implementation
challenges in achieving the goals of the ambitious reform agenda are
identified. The country's unique institutional structure makes it
necessary to craft a system of government accounting and reporting with
Chinese characteristics.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 201-208
Issue: 3
Volume: 36
Year: 2016
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1133975
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Author-Name: Carolyn J. Cordery
Author-X-Name-First: Carolyn J.
Author-X-Name-Last: Cordery
Author-Name: Kevin Simpkins
Author-X-Name-First: Kevin
Author-X-Name-Last: Simpkins
Title: Financial reporting standards for the public sector: New Zealand's 21st-century experience
Abstract:
New Zealand was seen as world-leading when public sector financial reports
were prepared using sector-neutral accounting standards from 1995 onwards.
The decision in 2002 to adopt IFRS was disruptive, effecting new
understandings of ‘sector-neutral’, and the
standard-setter's approach was unsuccessful in meeting public sector
users’ needs. The development of a new strategy finalized in 2012
has created a multi-standards framework, including adapted IPSASB
standards applicable from 1 July 2014. While neutrality is still prized,
it is within a framework of meeting users’ needs. This paper traces
the influences expediting these changes.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 209-218
Issue: 3
Volume: 36
Year: 2016
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1133979
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Author-Name: Timothy C. Irwin
Author-X-Name-First: Timothy C.
Author-X-Name-Last: Irwin
Title: Dispelling fiscal illusions: how much progress have governments made in getting assets and liabilities on balance sheet?
Abstract:
When rights and obligations are not recognized as assets and liabilities
on a government's balance sheet, the government's deficit can be reduced
by selling unrecognized assets or incurring unrecognized liabilities. This
paper examines how much has been done in 28 advanced economies since 2003
to recognize assets and liabilities and thus dispel the fiscal illusions
that such transactions create. Good progress has been made in the
recognition of some assets and liabilities, such as shares owned and
accounts payable, but much less in others, such as pensions for civil
servants.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 219-226
Issue: 3
Volume: 36
Year: 2016
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1133981
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Author-Name: Ron Hodges
Author-X-Name-First: Ron
Author-X-Name-Last: Hodges
Title: New development: The conundrum of fair value measurement—evidence from the UK FRAB
Abstract:
This article is based on documentation from the UK Financial Reporting
Advisory Board (FRAB) relating to the adoption of IFRS 13 Fair Value
Measurement. It shows that the development of financial reporting in
government involves continuous adaption to new and updated international
standards and changing circumstances. Outcomes are influenced by path
dependencies and the taking of particular conceptual positions.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 227-230
Issue: 3
Volume: 36
Year: 2016
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1133982
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Author-Name: Sheila Ellwood
Author-X-Name-First: Sheila
Author-X-Name-Last: Ellwood
Author-Name: Susan Newberry
Author-X-Name-First: Susan
Author-X-Name-Last: Newberry
Title: New development: The conceptual underpinnings of international public sector accounting
Abstract:
The conceptual underpinnings of accounting standards are potentially very
important for the future of public sector accounting internationally. The
authors explain why and comment on the implications for public sector
accounting.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 231-234
Issue: 3
Volume: 36
Year: 2016
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1140974
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Author-Name: Michael Bichard
Author-X-Name-First: Michael
Author-X-Name-Last: Bichard
Title: Editorial: Redefining government to tackle global threats
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 235-235
Issue: 4
Volume: 36
Year: 2016
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1162573
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Author-Name: Susan Newberry
Author-X-Name-First: Susan
Author-X-Name-Last: Newberry
Title: Debate: Climate change and (financial) sustainability— special purpose disaster funds as disaster preparedness?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 235-238
Issue: 4
Volume: 36
Year: 2016
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1141598
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Author-Name: Jane Broadbent
Author-X-Name-First: Jane
Author-X-Name-Last: Broadbent
Title: Debate: Climate change and sustainability— ‘PMM Live!’
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 238-240
Issue: 4
Volume: 36
Year: 2016
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1162576
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Author-Name: Laurence Ferry
Author-X-Name-First: Laurence
Author-X-Name-Last: Ferry
Author-Name: Peter Eckersley
Author-X-Name-First: Peter
Author-X-Name-Last: Eckersley
Title: Debate: Climate change and 21st Conference of the Parties (COP21) Paris—addressing the ‘ultimate’ wicked issue
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 241-242
Issue: 4
Volume: 36
Year: 2016
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1163021
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Author-Name: Colin Talbot
Author-X-Name-First: Colin
Author-X-Name-Last: Talbot
Title: Debate: ‘Can't govern’, ‘won't govern’—the strange confluence of governance and neoliberalism
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 243-246
Issue: 4
Volume: 36
Year: 2016
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1140977
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Author-Name: Zoe Radnor
Author-X-Name-First: Zoe
Author-X-Name-Last: Radnor
Author-Name: Nicola Bateman
Author-X-Name-First: Nicola
Author-X-Name-Last: Bateman
Title: Debate: The development of a new discipline— public service operations management
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 246-248
Issue: 4
Volume: 36
Year: 2016
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1162586
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Author-Name: Katharine Dommett
Author-X-Name-First: Katharine
Author-X-Name-Last: Dommett
Author-Name: Muiris MacCarthaigh
Author-X-Name-First: Muiris
Author-X-Name-Last: MacCarthaigh
Title: Quango reform: the next steps?
Abstract:
The coalition government elected in 2010 in the UK pursued a programme of
quango reform focused on reducing the number and expenditure of
arm’s-length bodies, increasing transparency, improving
accountability and maximizing efficiency and effectiveness. This paper
revisits Flinders and Skelcher’s 2012 PMM paper ‘Shrinking
the quango state: five challenges in reforming quangos’ to assess
progress to date and consider future challenges. Drawing insights from the
UK programme of quango reform, as well as similar developments in Ireland,
the authors identify five new challenges for governments: regulating,
managing, reconciling, co-ordinating and reflecting.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 249-256
Issue: 4
Volume: 36
Year: 2016
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1162588
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Author-Name: David McKevitt
Author-X-Name-First: David
Author-X-Name-Last: McKevitt
Author-Name: Paul Davis
Author-X-Name-First: Paul
Author-X-Name-Last: Davis
Title: Value for money: a broken piñata?
Abstract:
In public management a key driver of effectiveness is value for money
(VfM). This paper argues that the VfM concept suffers from conceptual
ambiguity, and thus ethical implications arise when VfM is used to
legitimize public buying decisions. A conceptual framework, which
clarifies properties and boundaries of VfM, is proposed. Empirical data
collected from public employees involved in public procurement in Ireland
and a perceptual map of subjective meaning and impact of VfM are
discussed. While the conceptual framework is broadly supported, it
highlights different interpretations of VfM and distinguishes those
employees who dent the VfM piñata from those who break it. The
implications of the research in this paper include a need for more debate
concerning the usefulness of the VfM concept.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 257-264
Issue: 4
Volume: 36
Year: 2016
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1162591
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Author-Name: Catherine Needham
Author-X-Name-First: Catherine
Author-X-Name-Last: Needham
Author-Name: Catherine Mangan
Author-X-Name-First: Catherine
Author-X-Name-Last: Mangan
Title: The 21-super-st-century public servant: working at three boundaries of public and private
Abstract:
In a project on the roles and skills of the 21st-century public servant,
interviews with public service workers highlighted three boundaries of
public and private: relating to ethics, careers and identities. Two
contingent factors shape the capacity of staff to be able to reconcile the
public and private aspects of their work: the degree of fiscal austerity
and the scope for reflective practice. Strategic workforce planning needs
to support staff to manage the different versions of public and private.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 265-272
Issue: 4
Volume: 36
Year: 2016
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1162592
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Author-Name: Liesel Henn
Author-X-Name-First: Liesel
Author-X-Name-Last: Henn
Author-Name: Keith Sloan
Author-X-Name-First: Keith
Author-X-Name-Last: Sloan
Author-Name: Michael B. Charles
Author-X-Name-First: Michael B.
Author-X-Name-Last: Charles
Author-Name: Neil Douglas
Author-X-Name-First: Neil
Author-X-Name-Last: Douglas
Title: An appraisal framework for evaluating financing approaches for public infrastructure
Abstract:
Innovative financing solutions for public infrastructure megaprojects
require new approaches to assess the various financing portfolios being
proposed. This paper discusses a range of international financing models
and presents a new multi- criteria appraisal framework for assessing
alternative ways of raising capital. The proposed framework combines
elements of a multi-criteria analysis and cost benefit analysis, and
incorporates both monetary and intangible impact measures to facilitate
the selection of a financing approach that is in society’s best
interest.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 273-280
Issue: 4
Volume: 36
Year: 2016
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1162595
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Author-Name: Markus M. Bugge
Author-X-Name-First: Markus M.
Author-X-Name-Last: Bugge
Author-Name: Carter W. Bloch
Author-X-Name-First: Carter W.
Author-X-Name-Last: Bloch
Title: Between bricolage and breakthroughs—framing the many faces of public sector innovation
Abstract:
Public sector innovation is often seen through the lens of private sector
frameworks. This paper discusses to what extent the innovation typology
derived from the private sector is appropriate for public sector contexts.
Based on a discretionary classification of 1,536 qualitative examples of
public sector innovations, the authors examine the nuances of change
spanning from learning and incremental change to radical and systemic
innovation. Measurement frameworks should better reflect the heterogeneity
of learning and innovation in the public sector.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 281-288
Issue: 4
Volume: 36
Year: 2016
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1162599
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Author-Name: Manzurul Alam
Author-X-Name-First: Manzurul
Author-X-Name-Last: Alam
Author-Name: Arthur John Griffiths
Author-X-Name-First: Arthur John
Author-X-Name-Last: Griffiths
Title: Management control systems in inter-agency collaboration: a case study
Abstract:
This paper explores the nature of management control systems in an
inter-agency collaborative arrangement. A Western Australian case study
(the PECN project) highlights strategies for successfully providing
services to people with highly complex needs, which could not be achieved
by siloed attempts by individual agencies. This paper makes a significant
contribution by providing evidence on multiple control systems which
combine both horizontal and vertical controls to achieve better outcomes.
The authors found strong evidence of trust-based relationships among the
agencies which appeared to have a positive effect on inter-agency working.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 289-296
Issue: 4
Volume: 36
Year: 2016
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1163013
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Author-Name: Mikhail Gershman
Author-X-Name-First: Mikhail
Author-X-Name-Last: Gershman
Author-Name: Thomas Thurner
Author-X-Name-First: Thomas
Author-X-Name-Last: Thurner
Title: New development: State-owned enterprises as powerhouses for innovation—the Russian case
Abstract:
There have been many analyses of innovation in Russia’s state-owned
enterprises (SOEs) and most conclude that the way forward requires the
SOEs to transform into innovation powerhouses. Hence, in 2011, the Russian
government set up an ambitious initiative to push innovation in the
largest SOEs, which will run until 2020. This initiative has now begun its
second phase. Using major case studies, for example Aeroflot and Russian
Railways, this article examines the impact of the initiative.
Understanding the Russian experience of transforming SOEs provides
important lessons for many other emerging economies.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 297-302
Issue: 4
Volume: 36
Year: 2016
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1162996
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Author-Name: Irene Bengo
Author-X-Name-First: Irene
Author-X-Name-Last: Bengo
Author-Name: Mario Calderini
Author-X-Name-First: Mario
Author-X-Name-Last: Calderini
Title: New development: Are social impact bonds (SIBs) viable in Italy? A new roadmap
Abstract:
This paper presents a roadmap to support the development of social impact
bonds (SIBs) in Italy. Current barriers and opportunities are explained.
SIBs should be piloted in areas where the cultural, ideological, technical
and governance barriers are low. Accurate measurement systems will be
necessary and an effective governance structure needs to be agreed. With
careful piloting and follow-up, the SIB model could be a solution to
welfare and public service funding in Italy.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 303-306
Issue: 4
Volume: 36
Year: 2016
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1162999
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Author-Name: Pat Barrett AO
Author-X-Name-First: Pat Barrett
Author-X-Name-Last: AO
Title: New development: Financial reforms played in two octaves— yet again?
Abstract:
Major public service reforms are underway at the national level in
Australia. The reforms are being implemented progressively over a
three-year period. This is the third in a series of articles looking at
the implementation of these reforms and focuses on the second stage, which
was supposed to be completed in 2015. The author examines the recent
report of the Joint Committee of Public Accounts and Audit which reviewed
the development of the ‘Performance Framework’ through a
series of public hearings. He explains why, for good governance,
particularly in a difficult economic and budgetary climate (domestically
and internationally), public interest considerations must prevail, not
just in issues about ‘how’ but also about
‘what’ is being actually achieved. There is considerable
scope for shared learning and experience across governments and sectors of
the economy in any reforms of the public sector.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 307-312
Issue: 4
Volume: 36
Year: 2016
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1163000
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Author-Name: Andrew Massey
Author-X-Name-First: Andrew
Author-X-Name-Last: Massey
Title: Editorial
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 313-313
Issue: 5
Volume: 36
Year: 2016
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1194069
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Author-Name: David Walker
Author-X-Name-First: David
Author-X-Name-Last: Walker
Title: Debate: Things fall apart, there is no centre to hold
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 313-315
Issue: 5
Volume: 36
Year: 2016
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1194070
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Author-Name: Michiel S. de Vries
Author-X-Name-First: Michiel S.
Author-X-Name-Last: de Vries
Title: Debate: Back to basics
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 315-316
Issue: 5
Volume: 36
Year: 2016
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1194072
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Author-Name: Bert George
Author-X-Name-First: Bert
Author-X-Name-Last: George
Author-Name: Sebastian Desmidt
Author-X-Name-First: Sebastian
Author-X-Name-Last: Desmidt
Author-Name: Julie De Moyer
Author-X-Name-First: Julie
Author-X-Name-Last: De Moyer
Title: Strategic decision quality in Flemish municipalities
Abstract:
Strategic planning (SP) has taken the public sector by storm because it is
widely believed that SP’s approach to strategic decision-making
strengthens strategic decision quality (SDQ) in public organizations.
However, if or how SP relates to SDQ seems to lack empirical evidence.
Drawing on survey data from 89 Flemish municipalities, we found that SP
does improve SDQ if a systematic approach is taken and if top
policy-makers and managers, as well as lower-level staff and external
stakeholders, are involved.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 317-324
Issue: 5
Volume: 36
Year: 2016
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1194073
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Author-Name: Richard Austin
Author-X-Name-First: Richard
Author-X-Name-Last: Austin
Author-Name: Guy Garrod
Author-X-Name-First: Guy
Author-X-Name-Last: Garrod
Author-Name: Nicola Thompson
Author-X-Name-First: Nicola
Author-X-Name-Last: Thompson
Title: Assessing the performance of the national park authorities: a case study of Northumberland National Park, England
Abstract:
Although the legislation for the designation of national parks in England
dates back to the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act of
1949, it was not until 1997 that free-standing and independent national
park authorities were established to help manage these landscapes. In
2014--15, the 10 English national park authorities were allocated
£44.6 million from the Department for Food, the Environment and Rural
Affairs to deliver their conservation and recreation purposes and their
socio-economic duty. This paper discusses how the performance of the
national park authorities has been assessed, using the Northumberland
National Park Authority as a case study.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 325-332
Issue: 5
Volume: 36
Year: 2016
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1194075
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Author-Name: Ben Farr-Wharton
Author-X-Name-First: Ben
Author-X-Name-Last: Farr-Wharton
Author-Name: Joseph Azzopardi
Author-X-Name-First: Joseph
Author-X-Name-Last: Azzopardi
Author-Name: Yvonne Brunetto
Author-X-Name-First: Yvonne
Author-X-Name-Last: Brunetto
Author-Name: Rod Farr-Wharton
Author-X-Name-First: Rod
Author-X-Name-Last: Farr-Wharton
Author-Name: Natalie Herold
Author-X-Name-First: Natalie
Author-X-Name-Last: Herold
Author-Name: Art Shriberg
Author-X-Name-First: Art
Author-X-Name-Last: Shriberg
Title: Comparing Malta and USA police officers’ individual and organizational support on outcomes
Abstract:
This paper investigates the quality of support for police officers in the
USA and Malta to use as protection against stress. The authors found a
significantly different organizational work context for police officers
doing the same tasks. Police officers in both countries would benefit from
upskilling in psychological capital and police managers require upskilling
in management training as a means of increasing support for police to
reduce the impact of stress.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 333-340
Issue: 5
Volume: 36
Year: 2016
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1194078
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Author-Name: Pauline Allen
Author-X-Name-First: Pauline
Author-X-Name-Last: Allen
Author-Name: Christina Petsoulas
Author-X-Name-First: Christina
Author-X-Name-Last: Petsoulas
Title: Pricing in the English NHS quasi market: a national study of the allocation of financial risk through contracts
Abstract:
The authors investigated how the formal national provisions for pricing in
the National Health Service (which are a form of prospective payment,
known as ‘Payment by Results’) are operationalized at local
level. Transactions costs theory and existing evidence predict that actual
practice often does not comply with contractual rules. A national study of
pricing between 2011 and 2015 confirms this and indicates that such
payment systems may not be appropriate to address the current financial
and organizational challenges facing the NHS. As the NHS struggles
radically to reconfigure services, it is necessary to reconsider the
appropriateness of a wider range of pricing mechanisms to facilitate
moving care out of hospitals.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 341-348
Issue: 5
Volume: 36
Year: 2016
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1194080
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Author-Name: Thomas Elston
Author-X-Name-First: Thomas
Author-X-Name-Last: Elston
Author-Name: Muiris MacCarthaigh
Author-X-Name-First: Muiris
Author-X-Name-Last: MacCarthaigh
Title: Sharing services, saving money? Five risks to cost-saving when organizations share services
Abstract:
Shared services are a popular reform for governments under financial
pressure. The hope is to reduce overheads and increase efficiency by
providing support services like HR, finance and procurement once to
multiple agencies. The authors identify five risks that shared services
won’t live up to expectations. Each is illustrated with
international evidence, before the conclusion discusses ways to manage
these risks.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 349-356
Issue: 5
Volume: 36
Year: 2016
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1194081
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Author-Name: Richard M. Baylis
Author-X-Name-First: Richard M.
Author-X-Name-Last: Baylis
Author-Name: Margaret J. Greenwood
Author-X-Name-First: Margaret J.
Author-X-Name-Last: Greenwood
Title: Audit fees and audit adjustments: evidence from Welsh local authorities
Abstract:
This paper exploits the availability of pre-audit financial statements to
investigate the scale and incidence of audit adjustments and their impact
on audit fees in Welsh local authorities. Adjustments to the
politically-sensitive general fund, which represent a significant
proportion of all adjustments, are associated with increased audit fees.
The authors also found that audit adjustments on average result in more
conservative reporting of the surplus/deficit and the balance on the
general fund, with the number and value of downward adjustments exceeding
those of upward movements.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 357-364
Issue: 5
Volume: 36
Year: 2016
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1194083
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Author-Name: Daniel Albalate
Author-X-Name-First: Daniel
Author-X-Name-Last: Albalate
Author-Name: Paula Bel-Piñana
Author-X-Name-First: Paula
Author-X-Name-Last: Bel-Piñana
Title: Winners and losers in tolled motorway renegotiations: an empirical evaluation of the Spanish pioneers
Abstract:
This paper evaluates the welfare impact of a tolled motorway contract
renegotiation in Spain. The results show that, after renegotiation, both
taxpayers and the private concessionaire were better off. However, road
users lost out. An agreement leaving road users unaffected, while securing
gains for taxpayers and the concessionaire, would have been possible by
negotiating a larger reduction in tolls linked to the extension of the
contract duration.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 365-372
Issue: 5
Volume: 36
Year: 2016
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1194084
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Author-Name: Kyoo-Man Ha
Author-X-Name-First: Kyoo-Man
Author-X-Name-Last: Ha
Title: Integrating education and training, and their implications in NGOs’ disaster management: the case of Korea
Abstract:
This paper examines the education and training provided by nongovernmental
organizations (NGOs) in disaster management. The research presented was
prompted as a result of serious errors made by both staff and volunteers
involved in recent disaster recoveries in South Korea, for example
following the sinking of a ferry and the outbreak of MERS. This paper
presents important lessons for international NGOs, as well as for national
and regional NGOs.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 373-378
Issue: 5
Volume: 36
Year: 2016
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1194085
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Author-Name: Henk ter Bogt
Author-X-Name-First: Henk ter
Author-X-Name-Last: Bogt
Author-Name: Jan van Helden
Author-X-Name-First: Jan
Author-X-Name-Last: van Helden
Author-Name: Berend van der Kolk
Author-X-Name-First: Berend
Author-X-Name-Last: van der Kolk
Title: New development: Public sector controllership—reinventing the financial specialist as a countervailing power
Abstract:
Different types of ‘controllers’ can be distinguished in the
public sector. The authors’ research indicates that public sector
controllers acknowledge the distinctive characteristics of
‘hybrid’ controllers, but question some of the possible
advantages of ‘pure’ controllers. This result could signal a
decreasing share of pure controllers and thus a loss of financial
expertise in the public sector. This article calls for the controller to
be ‘re-invented’ as a professional who combines solid
financial expertise with an independent and critical attitude towards
overly ambitious politicians and managers. The general public’s
support for public sector organizations could be enhanced if strong
controllers counterbalance the sometimes too optimistic views of managers
and politicians.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 379-384
Issue: 5
Volume: 36
Year: 2016
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1194086
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Author-Name: Pandula Gamage
Author-X-Name-First: Pandula
Author-X-Name-Last: Gamage
Title: New development: Leveraging ‘big data’ analytics in the public sector
Abstract:
This article examines the opportunities presented by effectively
harnessing big data in the public sector context. The article is
exploratory and reviews both academic- and practitioner--oriented
literature related to big data developments. The findings suggest that big
data will have an impact on the future role of public sector organizations
in functional areas. However, the author also reveals that there are
challenges to be addressed by governments in adopting big data
applications. To realize the benefits of big data, policy-makers need to:
invest in research; create incentives for private and public sector
entities to share data; and set up programmes to develop appropriate
skills.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 385-390
Issue: 5
Volume: 36
Year: 2016
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1194087
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Author-Name: Tony Bovaird
Author-X-Name-First: Tony
Author-X-Name-Last: Bovaird
Author-Name: Sophie Flemig
Author-X-Name-First: Sophie
Author-X-Name-Last: Flemig
Author-Name: Elke Loeffler
Author-X-Name-First: Elke
Author-X-Name-Last: Loeffler
Author-Name: Stephen P. Osborne
Author-X-Name-First: Stephen P.
Author-X-Name-Last: Osborne
Title: Debate: Co-production of public services and outcomes
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 363-364
Issue: 5
Volume: 37
Year: 2017
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2017.1294866
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Author-Name: Duncan Lewis
Author-X-Name-First: Duncan
Author-X-Name-Last: Lewis
Author-Name: Tim Bentley
Author-X-Name-First: Tim
Author-X-Name-Last: Bentley
Author-Name: Stephen T. T. Teo
Author-X-Name-First: Stephen T. T.
Author-X-Name-Last: Teo
Title: Editorial
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 309-312
Issue: 5
Volume: 37
Year: 2017
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2017.1328167
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Author-Name: Helge Hoel
Author-X-Name-First: Helge
Author-X-Name-Last: Hoel
Author-Name: Duncan Lewis
Author-X-Name-First: Duncan
Author-X-Name-Last: Lewis
Author-Name: Anna Einarsdottir
Author-X-Name-First: Anna
Author-X-Name-Last: Einarsdottir
Title: Debate: Bullying and harassment of lesbians, gay men and bisexual employees: findings from a representative British national study
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 312-314
Issue: 5
Volume: 37
Year: 2017
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2017.1328169
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Author-Name: Maryam Omari
Author-X-Name-First: Maryam
Author-X-Name-Last: Omari
Author-Name: Megan Paull
Author-X-Name-First: Megan
Author-X-Name-Last: Paull
Title: Debate: ‘Robust performance management’ or workplace bullying? Not just the ‘what’ but the ‘how’
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 315-316
Issue: 5
Volume: 37
Year: 2017
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2017.1328172
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Author-Name: Hazel Mawdsley
Author-X-Name-First: Hazel
Author-X-Name-Last: Mawdsley
Author-Name: Duncan Lewis
Author-X-Name-First: Duncan
Author-X-Name-Last: Lewis
Title: Lean and mean: how NPM facilitates the bullying of UK employees with long-term health conditions
Abstract:
This empirical study explores perceptions of bullying among public sector workers with long-term health conditions (LTHC), using focus groups and interviews with knowledgeable trade union members and representatives. While incidents of overt discrimination occurred, there was more support for the social model of disability, with bullying largely attributed to intensive working practices typical of new public management.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 317-324
Issue: 5
Volume: 37
Year: 2017
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2017.1328176
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Author-Name: Ben Farr-Wharton
Author-X-Name-First: Ben
Author-X-Name-Last: Farr-Wharton
Author-Name: Kate Shacklock
Author-X-Name-First: Kate
Author-X-Name-Last: Shacklock
Author-Name: Yvonne Brunetto
Author-X-Name-First: Yvonne
Author-X-Name-Last: Brunetto
Author-Name: Stephen T. T. Teo
Author-X-Name-First: Stephen T. T.
Author-X-Name-Last: Teo
Author-Name: Rod Farr-Wharton
Author-X-Name-First: Rod
Author-X-Name-Last: Farr-Wharton
Title: Workplace bullying, workplace relationships and job outcomes for police officers in Australia
Abstract:
One alleged consequence of new public management (NPM) methods and practices, bullying, is seriously under-researched. The authors examined the impact of workplace relationships on police officer bullying and job outcomes. The quality of supervisor relationships seemed to buffer officers’ perceptions of bullying and, hence, their job outcomes. The consequences of the present post-NPM management practices are problematic, with negative implications for police officers in forming effective workplace relationships, which then negatively impact job outcomes, thereby affecting the quality of services delivered to the public.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 325-332
Issue: 5
Volume: 37
Year: 2017
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2017.1328180
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Author-Name: Geoff Plimmer
Author-X-Name-First: Geoff
Author-X-Name-Last: Plimmer
Author-Name: Sarah Proctor-Thomson
Author-X-Name-First: Sarah
Author-X-Name-Last: Proctor-Thomson
Author-Name: Noelle Donnelly
Author-X-Name-First: Noelle
Author-X-Name-Last: Donnelly
Author-Name: Dalice Sim
Author-X-Name-First: Dalice
Author-X-Name-Last: Sim
Title: The mistreatment of public service workers: identifying key risk and protective factors
Abstract:
This paper investigates the dynamics of worker mistreatment in a new public management (NPM) environment. It explores the combination of organizational and individual risk and protective factors. It reveals that the cumulative effects of organizational and individual factors radically increase the likelihood of mistreatment. Implications of these findings are outlined.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 333-340
Issue: 5
Volume: 37
Year: 2017
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2017.1328186
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Author-Name: Elisabetta Trinchero
Author-X-Name-First: Elisabetta
Author-X-Name-Last: Trinchero
Author-Name: Ben Farr-Wharton
Author-X-Name-First: Ben
Author-X-Name-Last: Farr-Wharton
Author-Name: Elio Borgonovi
Author-X-Name-First: Elio
Author-X-Name-Last: Borgonovi
Title: Relationships with managers and harassment: the Italian nurse experience
Abstract:
This paper examines the link between workplace relationships with management and work harassment for Italian nurses. The relationship with the supervisor was a key predictor of work harassment, and work harassment was found to have a major negative effect on engagement. There are significant differences in nurses’ perceptions of work harassment, engagement and job satisfaction for public and private sector nurses.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 341-348
Issue: 5
Volume: 37
Year: 2017
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2017.1328198
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Author-Name: Kate Blackwood
Author-X-Name-First: Kate
Author-X-Name-Last: Blackwood
Author-Name: Tim Bentley
Author-X-Name-First: Tim
Author-X-Name-Last: Bentley
Author-Name: Bevan Catley
Author-X-Name-First: Bevan
Author-X-Name-Last: Catley
Author-Name: Margot Edwards
Author-X-Name-First: Margot
Author-X-Name-Last: Edwards
Title: Managing workplace bullying experiences in nursing: the impact of the work environment
Abstract:
To progress our understanding of good practice in the management of workplace bullying, the authors explored the influence of work environment factors on bullying intervention. Analysis of focus group data from public hospitals in New Zealand revealed factors at multiple levels in the work environment system that influenced intervention. Many of these factors have previously been identified as antecedents to bullying, suggesting that the work environment hypothesis can also be applied to the management of workplace bullying experiences.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 349-356
Issue: 5
Volume: 37
Year: 2017
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2017.1328205
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Author-Name: John Rodwell
Author-X-Name-First: John
Author-X-Name-Last: Rodwell
Title: New development: Bullying in a reforming context—a holistic, layered model of the interpersonal interaction
Abstract:
Public services have been transformed, with health services, in particular, in a state of almost constant change with reforms leading to a blurring of the nature of work across sectors and a bullying rate at epidemic levels. A new holistic model of the drivers of bullying is presented. The model is a powerful tool for understanding and addressing workplace bullying.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 357-362
Issue: 5
Volume: 37
Year: 2017
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2017.1328207
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Author-Name: William Voorberg
Author-X-Name-First: William
Author-X-Name-Last: Voorberg
Author-Name: Victor Bekkers
Author-X-Name-First: Victor
Author-X-Name-Last: Bekkers
Author-Name: Sophie Flemig
Author-X-Name-First: Sophie
Author-X-Name-Last: Flemig
Author-Name: Krista Timeus
Author-X-Name-First: Krista
Author-X-Name-Last: Timeus
Author-Name: Piret Tõnurist
Author-X-Name-First: Piret
Author-X-Name-Last: Tõnurist
Author-Name: Lars Tummers
Author-X-Name-First: Lars
Author-X-Name-Last: Tummers
Title: Does co-creation impact public service delivery? The importance of state and governance traditions
Abstract:
Co-creation in public service delivery requires partnerships between citizens and civil servants. The authors argue that whether or not these partnerships will be successful depends on state and governance traditions (for example a tradition of authority sharing or consultation). These traditions determine the extent to which co-creation can become institutionalized in a country’s governance framework.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 365-372
Issue: 5
Volume: 37
Year: 2017
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2017.1328798
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Author-Name: David Noble
Author-X-Name-First: David
Author-X-Name-Last: Noble
Author-Name: Michael B. Charles
Author-X-Name-First: Michael B.
Author-X-Name-Last: Charles
Author-Name: Robyn Keast
Author-X-Name-First: Robyn
Author-X-Name-Last: Keast
Title: New development: Towards a collaborative competency framework to enhance public value in university– industry collaboration
Abstract:
Despite the increasing attention paid to university–industry research collaborations (UICs) to drive national innovation agendas, little is known about to what degree the collaborative competence of participants is considered before the award of contracts. This article proposes that a definition of collaborative competence is required, that collaborative competence should be acknowledged when evaluating UIC proposals, and that an evaluative framework for collaborative competence is needed to enhance public value outcomes for UICs.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 373-378
Issue: 5
Volume: 37
Year: 2017
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2017.1328799
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Author-Name: Rosanna Spanò
Author-X-Name-First: Rosanna
Author-X-Name-Last: Spanò
Author-Name: Nadia Di Paola
Author-X-Name-First: Nadia Di
Author-X-Name-Last: Paola
Author-Name: Adele Caldarelli
Author-X-Name-First: Adele
Author-X-Name-Last: Caldarelli
Author-Name: Roberto Vona
Author-X-Name-First: Roberto
Author-X-Name-Last: Vona
Title: Accountants’ hybridization and juridification: a critical reflection on the fight against organized crime
Abstract:
Policy-makers and regulators are increasingly focusing on fighting organized crime. Preventing criminal organizations infiltrating an economy involves multiple groups of professionals operating in complex regulatory environments. This paper looks at whether the current regulations for the management of assets seized from organized crime are adequate. The focus is on the Italian setting, and the research included interviews with accountants, judges and police officers involved in the management of seized entities. The results have application worldwide.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 441-446
Issue: 6
Volume: 36
Year: 2016
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1190208
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Author-Name: Denis Fischbacher-Smith
Author-X-Name-First: Denis
Author-X-Name-Last: Fischbacher-Smith
Title: Framing the UK’s counter-terrorism policy within the context of a wicked problem
Abstract:
Terrorist attacks can be seen as the ultimate wicked problem. After 9/11, terrorists moved from so-called ‘spectacular’ events to relatively low-intensity attacks against individuals and groups. The emergence of what has become known as the ‘home-grown’ terrorist has added a further dimension to the ‘wicked’ nature of the problem. This paper considers the UK’s CONTEST and PREVENT strategies as a policy response to the threats from terrorism and the impact that the policies themselves can have on the radicalization of individuals. The author highlights some of the limitations of the PREVENT strand of the overall strategy and the constraints that are imposed on government policies by failing to take a holistic perspective on the nature of the problem.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 399-408
Issue: 6
Volume: 36
Year: 2016
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1200801
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Author-Name: Sheila Ellwood
Author-X-Name-First: Sheila
Author-X-Name-Last: Ellwood
Title: Editorial: Addressing real-world problems
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 391-391
Issue: 6
Volume: 36
Year: 2016
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1206722
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Author-Name: Sarah Cooper
Author-X-Name-First: Sarah
Author-X-Name-Last: Cooper
Title: Debate: The monetary absurdity of disaggregating women’s issues
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 395-396
Issue: 6
Volume: 36
Year: 2016
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1206725
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Author-Name: Sidra Irfan
Author-X-Name-First: Sidra
Author-X-Name-Last: Irfan
Author-Name: Sandra Nutley
Author-X-Name-First: Sandra
Author-X-Name-Last: Nutley
Title: Debate: Using ideas from the West to improve education in Pakistan?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 396-397
Issue: 6
Volume: 36
Year: 2016
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1206728
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Author-Name: Lynda J. Burkinshaw
Author-X-Name-First: Lynda J.
Author-X-Name-Last: Burkinshaw
Title: Debate: Worker (mis)classification
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 398-398
Issue: 6
Volume: 36
Year: 2016
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1206746
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Author-Name: Joan Costa-Font
Author-X-Name-First: Joan
Author-X-Name-Last: Costa-Font
Author-Name: Valentina Zigante
Author-X-Name-First: Valentina
Author-X-Name-Last: Zigante
Title: The choice agenda in European health systems: the role of middle-class demands
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Choice for patients, over varying aspects of healthcare, is becoming an increasingly common feature in Europe, especially in tax-funded healthcare systems. This paper investigates patients’ choice of healthcare provider. The middle class, in countries implementing choice reforms, is shown to have a pronounced preference for the availability of choice as a component of a quality healthcare system. Important implications of this for theory and policy are discussed.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 409-416
Issue: 6
Volume: 36
Year: 2016
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1206748
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Author-Name: Rajiv Prabhakar
Author-X-Name-First: Rajiv
Author-X-Name-Last: Prabhakar
Title: How did the Welsh government manage to reform council tax in 2005?
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Repeated calls have been made for council tax (CT) in the UK to be reformed. A ‘tyranny of the status quo’ suggests that politicians will avoid this because they fear a backlash from the losers of reform. This paper claims that the tyranny of the status quo is not a fixed law. The Welsh government revalued CT in 2005 but did not communicate the complexity of reform sufficiently. Reform requires greater efforts to communicate the complexity of winning and losing.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 417-424
Issue: 6
Volume: 36
Year: 2016
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1206750
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Author-Name: Sophie Flemig
Author-X-Name-First: Sophie
Author-X-Name-Last: Flemig
Author-Name: Stephen Osborne
Author-X-Name-First: Stephen
Author-X-Name-Last: Osborne
Author-Name: Tony Kinder
Author-X-Name-First: Tony
Author-X-Name-Last: Kinder
Title: Risky business—reconceptualizing risk and innovation in public services
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This paper explores the relationship between risk and innovation in public services, presenting the state of the literature across different disciplines and the academic and policy literature. It suggests a novel framework to approach risk, emphasising the importance of differentiating between different types of risk and risk management. The paper offers a typology of risk types and management approaches that indicates different effects on the type of public service innovation. It concludes by considering the implications for theory and practice.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 425-432
Issue: 6
Volume: 36
Year: 2016
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1206751
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Author-Name: Rodney Dormer
Author-X-Name-First: Rodney
Author-X-Name-Last: Dormer
Title: Organizational management in New Zealand’s public service
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This paper explores the extent to which New Zealand’s central government organizations are effectively reporting on, and arguably therefore focusing on, the management of their organizations, as well as their operations. There is widespread concern that new public management reforms have resulted in an over-emphasis on the former at the expense of the latter. A solution to this problem requires a clear and consistent framework for how organizational management should be reported.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 433-440
Issue: 6
Volume: 36
Year: 2016
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1206752
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Author-Name: Sounman Hong
Author-X-Name-First: Sounman
Author-X-Name-Last: Hong
Title: When does a public–private partnership (PPP) lead to inefficient cost management? Evidence from South Korea’s urban rail system
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This paper investigates the impact of a public–private partnership (PPP) on the operational cost-efficiency of South Korea’s urban rail system. Seoul’s line 9, which is operated by a PPP, was compared with Seoul Metropolitan Rapid Transit (SMRT) which is entirely run by the public sector. Overall, no evidence was found that private operation led to clear and significant declines in costs to the public. Private shareholders, on the other hand, experienced a surprisingly high rate of return. The author explains why two characteristics defining a typical PPP—activity bundling and public–private risk-sharing—were behind this unintended outcome and makes suggestions to prevent other governments experiencing similar problems.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 447-454
Issue: 6
Volume: 36
Year: 2016
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1206755
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Author-Name: Erik Hans Klijn
Author-X-Name-First: Erik Hans
Author-X-Name-Last: Klijn
Author-Name: Joop Koppenjan
Author-X-Name-First: Joop
Author-X-Name-Last: Koppenjan
Title: The impact of contract characteristics on the performance of public–private partnerships (PPPs)
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Four significant features of public–private partnership (PPP) contracts are analysed to understand their impact on performance. These are whether the contract allows sanctions to be imposed; its complexity; its flexibility; and whether renegotiation is possible. The effects of these characteristics were investigated by surveying participants in all of the PPP projects in The Netherlands. The only feature considered to have any significant impact on perceived performance was the possibility of imposing sanctions. The authors’ findings cast doubt on earlier research into managing PPP performance and suggest that researchers, governments and the private sector need to look beyond contract terms to properly understand and manage PPP performance.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 455-462
Issue: 6
Volume: 36
Year: 2016
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1206756
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Author-Name: Reg Harman
Author-X-Name-First: Reg
Author-X-Name-Last: Harman
Author-Name: Nicholas Falk
Author-X-Name-First: Nicholas
Author-X-Name-Last: Falk
Title: ‘Swift Rail’—funding local rail transit through smarter growth
Abstract:
Many medium-size cities suffer from severe traffic congestion and poor accessibility, limiting their potential to improve their economy, environment, and social equity. These problems could be addressed by creating high-quality transit linking such cities with suburban and other catchment areas through use of existing rail lines and abandoned former railway alignments. This concept, termed ‘Swift Rail’, would call for an innovative approach to local railway and transport development.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 463-467
Issue: 6
Volume: 36
Year: 2016
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1206759
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Author-Name: Kuo-Tai Cheng
Author-X-Name-First: Kuo-Tai
Author-X-Name-Last: Cheng
Author-Name: Chun-Fa Cheng
Author-X-Name-First: Chun-Fa
Author-X-Name-Last: Cheng
Title: Linking governance mechanisms to organizational resources, legal mandate and agency values
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This article explores the links between governance mechanisms, regulatory agency values, organizational resources, and legislation. The authors examined a large regulatory agency in Taiwan (the NCC) with the aim of improving the quality of regulation. The lessons have application in other settings.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 468-472
Issue: 6
Volume: 36
Year: 2016
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1206763
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Author-Name: David Walker
Author-X-Name-First: David
Author-X-Name-Last: Walker
Title: Debate: Government’s right to know
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 392-394
Issue: 6
Volume: 36
Year: 2016
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1207406
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Author-Name: Andrew Massey
Author-X-Name-First: Andrew
Author-X-Name-Last: Massey
Title: Editorial: Innovation in public administration to leave no one behind
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 455-457
Issue: 7
Volume: 39
Year: 2019
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1665377
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Author-Name: Clare FitzGerald
Author-X-Name-First: Clare
Author-X-Name-Last: FitzGerald
Author-Name: Eleanor Carter
Author-X-Name-First: Eleanor
Author-X-Name-Last: Carter
Author-Name: Ruth Dixon
Author-X-Name-First: Ruth
Author-X-Name-Last: Dixon
Author-Name: Mara Airoldi
Author-X-Name-First: Mara
Author-X-Name-Last: Airoldi
Title: Walking the contractual tightrope: a transaction cost economics perspective on social impact bonds
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Transaction cost economics is applied in this paper to social impact bonds to explore how public service commissioners could improve outcomes-based contracts. The authors supply a framework for assessing the quality of outcomes specifications and clarify the trade-off between a robust value case for government and the transaction costs associated with specifying such a deal. Illustrated by two examples, the authors suggest that commissioners aim for a ‘requisite’ contract: one that minimizes opportunism while balancing the costs of developing a more robust outcomes specification.Policy-makers and managers are increasingly looking to outcomes-based contracts, including social impact bonds, as a way to improve social outcomes. The success of these contracts is predicated on how well-specified the outcomes are within them. This paper provides practitioners with an easy-to-use framework for assessing outcomes specifications. They need to consider the definition of the eligible cohort; the alignment of payable outcomes to the policy intent; and the accuracy of prices for attributable outcomes. Practitioners should aim for a ‘requisite’ contract—a contract that minimizes service provider and investor opportunism while balancing the costs associated with developing a more robust outcomes specification.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 458-467
Issue: 7
Volume: 39
Year: 2019
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1583889
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Author-Name: Elisa Bonollo
Author-X-Name-First: Elisa
Author-X-Name-Last: Bonollo
Title: Measuring supreme audit institutions’ outcomes: current literature and future insights
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Supreme audit institutions (SAIs) oversee the use of public resources and ensure accountability and, as such, they are very important for public sector reform. The author reviews the recent academic literature on how to measure SAIs’ results. Prior research was found to focus on performance auditing, rather than financial auditing. The authors rarely used quantitative indicators, but rather descriptive indicators or even anecdotes. Ways forward for researchers and SAIs are recommended.This paper makes recommendations on how to measure the outcomes of SAI audits. The author also has important advice on how SAIs might improve the results of their audits: most importantly setting up follow-up procedures to monitor the effects of their audit recommendations. The paper highlights proposals (for example using a Likert scale of SAI’s audit activity, rate of SAI’s recommendations implemented), that public auditors can use to get a comprehensive picture of outcome measures to improve accountability.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 468-477
Issue: 7
Volume: 39
Year: 2019
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1583887
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Author-Name: Yass AlKafaji
Author-X-Name-First: Yass
Author-X-Name-Last: AlKafaji
Author-Name: Hameed Shukur Mahmood
Author-X-Name-First: Hameed Shukur
Author-X-Name-Last: Mahmood
Title: Iraq’s budgetary practices post US invasion: a critical evaluation
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Although the steep decline in oil prices has inflicted havoc on Iraq’s public finances, critical analyses of the budgetary decisions and processes post-US invasion have uncovered other factors that have impeded Iraq’s economic progress. The authors evaluate Iraq’s budgets for the period 2003 through 2012 from three perspectives: legislative framework, revenue and expenditure, and monitoring. One of their primary findings is that Iraq has been operating at a surplus in excess of $85 billion. This finding contradicts officials who claim that Iraq has been operating at a large deficit. The authors explain why Iraq’s current budgetary practices of preparing, ratifying, executing and monitoring the country’s federal budget is fundamentally deficient, and much work is needed to reform its public financial management (PFM) system to bring it up to best international practices.For Iraq to succeed in its fight against corruption, its government should reform the country’s broken public finance management (PFM) system. The government must cut and control the parts of Iraq’s budget that prone to corruption, such as salaries and subsidies, and invest more in its infrastructure. It also needs to empower the financial monitoring function by eliminating the inspector general offices and the Commission of Integrity and to fully empower its oldest monitoring agency, the Board of Supreme Audit.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 478-485
Issue: 7
Volume: 39
Year: 2019
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1583888
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Author-Name: Katja Aalto
Author-X-Name-First: Katja
Author-X-Name-Last: Aalto
Author-Name: Kirsi-Mari Kallio
Author-X-Name-First: Kirsi-Mari
Author-X-Name-Last: Kallio
Title: Changing institutional logics: shifting to a new service model in the Finnish public sector
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This paper describes the implementation of corporatized shared services (CSS) in Finnish municipalities and the shift of operating logics. The diffusion of the new logics gradually proceeded to two levels: the individual level and the collective level. At the individual level, identity and cognitive skills were important to the diffusion of the new logics. At the collective level, shared services encouraged managers and employees to share not only practical experiences, but also collective identity.By studying the adoption of corporatized shared services (SSC), providing accounting and HR services in Finnish municipalities, we prove how this new organizational form was an important starting point for new, more efficient, customer-oriented approaches to be introduced into municipal support services. When new organizational practices are introduced, it is critical to recognize individual cognition and identities as fundamental mediators in order that staff adopt more customer-oriented thinking. An important finding for practitioners was that the opportunity to network with other professionals might empower employees and stimulate innovation.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 486-493
Issue: 7
Volume: 39
Year: 2019
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1588559
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Author-Name: Yulia Kasperskaya
Author-X-Name-First: Yulia
Author-X-Name-Last: Kasperskaya
Author-Name: Ramon Xifré
Author-X-Name-First: Ramon
Author-X-Name-Last: Xifré
Title: Reform or resist? The tale of two fiscal reforms in Spain after the crisis
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This paper examines the two main fiscal reforms that Spain adopted after the global financial crisis: the law on budget stability (2012) and the creation of the country’s first independent fiscal institution: AIReF (2013). The analysis suggests that the Spanish government adopted an ambivalent strategy, displaying tendencies both to reform but also to resist by trying to keep or regain fiscal decision power for itself.This paper analyses the two main fiscal reforms that Spain adopted after global financial crisis: the new law on budget stability (2012) and the creation of AIReF, the country’s first fiscal council (2013). So far, the new law has made only minor progress as a fiscal discipline device, but the central government took the opportunity to regain decision power from periphery administrations. The lesson here is that policy-makers need to be aware of the political side-effects of fiscal reforms. Another lesson, learnt from AIReF’s first years of operation, refers to the importance of establishing mechanisms that safeguard the independence and margin of manoeuvre of fiscal councils. Finally, another relevant finding for policy-makers and academics is that one of the reforms (the creation of the AIReF) helped unveil the limitations of the other reform (the new law). This shows the reforming process is dynamic and complex, and tensions may arise among individual reforms.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 494-502
Issue: 7
Volume: 39
Year: 2019
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1583886
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Author-Name: Federico Barnabè
Author-X-Name-First: Federico
Author-X-Name-Last: Barnabè
Author-Name: Jacopo Guercini
Author-X-Name-First: Jacopo
Author-X-Name-Last: Guercini
Author-Name: Martina Di Perna
Author-X-Name-First: Martina Di
Author-X-Name-Last: Perna
Title: Assessing performance and value-creation capabilities in Lean healthcare: insights from a case study
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Lean thinking is increasingly being applied worldwide. Yet its actual impact is still a puzzle, particularly when a ‘full-implementation approach’—which entails the adoption of a strategic approach to Lean dissemination on policy deployment procedures—is used. Focusing on the healthcare sector, this paper presents and tests a comprehensive measurement framework for Lean interventions. The paper explains how Lean testing can help decision-makers to solve managerial issues related to Lean initiatives.This paper explains why the effectiveness of a Lean strategy should be assessed by taking into account the synergies between internal and external performance dimensions. The authors present the concept of ‘value creation capability’. The new measurement framework they present was proved to be effective in a large multisite hospital (creating over 5 million euro of re-investable value) and could be similarly applied and tested elsewhere in the healthcare sector.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 503-511
Issue: 7
Volume: 39
Year: 2019
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1598197
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Author-Name: Berend van der Kolk
Author-X-Name-First: Berend
Author-X-Name-Last: van der Kolk
Title: Management control packages: a literature review and guidelines for public sector research
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The effectiveness of a management control (MC) element, such as performance measurement, may depend on other MC elements, such as organizational values and training activities. This is why MC elements should be studied ‘as a package’, instead of as isolated elements. Although examining MC elements as a package has the potential to make significant contributions to ongoing debates, this approach is largely absent in the academic public sector management literature. This paper reviews the MC package literature, examines its implications for public sector research and practice, and aids future research by discussing research design choices and research directions.Management control (MC) elements can be used to motivate employees to act in line with organizational goals. The effectiveness of an MC element, such as a performance measure, can depend on other MC elements that are used in an organization, such as result-oriented values and training for new hires. This is why managers should contemplate the potential interplay of an MC element with other elements when they consider implementing, removing or examining the effectiveness of an MC element. This paper identifies barriers that may complicate the study of MC packages in the public sector, and presents guidelines and practical tips on how to overcome these potential barriers.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 512-520
Issue: 7
Volume: 39
Year: 2019
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1592922
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Author-Name: Pat Barrett
Author-X-Name-First: Pat
Author-X-Name-Last: Barrett
Title: New development: Reviews of public sector performance—groundhog day?
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The purpose of this article is to canvass, and comment on, the main features of the recently completed Review of Governance, Performance and Accountability legislation/framework at the national level of government in Australia. Most of the Report’s 52 recommendations are procedural and will only be discussed when they may be of particular relevance in a broader context. The review reported on 4 September 2018. It continues the long line of reform reports conducted over the last 30 to 40 years. However, before the review was even completed, the Australian government announced (on 4 May 2018) another wide-ranging Independent Review of the Australian Public Service (APS), with a reference group of national and international experts having ‘diverse public and private sector experience’. Some suggested that the latter review should encompass the findings and recommendations of the former and be considered together, particularly as the announced chair was also a member of the earlier two-person review team. While no one would question the need for continuous learning, the main issue is about effective implementation of agreed recommendations that would improve performance and promote greater public confidence and trust in government.The September review endorses the approaches taken over the last five years to the framework’s successful operation and application but also provides recommendations that should enhance their effectiveness. As such, it will provide a supportive role for the current Review of the Australian Public Service (APS). There is a marked emphasis on the importance of the developments and application of IT and communication and co-operation in programme implementation, including relationships with the programme recipients, notably in the delivery of services, and with the general public. Digital reporting would minimize timing concerns and provide a better basis for access and comparative assessments of entity reporting. The enhanced roles recommended for both parliamentary committees and the ANAO would provide greater discipline for the effective implementation of any accepted recommendations. Any concerns about ‘practicability’ should be replaced by the need for ‘workability’ and commitment. In particular, the recommendation for senate estimates committees to be given the opportunity to refer issues arising out of their examination of parliamentary budget statements (including programme performance information/outcomes) to the JCPAA for inquiry and report is also another clear signal and endorsement of parliament’s resolve to ensure availability of meaningful performance (results) information. As such, it should make a marked contribution to restoring higher levels of trust and confidence in government and in the public service.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 521-527
Issue: 7
Volume: 39
Year: 2019
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1579441
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Author-Name: Francesca Manes-Rossi
Author-X-Name-First: Francesca
Author-X-Name-Last: Manes-Rossi
Title: New development: Alternative reporting formats: a panacea for accountability dilemmas?
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The need for accountability has given rise to new formats of reporting for public sector organizations. This article discusses the relative strengths and weaknesses of the main formats and concludes with a proposal for the adoption of an ‘Integrated Popular Report’ (IPR) to connect public sector organizations with ordinary people and encourage democratic participation in decision-making.Recently-developed reporting formats for public sector organizations (PSOs) are examined in terms of the need for accountability towards citizens. Many financial reports provided by PSOs are not easy to understand because they require specialist accounting knowledge and they can often conceal more that they show. The author explains why a solution could be to develop Integrated Popular Reporting (IPR)—a new form of disclosure which conveys accounting and non-accounting information to citizens in simple and accessible language. Professionals and standard-setters need to encourage PSOs to consider implementing IPR. Such a move would improve transparency and also foster greater citizen engagement in decision-making processes.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 528-531
Issue: 7
Volume: 39
Year: 2019
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1578540
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Author-Name: Jan van Helden
Author-X-Name-First: Jan
Author-X-Name-Last: van Helden
Author-Name: Daniela Argento
Author-X-Name-First: Daniela
Author-X-Name-Last: Argento
Author-Name: Eugenio Caperchione
Author-X-Name-First: Eugenio
Author-X-Name-Last: Caperchione
Author-Name: Josette Caruana
Author-X-Name-First: Josette
Author-X-Name-Last: Caruana
Title: Editorial: Politicians and accounting information—a marriage of convenience?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 473-476
Issue: 7
Volume: 36
Year: 2016
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1237110
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Author-Name: Noel Hyndman
Author-X-Name-First: Noel
Author-X-Name-Last: Hyndman
Title: Accrual accounting, politicians and the UK—with the benefit of hindsight
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 477-479
Issue: 7
Volume: 36
Year: 2016
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1237111
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Author-Name: Donald P. Moynihan
Author-X-Name-First: Donald P.
Author-X-Name-Last: Moynihan
Title: Political use of performance data
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 479-481
Issue: 7
Volume: 36
Year: 2016
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1237112
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Author-Name: Christoph Reichard
Author-X-Name-First: Christoph
Author-X-Name-Last: Reichard
Title: Can training help to make politicians more active users of performance information?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 481-482
Issue: 7
Volume: 36
Year: 2016
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1237119
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Author-Name: Davide Giacomini
Author-X-Name-First: Davide
Author-X-Name-Last: Giacomini
Author-Name: Mariafrancesca Sicilia
Author-X-Name-First: Mariafrancesca
Author-X-Name-Last: Sicilia
Author-Name: Ileana Steccolini
Author-X-Name-First: Ileana
Author-X-Name-Last: Steccolini
Title: Contextualizing politicians’ uses of accounting information: reassurance and ammunition
Abstract:
This paper explores the use of accounting information by local government politicians. The authors examined three very typical council decisions in both their policy formulation and decision-making stages, which had different levels of political conflict. During policy formulation, accounting information was used mostly to provide answers—improving understanding. At the decision-making stage, the level of conflict influenced the quantity of information used, as well as the way it was used. Under low political conflict, accounting information primarily provided reassurance, whereas when there were conflicts between majority and opposition politicians, accounting information was used to (de)legitimize political positions and decisions. This paper is one of the first to contextualize politicians’ use of accounting information and has important implications for practice and future research.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 483-490
Issue: 7
Volume: 36
Year: 2016
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1237128
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Author-Name: Jean Claude Mutiganda
Author-X-Name-First: Jean Claude
Author-X-Name-Last: Mutiganda
Title: How do politicians shape and use budgets to govern public sector organizations? A position-practice approach
Abstract:
This paper examines politicians’ influence on budgets in governing public sector organizations. Theoretical reasoning is based on the position-practice concept applied in structuration theory. Research took place in a hospital district in Finland from 2009 to 2015. The findings show that politicians set coercive budgetary policies, but there was no direct relationship between budgets and actual medical practices. As a result, the budget was simply a ‘ceremonial’ tool of political governance, as medical professionals concentrate on delivering healthcare services.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 491-498
Issue: 7
Volume: 36
Year: 2016
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1237133
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Author-Name: Enrico Guarini
Author-X-Name-First: Enrico
Author-X-Name-Last: Guarini
Title: The day after: newly-elected politicians and the use of accounting information
Abstract:
Most democracies expect accounting information to be used by public managers and elected politicians to support decision-making and accountability to both the public and higher levels of government. This paper shows that Italian local government politicians also use accounting information to influence public opinion and to win political benefit after elections when there has been a change in the ruling party.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 499-506
Issue: 7
Volume: 36
Year: 2016
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1237135
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Author-Name: Aimee Pernsteiner
Author-X-Name-First: Aimee
Author-X-Name-Last: Pernsteiner
Author-Name: D’Arcy Becker
Author-X-Name-First: D’Arcy
Author-X-Name-Last: Becker
Author-Name: Matthew Fish
Author-X-Name-First: Matthew
Author-X-Name-Last: Fish
Author-Name: William F. Miller
Author-X-Name-First: William F.
Author-X-Name-Last: Miller
Author-Name: Dawna Drum
Author-X-Name-First: Dawna
Author-X-Name-Last: Drum
Title: Budget repair or budget spectacle? The passage of Wisconsin’s Act 10
Abstract:
Strategic planning processes use budgets to implement control and accountability. However, budgets can also be used to generate support for strategic decisions, for example by creating a political spectacle. A political spectacle is a problem engineered to have a specific political impact. This paper investigates politicians’ use of a state budget as a political manoeuvre to defend strategic decisions regarding public employee unions in Wisconsin. The analysis shows how the 2011 state budget in Wisconsin was used to create a political spectacle to generate support for eliminating collective bargaining for public workers, especially public (state) school teachers.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 507-514
Issue: 7
Volume: 36
Year: 2016
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1237144
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Author-Name: Susana Jorge
Author-X-Name-First: Susana
Author-X-Name-Last: Jorge
Author-Name: Maria Antónia Jorge de Jesus
Author-X-Name-First: Maria Antónia
Author-X-Name-Last: Jorge de Jesus
Author-Name: Sónia Nogueira
Author-X-Name-First: Sónia
Author-X-Name-Last: Nogueira
Title: Information brokers and the use of budgetary and financial information by politicians: the case of Portugal
Abstract:
This paper analyses the intermediary role of the technical bodies that support the use of budgetary and financial information by central government politicians in Portugal. The main findings show that information brokers are playing a central role in preparing this information in a credible, simple and understandable way. However, even if not intentionally, the information they present can be biased. Politicians need to be aware that the information brokers they rely on may not be giving them ‘neutral’ information.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 515-520
Issue: 7
Volume: 36
Year: 2016
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1237152
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Author-Name: Pieter Duisenberg
Author-X-Name-First: Pieter
Author-X-Name-Last: Duisenberg
Title: New development: How MPs in the Dutch parliament strengthened their budgetary and accounting powers
Abstract:
After experiencing a lack of political interest for financial and performance information in the Dutch House of Representatives, the author, a member of parliament, introduced a systematic approach for parliamentarians to review the country’s national budget and accounts. Drawing on corporate experience, the approach is a parliamentary version of a corporate audit committee working with a standardized review questionnaire. It gained wide support and is now used by several parliamentary committees. Nevertheless, the author raises various questions to the public accounting and control research community to improve the method and ensure its long-term use by politicians.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 521-526
Issue: 7
Volume: 36
Year: 2016
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1237153
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Author-Name: Andreas Glöckner
Author-X-Name-First: Andreas
Author-X-Name-Last: Glöckner
Title: New development: The protective role of conservatism in public sector accounting
Abstract:
This article picks up a discussion in international business accounting about the appropriate definition and use of conservatism (or prudence) and calls for a similar discussion in public sector accounting. If financial reports present an overly optimistic situation, politicians might use them to justify spending public money that is not there, risking the sustainability of services and ‘borrowing’ from future generations.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 527-530
Issue: 7
Volume: 36
Year: 2016
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1237161
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Author-Name: Jan van Helden
Author-X-Name-First: Jan
Author-X-Name-Last: van Helden
Title: Literature review and challenging research agenda on politicians’ use of accounting information
Abstract:
Recent research on politicians’ use of financial and performance information is reviewed. Survey-based studies overestimate the frequency of this use; observational studies present a more accurate picture. A new and challenging research agenda is presented that will improve our understanding of the use and usefulness of accounting information. Implications for the real world of practice are discussed.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 531-538
Issue: 7
Volume: 36
Year: 2016
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1237162
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Author-Name: Christian Nielsen
Author-X-Name-First: Christian
Author-X-Name-Last: Nielsen
Title: Getting value for money from your science park
Abstract:
Based on 34 semi-structured interviews covering 25 university–industry collaborations (UICs) at science parks attached to Danish and Norwegian universities, this paper focuses on aspects of value creation and how to measure the performance of UICs. The research findings have resulted in a set of relevant performance measures for the UICs that have the potential to become levers of management for the modern-day university seeking to enhance the pay-off from its third core (mission) activities.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 539-546
Issue: 7
Volume: 36
Year: 2016
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1237165
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Author-Name: Malcolm Prowle
Author-X-Name-First: Malcolm
Author-X-Name-Last: Prowle
Author-Name: Manj Kalar
Author-X-Name-First: Manj
Author-X-Name-Last: Kalar
Author-Name: Lynne Barrow
Author-X-Name-First: Lynne
Author-X-Name-Last: Barrow
Title: New development: Value for money (VFM) in public services—the importance of organizational culture
Abstract:
VFM has been a key aspect of public service management for several decades and its importance has been raised in recent years as a consequence of austerity. Organizational culture is recognized in research literature as a key driver of organizational performance. However, little attention has been paid to the topic of organizational culture in relation to VFM in public services. This article presents the findings of new research in this area.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 547-552
Issue: 7
Volume: 36
Year: 2016
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1237169
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Author-Name: Sheila Ellwood
Author-X-Name-First: Sheila
Author-X-Name-Last: Ellwood
Author-Name: Javier Garcia-Lacalle
Author-X-Name-First: Javier
Author-X-Name-Last: Garcia-Lacalle
Title: : Women with altitude—exploring the influence of female presence and leadership on boards of directors
Abstract:
This article reports on a study examining the influence of women on the boards of directors of NHS foundation trusts in England in the light of a recent UK government inquiry into women in senior positions. A high female presence among executive and non-executive directorships did not result in significant differences either in financial return or service quality. However, female chairs or chief executives resulted in significant reductions in negative social outcomes, such as lower clinical negligence costs, without harming financial management. The findings have important implications for gender diversity and gender targets on the boards of directors in business and other sectors.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 73-78
Issue: 1
Volume: 38
Year: 2018
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2017.1323430
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Author-Name: Nicola Bateman
Author-X-Name-First: Nicola
Author-X-Name-Last: Bateman
Author-Name: Zoe Radnor
Author-X-Name-First: Zoe
Author-X-Name-Last: Radnor
Author-Name: Russ Glennon
Author-X-Name-First: Russ
Author-X-Name-Last: Glennon
Title: Editorial: The landscape of Lean across public services
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 1-4
Issue: 1
Volume: 38
Year: 2018
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2018.1389482
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Author-Name: Nicola Bateman
Author-X-Name-First: Nicola
Author-X-Name-Last: Bateman
Author-Name: Sarah Lethbridge
Author-X-Name-First: Sarah
Author-X-Name-Last: Lethbridge
Author-Name: Ann Esain
Author-X-Name-First: Ann
Author-X-Name-Last: Esain
Title: Pillar or platform—a taxonomy for process improvement activities in public services
Abstract:
Research into Lean in public services and particularly implementation, needs to develop from reporting cases to provide a taxonomy for researchers and practitioners. The paper outlines two approaches to process improvement activities (PIAs)—’Pillar’ and ‘Platform’ and tests the validity of these approaches through two organizational case studies (96 PIAs are considered). The degree to which this taxonomy supports decision-making is explored and issues associated with implementation are discussed.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 5-12
Issue: 1
Volume: 38
Year: 2018
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2018.1389487
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Author-Name: Marte D.-Q. Holmemo
Author-X-Name-First: Marte D.-Q.
Author-X-Name-Last: Holmemo
Author-Name: Jonas A. Ingvaldsen
Author-X-Name-First: Jonas A.
Author-X-Name-Last: Ingvaldsen
Title: Local adaption and central confusion: decentralized strategies for public service Lean implementation
Abstract:
There are a number of arguments for implementing public service Lean in a decentralized fashion, characterized by employee participation and local adaptions of the concept. This paper reports on a longitudinal case study of decentralized Lean implementation in a large Norwegian public service provider. The analysis points to unintended consequence of communication and co-ordination difficulties. The authors suggest ways of striking a reasonable balance between centralized and decentralized strategies of Lean implementation.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 13-20
Issue: 1
Volume: 38
Year: 2018
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2018.1389493
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Author-Name: Sharon J. Williams
Author-X-Name-First: Sharon J.
Author-X-Name-Last: Williams
Author-Name: Zoe Radnor
Author-X-Name-First: Zoe
Author-X-Name-Last: Radnor
Title: Using bandwidths to visualize and improve patient pathways
Abstract:
Global healthcare systems are struggling to manage the increasing demand for services. What is becoming apparent is the need for a greater understanding of the design of existing patient care pathways (journeys) and how these might be improved. Taking a Lean perspective, a popular approach employed for improving healthcare services, the authors consider how existing patient pathways can be visualized. Examples are used to illustrate varying degrees of complexity within the design and when Lean principles might help in providing a standardized and predictable service. The merits and challenges associated with using bandwidths are discussed and suggestions for future research are provided.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 21-28
Issue: 1
Volume: 38
Year: 2018
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2018.1389495
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Author-Name: Douglas Martin
Author-X-Name-First: Douglas
Author-X-Name-Last: Martin
Title: Lean in a cold fiscal climate: the public sector in an age of reduced resources
Abstract:
Reflecting on recent public sector reform, this paper examines the use of Lean during a period of financial austerity. The paper outlines several challenges for public sector organizations as they manage performance targets, and engage in service re-design. The author challenges the current use of Lean working arguing for a re-evaluation of the traditional public sector model of work and for a collective approach to co-production of service redesign.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 29-36
Issue: 1
Volume: 38
Year: 2018
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2018.1389501
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Author-Name: Pierre-Luc Fournier
Author-X-Name-First: Pierre-Luc
Author-X-Name-Last: Fournier
Author-Name: Marie-Hélène Jobin
Author-X-Name-First: Marie-Hélène
Author-X-Name-Last: Jobin
Title: Understanding before implementing: the context of Lean in public healthcare organizations
Abstract:
A three-year study of Lean implementation in public healthcare organizations in Québec identified poor understanding of the organizational context as a contributing factor to unsustainable Lean implementation. This paper presents a holistic perspective of the unique context of public healthcare organizations and discusses its implications with regards to Lean implementation.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 37-44
Issue: 1
Volume: 38
Year: 2018
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2018.1389505
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Author-Name: Sandra G. Leggat
Author-X-Name-First: Sandra G.
Author-X-Name-Last: Leggat
Author-Name: Pauline Stanton
Author-X-Name-First: Pauline
Author-X-Name-Last: Stanton
Author-Name: Greg J. Bamber
Author-X-Name-First: Greg J.
Author-X-Name-Last: Bamber
Author-Name: Timothy Bartram
Author-X-Name-First: Timothy
Author-X-Name-Last: Bartram
Author-Name: Richard Gough
Author-X-Name-First: Richard
Author-X-Name-Last: Gough
Author-Name: Ruth Ballardie
Author-X-Name-First: Ruth
Author-X-Name-Last: Ballardie
Author-Name: Kathy GermAnn
Author-X-Name-First: Kathy
Author-X-Name-Last: GermAnn
Author-Name: Amrik Sohal
Author-X-Name-First: Amrik
Author-X-Name-Last: Sohal
Title: : 4P recommendations for implementing change, from research in hospitals
Abstract:
How are hospital staff involved in process improvement initiatives such as Lean? What can we learn from Lean implementation experiences about the sustainability of such initiatives? The authors considered such questions in a study of workplace change in Australia and Canada. They found that Lean is more likely to be sustained when leaders adopted the 4P recommendations presented in this article.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 45-50
Issue: 1
Volume: 38
Year: 2018
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2017.1389534
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Author-Name: James L. Chan
Author-X-Name-First: James L.
Author-X-Name-Last: Chan
Author-Name: Xiaohu Wang
Author-X-Name-First: Xiaohu
Author-X-Name-Last: Wang
Title: Debate: What is public administration? PA with contemporary Chinese characteristics
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 51-52
Issue: 1
Volume: 38
Year: 2018
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2017.1389535
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Author-Name: Gary Bandy
Author-X-Name-First: Gary
Author-X-Name-Last: Bandy
Author-Name: Jean Hartley
Author-X-Name-First: Jean
Author-X-Name-Last: Hartley
Title: Debate: When spending less causes a problem
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 52-54
Issue: 1
Volume: 38
Year: 2018
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2017.1389537
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Author-Name: Kevin Muldoon-Smith
Author-X-Name-First: Kevin
Author-X-Name-Last: Muldoon-Smith
Author-Name: Paul Greenhalgh
Author-X-Name-First: Paul
Author-X-Name-Last: Greenhalgh
Title: Debate: Real estate value—what next for fiscal decentralization in England?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 54-56
Issue: 1
Volume: 38
Year: 2018
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2017.1389540
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Author-Name: Joseph Drew
Author-X-Name-First: Joseph
Author-X-Name-Last: Drew
Title: Playing for keeps: local government distortion of depreciation accruals in response to high-stakes public policy-making
Abstract:
Use of discretionary accounting accruals has long been recognized as a vehicle for earnings management in the private sector. More recently, evidence has emerged suggesting that public officials may similarly manipulate discretionary accruals in order to achieve ‘balanced’ operating results. This paper extends the previous literature on the manipulation of depreciation accruals to the realm of high-stakes public policy-making.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 57-64
Issue: 1
Volume: 38
Year: 2018
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2017.1389542
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Author-Name: Johan A. M. de Kruijf
Author-X-Name-First: Johan A. M.
Author-X-Name-Last: de Kruijf
Author-Name: Michiel S. de Vries
Author-X-Name-First: Michiel S.
Author-X-Name-Last: de Vries
Title: Contextualizing the trend from output to outcome measurement: the Dutch pension system
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Measuring outcomes rather than outputs is assumed to increase transparency in reporting. The authors discuss changes in the performance indicators used in the Dutch pension system from output to outcome measures. Expectations were not met. The main outcome assessed related to the viability of the system in the long run. A side-effect was that transparency for the stakeholders was diminished.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 65-72
Issue: 1
Volume: 38
Year: 2018
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2017.1389544
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Author-Name: Vincenzo Sforza
Author-X-Name-First: Vincenzo
Author-X-Name-Last: Sforza
Author-Name: Riccardo Cimini
Author-X-Name-First: Riccardo
Author-X-Name-Last: Cimini
Title: Central government accounting harmonization in EU member states: will EPSAS be enough?
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A highly controversial topic in the EU is the need for harmonized accrual-based standards to improve the quality of public accounts and reduce differences (adjustments) between the micro-(governmental accounting) and macro- (national accounting) levels. This paper shows that a set of high-quality accounting standards, like the future EPSAS, are not going to be sufficient to overcome the present lack of harmonization. The authors explain why this is the case having researched accounting data from 28 EU member states.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 301-308
Issue: 4
Volume: 37
Year: 2017
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1266191
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Author-Name: Lord Bichard
Author-X-Name-First: Lord
Author-X-Name-Last: Bichard
Title: Editorial
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 231-232
Issue: 4
Volume: 37
Year: 2017
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2017.1291214
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Author-Name: David Walker
Author-X-Name-First: David
Author-X-Name-Last: Walker
Title: Unimpacted?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 232-233
Issue: 4
Volume: 37
Year: 2017
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2017.1291216
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Author-Name: Jane Broadbent
Author-X-Name-First: Jane
Author-X-Name-Last: Broadbent
Title: Academic evidence, policy and practice
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 233-236
Issue: 4
Volume: 37
Year: 2017
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2017.1291219
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Author-Name: Jean Hartley
Author-X-Name-First: Jean
Author-X-Name-Last: Hartley
Title: Optimism of the will in the cocreation and use of research by academics and practitioners
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 236-239
Issue: 4
Volume: 37
Year: 2017
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2017.1291220
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Author-Name: Andrew Gray
Author-X-Name-First: Andrew
Author-X-Name-Last: Gray
Title: Many truths, many powers, many rationalities
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 239-240
Issue: 4
Volume: 37
Year: 2017
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2017.1291221
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Author-Name: James L. Chan
Author-X-Name-First: James L.
Author-X-Name-Last: Chan
Title: China’s knowledge strategy: 100 new think tanks, one school of thought
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 240-242
Issue: 4
Volume: 37
Year: 2017
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2017.1291222
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Author-Name: Colin Talbot
Author-X-Name-First: Colin
Author-X-Name-Last: Talbot
Title: Debate: The changing ecology of social knowledge and public policy-making
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 242-244
Issue: 4
Volume: 37
Year: 2017
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2017.1291223
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Author-Name: Mark Sandford
Author-X-Name-First: Mark
Author-X-Name-Last: Sandford
Title: The quiet return of equalization alongside incentive in the English local government finance system
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Local authority retention of 50% of business rates revenue was introduced in England in 2013–14, to be increased to 100% in the next few years. This signalled a move away from formula-based grant funding towards a funding system based on economic incentives. However, the 2016–17 settlement includes adjustments that indicate that equalization imperatives remain part of the policy toolkit. Given the complexity of the influences on local authority funding, these could maintain a considerable role when the new system is introduced.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 245-252
Issue: 4
Volume: 37
Year: 2017
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2017.1295724
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Author-Name: Lynda Burkinshaw
Author-X-Name-First: Lynda
Author-X-Name-Last: Burkinshaw
Title: Personal service companies and the public sector
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Off-payroll workers in the UK, including personal service companies (PSCs), engaged by the public sector have been giving ‘assurance’ of their tax position to departments in the sector since 2012. Departments must be satisfied with the assurance. For PSCs this requires awareness of complex tax legislation (IR35), which is aimed at preventing tax avoidance. Costs may be incurred in attaining the necessary knowledge. This may bring into question costs incurred in protecting tax revenue. No similar obligation exists in the private sector.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 253-260
Issue: 4
Volume: 37
Year: 2017
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2017.1295725
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Author-Name: Andrew Goddard
Author-X-Name-First: Andrew
Author-X-Name-Last: Goddard
Author-Name: Alexa Simm
Author-X-Name-First: Alexa
Author-X-Name-Last: Simm
Title: Management accounting, performance measurement and strategy in English local authorities
Abstract:
This paper analyses the results of an extensive survey of UK local government which explored the relationship between strategy, management accounting practices (MAPs), and performance measurement techniques (PMTs). The research investigated a resource-based view of strategic capabilities and Porter’s strategic typologies. PMTs and MAPs were shown to be associated with strategic capabilities. Strategic typologies, however, were found to be only weakly associated with the use of PMTs and MAPs.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 261-268
Issue: 4
Volume: 37
Year: 2017
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2017.1295726
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Author-Name: Andrea S. Patrucco
Author-X-Name-First: Andrea S.
Author-X-Name-Last: Patrucco
Author-Name: Davide Luzzini
Author-X-Name-First: Davide
Author-X-Name-Last: Luzzini
Author-Name: Stefano Ronchi
Author-X-Name-First: Stefano
Author-X-Name-Last: Ronchi
Author-Name: Michael Essig
Author-X-Name-First: Michael
Author-X-Name-Last: Essig
Author-Name: Markus Amann
Author-X-Name-First: Markus
Author-X-Name-Last: Amann
Author-Name: Andreas H. Glas
Author-X-Name-First: Andreas H.
Author-X-Name-Last: Glas
Title: Designing a public procurement strategy: lessons from local governments
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Public sector procurement faces competing priorities, such as cost-efficiency, legal conformity, the advancement of environmental protection and the promotion of innovation. In addition, procurement departments are moving away from being mere organizational servants to having a strategic function. This paper looks at current public procurement strategy research, revealing neglected aspects. The authors propose a new analytical framework and suggest avenues for future research.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 269-276
Issue: 4
Volume: 37
Year: 2017
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2017.1295727
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Author-Name: Sabina Nuti
Author-X-Name-First: Sabina
Author-X-Name-Last: Nuti
Author-Name: Milena Vainieri
Author-X-Name-First: Milena
Author-X-Name-Last: Vainieri
Author-Name: Federico Vola
Author-X-Name-First: Federico
Author-X-Name-Last: Vola
Title: Priorities and targets: supporting target-setting in healthcare
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Management by objectives requires selecting the appropriate number of indicators to measure objectives and then defining high-priority indicators. Failing to address these two issues often results in the so-called ‘performance paradox’. This paper describes an algorithm applied in the healthcare sector in the Italian regions. The resulting performance evaluation system is able to detect priority indicators in the target-setting phase, improving management and saving costs.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 277-284
Issue: 4
Volume: 37
Year: 2017
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2017.1295728
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Author-Name: Stijn Goeminne
Author-X-Name-First: Stijn
Author-X-Name-Last: Goeminne
Author-Name: Carine Smolders
Author-X-Name-First: Carine
Author-X-Name-Last: Smolders
Author-Name: Elke Vandorpe
Author-X-Name-First: Elke
Author-X-Name-Last: Vandorpe
Title: The real impact of a one-off fiscal restriction: empirical evidence of a flypaper effect in Flemish municipalities
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This paper analyses the effects of a one-off fiscal restriction on Flemish local government spending. The authors provide evidence of a ‘flypaper effect’: fiscal restriction stimulated the sensitivity of local spending to grants. This means that higher-level governments (regional/national/supranational) need to take a flypaper effect into account when considering one-off fiscal restrictions on lower-level governments.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 285-292
Issue: 4
Volume: 37
Year: 2017
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2017.1295732
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Author-Name: Kirsi-Mari Kallio
Author-X-Name-First: Kirsi-Mari
Author-X-Name-Last: Kallio
Author-Name: Tomi J. Kallio
Author-X-Name-First: Tomi J.
Author-X-Name-Last: Kallio
Author-Name: Giuseppe Grossi
Author-X-Name-First: Giuseppe
Author-X-Name-Last: Grossi
Title: Performance measurement in universities: ambiguities in the use of quality versus quantity in performance indicators
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Performance measurement (PM) is now common in Western universities. This is also the case in Finland, where a new funding scheme was implemented to ensure that quality was included in universities’ PM. However, this paper shows that the quality indicators in use are, in practice, quantitative. The paper is based on a large survey and has implications for university PM systems in Finland and internationally.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 293-300
Issue: 4
Volume: 37
Year: 2017
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2017.1295735
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Author-Name: Eugenio Caperchione
Author-X-Name-First: Eugenio
Author-X-Name-Last: Caperchione
Author-Name: Sandra Cohen
Author-X-Name-First: Sandra
Author-X-Name-Last: Cohen
Author-Name: Francesca Manes-Rossi
Author-X-Name-First: Francesca
Author-X-Name-Last: Manes-Rossi
Author-Name: Isabel Brusca
Author-X-Name-First: Isabel
Author-X-Name-Last: Brusca
Title: Editorial: Innovations in public sector financial and management accounting—for better or worse?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 385-388
Issue: 6
Volume: 39
Year: 2019
Month: 8
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1583906
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Author-Name: Peter Lorson
Author-X-Name-First: Peter
Author-X-Name-Last: Lorson
Author-Name: Ellen Haustein
Author-X-Name-First: Ellen
Author-X-Name-Last: Haustein
Title: Debate: On the role of prudence in public sector accounting
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 389-390
Issue: 6
Volume: 39
Year: 2019
Month: 8
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1583907
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Author-Name: Helge C. Brixner
Author-X-Name-First: Helge C.
Author-X-Name-Last: Brixner
Author-Name: Martin Köhler
Author-X-Name-First: Martin
Author-X-Name-Last: Köhler
Title: Debate: Accommodating the prudence principle in EPSAS design
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 391-392
Issue: 6
Volume: 39
Year: 2019
Month: 8
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1583908
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Author-Name: Sanja Korac
Author-X-Name-First: Sanja
Author-X-Name-Last: Korac
Author-Name: Birgit Moser
Author-X-Name-First: Birgit
Author-X-Name-Last: Moser
Author-Name: Paolo Rondo-Brovetto
Author-X-Name-First: Paolo
Author-X-Name-Last: Rondo-Brovetto
Author-Name: Iris Saliterer
Author-X-Name-First: Iris
Author-X-Name-Last: Saliterer
Title: Carry-overs or leftovers? Tackling year-end spend-downs at the central government level
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Year-end spend-downs have received a lot of attention in public policy and public administration, and a number of budgeting and accounting reforms have been made to tackle this issue. While carry-overs have been thought to be a remedy, their effect remains empirically under-investigated. This paper applies a mixed-method approach to provide empirical evidence for year-end spending surges, and to analyse the effect of changing carry-over rules in Austria. The authors uncover the reasons behind spend-downs: uncertainty about carry-overs and their use, and the risk of losing unspent appropriations and efficiency savings seem to explain year-end spend-downs. The findings offer support for prior calls in the academic literature to take time and volume limitations into account when designing and implementing carry-over rules. The evidence presented here has important implications for policy-makers and managers.Using the case of Austria, this paper investigates year-end spend-downs in government, and one of the most common ‘remedies’—carry-overs. Unrestricted carry-overs are likely to jeopardize aggregate fiscal targets, and highly restrictive rules about carry-over can lead to a loss of trust between central government entities and the ministry of finance. Surprisingly, carry-over rules themselves have led to year-end spend-downs. The authors explain the criteria/limitations that policy-makers, treasury officials, and financial directors and managers in central government departments and agencies need to consider when designing and implementing carry-over rules.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 393-400
Issue: 6
Volume: 39
Year: 2019
Month: 8
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1583909
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Author-Name: Margarita Labrador
Author-X-Name-First: Margarita
Author-X-Name-Last: Labrador
Author-Name: Jorge Olmo
Author-X-Name-First: Jorge
Author-X-Name-Last: Olmo
Title: Management accounting innovations for rationalizing the cost of services: The reassessment of cash and accrual accounting
Abstract:
Management accounting can be a useful tool in austerity government because it produces information about the costs of public services and can be used for informed decision-making. Spanish local governments are required to submit data on the cost of their services to central government, which publishes this information online. The calculation of costs is based on budgetary cash accounting instead of accrual accounting; therefore cash accounting is being used for decision-making and accrual accounting has no role in this process. This paper critically analyses the innovation from three perspectives: the use assigned to the cost information in the legal framework; the opinion of academics and experts; and the perception of professionals about the usefulness of the information produced with the new system.This paper offers insights into the usefulness of cost accounting in local governments, comparing cash and accrual information. The results show that information about the full cost of services is extremely valuable in the public sector. To increase the usefulness of accrual accounting, laws and regulations should start focusing on it to embed it into public sector organizations. The paper contains some other proposals that can facilitate the implementation and use of full-cost accounting.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 401-408
Issue: 6
Volume: 39
Year: 2019
Month: 8
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1583910
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Author-Name: Josette Caruana
Author-X-Name-First: Josette
Author-X-Name-Last: Caruana
Author-Name: Ian Grech
Author-X-Name-First: Ian
Author-X-Name-Last: Grech
Title: Tweaking public sector reporting with integrated reporting (IR) concepts
Abstract:
This paper examines the annual departmental reports prepared by Maltese government departments and highlights the gap between current practices and integrated reporting (IR). The authors suggest that principles and elements of IR could be gradually introduced in an effort to enhance transparency and accountability. The internalization of integrated thinking could also lead to enhanced value creation, and overcome the silo mentality that characterizes the Maltese public sector. Detailed guidelines for preparing ADRs urgently need to be developed in Malta—preparers should not expect to find them in the IIRC Framework, because they are not there.This paper examines how the concept of integrated thinking can improve existing reporting practices by government departments, leading to more efficient and effective public service provision. The authors view IR as a means to an end, that is, while they appreciate the intrinsic value of adoption on procedures, it is unnecessary to enforce a particular framework that requires an additional report.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 409-417
Issue: 6
Volume: 39
Year: 2019
Month: 8
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1583911
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Author-Name: Mark Taylor
Author-X-Name-First: Mark
Author-X-Name-Last: Taylor
Author-Name: Deb Appleton
Author-X-Name-First: Deb
Author-X-Name-Last: Appleton
Author-Name: Guy Keen
Author-X-Name-First: Guy
Author-X-Name-Last: Keen
Author-Name: John Fielding
Author-X-Name-First: John
Author-X-Name-Last: Fielding
Title: Assessing the effectiveness of fire prevention strategies
Abstract:
The authors examined the process of assessing the effectiveness of fire prevention within a Fire and Rescue Service in north west England, demonstrating how this was applied in practice. The approach to fire prevention strategy assessment included overall fire and rescue service performance, performance in relation to different population segments, cost per head performance, and multi-agency collaboration to support an effectiveness-based rather than outcomes-based performance assessment.This case study examination of the effectiveness of fire prevention strategies shows that fire prevention activities have a clear impact on the reduction of the number of fires. Major lessons for other fire and rescue services include that referrals to partner agencies were appropriate to assist in reducing factors associated with fire risk. In addition, concentrating fire prevention on the elderly was important given the proportion of fire fatalities and injuries involving this group. Finally, analysis of the effectiveness of fire prevention activities can inform fire prevention strategies.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 418-427
Issue: 6
Volume: 39
Year: 2019
Month: 8
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1579439
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Author-Name: Salma Ibrahim
Author-X-Name-First: Salma
Author-X-Name-Last: Ibrahim
Author-Name: Emmanouil Noikokyris
Author-X-Name-First: Emmanouil
Author-X-Name-Last: Noikokyris
Author-Name: Gianluca Fabiano
Author-X-Name-First: Gianluca
Author-X-Name-Last: Fabiano
Author-Name: Giampiero Favato
Author-X-Name-First: Giampiero
Author-X-Name-Last: Favato
Title: Manipulation of profits in Italian publicly-funded healthcare trusts
Abstract:
This paper examines earnings management in state-funded Italian healthcare trusts. Italy is unique in requiring trusts to have balanced budgets by law. Small negative and positive deviations from a balanced budget had quite different consequences. The authors found no evidence of accounting manipulation when trusts posted small losses. However, trusts were found to manipulate discretionary accruals, provisions and non-operating expenses to reduce small positive deviations from zero-profit.The authors have highlighted unintended consequences resulting from a balanced budget regime that are important for policy-makers making changes to financial reporting requirements. Policy-makers interested in mandating a ‘balanced budget’ in any sector that offers public services should be aware of potential manipulation of reports both through accruals and, importantly, through cuts in expenses, which may ultimately affect the level and quality of the services provided.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 428-435
Issue: 6
Volume: 39
Year: 2019
Month: 8
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1578539
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Author-Name: Klaudia Jarno
Author-X-Name-First: Klaudia
Author-X-Name-Last: Jarno
Title: Transparency of the organization and activity of carbon funds
Abstract:
Public and mixed carbon funds buy carbon credits on behalf of public authorities and make use of public money, thus there is a need for clear information regarding their operations. The paper presents a new transparency index for the organization and activity of carbon funds that takes account of information disclosed via the internet. The construction of the index is based on the Linaburg-Maduell Transparency Index for sovereign wealth funds. The empirical study demonstrates that public and mixed carbon funds varied significantly in terms of their transparency but, in general, mixed carbon funds performed slightly better than public carbon funds.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 436-442
Issue: 6
Volume: 39
Year: 2019
Month: 8
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2018.1551993
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Author-Name: Johanna Nählinder
Author-X-Name-First: Johanna
Author-X-Name-Last: Nählinder
Author-Name: Anna Fogelberg Eriksson
Author-X-Name-First: Anna Fogelberg
Author-X-Name-Last: Eriksson
Title: Outcome, process and support: analysing aspects of innovation in public sector organizations
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The authors present an analytical model to distinguish between different aspects and modes of innovation. By showing how innovation in the public sector differs from the private sector, this paper is an important stepping-stone to understanding and supporting innovation in the public sector.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 443-449
Issue: 6
Volume: 39
Year: 2019
Month: 8
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2018.1559617
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Author-Name: Seong-ho Jeong
Author-X-Name-First: Seong-ho
Author-X-Name-Last: Jeong
Author-Name: Sung Hoon Kang
Author-X-Name-First: Sung Hoon
Author-X-Name-Last: Kang
Title: New development: Fiscal reform in South Korea: looking back and moving forward
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At first glance, it seems that South Korea’s three fiscal systems (mid-term expenditure framework, top-down budgeting, and performance management) function well. However, each fiscal system operates separately and they are inefficient because they follow past practices. This article explains what the problems are and how to overcome them.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 450-453
Issue: 6
Volume: 39
Year: 2019
Month: 8
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2018.1559620
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Author-Name: Ileana Steccolini
Author-X-Name-First: Ileana
Author-X-Name-Last: Steccolini
Title: New development: Gender (responsive) budgeting—a reflection on critical issues and future challenges
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Gender budgeting needs to become institutionalized more strongly in our societies and public policies. The article suggests some of the possible challenges to be taken into consideration to make it ‘work’, including availability of technical capacities and data, securing support in the political agenda, involving stakeholders, balancing spontaneity and standardization, and considering wider sources of inequality.Gender budgeting has an important unexploited potential. However, much more needs to be done for it to become institutionalized. A stronger commitment by practitioners, policy-maker and scholars is needed. This article suggests possible conditions to make it work.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 379-383
Issue: 5
Volume: 39
Year: 2019
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1578538
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Author-Name: Pan Suk Kim
Author-X-Name-First: Pan Suk
Author-X-Name-Last: Kim
Author-Name: Ji Yun Chun
Author-X-Name-First: Ji Yun
Author-X-Name-Last: Chun
Title: A critical review of the 2015 South Korean civil service pension reform
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The Republic of Korea’s civil service pension (KCSP) was established in 1960 and has been changed several times to overcome the serious financial burdens it has placed on the country. Major problems related to the KCSP include its structure (low contribution and high benefit) and the country’s rapidly aging population. The authors examine the 2015 KCSP reform, reviewing the reasons for the reform, its process, and its fiscal and policy implications. Reforms in other countries are briefly compared. The paper provides important lessons for researchers and practitioners involved in public sector pension reforms.The Republic of Korea's civil service pension reform was urgently needed to reduce the financial burden on the nation. Accordingly, in December 2014, a ‘Special Committee for the Civil Service Pension Reform’ was established, composed of members from ruling and opposition parties and a ‘Body for a Societal Grand Compromise on Civil Service Pension Reform’, with the aim of resolving conflicts through discussion between the main stakeholders, including public officials, experts, civil society, and civil service unions. The Korean government found it very difficult to reach an agreement on the pension reform plan, because contributors would be paying more, receiving less, and receiving later. Nevertheless, following lengthy discussion involving intensive dialogue with social partners, policy actors arrived at a social consensus through a deliberative process.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 369-378
Issue: 5
Volume: 39
Year: 2019
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1578546
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Author-Name: Tejal Shah
Author-X-Name-First: Tejal
Author-X-Name-Last: Shah
Author-Name: Louise Wilson
Author-X-Name-First: Louise
Author-X-Name-Last: Wilson
Author-Name: Nick Booth
Author-X-Name-First: Nick
Author-X-Name-Last: Booth
Author-Name: Olly Butters
Author-X-Name-First: Olly
Author-X-Name-Last: Butters
Author-Name: Joe McDonald
Author-X-Name-First: Joe
Author-X-Name-Last: McDonald
Author-Name: Kathryn Common
Author-X-Name-First: Kathryn
Author-X-Name-Last: Common
Author-Name: Mike Martin
Author-X-Name-First: Mike
Author-X-Name-Last: Martin
Author-Name: Joel Minion
Author-X-Name-First: Joel
Author-X-Name-Last: Minion
Author-Name: Paul Burton
Author-X-Name-First: Paul
Author-X-Name-Last: Burton
Author-Name: Madeleine Murtagh
Author-X-Name-First: Madeleine
Author-X-Name-Last: Murtagh
Title: Information-sharing in health and social care: Lessons from a socio-technical initiative
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Advances in information technology have led to new and innovative approaches in data-sharing, analysis, interpretation, and the potential for real-time responses to changes in health and social care status. However, health and social care information is not only complex but often socially and personally sensitive in ways that do not apply in other domains. This requires adoption of a tailored interdisciplinary (social, ethical, legal, technical and data science) and intersectoral (health and social care, academic and commercial institutions and citizens) approach to technology development. The authors present some important lessons to date from ongoing development of an innovative infrastructure for sharing health and social care data.Data is essential for delivering direct care, service planning and improvement, and research ethically, lawfully, safely and efficiently. The article exemplifies, with the help of a region-wide health and social care information-sharing initiative, the importance and need for strategic planning and collaborative decision-making within each of these dimensions. It thus contributes to improved understanding of the scope, opportunities, benefits, limitations and practicalities of information-sharing in health and social care. The article is therefore relevant for all stakeholders, including patients, practitioners from across care settings, commissioners, managers, technologists, academics, innovators, designers and governance teams.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 359-363
Issue: 5
Volume: 39
Year: 2019
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1583891
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Author-Name: Rob Wilson
Author-X-Name-First: Rob
Author-X-Name-Last: Wilson
Author-Name: James Cornford
Author-X-Name-First: James
Author-X-Name-Last: Cornford
Author-Name: Sue Richardson
Author-X-Name-First: Sue
Author-X-Name-Last: Richardson
Author-Name: Sue Baines
Author-X-Name-First: Sue
Author-X-Name-Last: Baines
Author-Name: J. Ramon Gil-Garcia
Author-X-Name-First: J. Ramon
Author-X-Name-Last: Gil-Garcia
Author-Name: Stephen Curtis
Author-X-Name-First: Stephen
Author-X-Name-Last: Curtis
Author-Name: Nicola Underdown
Author-X-Name-First: Nicola
Author-X-Name-Last: Underdown
Title: Editorial: Information sharing—Easy to say … much harder to do than we want to believe!
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 317-319
Issue: 5
Volume: 39
Year: 2019
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1611231
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Author-Name: Jack Hardinges
Author-X-Name-First: Jack
Author-X-Name-Last: Hardinges
Author-Name: Peter Wells
Author-X-Name-First: Peter
Author-X-Name-Last: Wells
Title: Data trusts will not be the final word on data sharing, but they might help
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 320-321
Issue: 5
Volume: 39
Year: 2019
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1611232
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Author-Name: Stephen Curtis
Author-X-Name-First: Stephen
Author-X-Name-Last: Curtis
Title: Digital transformation—the silver bullet to public service improvement?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 322-324
Issue: 5
Volume: 39
Year: 2019
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1611233
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Author-Name: Rob Wilson
Author-X-Name-First: Rob
Author-X-Name-Last: Wilson
Title: Debate: Information sharing is dead—long live information sharing! Current challenges and looking ahead
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 325-326
Issue: 5
Volume: 39
Year: 2019
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1611234
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Author-Name: Ian McLoughlin
Author-X-Name-First: Ian
Author-X-Name-Last: McLoughlin
Author-Name: Yolande McNicoll
Author-X-Name-First: Yolande
Author-X-Name-Last: McNicoll
Author-Name: James Cornford
Author-X-Name-First: James
Author-X-Name-Last: Cornford
Author-Name: Sally Davenport
Author-X-Name-First: Sally
Author-X-Name-Last: Davenport
Title: Data-driven innovation in the social sector in Australasia—data ecosystems and interpretive communities
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Much has been made of the potential for government and public agencies to address the challenges and problems they face through the more effective linkage, sharing and use of data. The authors review the opportunities and issues involved, with a particular focus on the social (including human) services sector, where some of the most challenging problems facing government exist and some of the most far-reaching and transformational changes might be achieved. Using recent developments in Australasia as illustration, the paper explores how different stakeholders see the opportunities and challenges involved and the issues and problems to be overcome.More effective use of data clearly holds promise but it also involves challenges. Data does not ‘speak for itself’ and public managers need to accept that they will have less monopoly over its interpretation. Instead, while remaining custodians of the public interest, they need to acknowledge a broader range of community views about how data might drive innovation.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 327-335
Issue: 5
Volume: 39
Year: 2019
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1611235
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Author-Name: James Cornford
Author-X-Name-First: James
Author-X-Name-Last: Cornford
Title: Competing institutional logics of information sharing in public services: Why we often seem to be talking at cross-purposes when we talk about information sharing
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Sharing information and data across organizational boundaries has proved hard to achieve. This is, in part, because we have framed the problem, and possible solutions, in one of three conflicting ways that draw on powerful institutional logics: design, governance and enculturation. Five strategies for addressing this conflict are presented—contingency, combination, conflict, ambiguity and synthesis. The conclusion links the problem of information sharing to the paradoxical nature of information.We often disagree about how to do information sharing because we approach the problem from one of three different points of view, each with its own logic. To resolve these disagreements we need to acknowledge different logics, understand their origins and their strengths and weaknesses. There is no single, correct way of combining perspectives and a number of alternative approaches needs to be considered.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 336-345
Issue: 5
Volume: 39
Year: 2019
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1611236
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Author-Name: Sora Park
Author-X-Name-First: Sora
Author-X-Name-Last: Park
Author-Name: J. Ramon Gil-Garcia
Author-X-Name-First: J.
Author-X-Name-Last: Ramon Gil-Garcia
Author-Name: Theresa A. Pardo
Author-X-Name-First: Theresa A.
Author-X-Name-Last: Pardo
Author-Name: Megan Sutherland
Author-X-Name-First: Megan
Author-X-Name-Last: Sutherland
Author-Name: Andrew Roepe
Author-X-Name-First: Andrew
Author-X-Name-Last: Roepe
Title: Cross-boundary information sharing in regulatory contexts: The case of financial markets
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Most studies about cross-boundary information sharing (CBIS) focus on private or public sector organizations only. There is limited research within regulated environments, which often requires information to be shared among multiple public, private and nonprofit organizations. This paper explores CBIS in different regulatory contexts, with a focus on financial markets in the USA, and finds some unique characteristics in terms of information asymmetries, incentive and governance structures, and structural complexity.While the importance and success factors of information sharing has been widely discussed between businesses within the industry, the knowledge gap between the regulator and the regulated has remained unexplored. The purpose of this paper is to help practitioners understand what prevents effective information sharing between the regulated and regulator, and among the regulators, given the unique socio-technological environment they are in. We developed an understanding of regulatory challenges of effectively monitoring market activities and mitigating systemic risk in the US financial market in relation to the cross-boundary information sharing challenges in various regulatory contexts
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 346-354
Issue: 5
Volume: 39
Year: 2019
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1611237
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Author-Name: Stephen Curtis
Author-X-Name-First: Stephen
Author-X-Name-Last: Curtis
Author-Name: John Edwards
Author-X-Name-First: John
Author-X-Name-Last: Edwards
Title: Improving public services by sharing the right information
Abstract:
This article looks at the role that information sharing plays in supporting new models of public service delivery. It sets out the barriers to information sharing, attempts to overcome them and considers some of the factors involved in shaping a new direction for information sharing, such as changing public expectations and the rapidly changing regulatory environment.Information sharing is often cited as being a barrier to the transformation of public services, for example child protection, domestic abuse and serious crime. This article explains what needs to be done to deal with these issues.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 355-358
Issue: 5
Volume: 39
Year: 2019
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1611238
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Author-Name: David Jamieson
Author-X-Name-First: David
Author-X-Name-Last: Jamieson
Author-Name: Rob Wilson
Author-X-Name-First: Rob
Author-X-Name-Last: Wilson
Author-Name: Mike Martin
Author-X-Name-First: Mike
Author-X-Name-Last: Martin
Title: The (im)possibilities of open data?
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The perceived benefits and possibilities that the production, publication and consumption of Open Government Data (OGD) can provide to citizens and the economy are well documented. In the UK, this has resulted in the introduction of key legislation, such as the Freedom of Information Act 2010, and the Data Protection Act 2018. However, there is insufficient empirical knowledge and evidence to support the extent as to which the intended possibilities of OGD (transparency, releasing social and commercial value, and participation and engagement) have been realized. This article investigates these supposed possibilities and suggests that they may be impossibilities instead.Open government data has long been widely heralded as a mechanism to underpin policy-making, improve citizen engagement, and stimulate innovation. Despite the wealth of literature disputing these aspects individually, this article challenges the perceived benefits collectively against a backdrop of changing political climate and policy. The authors challenge three perceived benefits surrounding the production, consumption and publication of open government data and provide additional considerations that can be made to increase the efficiency and impact of open government data.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 364-368
Issue: 5
Volume: 39
Year: 2019
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1611240
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Author-Name: Clare Butler
Author-X-Name-First: Clare
Author-X-Name-Last: Butler
Author-Name: Kathryn Haynes
Author-X-Name-First: Kathryn
Author-X-Name-Last: Haynes
Title: ‘Passionate and professional’: reconciling logics in public service accounting
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In order to deliver public value, the UK government sought to build relationships and connect ‘the public’ with public servants (including back-office workers), but with what effect? Drawing on interviews with public service accountants, the authors found that how these accountants conceptualized ‘the public’—as society or people—shaped whether public value was considered as a monetary or moral concept. Accountants who regarded the public as people spoke of an improper level of involvement and struggled to maintain their professionalism.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 121-130
Issue: 2
Volume: 38
Year: 2018
Month: 2
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2017.1386937
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Author-Name: Michael Ambühl
Author-X-Name-First: Michael
Author-X-Name-Last: Ambühl
Author-Name: Martin Gutmann
Author-X-Name-First: Martin
Author-X-Name-Last: Gutmann
Author-Name: Daniela S. Scherer
Author-X-Name-First: Daniela S.
Author-X-Name-Last: Scherer
Title: Debate: The Swiss model—a viable role model for a post-Brexit settlement?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 83-86
Issue: 2
Volume: 38
Year: 2018
Month: 2
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2017.1393930
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Author-Name: Andrew Massey
Author-X-Name-First: Andrew
Author-X-Name-Last: Massey
Title: Editorial: Embracing the positives
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 79-80
Issue: 2
Volume: 38
Year: 2018
Month: 2
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2017.1407130
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Author-Name: Noel Hepworth
Author-X-Name-First: Noel
Author-X-Name-Last: Hepworth
Title: Debate: Improving financial management and internal control in developing and transition economy countries within the European Union sphere of influence
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 80-82
Issue: 2
Volume: 38
Year: 2018
Month: 2
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2018.1407131
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Author-Name: Ulf Papenfuß
Author-X-Name-First: Ulf
Author-X-Name-Last: Papenfuß
Author-Name: Marieke van Genugten
Author-X-Name-First: Marieke
Author-X-Name-Last: van Genugten
Author-Name: Johan de Kruijf
Author-X-Name-First: Johan
Author-X-Name-Last: de Kruijf
Author-Name: Sandra van Thiel
Author-X-Name-First: Sandra
Author-X-Name-Last: van Thiel
Title: Implementation of EU initiatives on gender diversity and executive directors’ pay in municipally-owned enterprises in Germany and The Netherlands
Abstract:
A popular topic in the assessment of the functioning of municipally-owned enterprises is the corporate governance (CG) of such organizations. The results of the comparative study presented in this paper indicate that European Union initiatives on gender diversity and executive directors’ pay are often not implemented in public CG codes and in practice in municipally-owned enterprises in Germany and The Netherlands. The paper proposes that EU initiatives should specifically target municipally-owned enterprises and shows concrete hard and soft regulation options for national and international policy-makers and future research perspectives.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 87-96
Issue: 2
Volume: 38
Year: 2018
Month: 2
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2018.1407133
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Author-Name: Jan Boon
Author-X-Name-First: Jan
Author-X-Name-Last: Boon
Title: Moving the governance of shared service centres (SSCs) forward: juxtaposing agency theory and stewardship theory
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SSCs are popular arrangements for the delivery of support services. However, no-one has systematically analysed how conventional ideas on how to govern SSCs have been introduced in governments. This paper explores the governance of SSCs by juxtaposing agency and stewardship governance prescriptions, and by relating them to empirical examples. More research is needed on the conditions under which different governance methods work.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 97-104
Issue: 2
Volume: 38
Year: 2018
Month: 2
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2018.1407135
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Author-Name: Louise Bringselius
Author-X-Name-First: Louise
Author-X-Name-Last: Bringselius
Title: Efficiency, economy and effectiveness—but what about ethics? Supreme audit institutions at a critical juncture
Abstract:
Ethics is increasingly recognized as one of several important dimensions of performance. Yet, performance audit, or value-for-money audit, as conducted by supreme audit institutions (SAIs), does not typically include this dimension. Instead, the focus is on the classical ‘three Es’ (efficiency, economy and effectiveness). The reluctance to address issues of ethical misconduct has taken the audit practice of SAIs to a critical juncture, where the legitimacy of these audits ultimately is at stake. This paper explains why SAIs need to add a fourth ‘E’— ethical audit. Possible implications are discussed.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 105-110
Issue: 2
Volume: 38
Year: 2018
Month: 2
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2018.1407137
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Author-Name: Rodney Dormer
Author-X-Name-First: Rodney
Author-X-Name-Last: Dormer
Title: Accountability and worth: a study of New Zealand's tertiary education institutions
Abstract:
This paper explores the complex web of accountability relationships between New Zealand’s tertiary education institutions (TEIs) and the different forums with which they interact. A brief review of the extensive literature on accountability suggests that previous approaches to this topic have largely adopted the perspective of those forums to which accountability is provided. However, the alternative perspectives of those giving an account provide a more insightful understanding of accountability practices.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 111-120
Issue: 2
Volume: 38
Year: 2018
Month: 2
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2018.1407138
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Author-Name: Benedetta Bello
Author-X-Name-First: Benedetta
Author-X-Name-Last: Bello
Author-Name: James Downe
Author-X-Name-First: James
Author-X-Name-Last: Downe
Author-Name: Rhys Andrews
Author-X-Name-First: Rhys
Author-X-Name-Last: Andrews
Author-Name: Steve Martin
Author-X-Name-First: Steve
Author-X-Name-Last: Martin
Title: Does austerity drive public service innovation? Evidence from shared senior management teams in local government
Abstract:
Shared senior management teams are a recent and radical response to financial austerity. They aim to improve the efficiency of public services without the disruption, controversy and transaction costs associated with full-blown organizational mergers. This paper assesses the adoption of this management innovation by English district councils, identifies enablers and barriers to its effective implementation, offers a preliminary assessment of its impacts, and draws out practical lessons for policy-makers.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 131-138
Issue: 2
Volume: 38
Year: 2018
Month: 2
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2018.1407161
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Author-Name: Alessandro Spano
Author-X-Name-First: Alessandro
Author-X-Name-Last: Spano
Author-Name: John Martin
Author-X-Name-First: John
Author-X-Name-Last: Martin
Title: Complementary currencies: what role should they be playing in local and regional government?
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The current climate of fiscal austerity has seen a resurgence in ‘complementary currencies’ as local and regional governments look for ways to use under-utilized assets, maintain employment and avoid local economic decline. The authors explore how local and regional governments can facilitate complementary currencies to reduce the impact of external economic shocks and enable their economies to continue to function in the face of austerity. They recommend that localities consider participating in existing complementary currency ‘circles’.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 139-146
Issue: 2
Volume: 38
Year: 2018
Month: 2
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2018.1407162
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Author-Name: Alan Doig
Author-X-Name-First: Alan
Author-X-Name-Last: Doig
Title: Fraud: from national strategies to practice on the ground—a regional case study
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The intentions of a number of national strategies and other initiatives to address fraud are reviewed in the context of one UK region. This paper considers how far various agencies in that region have responded to fraud. It then discusses which factors appear to have influenced the role of the strategies and other initiatives as an anti-fraud framework or to deliver anti-fraud work.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 147-156
Issue: 2
Volume: 38
Year: 2018
Month: 2
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2018.1407164
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Author-Name: Mikhail Gershman
Author-X-Name-First: Mikhail
Author-X-Name-Last: Gershman
Author-Name: Thomas Wolfgang Thurner
Author-X-Name-First: Thomas Wolfgang
Author-X-Name-Last: Thurner
Title: New development: Reinventing industrial policy—a Russian study in engineering and design
Abstract:
Engineering and industrial design services are closely connected to both an economy’s value and level of employment. While the global market for engineering services is growing steadily, the Russian engineering and industrial design market is very fragmented. Russia began a targeted policy for engineering and industrial design in 2013 to support service providers who were struggling with high interest rates on loans and insufficiently qualified staff. This article reports on this initiative and reflects on its impact.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 157-160
Issue: 2
Volume: 38
Year: 2018
Month: 2
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2018.1407166
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Author-Name: Eleonora Broccardo
Author-X-Name-First: Eleonora
Author-X-Name-Last: Broccardo
Author-Name: Maria Mazzuca
Author-X-Name-First: Maria
Author-X-Name-Last: Mazzuca
Title: New development: Can ‘public’ market-based solutions restore the banking system? The case of non-performing loans (NPLs)
Abstract:
The authors discuss how policy-makers could use new market-based solutions to dismantle NPLs. They examine viable solutions for NPLs and then study the Italian State Guarantee Scheme for NPL Securitization (GACS) to highlight how public actors could efficiently use public resources to solve the NPL problem.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 515-520
Issue: 7
Volume: 37
Year: 2017
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2017.1338430
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Author-Name: Cary L. Cooper
Author-X-Name-First: Cary L.
Author-X-Name-Last: Cooper
Title: Debate: Workplace bullying
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 459-460
Issue: 7
Volume: 37
Year: 2017
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2017.1347356
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Author-Name: Toby S. James
Author-X-Name-First: Toby S.
Author-X-Name-Last: James
Author-Name: Tyrone Jervier
Author-X-Name-First: Tyrone
Author-X-Name-Last: Jervier
Title: The cost of elections: the effects of public sector austerity on electoral integrity and voter engagement
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Concerns have been raised that insufficient funding has been affecting the delivery of elections in many countries. This paper presents a case study of England and Wales from 2010–2016. It demonstrates that many local authorities saw major real terms cuts and were increasingly over-budget. Those subject to cuts were less likely to undertake public engagement activities. State efforts to encourage voter participation may therefore be a casualty of austerity.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 461-468
Issue: 7
Volume: 37
Year: 2017
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2017.1351834
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Author-Name: Andrew Massey
Author-X-Name-First: Andrew
Author-X-Name-Last: Massey
Title: Editorial: Public service—global issues, local suggestions
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 457-458
Issue: 7
Volume: 37
Year: 2017
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2017.1372095
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Author-Name: Michael Overton
Author-X-Name-First: Michael
Author-X-Name-Last: Overton
Author-Name: Julius A. Nukpezah
Author-X-Name-First: Julius A.
Author-X-Name-Last: Nukpezah
Author-Name: Orkhan Ismayilov
Author-X-Name-First: Orkhan
Author-X-Name-Last: Ismayilov
Title: Prepayments, late payments, and sales tax revenue volatility in Texas cities
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Local governments with volatile revenues face a variety of managerial challenges. This study examines the impact of prepayments and late payments on sales tax revenue volatility (STRV). Prepayments and late payments have the potential of disrupting the predictability of sales tax revenue. Using a sample of 1,075 cities in Texas over a 15-year period (1998 to 2013), the study finds that late payments impact STRV while early payments do not.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 469-476
Issue: 7
Volume: 37
Year: 2017
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2017.1372099
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Author-Name: Huang Rongbing
Author-X-Name-First: Huang
Author-X-Name-Last: Rongbing
Author-Name: Wang Liyan
Author-X-Name-First: Wang
Author-X-Name-Last: Liyan
Title: Audit results, market reactions and accounting conservatism: evidence from China
Abstract:
This paper examines China's securities market reactions to publication of the audits of state-owned companies. The impact of audit reports on accounting conservatism is also discussed. Recommendations are made for improving the current system.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 477-484
Issue: 7
Volume: 37
Year: 2017
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2017.1372101
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Author-Name: Roula Masou
Author-X-Name-First: Roula
Author-X-Name-Last: Masou
Title: Behind managerial reforms: the French experience
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Inspired by new public management (NPM), managerial reforms in many countries from the 1990s onwards focused on three criteria: effectiveness, efficiency and enhancing service quality. These criteria were meant to be given equal weight in measuring performance, but this paper shows that some criteria dominated. The reform experiences of four countries are compared, with a focus on French reforms.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 485-490
Issue: 7
Volume: 37
Year: 2017
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2017.1372103
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Author-Name: Daniela Sangiorgi
Author-X-Name-First: Daniela
Author-X-Name-Last: Sangiorgi
Author-Name: Luca Mazzara
Author-X-Name-First: Luca
Author-X-Name-Last: Mazzara
Author-Name: Benedetta Siboni
Author-X-Name-First: Benedetta
Author-X-Name-Last: Siboni
Title: Do European recommendations impact on sustainability policies by Italian local governments?
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Taking the role of a facilitator, the EU has published recommendations to steer sustainability policies in local governments. The authors analysed strategic plans published by Italian local governments and found that the EU’s recommendations had zero effect. The way forward is for local governments to be required to produce sustainability policies.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 491-498
Issue: 7
Volume: 37
Year: 2017
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2017.1372106
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Author-Name: Saniye Çelik
Author-X-Name-First: Saniye
Author-X-Name-Last: Çelik
Author-Name: Gürkan Çelik
Author-X-Name-First: Gürkan
Author-X-Name-Last: Çelik
Title: Aiming to connect: the business case for diversity in public organizations in The Netherlands
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This paper examines the effectiveness of diversity policy and interventions in the Dutch public sector and shows that business case interventions can affect employees’ commitment to their organization, contributing to staff retention rates and improving overall performance. Leadership style, as well as organizational culture, are shown to play a crucial role in the effectiveness of the interventions that were analysed.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 499-506
Issue: 7
Volume: 37
Year: 2017
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2017.1372108
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Author-Name: Qiushi Wang
Author-X-Name-First: Qiushi
Author-X-Name-Last: Wang
Title: Fiscal institutions and the funding of US state and local pension plans
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This paper investigates the relationship between the funded ratio of US public pension plans and several fiscal institutions adopted by state governments. The author analysed a large data set from 1997 to 2012, and found that states with stricter balanced budget requirements and debt limits had a lower pension funded ratio, whereas states with tax and spending limits in place had a higher funded ratio. The findings contribute to the current debate on public sector pension reforms in the US and internationally.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 507-514
Issue: 7
Volume: 37
Year: 2017
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2017.1372112
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Author-Name: Chimezie Ozurumba
Author-X-Name-First: Chimezie
Author-X-Name-Last: Ozurumba
Author-Name: Younhee Kim
Author-X-Name-First: Younhee
Author-X-Name-Last: Kim
Title: New development: Evaluating state revenue portfolio stability—a case of commercial casino taxes
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State governments in the USA are searching for new ways to diversify their tax structure’s stability without raising existing taxes. Taxing commercial casinos on non-American Indian reservations has received significant attention to increase state revenue capacities. This article explains the impact of commercial casino tax revenue on state revenue stability.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 521-526
Issue: 7
Volume: 37
Year: 2017
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2017.1372115
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Author-Name: Bert George
Author-X-Name-First: Bert
Author-X-Name-Last: George
Title: Does strategic planning ‘work’ in public organizations? Insights from Flemish municipalities
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Strategic planning (SP) is a popular instrument within public organizations. Despite its popularity, it remains unknown whether SP actually ‘works’ in a public sector setting. This article presents insights based on three empirical articles and interviews with five expert stakeholders in Flemish municipalities. These insights suggest that SP is more than a fad and can contribute to positive outcomes. However, this contribution is contingent upon the behaviour underlying the SP process.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 527-530
Issue: 7
Volume: 37
Year: 2017
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2017.1372116
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Author-Name: The Editors
Title: Continuity and change
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 1-1
Issue: 1
Volume: 39
Year: 2019
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1537694
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Author-Name: Mark Sandford
Author-X-Name-First: Mark
Author-X-Name-Last: Sandford
Title: Debate: A reply on fiscal decentralization
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 2-4
Issue: 1
Volume: 39
Year: 2019
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1537700
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Author-Name: Richard Harrison
Author-X-Name-First: Richard
Author-X-Name-Last: Harrison
Title: Debate: Alternative delivery models and corporatization in local government
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 4-5
Issue: 1
Volume: 39
Year: 2019
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1537701
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Author-Name: Harald Torsteinsen
Author-X-Name-First: Harald
Author-X-Name-Last: Torsteinsen
Title: Debate: Corporatization in local government— the need for a comparative and multi-disciplinary research approach
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 5-8
Issue: 1
Volume: 39
Year: 2019
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1537702
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Author-Name: Andrew Massey
Author-X-Name-First: Andrew
Author-X-Name-Last: Massey
Title: Persistent public management reform: an egregore of liberal authoritarianism?
Abstract:
This paper explores how we may better understand public administration and public sector management reform. We often interpret our world through stories and this allows us to mentally map where we have been and where we are going to. The paper explores developments in understanding public awareness and that of policy-makers and its impact on policy. It uses the financial crisis and reforms implemented 10 years on to illustrate the points and explore the use of the term ‘egregore’ as a tool for understanding change. A mature free economy requires a strong state to balance deregulation for economic growth with regulation for the public good, necessitating improved policy capacity and good governance. It also needs public administrations staffed with competent, honest officials skilled in the art of statehood. The story of the financial crisis, and how we got there, conveys how to avoid future dangers.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 9-17
Issue: 1
Volume: 39
Year: 2019
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2018.1448160
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Author-Name: Jenny M. Lewis
Author-X-Name-First: Jenny M.
Author-X-Name-Last: Lewis
Title: Performance indicators and democracy: citizens’ views on the purposes of government websites
Abstract:
Despite the ongoing interest in performance measurement amongst public managers, little is known about citizens’ views on the purposes of performance indicators (PIs). A cross-sectional survey of the Australian adult population was used to examine citizens’ views on government websites which provide PIs. Citizens identified three distinct purposes for these: evaluation and improvement; transparency and accountability; and reward and punishment. These different purposes were found to be related to political attributes, indicating how PIs might support democratic empowerment.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 18-25
Issue: 1
Volume: 39
Year: 2019
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1537703
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Author-Name: Ruth Dixon
Author-X-Name-First: Ruth
Author-X-Name-Last: Dixon
Author-Name: Thomas Elston
Author-X-Name-First: Thomas
Author-X-Name-Last: Elston
Title: Should councils collaborate? Evaluating shared administration and tax services in English local government
Abstract:
Decentralized public organizations have many advantages, but can be inefficient due to suboptimal organizational size and duplication of activities. Selective inter-organizational collaboration may produce economies of scale without undoing the benefits of decentralization, assuming that co-ordination and re-organization costs are low. The authors tested this popular reform logic using data from all English councils, focusing on shared administration and tax collection. There were no significant benefits from either kind of collaboration.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 26-36
Issue: 1
Volume: 39
Year: 2019
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1537704
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Author-Name: Tarek Rana
Author-X-Name-First: Tarek
Author-X-Name-Last: Rana
Author-Name: Zahirul Hoque
Author-X-Name-First: Zahirul
Author-X-Name-Last: Hoque
Author-Name: Kerry Jacobs
Author-X-Name-First: Kerry
Author-X-Name-Last: Jacobs
Title: Public sector reform implications for performance measurement and risk management practice: insights from Australia
Abstract:
In 2013, the Australian Public Service was subject to a process of governance, accountability and performance reform. The implications of these reforms for micro-level practices are unknown. The authors’ empirical findings show that the reforms developed in three stages, each of which has significant implications for embedding performance measurement and risk management within a broader management control system.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 37-45
Issue: 1
Volume: 39
Year: 2019
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2017.1407128
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Author-Name: Louise Shaxson
Author-X-Name-First: Louise
Author-X-Name-Last: Shaxson
Title: Uncovering the practices of evidence-informed policy-making
Abstract:
This paper analyses two reports of efforts to strengthen evidence-informed policy-making within government departments; one from the UK and one from the USA. It reveals a series of specific evidence-related practices which share common purposes. These are assessed against Parkhurst's principles of the good governance of evidence. A suite of seven practices is identified that could form the basis for a holistic strategy to embed an evidence-informed approach to policy-making.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 46-55
Issue: 1
Volume: 39
Year: 2019
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1537705
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Author-Name: Unggul Purwohedi
Author-X-Name-First: Unggul
Author-X-Name-Last: Purwohedi
Author-Name: Bruce Gurd
Author-X-Name-First: Bruce
Author-X-Name-Last: Gurd
Title: Using Social Return on Investment (SROI) to measure project impact in local government
Abstract:
This paper explains how Social Return on Investment (SROI) can improve public project management in local government. The authors provide a step-by-step account of SROI implementation in an Indonesian city. The case study is a community-based sewerage treatment facility. By using participatory SROI, project management was substantially improved through better project prioritization, performance measurement and project accountability.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 56-63
Issue: 1
Volume: 39
Year: 2019
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1537706
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Author-Name: James L. Chan
Author-X-Name-First: James L.
Author-X-Name-Last: Chan
Title: New development: China renews reform of central–local fiscal relations and provides for basic national public services
Abstract:
China’s reform on central–local fiscal reform has slowed down in recent years. The appointment of a new finance minister experienced in local government affairs is expected to renew the reform affirmed by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) congress in late 2017. China has unprecedentedly identified a comprehensive list of 81 national basic public services as entitlements. Eighteen of them are subject to national and local standards, and co-financed by central and local governments. A new cost-sharing method for 10 of these services classifies sub-national jurisdictions into five tiers, in which the central government’s share declines from 80% to 10%. These measures, effective in 2019, aim at creating a ‘harmonious and moderately prosperous society’.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 64-69
Issue: 1
Volume: 39
Year: 2019
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1537707
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Author-Name: Stijn Goeminne
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Author-Name: Bert George
Author-X-Name-First: Bert
Author-X-Name-Last: George
Title: New development: Determinants of financial performance in public organizations
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In the slipstream of NPM, public organizations worldwide have had to increase their financial performance by adopting management practices. Nonetheless, financial performance (FP) might be mostly predicted by contingencies that are not within direct managerial control. Drawing on evidence from 308 Flemish municipalities, this article shows that organizational and environmental contingencies affect FP, but a significant amount of variation in FP is unexplained—indicating that management could well matter.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 70-73
Issue: 1
Volume: 39
Year: 2019
Month: 1
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Author-Name: The Editors
Title: Editorial: Public Money & Management Expands
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Pages: 3-3
Issue: 1
Volume: 24
Year: 2004
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2004.00383.x
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Author-Name: Steve Martin
Author-X-Name-First: Steve
Author-X-Name-Last: Martin
Title: The Changing Face of Public Service Inspection
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 3-5
Issue: 1
Volume: 24
Year: 2004
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2004.00384.x
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Author-Name: Andy Wynne
Author-X-Name-First: Andy
Author-X-Name-Last: Wynne
Title: Public Sector Accounting—Democratic Accountability or Market Rules?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 5-7
Issue: 1
Volume: 24
Year: 2004
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2004.00385.x
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Author-X-Name-First: Julie
Author-X-Name-Last: Mills
Title: Co-ordinating Spatial Planning and Transport
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 7-8
Issue: 1
Volume: 24
Year: 2004
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2004.00386.x
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Title: Editorial: Performance
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Pages: 9-10
Issue: 1
Volume: 24
Year: 2004
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2004.00387.x
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Author-Name: George Boyne
Author-X-Name-First: George
Author-X-Name-Last: Boyne
Author-Name: Gareth Enticott
Author-X-Name-First: Gareth
Author-X-Name-Last: Enticott
Title: Are the 'Poor' Different? The Internal Characteristics of Local Authorities in the Five Comprehensive Performance Assessment Groups
Abstract: The fate of careers, morale, financial assistance and future freedoms depend on English local councils' places in Comprehensive Performance Assessment (CPA) groups. This article explains why the organizational attributes of local authorities are weak predictors of CPA outcomes. The authors' conclusions sit uncomfortably with the overall aims of CPA and raise important questions about the relationship between performance ratings and intervention. The article calls for more reliable data with which to classify local authorities.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 11-18
Issue: 1
Volume: 24
Year: 2004
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2004.00388.x
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Author-Name: Rhys Andrews
Author-X-Name-First: Rhys
Author-X-Name-Last: Andrews
Title: Analysing Deprivation and Local Authority Performance: The Implications for CPA
Abstract: This article uses regression analysis to explore the statistical relationship between deprivation and the performance indicators used for the first round of Comprehensive Performance Assessments (CPAs) for English local authorities. The statistical significance of the results is described and analysed in light of the Audit Commission's decision to exclude deprivation from the CPA framework. For over one third of the PIs tested, deprivation had a statistically significant adverse effect on performance. The author shows that external environmental constraints on local authority performance must be recognized for accurate and equitable performance assessments.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 19-26
Issue: 1
Volume: 24
Year: 2004
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2004.00389.x
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Author-Name: Jean Shaoul
Author-X-Name-First: Jean
Author-X-Name-Last: Shaoul
Title: Railpolitik: The Financial Realities of Operating Britain's National Railways
Abstract: This article analyses the context and financial performance of Britain's national railways under private ownership in the first half of the 20th century and public ownership in the second half of the century, in order to understand the problems confronting the railways and the implications for privatization. The evidence shows that Railtrack's collapse was inevitable: it is impossible for the railway industry to generate the revenue to cover the full cost of the infrastructure and services, including the financial claims of the providers of capital, without jeopardizing network performance. Privatization could not resolve the external constraints and the consequent financial problems. The final section considers the implications of this analysis for the future of the industry.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 27-36
Issue: 1
Volume: 24
Year: 2004
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2004.00390.x
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Author-Name: Deborah Wilson
Author-X-Name-First: Deborah
Author-X-Name-Last: Wilson
Title: Which Ranking? The Impact of a 'Value-Added' Measure of Secondary School Performance
Abstract: This article analyses the impact of a value-added performance indicator (PI) on the rankings of secondary schools in the English league tables. School rankings are seen to be very sensitive to the type of PI employed, and the new value-added PI is likely to result in significant movements up and down the rankings. There is still scope for schools to try and game the system in order to improve their league table position. Value-added PIs reduce the incentives for schools to select their pupils, but the version currently employed in England may create an incentive for schools to distort effort away from those pupils at the top end of the distribution. The value-added PI is shown to provide a more accurate measure of school performance. However, in order for parents to be effective drivers for improvement in the education market, it may also be necessary for the government to measure the impact of differential value-added across different student types.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 37-45
Issue: 1
Volume: 24
Year: 2004
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2004.00391.x
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Author-Name: Steven Jones
Author-X-Name-First: Steven
Author-X-Name-Last: Jones
Title: Improving Local Government Performance: One Step Forward not Two Steps Back
Abstract: This article discusses the various inititatives that have been introduced to measure and improve local government performance in the UK over the past decade. It explains why the Local Government Improvement Programme (LGIP) is the most aligned to the modernization and performance improvement agendas. The author uses a new outcome-based measurement model to assess how the six local authorities which piloted the LGIP responded to the 'areas of concern' identified by review teams. The analysis suggests that there are a number of organizational determinants that underpin successful performance improvement and which could have wider currency for both the UK and European local government sectors.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 47-55
Issue: 1
Volume: 24
Year: 2004
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2004.00392.x
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Author-Name: Keith Waldron
Author-X-Name-First: Keith
Author-X-Name-Last: Waldron
Title: Performance Assessment of Public Sector Scientists
Abstract: Publicly-funded scientific research establishments are complex organizations requiring considerable management skills to optimize performance. This article identifies the performance indicators (PIs) used in the appraisal of public sector science in the UK and assesses their relevance in relation to the Balanced Score Card (BSC) management tool. The author found that current PIs in UK science relate primarily to scientific peer-group interests and are unlikely, on their own, to facilitate the optimization of organizational management. The article also suggests how concentration on these PIs could hinder the implementation of government science policies, for example public understanding of science, and wealth creation.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 57-62
Issue: 1
Volume: 24
Year: 2004
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2004.00393.x
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Author-Name: John Wilson
Author-X-Name-First: John
Author-X-Name-Last: Wilson
Title: Comprehensive Performance Assessment—Springboard or Dead-Weight?
Abstract: Since its election in 1997, the Labour Government in the UK has emphasised the need to improve the quality of public services. In the case of local government, this emphasis has led to the introduction of Comprehensive Performance Assessment (CPA). This article considers the merits of actual and intended CPA strategy within the wider context of public service performance measurement. The author concludes that the methodology leading to the December 2002 results and the intended way forward raise legitimate questions as to whether CPA can justifiably lay claim to being a comprehensive measure of performance.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 63-68
Issue: 1
Volume: 24
Year: 2004
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2004.00394.x
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Author-Name: Kent Springdal
Author-X-Name-First: Kent
Author-X-Name-Last: Springdal
Author-Name: Martha Mador
Author-X-Name-First: Martha
Author-X-Name-Last: Mador
Title: Organizational Changes Resulting from the Privatization of State Enterprises
Abstract: Agency and public choice theories, though commonly used, can only provide a static approach to the study of privatization and often neglect the cultural, contextual and organizational settings of the enterprises affected by privatization. The authors present a new model which can be used to understand the organizational processes involved in a successful privatization. This article analyses the academic literature on privatization, describes the cases of two privatized Swedish companies and then offers suggestions for further research.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 69-80
Issue: 1
Volume: 24
Year: 2004
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2004.00395.x
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Author-Name: Kohei Suzuki
Author-X-Name-First: Kohei
Author-X-Name-Last: Suzuki
Author-Name: Yousueng Han
Author-X-Name-First: Yousueng
Author-X-Name-Last: Han
Title: Does citizen participation affect municipal performance? Electoral competition and fiscal performance in Japan
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Subnational fiscal performance has been receiving a lot of attention from researchers in various disciplines. However, there is very little published on the impact of citizen involvement on fiscal performance. This paper shows that a lack of citizen involvement in the electoral process was associated with fiscal performance in all 807 city-level Japanese municipalities from 2006 to 2012.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 300-309
Issue: 4
Volume: 39
Year: 2019
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2018.1558554
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Author-Name: Tony Bovaird
Author-X-Name-First: Tony
Author-X-Name-Last: Bovaird
Author-Name: Sophie Flemig
Author-X-Name-First: Sophie
Author-X-Name-Last: Flemig
Author-Name: Elke Loeffler
Author-X-Name-First: Elke
Author-X-Name-Last: Loeffler
Author-Name: Stephen P. Osborne
Author-X-Name-First: Stephen P.
Author-X-Name-Last: Osborne
Title: How far have we come with co-production—and what’s next?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 229-232
Issue: 4
Volume: 39
Year: 2019
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1592903
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Author-Name: Mariafrancesca Sicilia
Author-X-Name-First: Mariafrancesca
Author-X-Name-Last: Sicilia
Author-Name: Alessandro Sancino
Author-X-Name-First: Alessandro
Author-X-Name-Last: Sancino
Author-Name: Tina Nabatchi
Author-X-Name-First: Tina
Author-X-Name-Last: Nabatchi
Author-Name: Enrico Guarini
Author-X-Name-First: Enrico
Author-X-Name-Last: Guarini
Title: Facilitating co-production in public services: management implications from a systematic literature review
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Drawing on the results of a systematic literature review of empirical studies, this paper sheds light on six broad factors that facilitate the initiation and implementation of co-production in public services. The factors are classified into two overarching categories: organizational factors, including organizational arrangements, professional roles, and managerial tools; and procedural factors, including participant recruitment, participant preparation, and process design. For each set of factors, the paper provides a series of management implications. It concludes with additional observations for practice.Unfortunately, ‘one-size-fits-all’ does not apply to co-production. Policy-makers and public managers need use their knowledge, skills, and judgment to design, activate, and implement co-production activities. The paper presents three organizational factors (organizational arrangements, professional roles, and managerial tools) and three procedural factors (participant recruitment, participant preparation, and process design) that facilitate the initiation and implementation of co-production. Moreover, for each set of factors, the paper provides an important series of management implications that offer guidance to those who are using, or who wish to use, co-production in their organizations. Thus, this paper provides evidence-driven advice that can assist public managers and policy makers looking for ways to improve co-production in public services.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 233-240
Issue: 4
Volume: 39
Year: 2019
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1592904
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Author-Name: Elke Loeffler
Author-X-Name-First: Elke
Author-X-Name-Last: Loeffler
Author-Name: Tony Bovaird
Author-X-Name-First: Tony
Author-X-Name-Last: Bovaird
Title: Co-commissioning of public services and outcomes in the UK: Bringing co-production into the strategic commissioning cycle
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Commissioning as a planning, resource mobilization and prioritization activity needs to harness user and community co-production of public services and outcomes. Based on a public value model, we map how commissioners can go beyond traditional consultation and participation processes to achieve co-commissioning with citizens. Moreover, we discuss how public sector organizations can use their strategic commissioning process to support and embed citizen voice and action in their problem prevention, treatment and rehabilitation strategies to achieve the quality of life outcomes desired by both citizens and public service commissioners.This paper tackles two of the glaring problems with commissioning of public services, an approach which has now become the standard way of deciding how to spend public budgets in the UK. First, how can the voice of citizens be brought into the commissioning process – after all, they are supposed to be the beneficiaries of public spending. In this paper we look at a range of approaches to giving more weight to citizen voice, alongside that of public sector decision makers, in a co-commissioning process. Secondly, commissioning in the UK has focused on commissioning of services to patch up short-term problems, rather than on commissioning of long-term outcomes, although it is quality of life outcomes which are supposed to be the rationale of public spending. This paper looks at how the commissioning process can embed user and community co-production through co-design, co-delivery and co-assessment in order to make sure that outcomes are at the centre of public sector intervention, rather than simply strategies for short term problem prevention, treatment and rehabilitation.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 241-252
Issue: 4
Volume: 39
Year: 2019
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1592905
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Author-Name: Cherrie Yang
Author-X-Name-First: Cherrie
Author-X-Name-Last: Yang
Author-Name: Deryl Northcott
Author-X-Name-First: Deryl
Author-X-Name-Last: Northcott
Title: Together we measure: Improving public service outcomes via the co-production of performance measurement
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Not-for-profit organizations (NFPs) aim to deliver public services and achieve outcomes for their beneficiaries. However, little attention has been given to how NFP professionals engage with beneficiaries to develop the performance measures that inform service improvement and accountability. Our findings illustrate how a co-production approach to performance measurement can enhance the meaningfulness of outcome measures, hence supporting service improvement and facilitating ‘collaborations for accountability’ between NFPs and their beneficiaries.Measuring service outcomes can be challenging for not-for-profit professionals. This research illustrates, in a charity setting, how these challenges can be addressed by using a co-production approach to performance measurement that involves beneficiaries. By capturing beneficiaries’ voices and experiences, this co-production approach enabled not-for-profit professionals to better understand their beneficiaries’ needs. It also helped them to produce reliable, outcomes-focused performance information that was useful for demonstrating their organisation’s effectiveness and directing funders’ attention to the interventions that mattered to the not-for-profit organization and its beneficiaries.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 253-261
Issue: 4
Volume: 39
Year: 2019
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1592906
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Author-Name: Eleonora Broccardo
Author-X-Name-First: Eleonora
Author-X-Name-Last: Broccardo
Author-Name: Maria Mazzuca
Author-X-Name-First: Maria
Author-X-Name-Last: Mazzuca
Title: The missing link? Finance, public services, and co-production: The case of social impact bonds (SIBs)
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The authors explain why social impact bonds (SIBs) are an excellent—and probably the only—example of the finance–social services–co-production link. They show how SIBs can provide a functional linking mechanism in social service systems. Furthermore, they can help boost the innovation and sustainability of this system. The co-production concept is related to practice by studying two prison SIBs (HMP Peterborough in the UK and Rikers Island in the USA). They explain why co-production is relevant and how it works in SIBs.In the ongoing debate regarding how to design sustainable public services, finance seems primarily considered as a mere instrument to be used to achieve the desired goals. This paper shows how social impact bonds can facilitate the creation of sustainable public service systems by increasing innovation and co-production. To investigate how the link between SIBs and co-production works in practice, the authors investigate two cases involving prisons (Peterborough and Rikers Island). They demonstrate why co-production is relevant and how it works in SIBs. The findings reported here have implications for the future of SIBs design and of ‘non-conventional’ social service delivery systems.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 262-270
Issue: 4
Volume: 39
Year: 2019
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1592907
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Author-Name: Robin Hambleton
Author-X-Name-First: Robin
Author-X-Name-Last: Hambleton
Title: The New Civic Leadership: Place and the co-creation of public innovation
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This paper discusses the role of place-based leadership in stimulating the co-creation of inclusive public services and outcomes. A conceptual framework, designed to illuminate the forces shaping the power of place, and to provide a fresh way of envisaging the changing nature of modern local leadership and public management, is presented. This New Civic Leadership (NCL) framework, one that can be contrasted with the outdated idea of New Public Management (NPM), is being used to guide the development of the One City Approach to urban governance in Bristol, UK. This effort to unite public purpose in a city is discussed, and emerging themes relating to the role of place-based leadership in spurring new ways of co-creating public service futures are explored.This paper on New Civic Leadership (NCL) presents specific ideas on how to improve the leadership of collaborative governance in cities and localities. It explains how the power of place—the strong feelings of commitment people have to ‘their’ city or locality—has been seriously neglected in public management theory and practice. The NCL conceptual model is being used by the mayor of Bristol, and other civic leaders to develop a One City Approach to meeting the complex challenges facing the city. This paper provides practical steps that civic leaders can take to improve collaborative governance.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 271-279
Issue: 4
Volume: 39
Year: 2019
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1592908
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Author-Name: André Feliciano Lino
Author-X-Name-First: André Feliciano
Author-X-Name-Last: Lino
Author-Name: André Carlos Busanelli de Aquino
Author-X-Name-First: André Carlos
Author-X-Name-Last: Busanelli de Aquino
Author-Name: Ricardo Rocha de Azevedo
Author-X-Name-First: Ricardo Rocha
Author-X-Name-Last: de Azevedo
Author-Name: Lívia Martinez Brumatti
Author-X-Name-First: Lívia Martinez
Author-X-Name-Last: Brumatti
Title: From rules to collaborative practice: When regulatory mechanisms drive collective co-production
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The paper develops an analysis of latent spaces of co-production enacted by the government. Based on a survey and interviews, the authors identified the elements of co-production logics which emerged from the interactions of members of Brazilian municipal health councils. Collective co-production emerges when members adhere to a set of norms and values which are favourable to co-operation. The paper explains how councils’ regulatory mechanisms can drive the understanding of their members in relation to co-production and its benefits.Policy-makers and practitioners need to understand that enacting legal regulations to engage citizens in public services can be a double-edged sword. More than relying on citizens’ individual motivations, regulatory mechanisms must constantly promote citizens’ ability to fulfil their roles in a co-productive relationship. Additionally, these mechanisms should enable citizens to mobilize their relevant skills to actively engage with the public sector. When regulatory mechanisms fail to create and maintain these elements, unexpected and undesirable outcomes can emerge. This paper explains how these outcomes can be avoided.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 280-289
Issue: 4
Volume: 39
Year: 2019
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1592909
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Author-Name: Anna Whicher
Author-X-Name-First: Anna
Author-X-Name-Last: Whicher
Author-Name: Tom Crick
Author-X-Name-First: Tom
Author-X-Name-Last: Crick
Title: Co-design, evaluation and the Northern Ireland Innovation Lab
Abstract:
Around the world there are more than 100 policy labs—multi-disciplinary government teams developing public services and policies using innovation methods to engage citizens and stakeholders. These policy labs use a range of innovation methods and approaches, including co-production, co-creation, co-design, behavioural insights, systems thinking, ethnography, data science, nudge theory and lean processes. Although the methods may vary, one element is consistent: policy labs actively, creatively and collaboratively engage the public and a wide range of stakeholders in jointly developing solutions. The Northern Ireland Public Sector Innovation Lab (iLab) is part of a growing UK and international community of policy labs using co-design to engage with users for value co-creation, aiming to improve public governance by creating a safe space to generate ideas, test prototypes and refine concepts with beneficiaries. Drawing on iLab’s experience, this paper explores three questions: What are the main determinants of effective co-design? What are the unintended consequences of co-design? And what lessons can be learned from iLab and shared with other policy labs?There is a need to reinstate the legitimacy of public policy-making and public service development through more effective citizen engagement. To experiment with more creative and user-centred approaches, governments are establishing Policy Labs to engage citizens at multiple stages of the development process. The Northern Ireland Public Sector Innovation Lab (iLab) is part of a growing UK and international community of Policy Labs using co-design to engage with users for value co-creation, aiming to improve public governance by creating a safe space to generate ideas, test prototypes and refine concepts with beneficiaries.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 290-299
Issue: 4
Volume: 39
Year: 2019
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1592920
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Author-Name: Sandra Nutley
Author-X-Name-First: Sandra
Author-X-Name-Last: Nutley
Author-Name: Annette Boaz
Author-X-Name-First: Annette
Author-X-Name-Last: Boaz
Author-Name: Huw Davies
Author-X-Name-First: Huw
Author-X-Name-Last: Davies
Author-Name: Alec Fraser
Author-X-Name-First: Alec
Author-X-Name-Last: Fraser
Title: New development: What works now? Continuity and change in the use of evidence to improve public policy and service delivery
Abstract:
This article highlights 10 key strands of continuity and change in the use of evidence over the past two decades. Interest in evidence use continues, as do the many challenges encountered when seeking to deliver on this aspiration. There have been developments in ideas and actions, which foster some optimism that better use of varying forms of evidence can be encouraged.Speaking directly to policy-makers, funders, and users of evidence-based information, this article makes the case for ongoing, multi-actor activity to improve the use of evidence in public policy and service delivery. This involves ensuring definitions of good evidence are fit for purpose; developing inclusive processes that enable evidence to be integrated with other forms of knowledge and ways of knowing; doing more than improving the supply of evidence by building relationships and systems that support evidence use; ensuring sustainable funding models for evidence-use initiatives that have been shown to be effective.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 310-316
Issue: 4
Volume: 39
Year: 2019
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1598202
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Author-Name: Muhammad Azizul Islam
Author-X-Name-First: Muhammad Azizul
Author-X-Name-Last: Islam
Author-Name: Shamima Haque
Author-X-Name-First: Shamima
Author-X-Name-Last: Haque
Author-Name: David Gilchrist
Author-X-Name-First: David
Author-X-Name-Last: Gilchrist
Title: NFPOs and their anti-corruption disclosure practices
Abstract:
Major Australian overseas aid not-for-profit organizations (NFPOs) were found lacking in their disclosures of anti-corruption measures. The authors conclude that this is due to a break down in regulatory oversight as a result of a lack of mandatory reporting standards. The key lesson from this paper is that there is a need for significant improvement in anti-corruption regulations, and the associated disclosure practices within the NFPO sector.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 443-450
Issue: 6
Volume: 37
Year: 2017
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2017.1316133
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Author-Name: Pat Barrett AO
Author-X-Name-First: Pat
Author-X-Name-Last: Barrett AO
Title: Effectiveness of the development and implementation of Australian public sector management and financial reforms: E = MC
Abstract:
The current Australian public sector reforms consultations commenced in 2010. The legislative basis for the reforms—the PGPA Act—was passed in June 2013, and commenced operation on 1 July 2014. Since then, considerable time and effort has been put into implementation of the performance framework involving extensive finance regulations, instructions, guidance, and co-operation and feedback on shared experience and practice, including shared arrangements within and outside the public sector. Questions have been raised about the relationship between administrative process and outcomes, particularly about the changing relationship between the public, private and third sectors of the economy. This article examines the likelihood that the framework being put in place will achieve the reform’s objectives.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 451-456
Issue: 6
Volume: 37
Year: 2017
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2017.1320054
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Author-Name: Giuseppe Grossi
Author-X-Name-First: Giuseppe
Author-X-Name-Last: Grossi
Author-Name: Christoph Reichard
Author-X-Name-First: Christoph
Author-X-Name-Last: Reichard
Author-Name: Anna Thomasson
Author-X-Name-First: Anna
Author-X-Name-Last: Thomasson
Author-Name: Jarmo Vakkuri
Author-X-Name-First: Jarmo
Author-X-Name-Last: Vakkuri
Title: Editorial
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 379-386
Issue: 6
Volume: 37
Year: 2017
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2017.1344007
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Author-Name: Aidan R. Vining
Author-X-Name-First: Aidan R.
Author-X-Name-Last: Vining
Author-Name: David L. Weimer
Author-X-Name-First: David L.
Author-X-Name-Last: Weimer
Title: Debate: Adam Smith was skeptical of hybrids—should we be less so?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 387-388
Issue: 6
Volume: 37
Year: 2017
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2017.1344008
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Author-Name: Ian Thynne
Author-X-Name-First: Ian
Author-X-Name-Last: Thynne
Title: Debate: A mixed public–private telecommunications company of public significance— management challenges in staff ownership and integrity
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 389-390
Issue: 6
Volume: 37
Year: 2017
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2017.1344009
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Author-Name: Wouter Van Dooren
Author-X-Name-First: Wouter
Author-X-Name-Last: Van Dooren
Title: Debate: A bull in a china shop? How performance targets confront complexity—and survive
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 390-392
Issue: 6
Volume: 37
Year: 2017
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2017.1344010
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Author-Name: Trude Høgvold Olsen
Author-X-Name-First: Trude Høgvold
Author-X-Name-Last: Olsen
Author-Name: Elsa Solstad
Author-X-Name-First: Elsa
Author-X-Name-Last: Solstad
Author-Name: Harald Torsteinsen
Author-X-Name-First: Harald
Author-X-Name-Last: Torsteinsen
Title: The meaning of institutional logics for performance assessment in boards of municipal companies
Abstract:
Municipal companies are hybrid organizations hosting multiple institutional logics operating at the interface between the public and private sector. The authors present a new analytical framework inspired by the institutional logics perspective, which can improve our understanding of how performance assessment in municipal corporate boards develops as they navigate between the interests of the owner, the external stakeholders and the company.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 393-400
Issue: 6
Volume: 37
Year: 2017
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2017.1344015
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Author-Name: Lene Tolstrup Christensen
Author-X-Name-First: Lene Tolstrup
Author-X-Name-Last: Christensen
Title: How hybridity has evolved in the governance of state-owned enterprises: evidence from Danish and Swedish passenger rail services from 1990 to 2015
Abstract:
This paper focuses on the evolution of the governance of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in passenger rail services. Two opposite cases are presented: one from Sweden and the other from Denmark. Using institutional change theory, the paper shows how the SOEs’ hybrid character changed over time. The political responsibility for the Danish SOE expanded, while the Swedish SOE’s political role was gradually reduced. The research approach is new and the results have lessons for those managing and researching SOEs.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 401-408
Issue: 6
Volume: 37
Year: 2017
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2017.1344016
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Author-Name: Deborah Agostino
Author-X-Name-First: Deborah
Author-X-Name-Last: Agostino
Author-Name: Michela Arnaboldi
Author-X-Name-First: Michela
Author-X-Name-Last: Arnaboldi
Title: Rational and ritualistic use of key performance indicators in hybrid organizations
Abstract:
This paper shows how and why a mandated (statutory) set of network key performance indicators (KPIs) was used by network actors, distinguishing between rational and ritualistic use. The authors carried out an exploratory case study on a representative example of hybrid organizations: a mandated public network for local public transport. Results highlight that mandated network KPIs have multiple and divergent uses, from a minimal rational use to a more common ritualistic and decoupled use.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 409-416
Issue: 6
Volume: 37
Year: 2017
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2017.1344021
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Author-Name: Giulia Cappellaro
Author-X-Name-First: Giulia
Author-X-Name-Last: Cappellaro
Author-Name: Alberto Ricci
Author-X-Name-First: Alberto
Author-X-Name-Last: Ricci
Title: PPPs in health and social services: a performance measurement perspective
Abstract:
This paper addresses the question of public accountability in the context of public–private partnerships (PPPs) by unpacking the principles behind performance measurement systems for service-focused PPPs. The authors present a contingent-based approach to add to our understanding of PPPs and propose a performance measurement framework based on four dimensions and a set of key performance measures. The model described in the paper supplies a baseline on which public decision-makers can develop customized performance indicators.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 417-424
Issue: 6
Volume: 37
Year: 2017
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2017.1344022
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Author-Name: Chris Skelcher
Author-X-Name-First: Chris
Author-X-Name-Last: Skelcher
Author-Name: Steven Rathgeb Smith
Author-X-Name-First: Steven Rathgeb
Author-X-Name-Last: Smith
Title: New development: Performance promises and pitfalls in hybrid organizations—five challenges for managers and researchers
Abstract:
Public and non-profit organizations can contain apparently irreconcilable institutional logics—such as public service and market survival. These logics can hybridize to frame an organization’s work and the identity of employees, volunteers and clients in particular ways. These offer both performance promises and performance pitfalls. The authors identify five challenges of hybrid organizations for managers and researchers: measuring performance; innovation; governance; regulation; and sustainability.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 425-430
Issue: 6
Volume: 37
Year: 2017
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2017.1344023
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Author-Name: Guy Ware
Author-X-Name-First: Guy
Author-X-Name-Last: Ware
Title: Debate: Turning up the volume
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 431-432
Issue: 6
Volume: 37
Year: 2017
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2017.1344024
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Author-Name: Stewart Smyth
Author-X-Name-First: Stewart
Author-X-Name-Last: Smyth
Title: Debate: Interventions and contradictions— recent government social housing policy
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 432-433
Issue: 6
Volume: 37
Year: 2017
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2017.1344025
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Author-Name: Jenny Harrow
Author-X-Name-First: Jenny
Author-X-Name-Last: Harrow
Author-Name: Tobias Jung
Author-X-Name-First: Tobias
Author-X-Name-Last: Jung
Title: Debate: Collapsing collegiality in universities’ fundraising?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 434-434
Issue: 6
Volume: 37
Year: 2017
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2017.1344026
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Author-Name: Cees J. Gelderman
Author-X-Name-First: Cees J.
Author-X-Name-Last: Gelderman
Author-Name: Janjaap Semeijn
Author-X-Name-First: Janjaap
Author-X-Name-Last: Semeijn
Author-Name: Rob Vluggen
Author-X-Name-First: Rob
Author-X-Name-Last: Vluggen
Title: Development of sustainability in public sector procurement
Abstract:
Public organizations are increasingly adding environmental and social aspects in their strategic agendas. This paper focuses on the actors and factors that influence the speed of implementation of sustainability initiatives. Four healthcare organizations in The Netherlands were studied. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with top management, budget owners and procurement professionals. Although top management assigned strategic importance to sustainability initiatives, budget owners had the final say in implementation. Procurement professionals had very little influence on the implementation process of sustainability.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 435-442
Issue: 6
Volume: 37
Year: 2017
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2017.1344027
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Author-Name: Christina Petsoulas
Author-X-Name-First: Christina
Author-X-Name-Last: Petsoulas
Author-Name: Pauline Allen
Author-X-Name-First: Pauline
Author-X-Name-Last: Allen
Author-Name: Susan Horrocks
Author-X-Name-First: Susan
Author-X-Name-Last: Horrocks
Author-Name: Katherine Pollard
Author-X-Name-First: Katherine
Author-X-Name-Last: Pollard
Author-Name: Lorna Duncan
Author-X-Name-First: Lorna
Author-X-Name-Last: Duncan
Author-Name: Emma Gibbard
Author-X-Name-First: Emma
Author-X-Name-Last: Gibbard
Author-Name: Lesley Wye
Author-X-Name-First: Lesley
Author-X-Name-Last: Wye
Author-Name: Ruth McDonald
Author-X-Name-First: Ruth
Author-X-Name-Last: McDonald
Author-Name: Jane Cook
Author-X-Name-First: Jane
Author-X-Name-Last: Cook
Author-Name: Pete Husband
Author-X-Name-First: Pete
Author-X-Name-Last: Husband
Title: Using contractual incentives in district nursing in the English NHS: results from a qualitative study
Abstract:
Since 2008, health policy in England has been focusing increasingly on improving quality in healthcare services. To ensure quality improvements in community nursing, providers are required to meet several quality targets, including an incentive scheme known as Commissioning for Quality and Innovation (CQUIN). This paper reports on a study of how financial incentives are used in district nursing, an area of care which is particularly difficult to measure and monitor.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 223-232
Issue: 3
Volume: 38
Year: 2018
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2017.1402543
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Author-Name: Martina Santandrea
Author-X-Name-First: Martina
Author-X-Name-Last: Santandrea
Author-Name: Tommaso Agasisti
Author-X-Name-First: Tommaso
Author-X-Name-Last: Agasisti
Author-Name: Marco Giorgino
Author-X-Name-First: Marco
Author-X-Name-Last: Giorgino
Author-Name: Andrea S. Patrucco
Author-X-Name-First: Andrea S.
Author-X-Name-Last: Patrucco
Title: Business models in the search for efficiency: the case of public financial intermediaries
Abstract:
This paper presents an optimal business model configuration for public financial intermediaries (PFIs). Using nonparametric techniques on Italian public financial corporations, the most efficient business models combined asset diversification and income specialization. These business models were unaffected by external financial turmoil, due to weak connections between PFIs and the traditional financial circuit; and public–private ownership is more efficient than purely public ownership, regardless of the business model adopted.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 234-243
Issue: 3
Volume: 38
Year: 2018
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2017.1406229
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Author-Name: Christopher Pollitt
Author-X-Name-First: Christopher
Author-X-Name-Last: Pollitt
Title: Performance management 40 years on: a review. Some key decisions and consequences
Abstract:
This paper reviews the past four decades of experience of performance management (PM). Beginning with a brief history of its international spread and development, a short section on conceptual issues is followed by a strategic analysis of the research thus far. From this analysis is extracted a set of key decisions which must be made for any PM system. Each decision has significant consequences, and none are purely technical (though they may occasionally be represented as such). In many cases difficult trade-offs are inevitable.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 167-174
Issue: 3
Volume: 38
Year: 2018
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2017.1407129
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Author-Name: Andreas Bergmann
Author-X-Name-First: Andreas
Author-X-Name-Last: Bergmann
Title: Editorial: Public performance management—and the linkage to finance and accounting
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 161-161
Issue: 3
Volume: 38
Year: 2018
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2018.1434270
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Author-Name: Jarmo Vakkuri
Author-X-Name-First: Jarmo
Author-X-Name-Last: Vakkuri
Author-Name: Jan-Erik Johanson
Author-X-Name-First: Jan-Erik
Author-X-Name-Last: Johanson
Title: Debate: Taming the monster— understanding hybrid organizations and governance
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 162-163
Issue: 3
Volume: 38
Year: 2018
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2018.1434306
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Author-Name: Laurence Ferry
Author-X-Name-First: Laurence
Author-X-Name-Last: Ferry
Author-Name: Peter Eckersley
Author-X-Name-First: Peter
Author-X-Name-Last: Eckersley
Title: Debate: Brexit and local government in England—the challenges ahead
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 163-166
Issue: 3
Volume: 38
Year: 2018
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2018.1434316
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Author-Name: John Fenwick
Author-X-Name-First: John
Author-X-Name-Last: Fenwick
Author-Name: Howard Elcock
Author-X-Name-First: Howard
Author-X-Name-Last: Elcock
Title: Devolution and federalism in England
Abstract:
This paper is concerned with current moves toward sub-national devolution in England and the prospects for a federal government system within the United Kingdom as a whole. The initial focus of the paper is upon the contested nature and governance of regions in England. Current steps toward devolution to such regions are considered through a critical lens, before moving to a wider discussion of the theory and practice of federalism and of whether England could be part of a federal system of UK government. It is concluded that the devolution agenda may proceed in a more serious and consistent manner than at present but there are severe barriers to federalism, including major constitutional constraints, the lack of a written constitution, significant asymmetry between different nations of the UK, the lack of clarity about the definition of sub-national English regions and the lack of political will. These all render a true UK federal state impossible to envisage.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 175-184
Issue: 3
Volume: 38
Year: 2018
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2018.1434335
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Author-Name: John A. Brierley
Author-X-Name-First: John A.
Author-X-Name-Last: Brierley
Author-Name: Bill Lee
Author-X-Name-First: Bill
Author-X-Name-Last: Lee
Title: Examining the disclosures on the websites of English credit unions
Abstract:
This paper examines the disclosures made on English credit unions’ websites. Credit unions without a website are presumed to be small. Community credit unions with websites tend to offer basic services with a limited range of products that may appeal to poorer members of society. Occupational credit unions appear more likely to have a greater range of products.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 185-192
Issue: 3
Volume: 38
Year: 2018
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2018.1434336
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Author-Name: Sara Brorström
Author-X-Name-First: Sara
Author-X-Name-Last: Brorström
Author-Name: Daniela Argento
Author-X-Name-First: Daniela
Author-X-Name-Last: Argento
Author-Name: Giuseppe Grossi
Author-X-Name-First: Giuseppe
Author-X-Name-Last: Grossi
Author-Name: Anna Thomasson
Author-X-Name-First: Anna
Author-X-Name-Last: Thomasson
Author-Name: Roland Almqvist
Author-X-Name-First: Roland
Author-X-Name-Last: Almqvist
Title: Translating sustainable and smart city strategies into performance measurement systems
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This paper shows how sustainable and smart strategies can be implemented in cities and how these strategies influence, and are influenced by, performance measurement systems. Drawing upon the Foucauldian notion of governmentality, the authors present the case of Gothenburg in Sweden, where they interviewed the key actors involved in a new sustainability strategy. Translating strategy into performance measurement systems requires collaboration across organizational boundaries and considerations of financial goals and social and human aspects.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 193-202
Issue: 3
Volume: 38
Year: 2018
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2018.1434339
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Author-Name: Yvonne Brunetto
Author-X-Name-First: Yvonne
Author-X-Name-Last: Brunetto
Author-Name: Matthew Xerri
Author-X-Name-First: Matthew
Author-X-Name-Last: Xerri
Author-Name: Ben Farr-Wharton
Author-X-Name-First: Ben
Author-X-Name-Last: Farr-Wharton
Author-Name: Silvia Nelson
Author-X-Name-First: Silvia
Author-X-Name-Last: Nelson
Title: The importance of informal professional networks in developing a proactive organizational culture: a public value perspective
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Public value theory was used by the authors to investigate informal professional networks, perceived discretionary power, and the organizational culture that forms in physical asset management organizations. The results, from a structural equation model, indicated that informal professional networks are positively associated with higher discretionary power and a proactive asset maintenance organizational culture. In the absence of public managers promoting public value, professionals use their informal networks as a source of power to be proactive and contribute to asset reliability and public safety (public value).
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 203-212
Issue: 3
Volume: 38
Year: 2018
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2018.1434343
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Author-Name: Julius A. Nukpezah
Author-X-Name-First: Julius A.
Author-X-Name-Last: Nukpezah
Title: The effects of institutional typologies on the performance of state-sponsored local government investment pools
Abstract:
This paper extends the risk-return argument of modern portfolio theory to the institutional typologies with which state-sponsored local government investment pools (LGIPs) operate. By using fixed-effects regression on monthly panel data from 18 LGIPs across seven years, the author found that institutional typologies with which LGIPs operate matter. An LGIP should be structured and managed based on its ability to mitigate risks. The paper contributes to increasing the accountability and fiscal governance over public money and promotes public funds investment laws in the US, UK and internationally.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 213-222
Issue: 3
Volume: 38
Year: 2018
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2018.1434344
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Author-Name: Andreas Bergmann
Author-X-Name-First: Andreas
Author-X-Name-Last: Bergmann
Title: Editorial: Government accounting touching its boundaries
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 533-533
Issue: 8
Volume: 39
Year: 2019
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1665366
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Author-Name: Serena Santis
Author-X-Name-First: Serena
Author-X-Name-Last: Santis
Author-Name: Giuseppe Grossi
Author-X-Name-First: Giuseppe
Author-X-Name-Last: Grossi
Author-Name: Marco Bisogno
Author-X-Name-First: Marco
Author-X-Name-Last: Bisogno
Title: Drivers for the voluntary adoption of consolidated financial statements in local governments
Abstract:
This paper investigates consolidated financial statements (CFS), which have been implemented by several countries. In Italy, CFS implementation was preceded by a testing period in which local governments could participate on a voluntary basis. This paper explains why this was a useful preliminary step to implementing CFS: the local governments that took part in the testing period were able to enhance their knowledge of the topic while improving their employees’ skills.The study highlights the benefits of a testing period for local government politicians and managers when important accounting reforms, such as implementing consolidated financial statements (CFS), are being introduced. A testing period can enhance knowledge on the accounting standards, as well as improving employees’ skills and citizens’ perception of local government performance. Central governments are encouraged to provide technical assistance to local governments through training or providing manuals to facilitate the implementation of CFS. Moreover, feedback from the testing period could support the revision of accounting rules and standards.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 534-543
Issue: 8
Volume: 39
Year: 2019
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1618072
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Author-Name: Patrícia Gomes
Author-X-Name-First: Patrícia
Author-X-Name-Last: Gomes
Author-Name: Isabel Brusca
Author-X-Name-First: Isabel
Author-X-Name-Last: Brusca
Author-Name: Maria José Fernandes
Author-X-Name-First: Maria José
Author-X-Name-Last: Fernandes
Title: Implementing the International Public Sector Accounting Standards for consolidated financial statements: facilitators, benefits and challenges
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Portugal and Spain have reformed their national standards to adapt them to the International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS). This paper explains the process of implementing the IPSAS for consolidated reporting in the two countries and the advantages and disadvantages which have emerged. The results highlight the role of the IPSAS in improving the quality and use of consolidated financial statements (CFS) and will be of interest to other countries that are intending to implement the IPSAS.This paper will be of value to academics and practitioners with an interest in IPSAS and in the use of consolidated financial statements (CFS). The authors describe the experiences of two European continental countries in the implementation of accrual basis providing important lessons for countries that are considering implementing accrual accounting and/or IPSAS. Findings from this study will help managers and policy-makers to decide about the use of CFS taking IPSAS as a reference.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 544-552
Issue: 8
Volume: 39
Year: 2019
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1654318
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Author-Name: Irvine Lapsley
Author-X-Name-First: Irvine
Author-X-Name-Last: Lapsley
Author-Name: Federica Segato
Author-X-Name-First: Federica
Author-X-Name-Last: Segato
Title: Citizens, technology and the NPM movement
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In the modernization of the state, NPM ideas are presumed to offer governments certainty in the face of major unknowns. The reliance of NPM on information technologies is presented by governments as underlining this potential for certainty. However, this presumption of certainty is elusive in practice. Government pursuit of NPM transformational policies aims to make efficiency savings and cost reductions, but this may create new uncertainties for citizens, particularly because of the unintended consequences of the implementation of new forms of technology.The findings of this paper should alert citizens to the dangers of government transformation programmes which rely on IT. These may not operate as intended and foster a surveillance society which may become irreversible. For policy-makers, there is an urgent need to carefully evaluate policy proposals. There is a temptation to pursue information technology as the way more is delivered for less. But this ignores serial IT project failures and reveals a lack of awareness of the implications of sleep-walking into a surveillance society. Also, in devising transformation programmes for public services, it is important that policies do not lose sight of the entitlements and rights of citizens. The policy option of treating citizens as customers fails to comprehend what citizenship means.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 553-559
Issue: 8
Volume: 39
Year: 2019
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1617539
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Author-Name: Andreas Bergmann
Author-X-Name-First: Andreas
Author-X-Name-Last: Bergmann
Author-Name: Sandro Fuchs
Author-X-Name-First: Sandro
Author-X-Name-Last: Fuchs
Author-Name: Christoph Schuler
Author-X-Name-First: Christoph
Author-X-Name-Last: Schuler
Title: A theoretical basis for public sector accrual accounting research: current state and perspectives
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Public sector or government accounting has been the subject of many research endeavors. However, scholars have repeatedly criticized the lack of a consistent and well-defined theoretical basis for international research. So far, most researchers have drawn from various streams of theoretical perspectives with often unsatisfactory results. The goal of this paper is to put forward the International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board’s (IPSASB) Conceptual Framework as a point of reference for establishing a better-fitting theoretical basis for public sector accrual accounting research.This paper aims at stimulating the wider scientific debate on public sector accrual accounting research, building on the recent discussion about the lack of a solid theoretical basis for this research stream. The ever-increasing global diffusion of accrual accounting, and the subsequent increased implementation of International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSASs) has directed more attention to the broader political and social implications of accrual accounting. These developments are of practical relevance, since the evaluation of public sector accounting reform projects often faces difficulties, due to the lack of an appropriate theoretical basis.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 560-570
Issue: 8
Volume: 39
Year: 2019
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1654319
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Author-Name: Davide Eltrudis
Author-X-Name-First: Davide
Author-X-Name-Last: Eltrudis
Author-Name: Stephen J. Bailey
Author-X-Name-First: Stephen J.
Author-X-Name-Last: Bailey
Author-Name: Patrizio Monfardini
Author-X-Name-First: Patrizio
Author-X-Name-Last: Monfardini
Title: Sub-sovereign bond buyback: a way forward for debt-laden regions in austerity
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Previous academic literature has criticised bond buyback as a ‘”boondoggle” benefiting a country’s creditors’—meaning that buybacks are a wasteful use of public money. This paper challenges the narrow financial–economic perspective behind that statement by adopting a broader socio-political framework that includes the potential benefits of buyback for citizens, not just financial market costs. In particular, buyback does not necessarily require a budget surplus via higher local taxes and/or increased austerity measures.Although debt brake and balanced budget rules strengthened limits established in the EU’s Stability and Growth Pact (SGP), transitional periods allowed local governments to deviate from them. Thereafter, local government directors of finance will be faced with the growing presence of financial derivatives in public accounts and the development of sub-sovereign fiscal decentralization, both of which are affecting debt management. This paper shows how EU fiscal rules may legitimize bond buyback in the current fiscal austerity context. Both financial stability and compliance with the SGP could be addressed by adopting policies aligned towards using innovative financial accounting engineering solutions.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 571-580
Issue: 8
Volume: 39
Year: 2019
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1611225
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Author-Name: Jerry Zhirong Zhao
Author-X-Name-First: Jerry Zhirong
Author-X-Name-Last: Zhao
Author-Name: Guocan Su
Author-X-Name-First: Guocan
Author-X-Name-Last: Su
Author-Name: Dan Li
Author-X-Name-First: Dan
Author-X-Name-Last: Li
Title: Financing China’s unprecedented infrastructure boom: the evolution of capital structure from 1978 to 2015
Abstract:
The authors examine the sources of the funds that have financed China’s infrastructure development since 1978. They define the five periods in which this development has taken place in terms of predominant financing: fiscal funds, build-operate-transfer (BOT), treasury bonds, the land financing, and local bonds. The system is characterized by a heavy reliance on debt financing and one-off revenues. These approaches have raised widespread concerns about fiscal sustainability in China. The authors explain why a shift towards the more conventional approach of fiscal funds is necessary.China’s infrastructure development since 1978 has been characterized by a heavy reliance on debt financing and one-off revenues. The model raises the concern about the country’s long-term fiscal sustainability. China should shift towards the more conventional approach of using fiscal funds to support infrastructure.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 581-589
Issue: 8
Volume: 39
Year: 2019
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1621049
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Author-Name: Sebastian Heintges
Author-X-Name-First: Sebastian
Author-X-Name-Last: Heintges
Author-Name: Gillian Waldbauer
Author-X-Name-First: Gillian
Author-X-Name-Last: Waldbauer
Title: New development: The IPSASB project on accounting for social benefits—IPSAS 42
Abstract:
This article explores the work undertaken by the International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board (IPSASB) in developing IPSAS 42 on ‘Social Benefits’, which was probably the IPSASB’s most challenging project to date. The authors explains IPSAS 42’s approach to liability recognition with the overriding considerations behind the IPSASB’s final decisions. In 2012, the EC identified the lack of a standard on social benefits in the IPSASB’s suite of standards as one of the arguments against the application of IPSASs in the EU, so this article is important in terms of the IPSASs being used as the basis for EPSASs (European Public Sector Accounting Standards).Unless governments can take appropriate timely remedial action, various factors, such as aging populations, will have a severely detrimental impact on future public sector service delivery potential. Governments may be able to address this in part if they can raise additional income or reduce expenditure sufficiently; often highly challenging. Raising additional income such as by taxation may be problematical as populations age and personal income levels decline. Cutting public services may be politically difficult, as could be reducing social benefits. Some social benefit schemes might be discontinued; others significantly modified. However, many public sector entities will find that for certain of their social benefits schemes in place today, for example a state retirement pension, they will have to meet heavy social benefit payments well into the future. The IPSASB’s project on accounting for social benefits had to address this problem and determine whether social benefit schemes give rise to a liability and how it should be recognized and measured.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 590-594
Issue: 8
Volume: 39
Year: 2019
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1592882
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Author-Name: Jan van Helden
Author-X-Name-First: Jan
Author-X-Name-Last: van Helden
Title: New development: The practical relevance of public sector accounting research; time to take a stand
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This article discusses three major themes that challenge researchers to focus more on practice-relevant public sector accounting research: How to combine practice-oriented research with being an impartial scholar? Which types of research themes have practical relevance? How can research contribute to societally-relevant issues?Researchers need to identify their niche in doing practice-relevant public sector accounting research in a way that shows they are quite different from consultants. Promising themes for practice-relevant research are design-focused interventionist and evaluative research. Practitioners are encouraged to take notice of research in their field of interest; researchers need to make their studies accessible to practitioners via specific media, such as professional journals or web-logs.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 595-598
Issue: 8
Volume: 39
Year: 2019
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1621053
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Author-Name: Seong-ho Jeong
Author-X-Name-First: Seong-ho
Author-X-Name-Last: Jeong
Author-Name: Youngmin Oh
Author-X-Name-First: Youngmin
Author-X-Name-Last: Oh
Title: New development: Lessons and recommendations from South Korea’s experiences with integrated financial management information systems
Abstract:
The South Korean government has been reforming its public expenditure management system since 2004. During this time, South Korea adopted new budgeting processes (for example mid-term expenditure framework, top-down budgeting, performance-based budgeting) and developed a new integrated financial information management system. In the course of implementing these reforms, South Korea has important insights and lessons to share with developing countries.South Korea may have valuable lessons for developing countries that want to create an advanced financial information system. Developing countries often use the World Bank and the IMF’s ODA (official development assistance) to build an IFMIS. However, South Korea's second-generation DBAS is an alternative to consider and pilot. Governments adopting the South Korean model can specify particular subsets of IFMIS modules that fit their particular needs and budget systems, and a fully functioning adaptation can be assembled quickly and effectively.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 599-601
Issue: 8
Volume: 39
Year: 2019
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1598201
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Author-Name: Andrew Massey
Author-X-Name-First: Andrew
Author-X-Name-Last: Massey
Title: Editorial: 2020—a clear vision for Public Money & Management
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 1-2
Issue: 1
Volume: 40
Year: 2020
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1685167
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Author-Name: Robin Hambleton
Author-X-Name-First: Robin
Author-X-Name-Last: Hambleton
Title: Debate: Researching directly elected mayors—key questions to address
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 3-4
Issue: 1
Volume: 40
Year: 2020
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1658998
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Author-Name: Basil Tucker
Author-X-Name-First: Basil
Author-X-Name-Last: Tucker
Author-Name: Laurence Ferry
Author-X-Name-First: Laurence
Author-X-Name-Last: Ferry
Author-Name: Ileana Steccolini
Author-X-Name-First: Ileana
Author-X-Name-Last: Steccolini
Author-Name: Iris Saliterer
Author-X-Name-First: Iris
Author-X-Name-Last: Saliterer
Title: Debate: The practical relevance of public sector accounting research; time to take a stand—A response to van Helden
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 5-7
Issue: 1
Volume: 40
Year: 2020
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1660098
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Author-Name: Kirsty Strokosch
Author-X-Name-First: Kirsty
Author-X-Name-Last: Strokosch
Author-Name: Stephen P. Osborne
Author-X-Name-First: Stephen P.
Author-X-Name-Last: Osborne
Title: Debate: If citizen participation is so important, why has it not been achieved?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 8-10
Issue: 1
Volume: 40
Year: 2020
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1654322
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Author-Name: Adina Dudau
Author-X-Name-First: Adina
Author-X-Name-Last: Dudau
Author-Name: Yvonne Brunetto
Author-X-Name-First: Yvonne
Author-X-Name-Last: Brunetto
Title: Debate: Managing emotional labour in the public sector
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 11-13
Issue: 1
Volume: 40
Year: 2020
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1665912
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Author-Name: John Fenwick
Author-X-Name-First: John
Author-X-Name-Last: Fenwick
Author-Name: Lorraine Johnston
Author-X-Name-First: Lorraine
Author-X-Name-Last: Johnston
Title: Leading the combined authorities in England: a new future for elected mayors?
Abstract:
This paper examines the initial experience of directly-elected mayors in the new combined authorities established in England. Do they have an innovative strategic leadership role for sub-national areas and provide a vehicle for effective public engagement, representing a new start for the hitherto faltering progress of the elected mayoral initiative? Alternatively, are the combined authority mayors just another policy failure in the uneven process of local government reform?Central government has created the office of directly-elected mayor and local government has to live with the consequences for good or ill. This paper deals with the role of directly-elected mayors for the combined authorities, raising questions about the effective leadership of sub-national areas of England. The new mayors may require a ‘boldness’ to work across the boundaries of bureaucratic organizations and to engage with external partners and they enjoy some limited additional resources. Central government explicitly expects the combined authority mayor to exercise their greater powers more efficiently than traditional council leaders. Yet such mayors may lack public endorsement or any degree of active public interest and may ultimately reflect government obsession with structures rather than human agency in reforming local governance.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 14-20
Issue: 1
Volume: 40
Year: 2020
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1622344
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Author-Name: Bernhard Eicher
Author-X-Name-First: Bernhard
Author-X-Name-Last: Eicher
Author-Name: Reto Steiner
Author-X-Name-First: Reto
Author-X-Name-Last: Steiner
Title: Strategies as a basis for the development of hospital assets
Abstract:
This paper examines the correlation between generic strategies (differentiation, cost leadership, focus) and the financial scope of action for the development of assets of Swiss hospitals, considering strategy as practice (SAP). The results show that it is worthwhile for hospitals to follow one of three generic strategies, but success depends on the design of the chosen strategy. The results also confirm the strong influence of doctors on hospital performance.In order to widen the financial scope to develop assets and achieve a high EBITDA margin (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization), hospital managers need to have a clear generic strategy (differentiation, cost leadership, focus). However, managers should be very careful when choosing a differentiation strategy. Differentiating their hospitals with a wide range of inpatient treatments can be helpful in achieving success but differentiating their hospital with a wide range of non-inpatient treatments can lower a hospital’s performance. Additionally, a hospital’s doctors should be included in discussions, because they have a strong influence on hospital performance.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 21-30
Issue: 1
Volume: 40
Year: 2020
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1612204
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Author-Name: Sheila Ellwood
Author-X-Name-First: Sheila
Author-X-Name-Last: Ellwood
Author-Name: Javier Garcia-Lacalle
Author-X-Name-First: Javier
Author-X-Name-Last: Garcia-Lacalle
Author-Name: Sonia Royo
Author-X-Name-First: Sonia
Author-X-Name-Last: Royo
Title: The shattered glass ceiling and a narrowing gender pay gap in NHS foundation trusts: gender and salaries of chief executives
Abstract:
Female chief executive officers (CEOs) of NHS foundation trusts have increased from 37% in 2012/13 to 47% in 2017/18. This paper shows that, in the five-year period analysed, the gender pay gap (GPG) has narrowed to become insignificant. The paper suggests the improvement of female presence and the narrowing of the GPG go hand-in-hand, at least for these public sector top managers. It also provides indication that the GPG is multifaceted, women may sacrifice high salaries for future financial security. Women and men could also be negotiating salaries in a different way, signalling gender traits differences.For CEOs of NHS foundation trusts gender parity has been reached. In this context over a five-year period (2013–2018), salary differences between female and male CEOs have narrowed to an insignificant level. Results suggest that shattering the glass ceiling helps to reduce the GPG, and hence gender inequalities. However, the study also provides original insights into different components of the GPG: salary and pension benefits and the interplay of female risk aversion. Political leaders must take a wide perspective on pay when considering how to achieve their espoused aims of removing gender inequality.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 31-41
Issue: 1
Volume: 40
Year: 2020
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1621052
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Author-Name: Patrick Diamond
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Title: Externalization and politicization in policy advisory systems: a case study of contestable policy-making 2010–2015
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This paper contends that since 2010 in the UK, there has been an unprecedented attempt to disrupt the traditional civil service ‘monopoly’ over policy advice, outsourcing policy-making to actors beyond the central state. The author argues that the policy-making processes of Whitehall and Westminster governance are being radically overhauled. In many Anglophone countries, ministers have sought to reduce their structural dependence on the permanent civil service. In so doing, ministers sought to gain political control over the machinery of policy-making. These efforts to restructure the permanent bureaucracy have had unintended consequences, however. The policy process in the UK state has become more fragmented, as policy-making and implementation have increasingly diverged.Those policy-makers and practitioners who have contact with civil servants and government ministers need to better understand the more fluid and unpredictable policy environment that is emerging at various tiers of UK governance, shaped by a multiplicity of actors sitting within, and outside, the formal boundaries of the state. The diverse ecology of policy-making institutions includes think-tanks, research institutes, non-governmental organizations, charities, community groups, management consultancies, and professional services companies, all of whom are involved in directly providing policy advice to ministers. The ‘monopoly’ over policy-making traditionally enjoyed by the civil service is eroding, with important implications for the work of policy-makers and public managers who have to negotiate the more fractious system of Whitehall bureaucracy. A subtle but perceptible shift is occurring whereby elected politicians and their advisers are gaining greater control over the policy-making processes of the UK state.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 42-51
Issue: 1
Volume: 40
Year: 2020
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1583890
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Author-Name: Stephen Osborne
Author-X-Name-First: Stephen
Author-X-Name-Last: Osborne
Author-Name: Taco Brandsen
Author-X-Name-First: Taco
Author-X-Name-Last: Brandsen
Author-Name: Valentina Mele
Author-X-Name-First: Valentina
Author-X-Name-Last: Mele
Author-Name: Juraj Nemec
Author-X-Name-First: Juraj
Author-X-Name-Last: Nemec
Author-Name: Marieke van Genugten
Author-X-Name-First: Marieke
Author-X-Name-Last: van Genugten
Author-Name: Sophie Flemig
Author-X-Name-First: Sophie
Author-X-Name-Last: Flemig
Title: Risking innovation. Understanding risk and public service innovation—evidence from a four nation study
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This paper presents new evidence about the governance of risk in public service innovation. It finds that risk is currently poorly understood with public service organizations. Either it is presented as a professional issue or it is dealt with purely as an actuarial or health and safety issue. There is little understanding of risk as a core component of innovation. In response, this paper argues for a more nuanced risk governance approach that calls for transparent decision-making on risk in public service innovation in relation to its intended outcomes.Politicians and public service managers need to understand that risk is an inherent element of innovation, because it engages with uncertain outcomes. A framework needs to be evolved to balance these risks against potential benefits and which can drive forward transparent risk governance involving politicians, public service mangers, citizens and local communities and other key stakeholders. This approach also needs to accept that failure can often by an outcome of innovation. The key here is not to maintain the blame culture that has dominate the debate to date but rather to embrace failure as an opportunity to learn and to improve public services and their outcomes.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 52-62
Issue: 1
Volume: 40
Year: 2020
Month: 1
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Author-Name: Bill Lee
Author-X-Name-First: Bill
Author-X-Name-Last: Lee
Author-Name: Liam Carlisle
Author-X-Name-First: Liam
Author-X-Name-Last: Carlisle
Title: A case study of the financial benefits of a credit union’s homeless prevention scheme
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This paper examines the merits of homeless prevention loans offered by a credit union in the UK to the tenants of its housing association partners. Using a theoretical framework informed by the idea that social inclusion and social exclusion are multidimensional and dynamic, with each dimension impacting on all others, the paper examines the potential impact of loans of this type on both housing tenure and financial inclusion. The paper provides a rare case study of a credit union in the disciplines of accounting and financial management.This paper provides important insights for credit unions, housing associations and local councils. Local councils may work with credit unions to promote financial wellbeing for social housing tenants. People at risk of eviction appear to have a greater inability to repay loans than a credit union’s regular membership. However, many recipients do repay loans and their repayments permit the credit union to help others who are also vulnerable to eviction. Spreading the cost of supporting people at risk of eviction through local authority grants to credit unions, or through local authorities’ underwriting of losses created by such groups, provides a means to share the risk of financial initiatives that prevent housing exclusion and promote financial inclusion. The authors are an academic and a credit union manager who was previously a housing officer for a local council.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 63-71
Issue: 1
Volume: 40
Year: 2020
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1621050
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Author-Name: Peter Eckersley
Author-X-Name-First: Peter
Author-X-Name-Last: Eckersley
Author-Name: Laurence Ferry
Author-X-Name-First: Laurence
Author-X-Name-Last: Ferry
Title: Public service outsourcing: the implications of ‘known unknowns’ and ‘unknown unknowns’ for accountability and policy-making
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Outsourcing is difficult to define and trickier to measure. Despite transparency and procurement requirements, there are no comprehensive datasets detailing the extent to which English councils have contracted-out service provision. This lack of information, coupled with austerity pressures, has probably increased the number of ‘known unknowns’ and ‘unknown unknowns’ about the efficacy of this service delivery model. Such developments have significant implications for accountability, risk management and policy-making.We do not know enough about the extent of public service outsourcing: it is difficult to define and measure, and the datasets that exist are quite limited. Austerity cuts to back office functions probably mean that we know even less about it than before, at a time when major outsourcing companies are experiencing serious financial problems. Public bodies need to create a more detailed picture of their contractual relationships in order to inform future policy-making, hold suppliers to account effectively, and ensure that finances and services can be put on a sustainable footing in the event of collapse.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 72-80
Issue: 1
Volume: 40
Year: 2020
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1660096
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Author-Name: James L. Chan
Author-X-Name-First: James L.
Author-X-Name-Last: Chan
Author-Name: Quanshe Yang
Author-X-Name-First: Quanshe
Author-X-Name-Last: Yang
Title: New development: China seeks better capital investment and credit assessment
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In the 2018–2019 period, the Chinese government adopted three policy measures to improve the quality of decision-making in state institutions and financial markets. The first measure requires cost benefit analysis in proposing public investment projects; the second requires local governments to make extensive disclosures before they could issue debt securities; and the third allows major international rating agencies to assess the creditworthiness of Chinese local government borrowers. Together, these steps represent China’s steadfast expansion of institutional capacity and market efficiency. They are also evidence of China’s continued adaptation of Western techniques in institutional capacity building to increase global competitiveness.In this article, the authors add to international understanding of how China improves the performance of its government and capital markets. For foreign policy-makers, especially those dealing with China directly, at the macro level this article points out the positive features of Chinese public policy-making and management, thus complementing or balancing the ideological and negative aspects often reported by the Western press. It points out that rational management is an almost invisible foundation supporting China’s current ambitious domestic development and assertive foreign policy. At the micro level, this article seeks to arouse public management scholars’ interest in Herbert Simon’s concept of procedural rationality as an explanation of seemingly mindless bureaucratic process. Readers are encouraged to test the universality of the idea, which seems to operate in Chinese government. Since time immemorial Chinese officials search for ‘latent rules’ (qianguize) to ensure personal survival or get things done.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 81-84
Issue: 1
Volume: 40
Year: 2020
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1651037
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Author-Name: Alan Doig
Author-X-Name-First: Alan
Author-X-Name-Last: Doig
Title: New development: Local government ethics in England: how is local ownership working?
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With the abolition of the Audit Commission and the Standards Board for England, and the emphasis in the Localism Act 2011 on local ownership in England for standards, research was undertaken into a group of councils to assess their legislative compliance arrangements and the development of organizational ethical cultures. The research argues that the delivery of the former is a work-in-progress and that there is little evidence of the latter.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 63-68
Issue: 1
Volume: 37
Year: 2017
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1233785
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Author-Name: Peter L. Freeman
Author-X-Name-First: Peter L.
Author-X-Name-Last: Freeman
Author-Name: Andrew J. Millar
Author-X-Name-First: Andrew J.
Author-X-Name-Last: Millar
Title: Valuing the project: a knowledge-action response to network governance in collaborative research
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The delegation of research to self-directed networks is a relatively new strategy to focus academic endeavour on public priorities. Networks involve policy-makers, knowledge producers and knowledge users in unfamiliar governance and management relationships. Here we reflect, as practitioners, on research networks as complex governance systems and on their projects as knowledge-action systems designed to deliver public value. Projects represent the currency in which delegated research is issued, but their conversion into monetary grants and awards diverts attention from their potential as boundary organizations or communities of practice in the production of societal knowledge and understanding. Recognizing and supporting projects as scalable components of enduring knowledge-action systems, rather than as transient instances of research funding, is key to sustaining delivery of public value under conditions of network governance.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 23-30
Issue: 1
Volume: 37
Year: 2017
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1241577
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Author-Name: Andrew Massey
Author-X-Name-First: Andrew
Author-X-Name-Last: Massey
Title: Editorial
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 1-1
Issue: 1
Volume: 37
Year: 2017
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1249215
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Author-Name: Laurence Ferry
Author-X-Name-First: Laurence
Author-X-Name-Last: Ferry
Author-Name: Peter Eckersley
Author-X-Name-First: Peter
Author-X-Name-Last: Eckersley
Title: Debate: Freedom, power and capacity—analysing the fallout from the UK’s ‘Brexit’ referendum
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 2-3
Issue: 1
Volume: 37
Year: 2017
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1249218
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Author-Name: Marte D.-Q. Holmemo
Author-X-Name-First: Marte D.-Q.
Author-X-Name-Last: Holmemo
Author-Name: Jonas A. Ingvaldsen
Author-X-Name-First: Jonas A.
Author-X-Name-Last: Ingvaldsen
Author-Name: Jos Benders
Author-X-Name-First: Jos
Author-X-Name-Last: Benders
Title: Debate: Changing to Lean public services
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 5-6
Issue: 1
Volume: 37
Year: 2017
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1249221
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Author-Name: John Seddon
Author-X-Name-First: John
Author-X-Name-Last: Seddon
Title: Debate: Seizing the greatest opportunity to save money in public services
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 3-5
Issue: 1
Volume: 37
Year: 2017
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1249222
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Author-Name: Pan Suk Kim
Author-X-Name-First: Pan
Author-X-Name-Last: Suk Kim
Author-Name: Alexander Kotchegura
Author-X-Name-First: Alexander
Author-X-Name-Last: Kotchegura
Title: Talent management in government in times of economic instability: selected cases from the BRICS countries
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This paper explores the policies that three BRICS countries used to tackle the growing problem of attracting and retaining talent in public sector institutions. The authors trace the changes in these countries’ strategies and approaches resulting from growing budgetary constraints; labour market shifts; new demographic trends; increasing demands for higher performance by public servants; and complex challenges faced by governments worldwide. Although talent management in public sector institutions was a government priority for the three countries—Brazil, China, and Russia—the results achieved have been modest. The authors draw lessons for other governments from their analysis.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 7-14
Issue: 1
Volume: 37
Year: 2017
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1249223
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Author-Name: Andrew Gray
Author-X-Name-First: Andrew
Author-X-Name-Last: Gray
Author-Name: Rob Wilson
Author-X-Name-First: Rob
Author-X-Name-Last: Wilson
Author-Name: K. Neil Jenkings
Author-X-Name-First: K. Neil
Author-X-Name-Last: Jenkings
Author-Name: Deborah Harrison
Author-X-Name-First: Deborah
Author-X-Name-Last: Harrison
Author-Name: Mike Martin
Author-X-Name-First: Mike
Author-X-Name-Last: Martin
Title: Information-sharing in services for military personnel in transition to civilian life
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An analysis of policy and practice documents on information-sharing in the transition of military personnel into civilian life finds (1) a complex transition pathway along which the responsibility for co-ordination of transition shifts from service providers to those in transition; (2) a lack of attention to operationalizing information-sharing for different service circumstances; (3) the potential for developing a framework for managing information-sharing; and (4) a need for further research to draw on the evidence of transitions and information-sharing in other policy sectors.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 15-22
Issue: 1
Volume: 37
Year: 2017
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1249226
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Author-Name: Christina Boedker
Author-X-Name-First: Christina
Author-X-Name-Last: Boedker
Author-Name: Kieron Meagher
Author-X-Name-First: Kieron
Author-X-Name-Last: Meagher
Author-Name: Richard Vidgen
Author-X-Name-First: Richard
Author-X-Name-Last: Vidgen
Author-Name: Julie Cogin
Author-X-Name-First: Julie
Author-X-Name-Last: Cogin
Author-Name: Jan Mouritsen
Author-X-Name-First: Jan
Author-X-Name-Last: Mouritsen
Title: Doing more with less: productivity or starvation? The Intellectual Asset Health Check
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The recent wave of savings in public service expenditure comes at the risk of creating starved workplaces, depleted of intellectual assets. This paper examines the perils of starved workplaces and how to avoid them. Organizations that nurture their intellectual assets were found to outperform their peers with 13.3% higher productivity. These organizations created a ‘win–win situation’, achieving both productivity targets while sustaining high stocks of emotional and human capital.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 31-38
Issue: 1
Volume: 37
Year: 2017
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1249229
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Author-Name: Jale Tosun
Author-X-Name-First: Jale
Author-X-Name-Last: Tosun
Title: Promoting youth employment through multi-organizational governance
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Youth unemployment is a major challenge in Europe and the most important EU-level policy response to youth unemployment is the Youth Guarantee, which was adopted in 2013. Public employment services are the central bodies implementing the Youth Guarantee in most EU member states, but they often act in partnership with other organizations. This paper examines the importance of the national organization that takes the lead in the multi-organizational networks responsible for implementing the Youth Guarantee. The author also analyses the best governance arrangements to produce the intended policy outcomes.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 39-46
Issue: 1
Volume: 37
Year: 2017
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1249230
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Author-Name: Janet Diamond
Author-X-Name-First: Janet
Author-X-Name-Last: Diamond
Author-Name: Siv Vangen
Author-X-Name-First: Siv
Author-X-Name-Last: Vangen
Title: Coping with austerity: innovation via collaboration or retreat to the known?
Abstract:
This paper explores new approaches to the management of public sector austerity through collaborative innovation. Practitioner-based insider research offers an insight into how collaborative innovation can work in the public sector, what undermines it and what impact the active management of a turbulent environment can make to outcomes. A flexible action framework—modelling collaborative innovation—offers a practical means of understanding and supporting effective innovation through collaboration.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 47-54
Issue: 1
Volume: 37
Year: 2017
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1249231
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Author-Name: Deborah Agostino
Author-X-Name-First: Deborah
Author-X-Name-Last: Agostino
Author-Name: Marika Arena
Author-X-Name-First: Marika
Author-X-Name-Last: Arena
Author-Name: Giuseppe Catalano
Author-X-Name-First: Giuseppe
Author-X-Name-Last: Catalano
Author-Name: Angelo Erbacci
Author-X-Name-First: Angelo
Author-X-Name-Last: Erbacci
Title: Public engagement through social media: the spending review experience
Abstract:
This paper, relying on three empirical cases of spending reviews carried out in Europe, investigates how social media has been used to engage citizens in spending review processes. The authors explain the differences in levels of engagement between the use of social media (Web 2.0 tools) compared to traditional Web 1.0 tools. Finally, they discuss how government might genuinely listen to its citizens and work with them.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 55-62
Issue: 1
Volume: 37
Year: 2017
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1249596
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Author-Name: Sidra Irfan
Author-X-Name-First: Sidra
Author-X-Name-Last: Irfan
Author-Name: Sandra Nutley
Author-X-Name-First: Sandra
Author-X-Name-Last: Nutley
Title: New development: Turning around failing schools—lessons from Lahore
Abstract:
This article reviews the operation of two improvement partnerships in Pakistan, where third sector organizations adopted selected state schools. The authors reflect on the lessons arising from both schemes in the light of the Institute of Educational Sciences’ (IES) guidance on turning around schools. Although the operation of both partnership schemes is context specific, the findings should nevertheless be of interest to policy-makers in other countries. They also show how some aspects of the IES’s guidance may need to be adapted and augmented, especially in the context of developing countries.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 69-74
Issue: 1
Volume: 37
Year: 2017
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1249597
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Author-Name: Lord Bichard
Author-X-Name-First: Lord
Author-X-Name-Last: Bichard
Title: Editorial
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 245-245
Issue: 4
Volume: 38
Year: 2018
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2018.1449447
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Author-Name: Jill Pitkeathley
Author-X-Name-First: Jill
Author-X-Name-Last: Pitkeathley
Title: Roadmap for charities
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 246-247
Issue: 4
Volume: 38
Year: 2018
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2018.1449451
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Author-Name: Noel Hyndman
Author-X-Name-First: Noel
Author-X-Name-Last: Hyndman
Title: The Charities SORP: an ‘engine’ for good?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 247-250
Issue: 4
Volume: 38
Year: 2018
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2018.1449452
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Author-Name: Carolyn J. Cordery
Author-X-Name-First: Carolyn J.
Author-X-Name-Last: Cordery
Author-Name: Karen A. Smith
Author-X-Name-First: Karen A.
Author-X-Name-Last: Smith
Title: Charities—the future as our greatest adventure?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 250-251
Issue: 4
Volume: 38
Year: 2018
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2018.1449454
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Author-Name: Andrew Hind
Author-X-Name-First: Andrew
Author-X-Name-Last: Hind
Title: Grasping the nettle—should charities pay for the Charity Commission?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 251-254
Issue: 4
Volume: 38
Year: 2018
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2018.1449455
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Author-Name: Sebastian Desmidt
Author-X-Name-First: Sebastian
Author-X-Name-Last: Desmidt
Author-Name: Kenn Meyfroodt
Author-X-Name-First: Kenn
Author-X-Name-Last: Meyfroodt
Title: Debate: Unravelling strategic planning effectiveness—what about strategic consensus?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 255-256
Issue: 4
Volume: 38
Year: 2018
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2018.1449456
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Author-Name: Kjetil Hatlebakk Hove
Author-X-Name-First: Kjetil
Author-X-Name-Last: Hatlebakk Hove
Title: Debate: Output cost growth appropriation in the Norwegian Armed Forces
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 256-258
Issue: 4
Volume: 38
Year: 2018
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2018.1449461
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Author-Name: Edward G. Keating
Author-X-Name-First: Edward G.
Author-X-Name-Last: Keating
Title: Debate: Mitigating defence output cost growth
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 258-260
Issue: 4
Volume: 38
Year: 2018
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2018.1449464
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Author-Name: Kath Checkland
Author-X-Name-First: Kath
Author-X-Name-Last: Checkland
Author-Name: Imelda McDermott
Author-X-Name-First: Imelda
Author-X-Name-Last: McDermott
Author-Name: Anna Coleman
Author-X-Name-First: Anna
Author-X-Name-Last: Coleman
Author-Name: Lynsey Warwick-Giles
Author-X-Name-First: Lynsey
Author-X-Name-Last: Warwick-Giles
Author-Name: Donna Bramwell
Author-X-Name-First: Donna
Author-X-Name-Last: Bramwell
Author-Name: Pauline Allen
Author-X-Name-First: Pauline
Author-X-Name-Last: Allen
Author-Name: Stephen Peckham
Author-X-Name-First: Stephen
Author-X-Name-Last: Peckham
Title: Planning and managing primary care services: lessons from the NHS in England
Abstract:
High-quality primary care services are an essential part of a successful health service. However, the planning and management of such services is complex. Using evidence from a study of recent extensive changes in the English NHS, the authors highlight the need for local service oversight by managers who understand local conditions and needs. The recent English experience supports an incremental policy adjustment approach, rather than wholesale organizational change.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 261-270
Issue: 4
Volume: 38
Year: 2018
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2018.1449467
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Author-Name: Dan Bumblauskas
Author-X-Name-First: Dan
Author-X-Name-Last: Bumblauskas
Author-Name: Salil Kalghatgi
Author-X-Name-First: Salil
Author-X-Name-Last: Kalghatgi
Title: Order in the courts: propagating a culture of efficiency within the Irish Court Services
Abstract:
This paper exposes two 5S style experiments that introduced Lean Six Sigma (LSS) techniques to the Irish Court Services Dublin Circuit Court. Manufacturing concepts were adapted to the service industry, including a new definition of ‘informational workpiece’, to minimize waste and process variation reduction. Senior management subsequently embraced the authors’ recommendations of change management using a bottom-up approach. Other post-project outcomes include improved staff morale, decreased risk, and the simplification of complex processes.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 271-280
Issue: 4
Volume: 38
Year: 2018
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2018.1449468
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Author-Name: Nathalie Colasanti
Author-X-Name-First: Nathalie
Author-X-Name-Last: Colasanti
Author-Name: Rocco Frondizi
Author-X-Name-First: Rocco
Author-X-Name-Last: Frondizi
Author-Name: Marco Meneguzzo
Author-X-Name-First: Marco
Author-X-Name-Last: Meneguzzo
Title: Higher education and stakeholders’ donations: successful civic crowdfunding in an Italian university
Abstract:
Can civic crowdfunding be used to improve the structures and services offered by public universities? Are stakeholders willing to make donations to such projects? This paper answers these questions by analysing a successful civic crowdfunding project in an Italian university. Stakeholders were found to be willing to engage in crowdfunding and make donations. The key to success is to ensure effective communication and to draw on feelings of belonging to the institution.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 281-288
Issue: 4
Volume: 38
Year: 2018
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2018.1449471
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Author-Name: Junghack Kim
Author-X-Name-First: Junghack
Author-X-Name-Last: Kim
Author-Name: Craig S. Maher
Author-X-Name-First: Craig S.
Author-X-Name-Last: Maher
Author-Name: Jooho Lee
Author-X-Name-First: Jooho
Author-X-Name-Last: Lee
Title: Performance information use and severe cutback decisions during a period of fiscal crisis
Abstract:
This paper examines the impact of performance information use on government cutback decisions. The use of performance information was associated with the adoption of furloughs and layoffs, but not with service elimination or salary reductions. These mixed findings reveal the limited role of performance information use in cutback decisions.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 289-296
Issue: 4
Volume: 38
Year: 2018
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2018.1449475
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Author-Name: Sounman Hong
Author-X-Name-First: Sounman
Author-X-Name-Last: Hong
Author-Name: Taek Kyu Kim
Author-X-Name-First: Taek Kyu
Author-X-Name-Last: Kim
Title: Public–private partnership meets corporate social responsibility—the case of H-JUMP school
Abstract:
This paper examines tripartite public–private partnerships (PPPs), a new form of partnership between the government, business, and nonprofit sectors. Partly funded by for-profit firms’ corporate social responsibility (CSR) budgets, this approach reduces a government’s costs for providing a public service. Based on a case study of the H-JUMP school, a recently-formed tripartite PPP in South Korea, the authors explore the motives of each partner organization, the key factors in making the partnership sustainable, and the partnership’s social value implications.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 297-304
Issue: 4
Volume: 38
Year: 2018
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2018.1449476
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Author-Name: Hai (David) Guo
Author-X-Name-First: Hai (David)
Author-X-Name-Last: Guo
Author-Name: Milena Neshkova
Author-X-Name-First: Milena
Author-X-Name-Last: Neshkova
Title: Fiscal severity and the choice of budget gap closing strategies
Abstract:
The great recession of 2008 forced US local governments to pursue a series of measures to maintain a balanced budget. The authors investigated local governments’ response to the great recession with a focus on Florida, where a crash in the housing market led to a severe erosion of the property tax base. Following the classic cutback management theory, the authors examine how the severity of fiscal stress affected the choice of budget-balancing strategies by Florida’s local governments. The severity of fiscal stress was found to affect not only the number of budget gap closing strategies but also the pattern of adoption of these strategies consistent with the administrative response model.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 305-314
Issue: 4
Volume: 38
Year: 2018
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2018.1450913
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Author-Name: Mervyn Stone
Author-X-Name-First: Mervyn
Author-X-Name-Last: Stone
Title: New development: Regression-to-the-mean explains the otherwise puzzling coefficients in NHS England’s formula for funding CCGs
Abstract:
This paper reviews NHS England’s recent report on the formula that guides the allocation of tens of billions of pounds to clinical commissioning groups (CCGs). It finds deficiencies and errors in the unprincipled construction of the formula and substitutes Sir Francis Galton’s logical concept of ‘regression to the mean’ for the report’s ad hoc conjectures about striking patterns of certain coefficients.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 315-318
Issue: 4
Volume: 38
Year: 2018
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2018.1450915
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Author-Name: Noel Plumridge
Author-X-Name-First: Noel
Author-X-Name-Last: Plumridge
Title: Comment on Stone
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 319-319
Issue: 4
Volume: 38
Year: 2018
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2018.1450916
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Author-Name: Arie Herscovici
Author-X-Name-First: Arie
Author-X-Name-Last: Herscovici
Title: New development: Lean Thinking in smart cities
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The smart city concept lacks a set of coherent criteria for evaluating its effectiveness as an urban management system, its compatibility with human rights principles, and its contribution to a democratic, participatory, social urban regime. The author explains why Lean Thinking principles can be applied to evaluate the ‘smartness’ of cities and serve as guidelines for improvement.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 320-324
Issue: 4
Volume: 38
Year: 2018
Month: 6
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2018.1450924
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Author-Name: Elisabetta Mafrolla
Author-X-Name-First: Elisabetta
Author-X-Name-Last: Mafrolla
Title: Tax avoidance in government-owned firms: Evidence from Italy
Abstract:
This paper studies whether and why government-owned firms avoid taxation to a greater extent than wholly privately-owned firms do. By considering a sample of Italian listed corporations for the period between 2006 and 2011, it was found that government ownership had a systematically negative effect on corporate effective tax rate, with a prevalence of tax-planning policies focused on the long term. Managers of local government-owned firms focused on minimizing costs, even if this was to the detriment of national tax-revenue collection.The author investigated tax avoidance in government-owned firms with the surprising finding that government owners avoid taxation to a greater extent than private sector owners. Managers of government-owned firms (and especially local government owners) were found to pursue political goals that focused on cost- minimizing policies, reducing national tax revenue. This paper will be of value to policy- makers, who should consider tax avoidance by government-owned enterprises as a real possibility.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 186-192
Issue: 3
Volume: 39
Year: 2019
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2018.1516955
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Author-Name: Karen Johnston
Author-X-Name-First: Karen
Author-X-Name-Last: Johnston
Title: Women in public policy and public administration?
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This paper explores the persistence of gender inequality in public administration in the UK and globally. The implications for the continued under-representation of women are explored. The data reveals vertical and horizontal occupational gender segregation which the paper argues, drawing upon representative bureaucracy research, has policy outcomes for beneficiaries of public services.The recent social movement campaigns and media coverage about sexual violence against women (for example MeToo) have highlighted the prevalence of this egregious issue; the publication of the gender pay gaps in UK organizations, despite the Equal Pay Act (1970), demonstrates continued inequalities; and as this paper demonstrates the data on women in public administration reveals the persistence of gender inequality in public sector employment. This has implications for public administration institutions. The paper argues that the lack of representation of women and other minorities has policy outcomes for the legitimacy, trust, integrity in public institutions, and public policy productivities and performance.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 155-165
Issue: 3
Volume: 39
Year: 2019
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2018.1534421
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Author-Name: Marco Bini
Author-X-Name-First: Marco
Author-X-Name-Last: Bini
Title: Models of mandate in public audit: An examination of Australian jurisdictions
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This paper examines, compares and contrasts three competing models of the performance audit mandate in public audit in Australia, namely the traditional organizational model, the public functions model and the follow the money model. The paper discusses the application of those models in Australian jurisdictions and raises legal issues pertinent to their effectiveness and scope and considers how they enhance accountability for the expenditure of public funds.The way governments deliver public services is constantly changing and evolving, particularly through the use of third-party providers. These changes have ramifications for the ability of public audit to hold governments accountable for the expenditure of public funds in the performance audit context. In considering how to enhance accountability, policy-makers should consider the effectiveness of public audit legislation which utilizes a model based on auditability of public money rather than public organizations. This paper examines the legislation in Australian jurisdictions which use this model, and the variations within those models. These models may be instructive in determining the effectiveness of this approach.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 201-208
Issue: 3
Volume: 39
Year: 2019
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2018.1535028
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Author-Name: Danny S. L. Chow
Author-X-Name-First: Danny S. L.
Author-X-Name-Last: Chow
Author-Name: Raili Pollanen
Author-X-Name-First: Raili
Author-X-Name-Last: Pollanen
Author-Name: Rachel Baskerville
Author-X-Name-First: Rachel
Author-X-Name-Last: Baskerville
Author-Name: Caroline Aggestam-Pontoppidan
Author-X-Name-First: Caroline
Author-X-Name-Last: Aggestam-Pontoppidan
Author-Name: Ronald Day
Author-X-Name-First: Ronald
Author-X-Name-Last: Day
Title: Usefulness of consolidated government accounts: A comparative study
Abstract:
This comparative empirical study on consolidated government accounting reforms in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and Sweden reveals contextual differences affecting their adoption and usefulness. It can help policy-makers, public managers, and academics understand the gap between claims associated with the adoption of accounting technologies and their usefulness, as well as provide insights into dichotomies between their global proliferation and localized adaptations.The belief in the usefulness of GAAP-based consolidated government accounts is not matched by a political will to make them more relevant. Although such systems are rhetorically appealing to reformers, once implemented, however, they struggle to compete against an institutional inertia of continued reliance on older accounting systems such as budgetary and statistical systems. The way forward requires asking how to best realign political incentives to focus on the longer-term benefits from using GAAP-based systems, such as improved clarity over long-term fiscal liabilities and transparency over the financing of hybrid entities that span both the public and private sectors.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 175-185
Issue: 3
Volume: 39
Year: 2019
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2018.1535034
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Author-Name: Yang Zhiling
Author-X-Name-First: Yang
Author-X-Name-Last: Zhiling
Author-Name: Ju Ronghua
Author-X-Name-First: Ju
Author-X-Name-Last: Ronghua
Author-Name: Xu Yunxiao
Author-X-Name-First: Xu
Author-X-Name-Last: Yunxiao
Title: Credit risk and bond pricing of local government in China
Abstract:
The relationship between credit risk and the pricing of local government bonds in China is explored in this paper. The pricing of local government bonds was found to reflect credit risk, but the risk premium was small. The type of bond (‘directional’ or ‘non-directional’) significantly affected pricing. Repayment source had no effect. The authors make recommendations for the central government, local governments and investors.Our research on local government bond pricing benefits China’s central government, local governments and investors. We urge the central government to strengthen its regulation of directional bonds and special bonds, and then promote marketization. Local governments should reduce the size of directional bonds, and decouple special bonds from government financial guarantees. Investors should purchase the local government bonds which have the highest premium with equal risk.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 209-215
Issue: 3
Volume: 39
Year: 2019
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2018.1535039
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Author-Name: Roger Kline
Author-X-Name-First: Roger
Author-X-Name-Last: Kline
Author-Name: Duncan Lewis
Author-X-Name-First: Duncan
Author-X-Name-Last: Lewis
Title: The price of fear: Estimating the financial cost of bullying and harassment to the NHS in England
Abstract:
Using a spectrum of measures, this paper estimates some of the financial costs of bullying and harassment to the NHS in England. By means of specific impacts resulting from bullying and harassment to staff health, sickness absence costs to the employer, employee turnover, diminished productivity, sickness presenteeism, compensation, litigation and industrial relations costs, we conservatively estimate bullying and harassment to cost the taxpayer £2.281 billion per annum.The evidence in this paper indicates the importance of urgent material engagement to address bullying in the UK NHS. Existing staff surveys fail to capture the types of behaviours often attributable to bullying and this should be a focus to design pertinent interventions. Capturing bystander/witness experiences are undocumented, as are workplace incivilities and staff satisfaction with policy and procedures for tackling bullying. Policy change is vital for accurately capturing the costs of bullying associated with absenteeism, staff replacement, productivity reductions and to use these as mechanisms to manage organizations that fail to address bullying.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 166-174
Issue: 3
Volume: 39
Year: 2019
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2018.1535044
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Author-Name: Anni Lindholm
Author-X-Name-First: Anni
Author-X-Name-Last: Lindholm
Author-Name: Tuomas Korhonen
Author-X-Name-First: Tuomas
Author-X-Name-Last: Korhonen
Author-Name: Teemu Laine
Author-X-Name-First: Teemu
Author-X-Name-Last: Laine
Author-Name: Petri Suomala
Author-X-Name-First: Petri
Author-X-Name-Last: Suomala
Title: Engaging the economic facts and valuations underlying value for money in public procurement
Abstract:
This paper examines the possibilities and limitations in pursuing value for money (VfM) in public procurement. There is ambiguity about the VfM concept and the methods that public procurers should be using. It is difficult for decision-makers to thoroughly understand the economic facts and valuations underlying VfM. The authors explain the conceptual VfM challenges and present a path to overcoming these with a lifecycle costing (LCC) approach in an indepth case study in the Finnish waste management context.Policy-makers and managers need to be aware that different stakeholders could have different views of what value for money (VfM) is. The authors present a new way of overcoming VfM challenges. They show that lifecycle costing (LCC) provides clear benefits for public procurers to assess the potential for VfM in the pre-tendering phase.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 216-223
Issue: 3
Volume: 39
Year: 2019
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2018.1535049
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Author-Name: Il Hwan Chung
Author-X-Name-First: Il Hwan
Author-X-Name-Last: Chung
Title: Does the budget process matter for infrastructure spending? Capital budgeting in local government
Abstract:
Investment in long-term capital projects plays an increasingly important role in improving the quality of many public services, as well as promoting economic development. Using data on capital spending and capital budget structures in county governments in Georgia, USA, this paper explains how a separate capital budget protects infrastructure spending in times of fiscal distress. The author found little evidence that county governments with a separate capital budget spent more than those without a capital budget.This paper suggests that a separate capital budget in the formal budget process might not preserve capital projects. Practitioners need to pay more attention to mechanisms and processes that set capital spending priorities in the budget process. They also need to consider closer co-ordination between capital budgets and long-term maintenance outlays.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 193-200
Issue: 3
Volume: 39
Year: 2019
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2018.1536449
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Author-Name: Steven Parker
Author-X-Name-First: Steven
Author-X-Name-Last: Parker
Title: New development: What is the meaning of philosophy for local government officers?
Abstract:
This article reflects on how the philosophical foundations of public administration and the practice of local government can be linked together. Informed by Ongaro, E. (2017. Philosophy and public administration: An introduction. Edward Elgar), the relationship between philosophy and public administration is considered, followed by a discussion of what this means for local government. Virtue ethics and utilitarianism are applied to two current examples of local government practice. The article ends by detailing key points for the future relationship between philosophy and local government.This article makes a case for staff in local and central government to have knowledge of philosophy.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 224-227
Issue: 3
Volume: 39
Year: 2019
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2018.1552012
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Author-Name: Andrew Massey
Author-X-Name-First: Andrew
Author-X-Name-Last: Massey
Title: Editorial: Amending organizations to advance good governance and inclusiveness
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 153-154
Issue: 3
Volume: 39
Year: 2019
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1592921
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Title: Front Matter
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: i-iii
Issue: 4
Volume: 25
Year: 2005
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2005.10600091
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Author-Name: Christopher Pollitt
Author-X-Name-First: Christopher
Author-X-Name-Last: Pollitt
Title: British Art Versus European Technocracy—Or Government Versus State?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 203-204
Issue: 4
Volume: 25
Year: 2005
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2005.10600092
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Author-Name: Michael Horsman
Author-X-Name-First: Michael
Author-X-Name-Last: Horsman
Title: Murphy’s Laws: A Key Explanatory Tool for Public Sector Disputes in the UK
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 205-206
Issue: 4
Volume: 25
Year: 2005
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2005.10600093
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Author-Name: Ken Jarrold
Author-X-Name-First: Ken
Author-X-Name-Last: Jarrold
Title: Recovery and Renewal—The New NHS
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 206-208
Issue: 4
Volume: 25
Year: 2005
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2005.10600094
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Author-Name: David Hunter
Author-X-Name-First: David
Author-X-Name-Last: Hunter
Title: Editorial
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 209-212
Issue: 4
Volume: 25
Year: 2005
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2005.10600095
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Author-Name: Peter Smith
Author-X-Name-First: Peter
Author-X-Name-Last: Smith
Title: Performance Measurement in Health Care: History, Challenges and Prospects
Abstract: A confluence of forces has resulted in massive changes to the collection and use of performance data in the UK health system over the past 25 years. Performance measurement offers major potential benefits for clinical professionals, managers, regulators, politicians, researchers, patients and citizens. However, uncritical reliance on performance data can lead to a number of unintended and adverse consequences. The National Health Service has pioneered the assembly and dissemination of performance data from the early 1980s. This article summarizes the history of performance measurement in the NHS, assesses its effectiveness to date, discusses the major challenges in deploying performance measures, and highlights priorities for policy-makers.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 213-220
Issue: 4
Volume: 25
Year: 2005
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2005.10600096
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Author-Name: Stephen Peckham
Author-X-Name-First: Stephen
Author-X-Name-Last: Peckham
Author-Name: Mark Exworthy
Author-X-Name-First: Mark
Author-X-Name-Last: Exworthy
Author-Name: Ian Greener
Author-X-Name-First: Ian
Author-X-Name-Last: Greener
Author-Name: Martin Powell
Author-X-Name-First: Martin
Author-X-Name-Last: Powell
Title: Decentralizing Health Services: More Local Accountability or Just More Central Control?
Abstract: This article examines the continuing debate about, and inter-relationship between, the NHS, decentralization and local participation. The focus of the article is the experience of decentralization and participation over the past 25 years and, drawing on a new conceptualization of decentralization, it identifies the extent to which the NHS supports decentralized approaches to participation.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 221-228
Issue: 4
Volume: 25
Year: 2005
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2005.10600097
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Author-Name: Rob Baggott
Author-X-Name-First: Rob
Author-X-Name-Last: Baggott
Title: From Sickness to Health? Public Health in England
Abstract: Public health is currently high on the political agenda, perhaps at its most prominent for a generation. Yet various policy initiatives to improve public health have been regarded as unsuccessful, while the National Health Service is still seen as a ‘sickness service’. This article explores the development of public health policy in England and asks whether it is likely to become a key driver of policy and service provision in the future.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 229-236
Issue: 4
Volume: 25
Year: 2005
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2005.10600098
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Author-Name: Marianna Fotaki
Author-X-Name-First: Marianna
Author-X-Name-Last: Fotaki
Author-Name: Alan Boyd
Author-X-Name-First: Alan
Author-X-Name-Last: Boyd
Title: From Plan to Market: A Comparison of Health and Old Age Care Policies in the UK and Sweden
Abstract: This article reviews changes in the organization, delivery and financing of health care and old age services in the UK and Sweden over the past 25 years. User autonomy has become a more important policy objective than equity of access or equality of opportunity, with a greater reliance on market mechanisms for delivering services. The public and politicians seem to be prepared to accept that competition, choice and decentralization may result in a widening of regional and geographical inequalities, and the erosion of the universal character of the welfare state. These developments reflect broader normative shifts in both societies, and are likely to continue and become more widespread in the future, as they will be strongly influenced by demographic and social factors, fiscal constraints and the policies of supranational bodies such as the European Union.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 237-243
Issue: 4
Volume: 25
Year: 2005
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2005.10600099
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Author-Name: The Editors
Title: Notes for Authors
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 244-244
Issue: 4
Volume: 25
Year: 2005
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2005.10600100
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Author-Name: Caroline Glendinning
Author-X-Name-First: Caroline
Author-X-Name-Last: Glendinning
Author-Name: Bob Hudson
Author-X-Name-First: Bob
Author-X-Name-Last: Hudson
Author-Name: Robin Means
Author-X-Name-First: Robin
Author-X-Name-Last: Means
Title: Under Strain? Exploring the Troubled Relationship between Health and Social Care
Abstract: Relationships between the NHS and social care services over the Past 25 years have a poor history. This article examines the strategies that have been used by central government and by local NHS and social care organizations to overcome difficulties of service co-ordination. The authors conclude that policies reflecting ‘networked’ modes of governance may stand the best chance of success, although evidence of improved impact and outcomes still remains scarce.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 245-251
Issue: 4
Volume: 25
Year: 2005
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2005.10600101
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Author-Name: George Boyne
Author-X-Name-First: George
Author-X-Name-Last: Boyne
Author-Name: Jennifer Law
Author-X-Name-First: Jennifer
Author-X-Name-Last: Law
Title: Setting Public Service Outcome Targets: Lessons from Local Public Service Agreements
Abstract: Public agencies in the UK and elsewhere are increasingly required to set outcome targets as a strategy for improving their services. A crucial element of this ‘results orientation’ is a clear definition of the desired outcomes and a specification of appropriate performance indicators. A recent example of this policy in the UK—Local Public Service Agreements (LPSAs)—is examined in this article. The authors’ analysis of the first generation of LPSAs shows that just under half of the indicators used were measures of outcome. The authors explain the ‘wicked’ issues in outcome measurement that emerged from the research.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 253-260
Issue: 4
Volume: 25
Year: 2005
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2005.10600128
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Author-Name: Irene Bengo
Author-X-Name-First: Irene
Author-X-Name-Last: Bengo
Title: Debate: Impact measurement and social public procurement
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 391-392
Issue: 5
Volume: 38
Year: 2018
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2018.1471817
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Author-Name: Suzana Grubnic
Author-X-Name-First: Suzana
Author-X-Name-Last: Grubnic
Author-Name: Ian Thomson
Author-X-Name-First: Ian
Author-X-Name-Last: Thomson
Author-Name: Georgios Georgakopolous
Author-X-Name-First: Georgios
Author-X-Name-Last: Georgakopolous
Title: Editorial
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 325-327
Issue: 5
Volume: 38
Year: 2018
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2018.1477574
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Author-Name: Mark C. Freeman
Author-X-Name-First: Mark C.
Author-X-Name-Last: Freeman
Title: Debate: Why is everyone except me wrong about climate change policy?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 328-330
Issue: 5
Volume: 38
Year: 2018
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2018.1477575
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Author-Name: Barry Pemberton
Author-X-Name-First: Barry
Author-X-Name-Last: Pemberton
Author-Name: Wilson Ng
Author-X-Name-First: Wilson
Author-X-Name-Last: Ng
Title: Debate: Too close for comfort? Regulation and governance of the UK’s nuclear industry and implications for inter-generational equity
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 330-332
Issue: 5
Volume: 38
Year: 2018
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2018.1477576
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Author-Name: Carol A. Adams
Author-X-Name-First: Carol A.
Author-X-Name-Last: Adams
Title: Debate: Integrated reporting and accounting for sustainable development across generations by universities
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 332-334
Issue: 5
Volume: 38
Year: 2018
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2018.1477580
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Author-Name: Peter Eckersley
Author-X-Name-First: Peter
Author-X-Name-Last: Eckersley
Author-Name: Kit England
Author-X-Name-First: Kit
Author-X-Name-Last: England
Author-Name: Laurence Ferry
Author-X-Name-First: Laurence
Author-X-Name-Last: Ferry
Title: Sustainable development in cities: collaborating to improve urban climate resilience and develop the business case for adaptation
Abstract:
Fragmented governance contexts make it difficult for public bodies to direct and control climate adaptation initiatives. This paper highlights how Newcastle City Council collaborated with local partners to create a shared understanding of how a major storm could affect public services across North East England. This helped the authority to develop a business case to invest in infrastructure that will help to protect future generations from severe weather events.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 335-344
Issue: 5
Volume: 38
Year: 2018
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2018.1477642
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Author-Name: Mercy Denedo
Author-X-Name-First: Mercy
Author-X-Name-Last: Denedo
Author-Name: Ian Thomson
Author-X-Name-First: Ian
Author-X-Name-Last: Thomson
Author-Name: Akira Yonekura
Author-X-Name-First: Akira
Author-X-Name-Last: Yonekura
Title: Accountability, maps and inter-generational equity: evaluating the Nigerian oil spill monitor
Abstract:
The Oil Spill Monitor (OSM) is an innovative public sector accounting system intended to improve the regulation of oil pollution in the Niger Delta through greater transparency and stakeholders’ engagement. The Nigerian OSM, an online accounting and geographic information system, was set up by non-governmental organizations before becoming part of the regulator’s accountability system. Problems with data quality, regulatory enforcement and remediating practices meant that improved accountability and stakeholder engagement were necessary but not sufficient in this case.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 355-364
Issue: 5
Volume: 38
Year: 2018
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2018.1477662
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Author-Name: Carlos Larrinaga
Author-X-Name-First: Carlos
Author-X-Name-Last: Larrinaga
Author-Name: Mercedes Luque-Vilchez
Author-X-Name-First: Mercedes
Author-X-Name-Last: Luque-Vilchez
Author-Name: Rosa Fernández
Author-X-Name-First: Rosa
Author-X-Name-Last: Fernández
Title: Sustainability accounting regulation in Spanish public sector organizations
Abstract:
In 2011, the Spanish government made sustainability accounting mandatory for public sector organizations. This paper documents why, despite the new legislation, the quantity and quality of sustainability accounting practices remains low.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 345-354
Issue: 5
Volume: 38
Year: 2018
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2018.1477669
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Author-Name: Monica Montecalvo
Author-X-Name-First: Monica
Author-X-Name-Last: Montecalvo
Author-Name: Federica Farneti
Author-X-Name-First: Federica
Author-X-Name-Last: Farneti
Author-Name: Charl de Villiers
Author-X-Name-First: Charl
Author-X-Name-Last: de Villiers
Title: The potential of integrated reporting to enhance sustainability reporting in the public sector
Abstract:
This paper examines the influence of integrated reporting (IR) on the sustainability reporting practices of a state-owned enterprise through a content analysis of their reports and interviews with report preparers. The findings show a steady increase in the quantity and quality of sustainability disclosures. In 2012, the organization chose to adopt the IR framework in order to enhance sustainability reporting for all stakeholders. The IR process resulted in a more balanced disclosure of material aspects of sustainability. However, while IR has the potential to enhance public sector sustainability reporting, inter-generational equity issues were ignored.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 365-374
Issue: 5
Volume: 38
Year: 2018
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2018.1477675
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Author-Name: Colin Dey
Author-X-Name-First: Colin
Author-X-Name-Last: Dey
Author-Name: Jane Gibbon
Author-X-Name-First: Jane
Author-X-Name-Last: Gibbon
Title: New development: Private finance over public good? Questioning the value of impact bonds
Abstract:
This article contrasts the proposed benefits of social impact bonds (SIBs) with the more mixed performance of initial projects, and reviews the early literature, revealing a similar divide between initial optimism and subsequent critique. Despite this, SIBs continue to receive high-level support, while expanding their reach through controversial new ‘development’ and ‘environmental’ impact bonds. This situation deserves more scrutiny in the accounting literature.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 375-378
Issue: 5
Volume: 38
Year: 2018
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2018.1477676
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Author-Name: Ian Thomson
Author-X-Name-First: Ian
Author-X-Name-Last: Thomson
Author-Name: Suzana Grubnic
Author-X-Name-First: Suzana
Author-X-Name-Last: Grubnic
Author-Name: Georgios Georgakopolous
Author-X-Name-First: Georgios
Author-X-Name-Last: Georgakopolous
Title: Review: Time machines, ethics and sustainable development: accounting for inter-generational equity in public sector organizations
Abstract:
This review paper explores the key challenges associated with effective inter-generational equity accounts in relation to the governance of public sector organizations and sustainable development transformations. Three different approaches to inter-generational equity accounting are evaluated and an outline for future research is provided.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 379-388
Issue: 5
Volume: 38
Year: 2018
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2018.1477677
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Author-Name: David Griggs
Author-X-Name-First: David
Author-X-Name-Last: Griggs
Author-Name: Liam Smith
Author-X-Name-First: Liam
Author-X-Name-Last: Smith
Title: Debate: Doing well by doing good: should it be compulsory?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 389-391
Issue: 5
Volume: 38
Year: 2018
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2018.1478486
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Author-Name: Heinrich Oosthuizen
Author-X-Name-First: Heinrich
Author-X-Name-Last: Oosthuizen
Author-Name: Roger Willett
Author-X-Name-First: Roger
Author-X-Name-Last: Willett
Author-Name: Trevor Wilmshurst
Author-X-Name-First: Trevor
Author-X-Name-Last: Wilmshurst
Author-Name: Belinda Williams
Author-X-Name-First: Belinda
Author-X-Name-Last: Williams
Title: Accounting for national waste data: a Southern Tasmania outsourcing perspective
Abstract:
This paper assesses the extent to which the accountability expectations of the Australian federal government with respect to the reporting of waste data are satisfied by local government authorities in Southern Tasmania. A case study, based on the Southern Tasmanian Waste Strategy Authority and its member councils, shows the complex accountability relations generated by outsourcing of waste management services in local government and the instrumental, legalistic attitude of managers to their accountability responsibilities.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 393-402
Issue: 5
Volume: 38
Year: 2018
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2018.1478495
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Author-Name: Tony Bolden
Author-X-Name-First: Tony
Author-X-Name-Last: Bolden
Author-Name: Reg Harman
Author-X-Name-First: Reg
Author-X-Name-Last: Harman
Title: New development: Decentralizing governance in England—transport's key role
Abstract:
Transport holds the key to effective decentralization of responsibilities in England. But transport cannot be considered in isolation from other functions. It has close links with spatial planning and other environmental, economic and social activities and they must function together. Decentralization must take this on board for England as a whole. There should be combined authorities established throughout England that are viable and accountable to the areas they serve.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 403-406
Issue: 5
Volume: 38
Year: 2018
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2018.1478499
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Author-Name: Oraphan Nakmahachalasint
Author-X-Name-First: Oraphan
Author-X-Name-Last: Nakmahachalasint
Author-Name: Kanogporn Narktabtee
Author-X-Name-First: Kanogporn
Author-X-Name-Last: Narktabtee
Title: Implementation of accrual accounting in Thailand’s central government
Abstract:
This paper evaluates the outcomes of accrual accounting implementation in Thailand’s central government. A new conceptual framework was used to study transition barriers and their effects. Financial transparency and accountability were shown to have improved. Significant barriers to the transition to accrual accounting include a lack of incentives, a management culture, a lack of accounting manuals, and a failure to understand accrual information.IMPACTThis paper explains the transition barriers Thailand has faced in adopting accrual accounting in its central government and how these barriers are affecting financial reporting in the public sector. The results in this paper can be applied to other countries in terms of evaluating outcomes or planning transition processes.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 139-147
Issue: 2
Volume: 39
Year: 2019
Month: 2
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2018.1478516
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Author-Name: Qing Miao
Author-X-Name-First: Qing
Author-X-Name-Last: Miao
Author-Name: Nathan Eva
Author-X-Name-First: Nathan
Author-X-Name-Last: Eva
Author-Name: Alexander Newman
Author-X-Name-First: Alexander
Author-X-Name-Last: Newman
Author-Name: Gary Schwarz
Author-X-Name-First: Gary
Author-X-Name-Last: Schwarz
Title: Public service motivation and performance: The role of organizational identification
Abstract:
Although the association between public service motivation (PSM) and job performance has received increased attention, there is limited knowledge of the mechanisms underlying its effects. Utilizing data from Chinese civil servants and their supervisors, the authors found that PSM results in higher levels of organizational identification and leads to higher levels of job performance because civil servants perceive the organization’s fate and results as their own.IMPACTOur study demonstrates that organizational identification is a key mechanism that explains how public service motivation (PSM) leads to higher levels of performance. To improve performance, public agencies should create an environment that helps employees identify with the organization, for example by highlighting the distinct services that the organization provides for the public and by establishing socialization practices for newcomers.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 77-85
Issue: 2
Volume: 39
Year: 2019
Month: 2
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2018.1556004
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Author-Name: Andreas Bergmann
Author-X-Name-First: Andreas
Author-X-Name-Last: Bergmann
Title: Editorial: Improving global public financial management
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 75-76
Issue: 2
Volume: 39
Year: 2019
Month: 2
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1580888
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Author-Name: Harun Harun
Author-X-Name-First: Harun
Author-X-Name-Last: Harun
Author-Name: Monir Mir
Author-X-Name-First: Monir
Author-X-Name-Last: Mir
Author-Name: David Carter
Author-X-Name-First: David
Author-X-Name-Last: Carter
Author-Name: Yi An
Author-X-Name-First: Yi
Author-X-Name-Last: An
Title: Examining the unintended outcomes of NPM reforms in Indonesia
Abstract:
This paper argues that despite Indonesia’s implementation of public sector reforms, the impact of these reforms has yet to achieve the goal of improving governance and preventing corruption. The obvious place to lay blame would be a lack of state capacity, but this study presents evidence to argue that the legacy of General Suharto’s authoritarian regime and the cultural ecology of Indonesian bureaucracy has compromised the government’s capacity to implement these public sector reforms in a meaningful way.IMPACTThis paper highlights some fundamental points for public policy-makers using NPM techniques to improve accountability and to counter fraud. First, the cultural context and costs of reforms should be taken into account before implementing new accounting technology. Second, policy-makers should consult academic work on the implementation of new reporting systems and other NPM policies. Finally, the powers of local politicians (for example mayors or district heads) need to be controlled to ensure they do not undermine the role of accounting and auditing for better transparency, governance and corruption eradication.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 86-94
Issue: 2
Volume: 39
Year: 2019
Month: 2
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1580892
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Author-Name: Rachel Baskerville
Author-X-Name-First: Rachel
Author-X-Name-Last: Baskerville
Author-Name: Giuseppe Grossi
Author-X-Name-First: Giuseppe
Author-X-Name-Last: Grossi
Title: Glocalization of accounting standards: Observations on neo-institutionalism of IPSAS
Abstract:
This paper defines and then observes processes of glocalization surrounding the adoption of International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS) for public sector financial reporting. Glocalization can be best understood using sociological institutionalism, because this theory focuses on the retention of identity, and processes of legitimacy, during adaptation (diffusion) of standards. The paper discusses the history of standard-setting for the public sector in New Zealand to explain why this theory has value.IMPACTThis paper defines and describes the utility of the concept of glocalization in analysing the implementation of IPSAS, with a New Zealand focus. The value of the paper is in its combination of a jurisdiction-specific experience with an understanding of the broader issues of ‘global versus local’ and processes of sociological institutionalism. Such studies of IPSAS adoption can offer distinctive perspectives on global processes of isomorphism within neo-institutional theory. This paper explains the advantages of flexible strategies to standard-setters.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 95-103
Issue: 2
Volume: 39
Year: 2019
Month: 2
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1580894
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Author-Name: Alistair Brown
Author-X-Name-First: Alistair
Author-X-Name-Last: Brown
Title: Meeting Bougainville’s co-produced reporting expectations
Abstract:
Using the theory of indigenous alternatives, this paper considers whether the Autonomous Bougainville Government (ABG) complies with Bougainville’s co-produced financial reporting expectations. Textual analysis of the indigenous-led state audit reports from 2008 to 2013 shows that the ABG’s financial statements were disclaimed. The study considers how the deployment of indigenous alternative mechanisms may help improve reporting outcomes of the ABG.IMPACTCo-produced policies arranged in the aftermath of jurisdictions that have just endured civil wars may be well-intentioned but their impact may count for little if pedestrian processes, such as financial reporting and the rendering of accountability by an autonomous government, do not meet co-produced reporting expectations. This paper highlights how financial statements of the Autonomous Bougainville Government (ABG) from 2008 to 2013 did not meet those reporting expectations. The inability of the ABG to provide an account of its activities appears to undermine calls for Bougainville’s independence.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 104-112
Issue: 2
Volume: 39
Year: 2019
Month: 2
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1580895
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Author-Name: Josette Caruana
Author-X-Name-First: Josette
Author-X-Name-Last: Caruana
Author-Name: Louise Grima
Author-X-Name-First: Louise
Author-X-Name-Last: Grima
Title: IPSAS, ESA and the fiscal deficit—a question of calibration
Abstract:
The academic literature on IPSAS adoption is not clear whether this would lead to a fiscal deficit measure close to that reported in national accounts. This paper presents a case study which attempts to clarify this dilemma. The authors show that IPSAS compliance would result in yet another deficit measure that is nowhere close to the statistical measure, leading to even more confusion.IMPACTIPSAS compliance would neither simplify nor standardize the conversion exercise that EU member countries have to do to change a governmental accounting deficit to the EC’s required statistical deficit. Nor would it directly lead to more reliable statistical data. The authors therefore question the impact of the proposed EPSAS on the quality of macro-surveillance.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 113-122
Issue: 2
Volume: 39
Year: 2019
Month: 2
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1580897
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Author-Name: Muhammad Nurul Houqe
Author-X-Name-First: Muhammad Nurul
Author-X-Name-Last: Houqe
Author-Name: Tony van Zijl
Author-X-Name-First: Tony
Author-X-Name-Last: van Zijl
Author-Name: A. K. M. Waresul Karim
Author-X-Name-First: A. K. M.
Author-X-Name-Last: Waresul Karim
Author-Name: Andrew Mahoney
Author-X-Name-First: Andrew
Author-X-Name-Last: Mahoney
Title: What is the impact of corruption on audit fees?
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This study examines the impact of country-level corruption on audit fees. Using a sample of 102,934 companies from 48 countries over the period 1998–2014, the authors find that audit fees are positively associated with higher levels of corruption. They also discovered that corruption adds a significant margin to the premium paid to Big 4 (Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Ernst & Young and KPMG) auditors. The study opens up a new line of research and adds significantly to the academic literature on the Big 4 audit premium.IMPACTThe study has several important implications for academics and policy-makers. These include discussion of the factors driving corruption and the role of auditing. Knowledge of the factors driving corruption should guide policy-makers to adoption of polices that could reduce corruption. The finding that audit fees are positively associated with corruption, as well as with audit quality, points to the potential for auditing as a tool for corruption control beyond its traditional role as an assurance service.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 123-131
Issue: 2
Volume: 39
Year: 2019
Month: 2
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1580912
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Author-Name: Joanna Wegrzyn
Author-X-Name-First: Joanna
Author-X-Name-Last: Wegrzyn
Author-Name: Michal Gluszak
Author-X-Name-First: Michal
Author-X-Name-Last: Gluszak
Author-Name: Agnieszka Telega
Author-X-Name-First: Agnieszka
Author-X-Name-Last: Telega
Title: Infrastructure endowment, financial constraints and willingness to engage in PPPs: The case of Poland
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Public-private partnership (PPP) is widely considered to be a solution to overcoming a public infrastructure gap while providing value for money. A growing body of empirical research papers suggests that value for money is not the only reason for a government setting up PPPs. This paper presents a detailed analysis of why local municipalities in Poland have chosen the PPP route to develop public infrastructure.IMPACTGovernment’s investment opportunities are often restricted by debt limits. That is why a PPP can be an attractive solution. Municipalities in Poland seem to opt for PPPs to keep their debt figures low. There is a risk that they are choosing the PPP route for the wrong reasons. Therefore we suggest that legislation is needed that requires greater financial transparency of PPP projects. This could help verify whether PPPs are being compiled according to EUROSTAT rules and to assess if PPP really is the best available option in terms of value for money.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 132-138
Issue: 2
Volume: 39
Year: 2019
Month: 2
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1580914
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Author-Name: Tarek Rana
Author-X-Name-First: Tarek
Author-X-Name-Last: Rana
Author-Name: Danture Wickramasinghe
Author-X-Name-First: Danture
Author-X-Name-Last: Wickramasinghe
Author-Name: Enrico Bracci
Author-X-Name-First: Enrico
Author-X-Name-Last: Bracci
Title: New development: Integrating risk management in management control systems—lessons for public sector managers
Abstract:
Exploring multiple dimensions of management control systems (MCS), this article proposes a new framework to integrate risk management with strategy, MCS and performance measurement systems (PMS). Considering the public sector as a focal point, the article points to some enterprise risk management (ERM) issues and argues that ERM-enabled MCS has potential to improve PMS and strategic decision-making, leading to a more proactive risk management framework and a culture that promotes performance driven accountability. Consequently, the article calls for further research towards solving the public sector’s risk management problems, motivating its managers to adopt best practices, and stimulating suitable policy developments.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 148-151
Issue: 2
Volume: 39
Year: 2019
Month: 2
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1580921
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Author-Name: Pat Barrett AO
Author-X-Name-First: Pat
Author-X-Name-Last: Barrett AO
Title: New development: Parliamentary ‘watchdogs’ taking a higher profile on government programme performance and accountability?
Abstract:
The ‘Holy Grail’ of decades of public sector reform has been the public availability of readily-understandable, reliable and meaningful performance information about government activities and programmes. Maps have been drawn; processes have been developed; some actual progress has been made in a number of countries; but the end is not in sight. Put simply, particularly in Westminster government-type systems, it remains the case, at least in broad terms, that the government is responsible for policy; the public service for administration and service delivery; and the parliament for oversight and review. In reality, the situation has become more complicated with the growth of the ‘information economy’, internationalization, the greater involvement of the private sector in government activities generally and changing public views and expectations of government, not least in respect of trust and confidence in politicians and public institutions. At the very least, it is still a situation of ‘work-in-progress’ trying to catch up with the changing national and international environment.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 471-476
Issue: 6
Volume: 38
Year: 2018
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2018.1446879
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Author-Name: John Rodwell
Author-X-Name-First: John
Author-X-Name-Last: Rodwell
Title: Managing employees in aged care: live the principles
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Aged care services are a large recipient of public money in many developed countries and are primarily provided by nonprofit organizations in Australia. This paper reports on an investigation into the impacts of the psychological contract for nurses in nonprofit aged care. The results highlight the importance of nonprofit organizations fulfilling their obligations and living their principles. Aged care nurses who perceive breaches to their psychological contract are likely to de-identify from the organization.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 463-470
Issue: 6
Volume: 38
Year: 2018
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2018.1455970
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Author-Name: David Walker
Author-X-Name-First: David
Author-X-Name-Last: Walker
Title: Debate: Fulton at 50—Whitehall still doesn't get it
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 461-462
Issue: 6
Volume: 38
Year: 2018
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2018.1471279
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Author-Name: James L. Chan
Author-X-Name-First: James L.
Author-X-Name-Last: Chan
Author-Name: Xiaohu Wang
Author-X-Name-First: Xiaohu
Author-X-Name-Last: Wang
Title: Editorial
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 407-410
Issue: 6
Volume: 38
Year: 2018
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2018.1486099
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Author-Name: Wilson Wong
Author-X-Name-First: Wilson
Author-X-Name-Last: Wong
Author-Name: Hanyu Xiao
Author-X-Name-First: Hanyu
Author-X-Name-Last: Xiao
Title: Twenty years of Hong Kong and Macao under Chinese rule: being absorbed under ‘one country, two systems’
Abstract:
This paper examines the implementation of ‘one country, two systems’ (1C2S) in the two former Western colonies, Hong Kong and Macao, as a policy innovation in managing inter-governmental relations of a large, diverse country like China. 1C2S embodies internal tensions because the Hong Kong and Chinese governments have multiple and often incompatible goals. After 20 years, these two special administrative regions (SARs) of China are gradually being absorbed.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 411-418
Issue: 6
Volume: 38
Year: 2018
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2018.1486101
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Author-Name: Guang Zhang
Author-X-Name-First: Guang
Author-X-Name-Last: Zhang
Title: The revolutions in China’s inter-governmental fiscal system
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There were three periods in the development of China’s inter-governmental fiscal system. In the first period (1950s to 1979), local governments collected tax revenues and remitted upward to the central government. Reforms during the next two periods made revolutionary changes to the system. The tax-sharing system (established in 1994) provides for revenue centralization, spending decentralization, and large central transfers to local governments. This system remains largely in force.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 419-426
Issue: 6
Volume: 38
Year: 2018
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2018.1486104
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Author-Name: Hong Yu
Author-X-Name-First: Hong
Author-X-Name-Last: Yu
Author-Name: Li Wang
Author-X-Name-First: Li
Author-X-Name-Last: Wang
Author-Name: Zhirong Jerry Zhao
Author-X-Name-First: Zhirong Jerry
Author-X-Name-Last: Zhao
Title: Central–provincial sharing of financial responsibilities for China's social safety-net
Abstract:
Using Chinese provincial panel data from 2004 to 2014, this paper describes the division of fiscal responsibilities in basic social assistance and services (BSAS): China's social safety-net programme. The results suggest that there has been a recentralization—provinces with weaker economic conditions rely more on central governmental transfers, showing signs of fiscal equalization. The authors did not find any evidence of ethnicity-based preferential treatments.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 427-436
Issue: 6
Volume: 38
Year: 2018
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2018.1486105
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Author-Name: May Chu
Author-X-Name-First: May
Author-X-Name-Last: Chu
Author-Name: Jianhua Wang
Author-X-Name-First: Jianhua
Author-X-Name-Last: Wang
Title: Central–local collaboration in regulating food safety in China
Abstract:
This paper analyses how China's inter-governmental arrangements have functioned in different ways to reduce food risk. While there is greater transparency, consistency, and inclusiveness in the process of setting food safety standards than in the past, the central government has almost exclusive power over these standards. Local governments are mainly responsible for gathering timely information and enforcing standards. This institutional design has redistributed costs for both the food producers and regulators alike, and enhanced public participation.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 437-444
Issue: 6
Volume: 38
Year: 2018
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2018.1486107
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Author-Name: Baojian Xie
Author-X-Name-First: Baojian
Author-X-Name-Last: Xie
Author-Name: Lin Ye
Author-X-Name-First: Lin
Author-X-Name-Last: Ye
Author-Name: Shao Zijie
Author-X-Name-First: Shao
Author-X-Name-Last: Zijie
Title: Managing and financing metropolitan public services in China: experience of the Pearl River Delta region
Abstract:
Under China’s current fiscal policies and inter-governmental relations, it is a significant challenge to finance and deliver public services across jurisdictions. This challenge was met in the Pearl River Delta region in southern China with a collaborative governance approach. Directives from higher-level governments and horizontal inter-city fiscal arrangements were successfully combined to deliver public services. Effective networks should be developed to improve co-ordination and collaboration in delivering cross-jurisdictional public services.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 445-452
Issue: 6
Volume: 38
Year: 2018
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2018.1486627
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Author-Name: James L. Chan
Author-X-Name-First: James L.
Author-X-Name-Last: Chan
Title: Review: Chinese public administration and finance—a call for a new theory, research and dialogue
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In implementing its national strategy to achieve global leadership, China needs a new public administration theory that integrates political administration, economic management and social regulation. Even so, China has already started to promote its brand of political and economic development abroad. Therefore new comparative research and dialogue is called to explore the universality of Chinese and Western public administration ideas.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 453-460
Issue: 6
Volume: 38
Year: 2018
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2018.1486628
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Author-Name: Laurence Ferry
Author-X-Name-First: Laurence
Author-X-Name-Last: Ferry
Author-Name: Rhys Andrews
Author-X-Name-First: Rhys
Author-X-Name-Last: Andrews
Author-Name: Chris Skelcher
Author-X-Name-First: Chris
Author-X-Name-Last: Skelcher
Author-Name: Piotr Wegorowski
Author-X-Name-First: Piotr
Author-X-Name-Last: Wegorowski
Title: New development: Corporatization of local authorities in England in the wake of austerity 2010–2016
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A key institutional driver of current reforms within English local government is ‘alternative service delivery’. Our review of councils’ annual accounts between 2010/11 and 2016/17 suggests ‘corporatization’—the creation of local authority companies—is a growing phenomenon across the whole of English local government. This represents such a significant and far-reaching development in the governance, performance and efficiency of local public services that it constitutes a major field-level change at the interstices of the institutions of state, market, corporation and community. In this article, the authors briefly sketch ways corporatization could be regarded as a field-level change, before presenting findings and reflecting on their implications.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 477-480
Issue: 6
Volume: 38
Year: 2018
Month: 9
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2018.1486629
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Author-Name: Noel Hyndman
Author-X-Name-First: Noel
Author-X-Name-Last: Hyndman
Title: Editorial: The charity sector— changing times, changing challenges
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 149-153
Issue: 3
Volume: 37
Year: 2017
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2017.1281608
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Author-Name: Laura Anderson
Author-X-Name-First: Laura
Author-X-Name-Last: Anderson
Title: Debate: Regulation in the charity sector—reflections from Scotland from the first 10 years
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 153-156
Issue: 3
Volume: 37
Year: 2017
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2017.1281611
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Author-Name: Ciaran Connolly
Author-X-Name-First: Ciaran
Author-X-Name-Last: Connolly
Author-Name: Noel Hyndman
Author-X-Name-First: Noel
Author-X-Name-Last: Hyndman
Title: The donor–beneficiary charity accountability paradox: a tale of two stakeholders
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Using stakeholder theory, this paper explores the motivations of charities in discharging accountability and the interplay of donor and beneficiary accountability needs. It considers the extent to which concentration on one group may disadvantage another. The authors found that stakeholders commonly perceived as more salient, such as donors, cede power and impute saliency to beneficiaries.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 157-164
Issue: 3
Volume: 37
Year: 2017
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2017.1281629
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Author-Name: Janet Mack
Author-X-Name-First: Janet
Author-X-Name-Last: Mack
Author-Name: Gareth G. Morgan
Author-X-Name-First: Gareth G.
Author-X-Name-Last: Morgan
Author-Name: Oonagh B. Breen
Author-X-Name-First: Oonagh B.
Author-X-Name-Last: Breen
Author-Name: Carolyn J. Cordery
Author-X-Name-First: Carolyn J.
Author-X-Name-Last: Cordery
Title: Financial reporting by charities: a matched case study analysis from four countries
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This paper analyses financial reporting requirements applicable to charities in four jurisdictions—Australia; England; Ireland; New Zealand—using case study analysis which compares the actual financial statements of four charities operating in the same field and with similar levels of total income. The authors highlight common issues and implications in terms of the concepts underpinning not-for-profit organization (NPO) financial reporting and argue the case for harmonized international NPO accounting standards.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 165-172
Issue: 3
Volume: 37
Year: 2017
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2017.1281638
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Author-Name: Cherrie Yang
Author-X-Name-First: Cherrie
Author-X-Name-Last: Yang
Author-Name: Deryl Northcott
Author-X-Name-First: Deryl
Author-X-Name-Last: Northcott
Author-Name: Rowena Sinclair
Author-X-Name-First: Rowena
Author-X-Name-Last: Sinclair
Title: The accountability information needs of key charity funders
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Government and philanthropic funders are key charity stakeholders, yet we know little about their accountability information needs. This New Zealand study captures these stakeholders’ perceptions of the background, financial and non-financial performance information they need from charities. It also reveals how, in addition to imposing reporting requirements, these key funders engage in ‘institutional work’ to ensure they receive appropriate accountability information.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 173-180
Issue: 3
Volume: 37
Year: 2017
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2017.1281649
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Author-Name: Diana Limburg
Author-X-Name-First: Diana
Author-X-Name-Last: Limburg
Author-Name: Cathy Knowles
Author-X-Name-First: Cathy
Author-X-Name-Last: Knowles
Author-Name: Maureen McCulloch
Author-X-Name-First: Maureen
Author-X-Name-Last: McCulloch
Author-Name: Laura Spira
Author-X-Name-First: Laura
Author-X-Name-Last: Spira
Title: Integrated performance management using information technology: a study of UK charities
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This paper explores how UK charities use information technology (IT) to support integrated performance management (IPM). Based on six case studies of small and medium-sized charities (SMCs), it finds that SMCs see IT as important for IPM, but face significant barriers establishing effective IPM. The paper concludes that charities would benefit from a more strategic infrastructure approach to IT, integrating IT for data, information and knowledge.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 181-188
Issue: 3
Volume: 37
Year: 2017
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2017.1281657
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Author-Name: Carolyn J. Cordery
Author-X-Name-First: Carolyn J.
Author-X-Name-Last: Cordery
Author-Name: Karen A. Smith
Author-X-Name-First: Karen A.
Author-X-Name-Last: Smith
Author-Name: Harry Berger
Author-X-Name-First: Harry
Author-X-Name-Last: Berger
Title: Future scenarios for the charity sector in 2045
Abstract:
Rapid change is affecting the demography, technology and availability of resources (both financial and volunteer) on which charities draw. This paper presents four different scenarios that could describe the charity sector one generation from now as it responds to a different world. We highlight the dangers if any one scenario becomes dominant. While it is inevitable that change will occur, these drawbacks should be minimized and it is important that public funders and policy makers steer intelligently through this changing world. Also, charity leaders must prepare and plan for inevitable change in the sector.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 189-196
Issue: 3
Volume: 37
Year: 2017
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2017.1281662
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Author-Name: Andrew Hind
Author-X-Name-First: Andrew
Author-X-Name-Last: Hind
Title: New development: Fundraising in UK charities—stepping back from the abyss
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Fundraising techniques used by charities can enhance or diminish public trust. The dangers of questionable and over-aggressive fundraising practices are very real. In particular, in the UK, the ‘Olive Cooke affair’ in 2015 triggered a highlevel examination of fairly widespread dubious practices. In this article, the reflections of a key actor on the events surrounding the affair, and subsequent fallout, are examined. It is argued that this whole saga has the potential to encourage the development of a charity sector that is more trusted by the public; a sector that has stepped back from the abyss.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 205-210
Issue: 3
Volume: 37
Year: 2017
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2017.1282238
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Author-Name: Russell Glennon
Author-X-Name-First: Russell
Author-X-Name-Last: Glennon
Author-Name: Claire Hannibal
Author-X-Name-First: Claire
Author-X-Name-Last: Hannibal
Author-Name: Joanne Meehan
Author-X-Name-First: Joanne
Author-X-Name-Last: Meehan
Title: The impact of a changing financial climate on a UK local charitable sector: voices from the front line
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Forced to compete with private and public sector providers, charities experience tensions as the quest for a more commercially-oriented position may conflict with their social imperative. Little attention has been given to understanding the experiences of local charities as service providers. This paper captures the reactions of those working on the charity front line.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 197-204
Issue: 3
Volume: 37
Year: 2017
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2017.1282242
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Author-Name: Danielle McConville
Author-X-Name-First: Danielle
Author-X-Name-Last: McConville
Title: New development: Transparent impact reporting in charity annual reports—benefits, challenges and areas for development
Abstract:
The effect of charitable activities on beneficiaries and society is at the heart of what charities exist to do, and stakeholders’ reasons for engaging with charities. Reporting publicly and transparently on this impact can form the basis of improved effectiveness, accountability, legitimacy and trust: potentially securing stakeholders’ ongoing support and engagement. However, significant challenges to transparent impact reporting are also acknowledged. This article explores these possible benefits, and challenges and highlights areas for development in practice and research.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 211-216
Issue: 3
Volume: 37
Year: 2017
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2017.1282243
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Author-Name: Peter Wilkins
Author-X-Name-First: Peter
Author-X-Name-Last: Wilkins
Author-Name: John Phillimore
Author-X-Name-First: John
Author-X-Name-Last: Phillimore
Author-Name: David Gilchrist
Author-X-Name-First: David
Author-X-Name-Last: Gilchrist
Title: Collaboration by the public sector: findings by watchdogs in Australia and New Zealand
Abstract:
Drawing on an analysis of 112 watchdog reports that addressed collaboration, this paper concludes that governance issues make up a large proportion of all issues identified. Less commonly found were specific references to capacity and information management as important elements for effective collaboration. The evidence from watchdog reports confirms that collaboration remains very problematic for the public sector. Moreover, it is not evident that the wider public sector is drawing on this evidence extensively to learn and improve.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 217-224
Issue: 3
Volume: 37
Year: 2017
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2017.1282249
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Author-Name: Lan Bo
Author-X-Name-First: Lan
Author-X-Name-Last: Bo
Author-Name: Fred C. J. Mear
Author-X-Name-First: Fred C. J.
Author-X-Name-Last: Mear
Author-Name: Jingchi Huang
Author-X-Name-First: Jingchi
Author-X-Name-Last: Huang
Title: New development: China’s debt transparency and the case of urban construction investment bonds
Abstract:
China’s true level of local government debt is unknown. The central government recently introduced policies to increase transparency and close some of the obscure financial instruments. Urban construction investment bonds (UCIBs) are one of the key instruments affected by these changes. Both positive and negative impacts can be expected. The issues the Chinese government is facing and its policy response provide important lessons for other governments.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 225-230
Issue: 3
Volume: 37
Year: 2017
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2017.1282254
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Author-Name: Andreas Bergmann
Author-X-Name-First: Andreas
Author-X-Name-Last: Bergmann
Title: Editorial
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 85-86
Issue: 2
Volume: 40
Year: 2020
Month: 2
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1702287
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Author-Name: Mark Sandford
Author-X-Name-First: Mark
Author-X-Name-Last: Sandford
Title: Debate: Putting down roots—combined authorities and local engagement
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 87-88
Issue: 2
Volume: 40
Year: 2020
Month: 2
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1671691
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Author-Name: Vincent Mabillard
Author-X-Name-First: Vincent
Author-X-Name-Last: Mabillard
Author-Name: Raphaël Zumofen
Author-X-Name-First: Raphaël
Author-X-Name-Last: Zumofen
Title: Debate: The transparency–accountability relationship depends on the context and the issues at stake
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 89-90
Issue: 2
Volume: 40
Year: 2020
Month: 2
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1665365
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Author-Name: Stephen Greasley
Author-X-Name-First: Stephen
Author-X-Name-Last: Greasley
Title: Privatizing the blame game: corporate reputation in the outsourced state
Abstract:
Outsourcing to the private sector is sometimes thought to be an effective way for politicians to shift blame. This paper presents four case studies of problems with large UK government contracts, it describes the strategies used by contracting parties to manage public blame and media coverage and financial market data are used to analyse the reputational and financial consequences of problems for the firms. Large outsourcers can be damaged by problems with public contracts and that damage is more than temporary, in the long run this will limits the scope for blame shifting.The analysis in this paper is relevant to practitioners and researchers who are interested in the strategic direction of outsourcing and government-market relations.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 91-101
Issue: 2
Volume: 40
Year: 2020
Month: 2
X-DOI: 10.1080/25741136.2019.1665929
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Author-Name: Siobhan White
Author-X-Name-First: Siobhan
Author-X-Name-Last: White
Author-Name: Stephen Bailey
Author-X-Name-First: Stephen
Author-X-Name-Last: Bailey
Author-Name: Darinka Asenova
Author-X-Name-First: Darinka
Author-X-Name-Last: Asenova
Title: Blurred lines: exploring internal auditor involvement in the local authority risk management function
Abstract:
The internal audit remit includes assessing budgetary compliance by departments, investigating fraud and error, appraising systems of control and undertaking consulting, the last including risk management even though internal auditors generally lack risk training and expertise. Surveying internal auditors in Scottish local authorities, this paper investigates discrepancies between professional guidance and current practice regarding the risk management remit of internal audit. Lines of responsibility were found to be blurred, so there were insufficient safeguards to ensure compliance and the roles and responsibilities of internal audit involvement in risk management assurance did not fully comply with professional guidance.This paper has important policy implications for clearly defining the risk and control culture within organizations. The research findings prove that internal auditors often stray into areas of risk management outside their remit, and thus support the need to understand the clear boundaries of separation between the two roles. The paper identifies the challenge that both of these functions face and provides guidance as to how both professions can work more effectively to strengthen governance frameworks. Internal auditors are encouraged to go beyond local government focused guidance, to address the disconnect between ‘institutionalized’ sector specific guidance and wider professional guidance.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 102-112
Issue: 2
Volume: 40
Year: 2020
Month: 2
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1667682
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Author-Name: Orlando Lima Rua
Author-X-Name-First: Orlando Lima
Author-X-Name-Last: Rua
Author-Name: Helena Alves
Author-X-Name-First: Helena
Author-X-Name-Last: Alves
Title: Linking municipal Best Value and market performance: the Portuguese experience
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Local municipalities are the public sector organizations closest to citizens and therefore they have the first responsibility for solving citizens’ problems and needs. The Best Value framework, developed in the UK, has been a useful tool for improving local services. This paper reports on an evaluation of the impact of the Best Value framework on Portuguese municipalities. Four hypotheses about the impact of the four pillars (the ‘Four Cs’) of Best Value on market performance were tested through structural path analysis. The results show that ‘challenge’ and ‘consult’ had a significant and positive impact on market performance, whereas ‘compare’ and ‘compete’ did not have a significant impact.Using the Best Value framework improved Portuguese local municipalities’ market performance. The use of benchmarking was particularly successful. Local public authorities worldwide should definitely be questioning themselves about the services they provide and to what extent these services are responding to their citizens’ needs and problems.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 113-121
Issue: 2
Volume: 40
Year: 2020
Month: 2
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1651036
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Author-Name: Pierre Donatella
Author-X-Name-First: Pierre
Author-X-Name-Last: Donatella
Title: Is political competition a driver of financial performance adjustments? An examination of Swedish municipalities
Abstract:
Recent academic literature has addressed whether adjustment of reported financial performance (i.e. earnings management) occurs in municipalities. However, although this is a highly political environment where incentives for such manipulation are likely to exist, the majority of previous studies have neglected political explanatory factors. This paper extends the literature by examining the relationship between political competition and adjustments of reported financial performance in Swedish municipalities.This paper demonstrates that subjectivity in accrual-based financial reporting may be problematic, because this allows politicians to manipulate the information which is presented to voters and other stakeholders. Hence, in order to ensure that accrual-based accounting systems provides complete and reliable information, the appropriate level of specificity in rules and regulation needs to be carefully considered by standard setters.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 122-130
Issue: 2
Volume: 40
Year: 2020
Month: 2
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1667684
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Author-Name: Michal Plaček
Author-X-Name-First: Michal
Author-X-Name-Last: Plaček
Author-Name: František Ochrana
Author-X-Name-First: František
Author-X-Name-Last: Ochrana
Author-Name: Martin Schmidt
Author-X-Name-First: Martin
Author-X-Name-Last: Schmidt
Author-Name: Juraj Nemec
Author-X-Name-First: Juraj
Author-X-Name-Last: Nemec
Author-Name: Milan Půček
Author-X-Name-First: Milan
Author-X-Name-Last: Půček
Title: The factors causing delays in public procurement: the Czech Republic versus the UK
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This paper presents a comparison of time delays in the awarding of public sector contracts in the Czech Republic and the United Kingdom. The problem of these time delays has not been adequately addressed in the academic literature. The authors analysed the factors impacting on time delays in each country.A significant portion of GDP, in all countries, is allocated via public procurement. This paper compares the length of procurement procedures in the Czech Republic and the UK and the reasons for delays. The authors highlight the absence of public policies on procurement in the Czech Republic. A basic prerequisite for improving the results of public procurement is for all actors in the process to be involved and committed: officials and politicians and the public.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 131-139
Issue: 2
Volume: 40
Year: 2020
Month: 2
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1651034
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Author-Name: Seong-ho Jeong
Author-X-Name-First: Seong-ho
Author-X-Name-Last: Jeong
Author-Name: Youngjae Lee
Author-X-Name-First: Youngjae
Author-X-Name-Last: Lee
Author-Name: Sung Hoon Kang
Author-X-Name-First: Sung Hoon
Author-X-Name-Last: Kang
Title: Government spending and sustainable economic growth: based on first- and second-level COFOG data
Abstract:
The authors look at the effect of the composition of government spending on per capita GDP level using Classification of the Functions of Government (COFOG) data. Government spending on education was found to significantly impact per capita GDP in the short term. R&D spending on education and recreation, culture and religion was found to have a significant long-run GDP effect. This paper suggests that developed countries can successfully promote economic growth by redirecting their total spending portfolio toward education and by increasing their R&D spending on education and recreation, culture and religion.By examining the effect on GDP of government spending, the authors have discovered a useful idea for the application and utilization of COFOG data. Their findings have policy implications for achieving sustainable economic growth in developed countries. Developed countries can promote economic growth via recomposition of their total spending portfolio toward education and of their R&D spending toward education and recreation, culture and religion.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 140-148
Issue: 2
Volume: 40
Year: 2020
Month: 2
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1651035
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Author-Name: Erik Hans Klijn
Author-X-Name-First: Erik Hans
Author-X-Name-Last: Klijn
Author-Name: Ingmar van Meerkerk
Author-X-Name-First: Ingmar
Author-X-Name-Last: van Meerkerk
Author-Name: Jurian Edelenbos
Author-X-Name-First: Jurian
Author-X-Name-Last: Edelenbos
Title: How do network characteristics influence network managers’ choice of strategies?
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As indicated in the research on networks over the past 10 years, network management strategies are very important for achieving results in governance networks. But what characteristics influence the deployment of network management strategies? Using quantitative data on network managers in environmental projects at the local level, this paper looks at three important network characteristics (network size, degree of hierarchy, and conflict level) and assesses their influence on three categories of network management strategies: connecting, exploring, and arranging. The results show that, for network managers, more hierarchy leads to a stronger likelihood of choosing connecting; a larger network size leads to more exploring and arranging; and more conflict correlates with less use of connecting and exploring.Public sector managers have to deal with the complexities of the networks they encounter when they want to solve issues. The authors’ research indicates that larger networks with more and a greater variety of actors need to be addressed by using more different network management strategies. A dilemma of the paper’s findings is that more conflict in the network was correlated with employing fewer network management strategies. But, of course, the conflict itself and the need to address the policy problem ask for more intensified managerial effort, taking time and attention to really solve the conflict. This paper offers some possible ways out.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 149-159
Issue: 2
Volume: 40
Year: 2020
Month: 2
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1665828
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Author-Name: Imam Mujahidin Fahmid
Author-X-Name-First: Imam Mujahidin
Author-X-Name-Last: Fahmid
Author-Name: Harun Harun
Author-X-Name-First: Harun
Author-X-Name-Last: Harun
Author-Name: Peter Graham
Author-X-Name-First: Peter
Author-X-Name-Last: Graham
Author-Name: David Carter
Author-X-Name-First: David
Author-X-Name-Last: Carter
Author-Name: Sultan Suhab
Author-X-Name-First: Sultan
Author-X-Name-Last: Suhab
Author-Name: Yi An
Author-X-Name-First: Yi
Author-X-Name-Last: An
Author-Name: Xiaosong Zheng
Author-X-Name-First: Xiaosong
Author-X-Name-Last: Zheng
Author-Name: Mirah Midadan Fahmid
Author-X-Name-First: Mirah Midadan
Author-X-Name-Last: Fahmid
Title: New development: IPSAS adoption, from G20 countries to village governments in developing countries
Abstract:
This article discusses the latest developments in IPSAS adoption by the G20 states and beyond, the expected outcomes of IPSAS adoption in the public sector, and the experiences of a south east Asian economy (Indonesia) in using an IPSAS-based reporting system at the village level. The potential limitations of IPSAS, especially in less developed countries, are addressed. The authors make recommendations for policy-makers about successfully adopting IPSAS in emerging economies.The authors explain why international agencies, like the World Bank, must fully consult with central and local government officials and other stakeholders in developing countries to ensure that the introduction of developed countries’ reporting systems, like IPSAS, are redesigned in accordance with the capacities and needs of recipient countries.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 160-163
Issue: 2
Volume: 40
Year: 2020
Month: 2
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1617540
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Author-Name: Sylvia Richter
Author-X-Name-First: Sylvia
Author-X-Name-Last: Richter
Author-Name: Andreas Horsch
Author-X-Name-First: Andreas
Author-X-Name-Last: Horsch
Title: New development: Public support of bond-based infrastructure finance: the EU 2020 PBI
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Facing enormous infrastructure project volumes in the near future, the European Union (EU) has tried to unlock the project bond market by designing a project bond credit enhancement (PBCE) mechanism to attract private investors for large-scale infrastructure projects. This article examines the EU 2020 Project Bond Initiative (PBI) and discusses its success.Getting a bank loan for public sector projects was extremely difficult after the global financial crisis. Alternatives needed to be developed. The authors explain the idea of infrastructure financing via project bonds and critically evaluate the original EU 2020 Project Bond Initiative (PBI) as well as its latest version. Pilot projects demonstrated that the PBI was not just feasible, but superior in some respects to traditional credit enhancement instruments. Nevertheless, the number of supported projects was small, partly because of the nature of the administrative procedures involved. This article shows that the PBI should be continued, and simplified. However, the EU is not doing this and the authors fear that the PBI might not have a long-lasting effect on the project bond market as a result. Further action is necessary by politicians, public sector managers and by market actors like issuers and investors.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 164-169
Issue: 2
Volume: 40
Year: 2020
Month: 2
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1648004
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Author-Name: Luke Howells
Author-X-Name-First: Luke
Author-X-Name-Last: Howells
Author-Name: Scott Parfitt
Author-X-Name-First: Scott
Author-X-Name-Last: Parfitt
Author-Name: Steve Robinson
Author-X-Name-First: Steve
Author-X-Name-Last: Robinson
Author-Name: E. K. Sarter
Author-X-Name-First: E. K.
Author-X-Name-Last: Sarter
Title: New development: Myth or reality? The public sector’s growing appetite to procure from the third sector
Abstract:
Purchasing from the third sector can generate important benefits for local authorities, third sector organizations and wider society. Accordingly, policy documents increasingly include third sector organizations in public procurement strategies. Against this background, this article analyses how third sector organizations have fared in public procurement in a local council in the UK that has a reputation for socially responsible public procurement. The findings show the importance of continuously monitoring public spending on procurement and highlight the need for further research on the involvement of third sector organizations in public sector procurement.This article addresses an important area for public administration, namely how to achieve social value und social benefits in public procurement. More specifically, this article focuses on the inclusion of third sector organizations in public procurement. Departing from a brief overview over the benefits of procuring from third sector organizations, this article shows that the successful inclusion of third sector organizations needs to be accompanied by continuous monitoring of their share in public sector spend and points to the need for key performance indicators to continuously monitor third sector spending.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 170-173
Issue: 2
Volume: 40
Year: 2020
Month: 2
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1667683
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Author-Name: Jan van Helden
Author-X-Name-First: Jan
Author-X-Name-Last: van Helden
Author-Name: Daniela Argento
Author-X-Name-First: Daniela
Author-X-Name-Last: Argento
Title: New development: Our hate–love relationship with publication metrics
Abstract:
This article discusses the increasing importance of publication metrics in research. Four themes are addressed: the impact of journal metrics on issues like research funding and tenure; the unintended consequences of these metrics; whether the niche domain of public sector accounting journals is threatened by these metrics; and how researchers can best deal with the mania surrounding journal metrics. This article is part of an ongoing and larger research project about the identity shift of public sector accounting researchers due to an increasing importance of publication metrics.This article aims to contribute to awareness of the downsides of the use of publication metrics based on so-called ‘top’ journals. Various actors in the research domain will benefit from its findings, ranging from authors and supervisors to university managers and journal editors.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 174-177
Issue: 2
Volume: 40
Year: 2020
Month: 2
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1682353
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Author-Name: Jane Gibbon
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Author-X-Name-Last: Gibbon
Title: Editorial
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 75-76
Issue: 2
Volume: 37
Year: 2017
Month: 2
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1266136
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Author-Name: Duncan McTavish
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Author-X-Name-Last: McTavish
Title: Debate: Redefining the role of the state
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 76-78
Issue: 2
Volume: 37
Year: 2017
Month: 2
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1266140
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Author-Name: Toby Lowe
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Title: Debate: Complexity and the performance of social interventions
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 79-80
Issue: 2
Volume: 37
Year: 2017
Month: 2
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1266141
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Author-Name: Kathryn Addicott
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Title: There may be trouble ahead: exploring the changing shape of non-profit entrepreneurship in third sector organizations
Abstract:
This paper explores the challenges and benefits of managing non-profit organizations and social enterprise activities in an increasingly complex and difficult environment of austerity, reduced public sector funding, and higher competition for resources. It draws on the experience of women senior managers within the context of small/medium third sector organizations in Wales. Findings indicate diverse perspectives, but a consensus on the relevance of entrepreneurial behaviour to the third sector, and the importance of relationship-building and collaboration within gendered entrepreneurial practice.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 81-88
Issue: 2
Volume: 37
Year: 2017
Month: 2
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1266142
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Author-Name: Lorraine Johnston
Author-X-Name-First: Lorraine
Author-X-Name-Last: Johnston
Author-Name: John Blenkinsopp
Author-X-Name-First: John
Author-X-Name-Last: Blenkinsopp
Title: Challenges for civil society involvement in civic entrepreneurship: a case study of local enterprise partnerships
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Civic entrepreneurship involves engagement between the state, business and civil society to produce economic growth for the public good. In the UK context a key initiative to encourage such engagement has been the creation of local enterprise partnerships (LEPs); these structures are intended to be a key delivery driver of regional economic growth. This paper draws on insights from semi-structured interviews with actors involved in the development of a LEP in the north of England. Findings draw attention to concerns from civil society over losing its distinctiveness through these partnerships, and in the process losing its ethos as a guardian of the public good.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 89-96
Issue: 2
Volume: 37
Year: 2017
Month: 2
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1266151
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Author-Name: Jan Myers
Author-X-Name-First: Jan
Author-X-Name-Last: Myers
Title: To austerity and beyond! Third sector innovation or creeping privatization of public sector services?
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The shift of services out of state provision has been revitalized through a wave of policies linked to helping people make informed choices about health and social care and to extend competition and choice. This paper considers the rise of social enterprise and public service mutuals in the UK in the landscape of austerity, public sector rationalization, and re-structuring and draws on examples to demonstrate emerging alternative delivery models.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 97-104
Issue: 2
Volume: 37
Year: 2017
Month: 2
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1266152
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Author-Name: Martin Field
Author-X-Name-First: Martin
Author-X-Name-Last: Field
Author-Name: Antonia Layard
Author-X-Name-First: Antonia
Author-X-Name-Last: Layard
Title: Locating community-led housing within neighbourhood plans as a response to England’s housing needs
Abstract:
Neighbourhood planning has revealed a real demand for connecting local planning with new ways of producing much-needed housing in England. Analysis of the first adopted neighbourhood plans illustrates the desire for connecting housing to local needs, providing affordable accommodation as well as housing for older people, young families and households with disabled residents. This paper explores the potential of linking neighbourhood planning and community housing development and suggests how such models can co-exist with contemporary housing markets.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 105-112
Issue: 2
Volume: 37
Year: 2017
Month: 2
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1266157
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Author-Name: Nina Boeger
Author-X-Name-First: Nina
Author-X-Name-Last: Boeger
Title: Reappraising the UK social value legislation
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This paper appraises the scope and legal obligations of the UK Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012. The law, by imposing on public authorities an obligation to consider wider social, economic and environmental benefits before they enter into major public service contracts, in principle improves service outcomes for communities, and facilitates better access for third sector organizations to public contracting opportunities. Evidence of the legislation’s impact has been mixed.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 113-120
Issue: 2
Volume: 37
Year: 2017
Month: 2
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1266159
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Author-Name: Rob Manwaring
Author-X-Name-First: Rob
Author-X-Name-Last: Manwaring
Title: New developments
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This article offers an overview of recent attempts to reconfigure the relationship between state and civil society in Australia. The article offers five models of how state/civil society relations might play out under the Malcolm Turnbull’s Liberal government. These models include corporate, nostalgic, technological, neo-liberal, and the UK government’s Big Society variants. The article concludes that the Turnbull government’s approach to civic renewal is not innovative, and has reverted to a thin corporate model of state/civil society relations.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 121-125
Issue: 2
Volume: 37
Year: 2017
Month: 2
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1266161
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Author-X-Name-Last: Fenwick
Author-Name: Jane Gibbon
Author-X-Name-First: Jane
Author-X-Name-Last: Gibbon
Title: The rise and fall of the Big Society in the UK
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This article assesses the role of the Big Society within the complex pattern of UK service provision. It is argued that the relevance of the Big Society was transient and it has had little impact on practice. Reasons for this are located within the complexity of relationships between public, private and third sectors. Such complexity is a permanent feature of contemporary service provision in which the moment of the Big Society has now passed.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 126-130
Issue: 2
Volume: 37
Year: 2017
Month: 2
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1266162
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Author-Name: Pan Suk Kim
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Author-X-Name-Last: Suk Kim
Author-Name: Kil Pyo Hong
Author-X-Name-First: Kil Pyo
Author-X-Name-Last: Hong
Title: Debate: Humanized robotic agents in government—the emergence of the ‘Hubogent’
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 131-132
Issue: 2
Volume: 37
Year: 2017
Month: 2
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1266172
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Author-Name: Veronica Vecchi
Author-X-Name-First: Veronica
Author-X-Name-Last: Vecchi
Author-Name: Mark Hellowell
Author-X-Name-First: Mark
Author-X-Name-Last: Hellowell
Author-Name: Raffaele della Croce
Author-X-Name-First: Raffaele
Author-X-Name-Last: della Croce
Author-Name: Stefano Gatti
Author-X-Name-First: Stefano
Author-X-Name-Last: Gatti
Title: Government policies to enhance access to credit for infrastructure-based PPPs: an approach to classification and appraisal
Abstract:
Governments across the world have introduced a variety of instruments to enhance private investors’ appetites for public–private partnership (PPP) projects. The use of such instruments has become a core component of development and growth policies, for example by the EU as part of the Junker Plan. This paper provides a comprehensive categorization of these instruments, the risks they target and their effects, at both the project and system level, to support policy-makers to design the most appropriate instruments to attract private capital into infrastructure development.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 133-140
Issue: 2
Volume: 37
Year: 2017
Month: 2
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1266173
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Author-Name: Noel Hepworth
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Title: Is implementing the IPSASs an appropriate reform?
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The purpose of this paper is to argue that the implementation of the accrual-based IPSASs in European-influenced developing and transition economy countries is not an appropriate reform unless preceded or accompanied by other, essentially managerial, reforms. The nature and extent of these prior reforms depend upon the political and cultural context and, not least, upon the power relationships within and between public institutions. The advocates of the application of the IPSASs appear not to recognize that for the reform to be effective it cannot be treated as simply a technical accounting reform, yet this is what is occurring. The issues identified in this paper are based upon the author’s practical experiences of working in many of these countries.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 141-148
Issue: 2
Volume: 37
Year: 2017
Month: 2
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2016.1266174
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Author-Name: Luca Papi
Author-X-Name-First: Luca
Author-X-Name-Last: Papi
Author-Name: Michele Bigoni
Author-X-Name-First: Michele
Author-X-Name-Last: Bigoni
Author-Name: Enrico Bracci
Author-X-Name-First: Enrico
Author-X-Name-Last: Bracci
Author-Name: Enrico Deidda Gagliardo
Author-X-Name-First: Enrico
Author-X-Name-Last: Deidda Gagliardo
Title: Measuring public value: a conceptual and applied contribution to the debate
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Countries facing austerity measures need to create public value. Academics and practitioners have been discussing the ways in which public value can be created, managed and measured. This paper contributes to this conversation by proposing a public value measurement model. An Italian case study is presented to demonstrate the feasibility of the model and the organizational implications when public value measures are available to public sector managers, politicians and the public.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 503-510
Issue: 7
Volume: 38
Year: 2018
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2018.1439154
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Author-Name: Seong-ho Jeong
Author-X-Name-First: Seong-ho
Author-X-Name-Last: Jeong
Title: New development: A new COFOG for South Korea
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The South Korean government's Classification of the Functions of Government (COFOG) is grounded in the System of National Accounts (SNA), rather than Government Finance Statistics (GFS). This article explains why a GFS-based classification might be beneficial to South Korea for the purposes of fiscal management and the comparison of government expenditures with other countries.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 535-538
Issue: 7
Volume: 38
Year: 2018
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2018.1478769
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Author-Name: Isabel Brusca
Author-X-Name-First: Isabel
Author-X-Name-Last: Brusca
Author-Name: Giuseppe Grossi
Author-X-Name-First: Giuseppe
Author-X-Name-Last: Grossi
Author-Name: Francesca Manes-Rossi
Author-X-Name-First: Francesca
Author-X-Name-Last: Manes-Rossi
Title: Setting consolidated reporting standards for local government
Abstract:
Under a corporatization trend, traditional financial reporting is generally considered unable to offer a complete view of the economic and financial activities of a group of public entities. Consequently, several reforms and standards have been introduced related to consolidated financial reports. Through interviews with key actors, the authors analysed the normativity process for issuing consolidated reporting standards for local governments in three European countries: Italy, Spain, and Sweden.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 483-492
Issue: 7
Volume: 38
Year: 2018
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2018.1524199
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Author-Name: Bart Voorn
Author-X-Name-First: Bart
Author-X-Name-Last: Voorn
Author-Name: Sandra van Thiel
Author-X-Name-First: Sandra
Author-X-Name-Last: van Thiel
Author-Name: Marieke van Genugten
Author-X-Name-First: Marieke
Author-X-Name-Last: van Genugten
Title: Debate: Corporatization as more than a recent crisis-driven development
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 481-482
Issue: 7
Volume: 38
Year: 2018
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2018.1527533
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Author-Name: Christos I. Papanagnou
Author-X-Name-First: Christos I.
Author-X-Name-Last: Papanagnou
Author-Name: Natalia Shchaveleva
Author-X-Name-First: Natalia
Author-X-Name-Last: Shchaveleva
Title: Investigation of current perspectives for NHS Wales sustainable development through procurement policies
Abstract:
Public sector procurement has to operate under the pressure of policies and strict budgets. This paper examines the current perspectives of the NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership (NWSSP) on sustainable procurement policies. In particular, it investigates the adoption levels of the sustainable procurement policies of buyers (NHS Wales), examines the level of engagement of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with NHS Wales, and explores the support for the existing sustainable procurement function through order processing analysis of catalogue coverage.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 493-502
Issue: 7
Volume: 38
Year: 2018
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2018.1527535
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Author-Name: Giovanna Dabbicco
Author-X-Name-First: Giovanna
Author-X-Name-Last: Dabbicco
Title: A comparison of debt measures in fiscal statistics and public sector financial statements
Abstract:
This paper examines the differences between measures of debt used to analyse a government's financial position. It compares the statistical and accounting approaches and presents a way of reconciling the two statements: thereby identifying possible convergence between GPFS and GFS. In doing so, it contributes to the ongoing international debate on harmonization of public sector accounting standards, such as IPSAS/EPSAS and GFS.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 511-518
Issue: 7
Volume: 38
Year: 2018
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2018.1527543
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Author-Name: Antonio Davide Barretta
Author-X-Name-First: Antonio Davide
Author-X-Name-Last: Barretta
Author-Name: Pasquale Ruggiero
Author-X-Name-First: Pasquale
Author-X-Name-Last: Ruggiero
Title: PFIs involving multiple public partners: a case study from the Italian healthcare sector
Abstract:
The financial crisis experienced by many countries since 2008 has given new importance to private finance initiatives (PFIs) for providing public services. This paper analyses the relationships between multiple public and private sector actors participating in a PFI in the healthcare sector in order to better understand the motives and behaviour of public and private sector partners. High levels of trust and the active participation of a regulatory body were found to be significant factors in terms of creating a partnership that benefits all sides.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 519-526
Issue: 7
Volume: 38
Year: 2018
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2018.1527562
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Author-Name: Ryung S. Kim
Author-X-Name-First: Ryung S.
Author-X-Name-Last: Kim
Author-Name: Minah Kang
Author-X-Name-First: Minah
Author-X-Name-Last: Kang
Author-Name: Younhee Kim
Author-X-Name-First: Younhee
Author-X-Name-Last: Kim
Author-Name: Hwa-Young Lee
Author-X-Name-First: Hwa-Young
Author-X-Name-Last: Lee
Title: New development: Unified scores of governance capacity using a Bayesian latent variable analysis
Abstract:
A plethora of governance measures has been developed to assess governance capacity in different countries. Choosing one indicator over another involves discretionary decision issues. This article presents a new unified measure of governance capacity for the administrative and political dimensions. The unified measure provides a more accurate understanding of governance than single indices.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 527-530
Issue: 7
Volume: 38
Year: 2018
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2018.1527569
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Author-Name: Thomas Schillemans
Author-X-Name-First: Thomas
Author-X-Name-Last: Schillemans
Author-Name: Mark van Twist
Author-X-Name-First: Mark
Author-X-Name-Last: van Twist
Author-Name: Martijn van der Steen
Author-X-Name-First: Martijn
Author-X-Name-Last: van der Steen
Author-Name: Ilsa de Jong
Author-X-Name-First: Ilsa
Author-X-Name-Last: de Jong
Title: New development: Breaking out or hanging on? Internal audit in government
Abstract:
Public audit is in transition. On the one hand, professional organizations claim it is time ‘to break out’ and develop new roles for auditors that ‘add more value’. On the other hand, critics are concerned about public sector accountability deficits necessitating more control and urging auditors to hold on to their traditional role. This article discusses tensions and relevance between these positions and their implications for auditing in government. The article will help policy-makers in their strategic decision-making on the role and focus of internal audit in government.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 531-534
Issue: 7
Volume: 38
Year: 2018
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2018.1527574
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Author-Name: Pan Suk Kim
Author-X-Name-First: Pan Suk
Author-X-Name-Last: Kim
Title: New development: A new history of collective bargaining in South Korean governance
Abstract:
Collective bargaining in the public sector is less developed in most East Asian countries due to legal restrictions imposed on employees in the public sector. Surprisingly, for the first time since the Act on the Establishment and Operation of Labour Unions for Public Officials took effect in 2006, collective bargaining and negotiations led to an agreement between the South Korean government and the union representing national government officials in December 2017, heralding a new era of collective bargaining in South Korean governance. This new development offers meaningful lessons for governments and public sector unions around the world.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 539-542
Issue: 7
Volume: 38
Year: 2018
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2018.1527576
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Author-Name: Rob Wilson
Author-X-Name-First: Rob
Author-X-Name-Last: Wilson
Author-Name: Alec Fraser
Author-X-Name-First: Alec
Author-X-Name-Last: Fraser
Author-Name: Jonathan Kimmitt
Author-X-Name-First: Jonathan
Author-X-Name-Last: Kimmitt
Author-Name: Stefanie Tan
Author-X-Name-First: Stefanie
Author-X-Name-Last: Tan
Author-Name: Neil McHugh
Author-X-Name-First: Neil
Author-X-Name-Last: McHugh
Author-Name: Toby Lowe
Author-X-Name-First: Toby
Author-X-Name-Last: Lowe
Author-Name: Mildred Warner
Author-X-Name-First: Mildred
Author-X-Name-Last: Warner
Author-Name: Susan Baines
Author-X-Name-First: Susan
Author-X-Name-Last: Baines
Author-Name: Eleanor Carter
Author-X-Name-First: Eleanor
Author-X-Name-Last: Carter
Title: Theme: Futures in social investment? Learning from the emerging policy and practice of Social Impact Bonds (SIBs)
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 179-182
Issue: 3
Volume: 40
Year: 2020
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1714287
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Author-Name: Eleanor Carter
Author-X-Name-First: Eleanor
Author-X-Name-Last: Carter
Title: Debate: Would a Social Impact Bond by any other name smell as sweet? Stretching the model and why it might matter
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 183-185
Issue: 3
Volume: 40
Year: 2020
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1714288
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Author-Name: Toby Lowe
Author-X-Name-First: Toby
Author-X-Name-Last: Lowe
Title: Debate: The cost of SIBs
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 185-188
Issue: 3
Volume: 40
Year: 2020
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1714289
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Author-Name: Mildred E. Warner
Author-X-Name-First: Mildred E.
Author-X-Name-Last: Warner
Title: Debate: Do SIBs make markets in the welfare system? Should they? For whom?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 188-189
Issue: 3
Volume: 40
Year: 2020
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1714296
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Author-Name: Meghan Joy
Author-X-Name-First: Meghan
Author-X-Name-Last: Joy
Author-Name: John Shields
Author-X-Name-First: John
Author-X-Name-Last: Shields
Title: Debate: How do Social Impact Bonds economize social policy?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 190-192
Issue: 3
Volume: 40
Year: 2020
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1714300
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Author-Name: Volker Then
Author-X-Name-First: Volker
Author-X-Name-Last: Then
Author-Name: Tobias Schmidt
Author-X-Name-First: Tobias
Author-X-Name-Last: Schmidt
Title: Debate: Comparing the progress of social impact investment in welfare states—a problem of supply or demand?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 192-194
Issue: 3
Volume: 40
Year: 2020
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1714302
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Author-Name: Alec Fraser
Author-X-Name-First: Alec
Author-X-Name-Last: Fraser
Author-Name: Stefanie Tan
Author-X-Name-First: Stefanie
Author-X-Name-Last: Tan
Author-Name: Annette Boaz
Author-X-Name-First: Annette
Author-X-Name-Last: Boaz
Author-Name: Nicholas Mays
Author-X-Name-First: Nicholas
Author-X-Name-Last: Mays
Title: Backing what works? Social Impact Bonds and evidence-informed policy and practice
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Social Impact Bonds (SIBs) offer an opportunity to explore the use of evidence to inform public policy and commissioning decisions in both discursive and practical terms in what are frequently highly politicized contexts. We identify three potential mechanisms by which SIBs may promote evidence use and explore these through empirical findings drawn from a three-year evaluation of SIBs applied to health and social care in the English NHS.This paper highlights three mechanisms by which SIBs may encourage evidence-informed policy-making. First, the ability of SIB financing to promote specific interventions for which a positive evidence base already exists. Second, the opportunities that SIB-financed programmes offer for the promotion of evidence use through improved local data collection practices. Third, the opportunities that SIB-financed interventions offer for formal evaluation. The authors tested these mechanisms; the implications of the results for policy-makers, public managers and other interested parties are presented in the paper.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 195-204
Issue: 3
Volume: 40
Year: 2020
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1714303
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Author-Name: Debra Hevenstone
Author-X-Name-First: Debra
Author-X-Name-Last: Hevenstone
Author-Name: Matthias von Bergen
Author-X-Name-First: Matthias
Author-X-Name-Last: von Bergen
Title: Public–private partnerships in Social Impact Bonds: facilitating competition or hindering transparency?
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The use of Social Impact Bonds (SIBs), which introduces the potential for investor profit in public service provision, has been widely discussed. Some argue that SIBs might promote government transparency because outcome data collection and evaluation are part of contractual terms. On the other hand, some argue that SIBs might hinder government transparency because more contractual parties might lead to more uncertain data ownership and because the profit motive transforms information into a competitive advantage. This paper looks at SIBs in five countries, examining how transparency differed between SIB and non-SIB financed programmes at the same social service provider. On the positive side, SIBs led to more and longer collection of outcome data and the publication of evaluations. On the negative side, it was found that SIBs tend to generate significant obstacles to the release of data to academic researchers and that sponsored evaluations do not measure impacts.Government managers need to fully understand the pros and cons of all available financing mechanisms for social programmes. This paper shows how using SIB financing has changed data collection and evaluation in five European countries and explores the reasons for national differences.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 205-212
Issue: 3
Volume: 40
Year: 2020
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1714304
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Author-Name: David Jamieson
Author-X-Name-First: David
Author-X-Name-Last: Jamieson
Author-Name: Rob Wilson
Author-X-Name-First: Rob
Author-X-Name-Last: Wilson
Author-Name: Mike Martin
Author-X-Name-First: Mike
Author-X-Name-Last: Martin
Author-Name: Toby Lowe
Author-X-Name-First: Toby
Author-X-Name-Last: Lowe
Author-Name: Jonathan Kimmitt
Author-X-Name-First: Jonathan
Author-X-Name-Last: Kimmitt
Author-Name: Jane Gibbon
Author-X-Name-First: Jane
Author-X-Name-Last: Gibbon
Author-Name: Max French
Author-X-Name-First: Max
Author-X-Name-Last: French
Title: Data for outcome payments or information for care? A sociotechnical analysis of the management information system in the implementation of a social impact bond
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Social Impact Bonds (SIBs) are a policy intervention designed to explicitly link the activity of social interventions to outcome payments. Despite a burgeoning literature on SIBs there is a lack of evidence in relation to the information system characteristics and accounting mechanisms of SIBs. Applying a multi-dimensional sociotechnical lens to a case study of a SIB allows us to reveal the current problematic convergence of public management and information systems. The authors found that an information system within a SIB is introduced and adapted to increasingly prioritize the production of data for payment over documenting care accounts to support improved provision. The findings of this paper also suggest that claims of SIBs as an innovation are limited as they are subject to the familiar problems of New Public Management practice, in the way they shape the design and use of the data in governance, management and service delivery practices.Social Impact Bonds (SIBs) have been positioned as an innovative vehicle to improve health and social outcomes through the use of externally provided funding. Although the debate about the viability and robustness of SIBs continues, no focus has been given to the informational requirements that are mandated in order to ensure that outcomes are being achieved—and therefore enable payment. The authors challenge that the data that is being collected by SIBs is in essence for the purposes of financial accounting rather than demonstrating improvements in the quality of care.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 213-224
Issue: 3
Volume: 40
Year: 2020
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1714306
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Author-Name: Elaine de Gruyter
Author-X-Name-First: Elaine de
Author-X-Name-Last: Gruyter
Author-Name: Dennis Petrie
Author-X-Name-First: Dennis
Author-X-Name-Last: Petrie
Author-Name: Nicole Black
Author-X-Name-First: Nicole
Author-X-Name-Last: Black
Author-Name: Philip Gharghori
Author-X-Name-First: Philip
Author-X-Name-Last: Gharghori
Title: Attracting investors for public health programmes with Social Impact Bonds
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Social impact bonds (SIBs) have emerged as an innovative financing mechanism. This paper explores how health SIBs align with investors’ expectations and the conditions required to attract investors. At present, health SIBs are unlikely to provide sufficient financial returns given their financial risk to attract mainstream investors, so may be better suited to investors who are prepared to accept lower financial returns blended with particular health impact returns.If SIBs are to become a sustainable financing mechanism, investors’ concerns need addressing. This paper explores the conditions required for SIBs to attract capital to make planning and development worthwhile. Attracting a wide base of capital may not be feasible because many investors still seek at least market rate returns, which is unlikely for many SIBs. Commissioners could instead target selected investors who are prepared to accept lower financial returns at a higher risk blended with impact returns. This could include maximizing potential impact returns and reducing exposure to financial risk.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 225-236
Issue: 3
Volume: 40
Year: 2020
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1714312
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Author-Name: Jarrod Ormiston
Author-X-Name-First: Jarrod
Author-X-Name-Last: Ormiston
Author-Name: Michael Moran
Author-X-Name-First: Michael
Author-X-Name-Last: Moran
Author-Name: Erin I. Castellas
Author-X-Name-First: Erin I.
Author-X-Name-Last: Castellas
Author-Name: Emma Tomkinson
Author-X-Name-First: Emma
Author-X-Name-Last: Tomkinson
Title: Everybody wins? A discourse analysis of competing stakeholder expectations in Social Impact Bonds
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This paper explores how diverse stakeholders frame their expectations of Social Impact Bonds (SIBs). Using discourse analysis, the authors examine competing expectations in SIB press releases, showing how they differ between stakeholders, between institutional contexts, and how they evolve over time. The paper highlights how the prioritization of social finance and collaboration discourses privileges the role of private investors, which in turn diminishes the role of service providers as innovators.This paper explains the competing rationales of stakeholders from different sectors and jurisdictions engaging in SIBs, and how these rationales shift over time. Policy-makers need to reprioritize the role of service providers in SIB communications as they are often marginalized in the overall public discourse—particularly in the early stages of SIB structuring. The differences the authors found between jurisdictions reveal that institutional contexts shape the nature of SIBs, and that the SIB model should not be transferred in a standardized way to differing contexts.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 237-246
Issue: 3
Volume: 40
Year: 2020
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1714316
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Author-Name: Deborah Burand
Author-X-Name-First: Deborah
Author-X-Name-Last: Burand
Title: New development: The application of incomplete contract theory to documenting Social Impact Bonds
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Nobel laureate Oliver Hart’s work in developing a theory of incomplete contracting is relevant to explaining the evolution of the pay for success contracts that undergird Social Impact Bonds (SIBs). By its very nature, a pay for success contract that supports a SIB is likely to be functionally incomplete in that it is unable to describe and differentiate in the initial contract all relevant future states of the world in which the contract is to operate. Navigating this incomplete world can be particularly challenging when it comes to government contracting for quality outcomes in social services. Accordingly, Hart’s incomplete contracting framework can help us to think more clearly about how to document a pay for success contract that best supports a SIB transaction.Deterministic pay for success contracts serve neither the impact goals nor the contracting parties of SIBs well. This article explains how flexibility has been built into many of the contracts that support SIBs in the USA and beyond through the use of contractual governance mechanisms. There is room, however, for improvement in these governance mechanisms –particularly their scope, composition and processes.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 247-249
Issue: 3
Volume: 40
Year: 2020
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1714317
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Author-Name: Ali Mollinger-Sahba
Author-X-Name-First: Ali
Author-X-Name-Last: Mollinger-Sahba
Author-Name: Paul Flatau
Author-X-Name-First: Paul
Author-X-Name-Last: Flatau
Author-Name: Daniel Schepis
Author-X-Name-First: Daniel
Author-X-Name-Last: Schepis
Author-Name: Sharon Purchase
Author-X-Name-First: Sharon
Author-X-Name-Last: Purchase
Title: New development: Complexity and rhetoric in social impact investment
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Existing public policy approaches to the social impact investment market take a linear view of both social innovation and economic markets. This article analyses the rhetoric of the market to explain both the persistence of a linear view and its inadequacy for dealing with the complexity of bridging social and financial goals. It then outlines complexity-sensitive theories of social innovation and economic markets and their import for social impact investing.Social Impact Bonds (SIBs) and similar public policy approaches to social impact investment have fallen short of expectations for large-scale social change and financial savings. This article highlights the role that neoclassical assumptions about the dynamics of both economic markets and social innovation has played in this failure. It explains the need for practitioners to operationalize a more contemporary and complex understanding of markets and social change by crafting adaptive ability into social impact investment instruments.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 250-254
Issue: 3
Volume: 40
Year: 2020
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1714318
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Author-Name: Bert George
Author-X-Name-First: Bert
Author-X-Name-Last: George
Author-Name: Anne Drumaux
Author-X-Name-First: Anne
Author-X-Name-Last: Drumaux
Author-Name: Paul Joyce
Author-X-Name-First: Paul
Author-X-Name-Last: Joyce
Author-Name: Francesco Longo
Author-X-Name-First: Francesco
Author-X-Name-Last: Longo
Title: Editorial
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 255-259
Issue: 4
Volume: 40
Year: 2020
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1728055
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Author-Name: Erik Hans Klijn
Author-X-Name-First: Erik Hans
Author-X-Name-Last: Klijn
Author-Name: Joop Koppenjan
Author-X-Name-First: Joop
Author-X-Name-Last: Koppenjan
Title: Debate: Strategic planning after the governance revolution
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 260-261
Issue: 4
Volume: 40
Year: 2020
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1715097
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Author-Name: Marco Kools
Author-X-Name-First: Marco
Author-X-Name-Last: Kools
Author-Name: Bert George
Author-X-Name-First: Bert
Author-X-Name-Last: George
Title: Debate: The learning organization—a key construct linking strategic planning and strategic management
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 262-264
Issue: 4
Volume: 40
Year: 2020
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1727112
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Author-Name: Christos Begkos
Author-X-Name-First: Christos
Author-X-Name-Last: Begkos
Author-Name: Sue Llewellyn
Author-X-Name-First: Sue
Author-X-Name-Last: Llewellyn
Author-Name: Kieran Walshe
Author-X-Name-First: Kieran
Author-X-Name-Last: Walshe
Title: How do medical managers strategize? A strategy-as-practice perspective
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Strategic planning (SP) is a widely-used practice within public sector organizations. However, SP does not only take place in strategy workshops and senior management levels. This paper explores how medical managers of English hospitals ‘do’ SP in their clinical directorates. The authors investigate the practices, the usage of strategy tools and the implications of medical managers’ strategizing. The paper argues that what makes financial sense to medical managers strategizing in the local circumstances of their directorates does not always equate to value for patients, the hospital or for the public sector as a whole.Strategic planning is not only performed by senior managers and trained strategists. Middle managers also engage in strategic planning in their day-to-day activities, and their emergent strategies may align with, or cut across, formal organizational strategic objectives. This paper provides practical insight into how medical managers of English hospitals strategize within their clinical directorates. It shows that their strategizing and use of strategic tools are fine-tuned to improve the profitability of their service lines and deliver on cost improvement targets. The authors suggest that strategizing at the directorate level creates risks since patient care, cost control, the financial viability of the hospital as a whole and its public value may become subordinated to the narrow pursuit of service line profitability. Hence, it is important for senior managers and policy-makers to improve clinicians’ knowledge, training and overall engagement with the strategic management of clinical directorates, hospitals and the broader health economy.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 265-275
Issue: 4
Volume: 40
Year: 2020
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1727110
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Author-Name: Dag Ingvar Jacobsen
Author-X-Name-First: Dag Ingvar
Author-X-Name-Last: Jacobsen
Author-Name: Åge Johnsen
Author-X-Name-First: Åge
Author-X-Name-Last: Johnsen
Title: Alignment of strategy and structure in local government
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Strategic positioning and structural alignment in the public sector is a neglected area of research. This paper analyses the strategic positions of prospectors, defenders and reactors and structural alignment in Norwegian municipalities. Top managers responding to a survey perceived that the municipalities did align their organizational structures to the strategic positions for prospectors and defenders, but not for reactors, as hypothesized, but these relationships were modest. The top managers often found it difficult to provide consistent responses on their organizations’ choices of strategic positions.The authors show that many Norwegian municipalities have minimal alignment of their organizational structures and strategies. A modest alignment of structure to strategy may explain the seemingly low impact of strategic planning found in many studies, as changes in strategies have to be followed up with structural changes in order to be implemented effectively. In addition, the paper strongly indicates that strategy practitioners in top municipal management levels find it difficult to define their organization’s choice of strategic position. Thus it is highly probable that policy-makers and strategy practitioners will see a higher impact of strategic planning if they define their organization’s choice of strategic positions better and actually align the organizational structures more with these strategic positions.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 276-284
Issue: 4
Volume: 40
Year: 2020
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1715093
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Author-Name: Ian C. Elliott
Author-X-Name-First: Ian C.
Author-X-Name-Last: Elliott
Title: The implementation of a strategic state in a small country setting—the case of the ‘Scottish Approach’
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This paper is a case study of the establishment of the Scottish Approach to Public Services. This strategic approach to public services was developed through three key activities: reorganization of the Scottish Government; creation of Scotland Performs and the National Performance Framework; and significant investment in leadership development. The research comprised of 11 élite interviews with both current and former civil servants within the Scottish Government. Interviews sought to develop an understanding of the nature and rationale for the Scottish Approach, to explore implementation of the Scottish Approach, and to posit what lasting impact may result from this form of ‘strategic state’ in Scotland. There is a major gap in the academic literature in terms of empirical studies of the strategic state and this paper addresses this gap by presenting the context and background to implementation of a strategic state in a small country setting.This paper outlines how the Scottish Government has developed a form of ‘strategic state’. The concept of the strategic state is explained before setting out how this was realized. Drawing on insights from key stakeholders who were directly involved, it provides a unique insider perspective on its development and impact. The author shows how a supportive political environment and strong administrative leadership combined with a clear vision for change. Investment was made in leadership development, alongside an organizational restructuring, to align the Scottish Government with five strategic objectives. There are key lessons to be learned from this paper, particularly for small countries, in how strategic thinking can be fostered within government settings.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 285-293
Issue: 4
Volume: 40
Year: 2020
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1714206
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Author-Name: Anne Drumaux
Author-X-Name-First: Anne
Author-X-Name-Last: Drumaux
Author-Name: Paul Joyce
Author-X-Name-First: Paul
Author-X-Name-Last: Joyce
Title: New development: Implementing and evaluating government strategic plans—the Europe 2020 Strategy
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This article examines the implementation of the Europe 2020 Strategy. The authors analysed the strategic and management plans of the European Commission’s directorates-general (DGs) to identify the main and dominant discourses in the documents. The supplementing or supplanting of the simple strategy framework of the early years by a political framework after 2014 can be seen as caused by an interaction between rational management evaluation on one hand and political values and will on the other.This article is intended to be directly useful to government policy makers in relation to the evaluation of inclusive economic growth strategies. It demonstrates, in a European context, the way in which strategic management can contribute to effective government and public governance and how this interacts with political leadership.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 294-298
Issue: 4
Volume: 40
Year: 2020
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1722395
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Author-Name: Vitalis Nakrošis
Author-X-Name-First: Vitalis
Author-X-Name-Last: Nakrošis
Author-Name: Jurgita Šiugždinienė
Author-X-Name-First: Jurgita
Author-X-Name-Last: Šiugždinienė
Author-Name: Inga Antanaitė
Author-X-Name-First: Inga
Author-X-Name-Last: Antanaitė
Title: New development: Between politics and strategic planning—the management of government priorities in Lithuania
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How do political agendas impact on strategic planning practices? This article shows that recent changes to the framework for managing government priorities have made Lithuania’s strategic planning system more politically responsive by mobilizing political attention, leadership and state funding to major government commitments. However, these changes have not yet translated into any longer term outcomes because policy implementation practices did not change very much.The authors explain the effects of reforms introducing strategic planning in Lithuanian government. The Lithuanian case has implications for other administrations. For example, reforms promoting a more effective management of government or strategic priorities are more likely to succeed if the design of the strategic planning systems matches political agendas. Appropriate frameworks and mechanisms need to be employed for the management of important government commitments within strategic planning systems, such as the Lithuanian system for managing government priorities. In addition, strategic management tools, knowledge and capacities need to be constantly reviewed and developed in public sector organizations at different levels of government to better achieve policy aims and objectives.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 299-303
Issue: 4
Volume: 40
Year: 2020
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1715096
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Author-Name: Rhoda Brown
Author-X-Name-First: Rhoda
Author-X-Name-Last: Brown
Author-Name: Sheila Ellwood
Author-X-Name-First: Sheila
Author-X-Name-Last: Ellwood
Title: Debate: Is ‘being alive’ a recognition or a measurement criterion? A response to Heintges and Waldbauer (2019)
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 304-306
Issue: 4
Volume: 40
Year: 2020
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/1535685X.2019.1706818
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Author-Name: Harun Harun
Author-X-Name-First: Harun
Author-X-Name-Last: Harun
Author-Name: Setiyani Wardhaningtyas
Author-X-Name-First: Setiyani
Author-X-Name-Last: Wardhaningtyas
Author-Name: Habib Zaman Khan
Author-X-Name-First: Habib Zaman
Author-X-Name-Last: Khan
Author-Name: Yi An
Author-X-Name-First: Yi
Author-X-Name-Last: An
Author-Name: Rahma Masdar
Author-X-Name-First: Rahma
Author-X-Name-Last: Masdar
Title: Understanding the institutional challenges and impacts of higher education reforms in Indonesia
Abstract:
This paper contributes to the academic literature on policy-making at the global level by empirically showing the nature and institutional challenges of higher education reforms under NPM principles. The authors explain the key strategies adopted by Indonesia’s government and the problems it faced in reforming its higher education system. The overall result was negative. The Indonesian reforms will not bring about meaningful outcomes unless the existing institutions, and the environment in which they operate, are also reformed.This paper offers new insights regarding the nature and impacts of higher education reforms in an emerging economy. The authors explain why positive outcomes from higher education reforms are difficult to achieve in developing economies, without reforming existing institutions such as the human resource systems and laws underpinning the operation of higher education. The paper has important insights for employers, government and university managers and academics in developing countries, including the importance of opening a nation’s university sector to international providers.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 307-315
Issue: 4
Volume: 40
Year: 2020
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1627063
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Author-Name: Joan Munro
Author-X-Name-First: Joan
Author-X-Name-Last: Munro
Title: Leading for collaborative public service innovation
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This article examines the critical leadership actions that support collaborative public service innovations, drawing on evidence from UK local government led partnerships. It concludes that success is more likely if leaders help the partnership to: build mutual trust; agree clear, well thought through, politically supported ambitions; invest time, resources and energy; galvanize managers and staff; make a long term commitment to achieving the objectives, learning, adapting and growing innovations together.Public sector managers can use the leadership actions highlighted in this paper to reflect on what more they might do to increase the likelihood that their innovative collaborations will succeed.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 316-325
Issue: 4
Volume: 40
Year: 2020
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1665391
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Author-Name: Pan Suk Kim
Author-X-Name-First: Pan Suk
Author-X-Name-Last: Kim
Title: New development: A new principle—the higher the position, the broader the view
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The Peter Principle, introduced over 50 years ago, refers to an organizational phenomenon where employees in a hierarchy are promoted to positions for which they are not well qualified (Peter & Hull, 1969). It has been a topic of debate and empirical research in organizational theory and management literature ever since. This article does not seek to prove or disprove the Peter Principle. Rather, it provides an alternative explanation of promotion within an organization based on employee experience. The research presented here demonstrates that the role inhabited by an employee greatly influences their perspective, which may change based on their location within an organizational hierarchy. In other words, people’s horizons depend on their place within that hierarchy.I offer a new principle, ‘the higher the position, the broader the view’, as a positive, productive perspective on promotion in contrast to the Peter Principle—‘every employee tends to rise to his/her level of incompetence in a hierarchy’. I arrived at this new principle through my recent experiences as the Republic of Korea’s Minister of Personnel Management. People often associate ‘incompetence’ with job-related tasks or skill competence, but near the top of hierarchies it is more about vision. In my view, ‘incompetence’ has many sources. I assume one source is a person’s failure to see the big or bigger picture as they move up the ladder. Even if my principle is not entirely novel, it does not deter me from calling attention to the myopia of people as they move up the organizational hierarchy. Thus, to reduce the Peter Principle effect, leadership development and merit-based promotion will yield better results.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 326-329
Issue: 4
Volume: 40
Year: 2020
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1658997
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Author-Name: Thomas Schillemans
Author-X-Name-First: Thomas
Author-X-Name-Last: Schillemans
Author-Name: Gijs Kremers
Author-X-Name-First: Gijs
Author-X-Name-Last: Kremers
Title: New development: The unknown world of transnational organizations in Europe—challenges for accountability
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Mostly unknown to the general public, a fragmented landscape of transnational organizations has been developing in Europe. These organizations work across borders, but not entirely in the EU, and they generally have some basis in European law or policies. An inventory by the authors suggests there are at least 370 transnational organizations in Europe. Transnational organizations challenge basic notions of accountability: it is often very difficult to understand what the organization is doing, to whom it is accountable or even where it is located. This is not to say that accountability is necessarily a problem but much more research and insight is definitely required.This article aims to put the almost 400 transnational organizations as a fragmented set of partially European organizations on the agenda. By understanding them as partially European (and partially regional, local or national), the authors raise issues of accountability and transparancy of those organizations. The article will be of value to European and regional policy-makers relating to various transnational organizations but also to leaders and staff in those organizations who need to relate (and account) to their important external stakeholders. These organizations offer opportunities for continued European collaboration after Brexit.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 330-334
Issue: 4
Volume: 40
Year: 2020
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1660099
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Author-Name: Barry Pemberton
Author-X-Name-First: Barry
Author-X-Name-Last: Pemberton
Author-Name: Wilson Ng
Author-X-Name-First: Wilson
Author-X-Name-Last: Ng
Title: New development: Solving an extremely hazardous problem. Disposing of toxic waste from Britain’s nuclear industry and nascent public engagement
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Waste disposal from the use of nuclear technology for power generation poses international challenges in terms of its enduring, costly and highly toxic nature. This article focuses on the challenges faced by the UK given the lack of solutions that appear to stem from an absence of public debate and consensus. The problems of nuclear waste disposal are contextualized by considering the challenges of public acceptance, lack of funding provisions, cost uncertainties and new reactor construction.The generation of low-carbon electricity by nuclear power stations remains significant in the UK, but the nuclear industry faces significant, and as yet unresolved, problems. For instance, decommissioning, clean-out and waste disposal are currently required for all non-operational nuclear facilities. However, disposal of highly toxic waste has proved problematic, thereby leading to today’s unsustainable scenario of storage in temporary facilities, including decommissioned nuclear submarines. While costs, timescales, and hazards of decommissioning and storage continue to be largely unscalable (HM Government 2015) there has been little informed public debate about these issues, perhaps a key ingredient in finding solutions, given current UK waste disposal strategies. The problem and risks associated with nuclear waste disposal are inter-generational, enduring, cost billions of pounds and potentially catastrophic. This article is being published to energize a structured public discussion on nuclear waste disposal by reviewing the problem and suggesting a way forward.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 335-341
Issue: 4
Volume: 40
Year: 2020
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1612210
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Author-Name: Alan Doig
Author-X-Name-First: Alan
Author-X-Name-Last: Doig
Author-Name: Michael Levi
Author-X-Name-First: Michael
Author-X-Name-Last: Levi
Title: Editorial: The dynamics of the fight against fraud and bribery—reflections on core issues in this PMM theme
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 343-348
Issue: 5
Volume: 40
Year: 2020
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1752547
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Author-Name: Nicholas Lord
Author-X-Name-First: Nicholas
Author-X-Name-Last: Lord
Author-Name: Alan Doig
Author-X-Name-First: Alan
Author-X-Name-Last: Doig
Author-Name: Michael Levi
Author-X-Name-First: Michael
Author-X-Name-Last: Levi
Author-Name: Karin van Wingerde
Author-X-Name-First: Karin
Author-X-Name-Last: van Wingerde
Author-Name: Katie Benson
Author-X-Name-First: Katie
Author-X-Name-Last: Benson
Title: Implementing a divergent response? The UK approach to bribery in international and domestic contexts
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This paper analyses UK domestic bribery. The authors argue that in both domestic and international contexts, cases are not numerically significant but that changes in how the UK government approaches bribery in the international context means that, where once domestic bribery was addressed more rigorously than bribery in the international context, this imbalance may be being steadily reversed. The paper concludes by setting out the implications that this identifiable divergence may have for the effective policing of bribery in the domestic context. The paper makes an empirical and theoretical contribution to the literature on corruption in the UK.This paper analyses the UK response to bribery and corruption and provides evidence of a divergent approach, in terms of strategy, policy and enforcement action, to addressing bribery in the domestic and international contexts. This has adverse implications for the prevention, detection, and investigation of bribery. In order to reduce the divergence and reinforce the domestic focus, governments need to ensure better and more detailed data for monitoring of the extent of bribery, the presence of a single lead for the domestic context to ensure consistency and co-ordination, and the availability of training for relevant staff to make certain relevant stakeholders are alert to emerging corruption issues. The empirically informed insights and arguments in this paper are relevant to policy-makers and practitioners working in the area of anti-corruption, as well as non-governmental organizations seeking to scrutinize anti-corruption strategies, policies and practice in the UK.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 349-359
Issue: 5
Volume: 40
Year: 2020
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1714212
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Author-Name: Jackie Harvey
Author-X-Name-First: Jackie
Author-X-Name-Last: Harvey
Title: Tracking the international proceeds of corruption and the challenges of national boundaries and national agencies: the UK example
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Corruption is a major inhibitor to economic growth, discouraging to domestic and foreign investment and destabilizing of governments. Unsurprisingly, international attention has intensified in recent years with global initiatives to counter corruption and address the proceeds of corruption. These have placed requirements upon national governments to increase transparency, reducing opportunities for use of the legitimate legal and financial infrastructure to disguise and move the proceeds of corruption. This paper reviews the boundaries at national and agency level that can create challenges for those agencies tasked with investigating and returning the proceeds of corruption to the countries from which they came. The paper considers the mechanisms that the agencies in a returning country—the UK—have at their disposal and whether national policy changes can affect their focus and operation. Specifically it reviews the role and future of the International Corruption Unit of the National Crime Agency.Following from the highly publicised anti-corruption summit hosted by the Cameron government in 2016, the UK has positioned itself at the forefront of anti-corruption initiatives. Recognizing that corruption is as much an issue for the UK as for victim countries, the UK initiated a unique response model in its International Corruption Unit. However, the proceeds of corruption continue to find their way into the London property market, hence recent initiatives to open up ownership registries. The need to ‘respond’, shortens timeframes, driving resource allocation towards ‘quick wins’. Tracking and recovering the proceeds of corruption that may have moved across multiple jurisdictions is a slow business. The failure to evidence ‘hard results’ creates an uncertain future for the International Corruption Unit. Yet, its unique contribution is one that should be widely supported by policy makers.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 360-368
Issue: 5
Volume: 40
Year: 2020
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1714211
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Author-Name: Michael Skidmore
Author-X-Name-First: Michael
Author-X-Name-Last: Skidmore
Author-Name: Janice Goldstraw-White
Author-X-Name-First: Janice
Author-X-Name-Last: Goldstraw-White
Author-Name: Martin Gill
Author-X-Name-First: Martin
Author-X-Name-Last: Gill
Title: Understanding the police response to fraud: the challenges in configuring a response to a low-priority crime on the rise
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Previous research has demonstrated the comparative lack of priority fraud receives from government and law enforcement in the UK compared to other serious offences, as well as shortcomings in the overall approach to investigation. This paper examines the current state of affairs in the light of changes aimed at addressing these limitations. It incorporates findings from a national survey of police forces, as well as a local survey of police personnel in three forces supplemented by interviews. The findings suggest that the situation has become more complicated. Many police officers interviewed did not feel that the police response in their own area was effective, and that their colleagues often lacked the appropriate skill sets needed. Moreover, forces were not confident they were recruiting the right people to tackle fraud. The paper has important lessons for policing internationally.The authors provide a review of current police structures, resource and their effectiveness in tackling fraud, one grounded in empirical evidence collected at the national, regional and local level. The paper contextualizes the local police response within national response systems and identifies the key gaps in existing strategies, highlighting the challenges to tackling fraud within the established police structures and resource configuration. A number of key areas of policy and practice that might be developed are discussed, which have relevance to policy-makers and practitioners working nationally and in local jurisdictions.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 369-379
Issue: 5
Volume: 40
Year: 2020
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1714203
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Author-Name: Mohd Hadafi Sahdan
Author-X-Name-First: Mohd Hadafi
Author-X-Name-Last: Sahdan
Author-Name: Christopher J. Cowton
Author-X-Name-First: Christopher J.
Author-X-Name-Last: Cowton
Author-Name: Julie E. Drake
Author-X-Name-First: Julie E.
Author-X-Name-Last: Drake
Title: Forensic accounting services in English local government and the counter-fraud agenda
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Fraud is a growing challenge for English local government, yet the resources and support local authorities (LAs) have available to prevent, detect and investigate it are limited. Forensic accounting services (FAS) provided by external specialist private sector firms, particularly those undertaking mandatory external audit, might be one solution. Research reported in this paper suggests, however, that existing English LA users are not all convinced. Nevertheless, better awareness and understanding of what FAS have to offer, perhaps through case studies of successful implementation, would be a valuable contribution to helping local government enhance its counter-fraud capabilities and make informed decisions about how best to meet the increasingly complex fraud challenge.Forensic accounting services (FAS) provided by specialist private sector firms might help local government meet the growing challenge of fraud, especially digital fraud perpetrated by organized criminal groups, at a time when in-house capacity and expertise are severely constrained. However, a questionnaire survey suggests that usage by English local authorities is currently limited, and it also found mixed levels of satisfaction amongst those that had used FAS. Nevertheless, better awareness of what FAS have to offer, perhaps through case studies of successful implementation, would help local authorities make more informed decisions about when and how to use FAS.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 380-389
Issue: 5
Volume: 40
Year: 2020
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1714208
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Author-Name: Jonathan Rose
Author-X-Name-First: Jonathan
Author-X-Name-Last: Rose
Author-Name: Colin Copus
Author-X-Name-First: Colin
Author-X-Name-Last: Copus
Title: Councillor ethics: a review of the Committee on Standards In Public Life’s ‘Local Government Ethical Standards’
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The Committee on Standards in Public Life’s (CSPL) 2019 report Local Government Ethical Standards presents a detailed review of local government ethics in England, aiming to highlight both best practice and areas for improvement. In so doing, it makes 26 recommendations ranging in importance. Likely to be one of the most important, and most controversial, is a recommendation to allow local authorities to suspend democratically-elected councillors for up to six months. This paper presents a review of the report and its recommendations, with a particular emphasis on the ‘values-versus-compliance’ distinction in ethical regulation.Policy-makers and practitioners are often faced with difficult choices concerning ethical regulation, and attempts to improve ethical regulations can sometimes cause new and unexpected problems. The authors review the Committee on Standards in Public Life’s report Local Government Ethical Standards, placing the ethical challenges and opportunities for unintended consequences into the values-vs-compliance framework. The paper will be useful for policy-makers and regulators concerned with local government in England, who may be charged with implementing aspects of this report, while the broader issues discussed about the challenges of ethical regulations and the limits of compliance-based policies will be useful in a wide range of contexts and countries.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 390-396
Issue: 5
Volume: 40
Year: 2020
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1723256
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Author-Name: Kenneth Murray
Author-X-Name-First: Kenneth
Author-X-Name-Last: Murray
Title: When opportunity knocks: mobilizing capabilities on serious organized economic crime
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This paper is primarily concerned with organized crime structures and how they adapt and modify to take advantage of fraud opportunities. It is illustrated with case studies which show a growing capability within UK organized crime to pool and deploy criminal monies in legitimate markets. The theme and purpose of the paper is to raise awareness of this in a way that encourages collaborative and strategic responses from law enforcement and relevant institutions, including academia.The accumulation of criminal funds under the guise of legitimate funds is not something that should be tolerated and accepted as a necessary evil of the modern world. Markets and economies are, however, increasingly vulnerable to the corrosive and corruptive effects of serious organized crime. Using real-life case studies, this paper explains why a raised awareness of societal and professional attitudes is required to more effectively tackle the problem of serious organized economic crime and how the problem needs to be prioritized as a national strategic challenge. The paper will have value to law enforcement and policy- and law-makers worldwide.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 397-406
Issue: 5
Volume: 40
Year: 2020
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1719673
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Author-Name: Simon Avery
Author-X-Name-First: Simon
Author-X-Name-Last: Avery
Title: For fraud, look under ‘serious and organized crime’
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The UK government’s response to fraud cannot be disentangled from its broader ‘serious and organized crime’ (SOC) strategy. In order to explore whether fraud should—in public policy, criminal justice and law enforcement terms—be seen primarily as an SOC issue, there is a need to consider questions about whether or not ‘SOC’ is a sensible object of policy-making in the first place. Several arguments in favour of an SOC policy are identified in the paper. However, the notion of an overarching SOC policy is problematic for three reasons. First, SOC is a fundamental misrepresentation of reality, which does not correspond to a real social problem. Second, SOC policy can limit the development of more problem-specific crime strategies, Third, the ‘SOC’ label can negatively transform how social problems are perceived over the long term. If fraud is to be better understood and dealt with, it may therefore be necessary to extract it from its current inclusion within wider SOC strategy.This paper argues that fraud has been subsumed by ‘serious and organized crime’ policy. It explores both the benefits and problems of this state of affairs and questions the validity of ‘serious and organized crime’ as an object of policy-making. It is hoped the paper will encourage policy-makers and practitioners to think carefully about how fraud is conceptualized as a problem.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 407-414
Issue: 5
Volume: 40
Year: 2020
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1714903
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Author-Name: Ilaria Zavoli
Author-X-Name-First: Ilaria
Author-X-Name-Last: Zavoli
Author-Name: Colin King
Author-X-Name-First: Colin
Author-X-Name-Last: King
Title: New development: Estate agents’ perspectives of anti-money laundering compliance—four key issues in the UK property market
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In recent years, money laundering in the property market has come under scrutiny across the world, attracting significant attention from governments, regulators, policy-makers, NGOs, academics and others. However, there remain gaps in knowledge, which is particularly important given practical difficulties in the implementation of anti-money laundering (AML) obligations. This article offers new insights into such implementation in the context of the UK AML regime and the real estate sector. The authors analyse four important issues relating to the UK AML obligations: customer due diligence (CDD); reporting suspicion; training requirements; and letting (rental) agents.Money laundering in the property market is a significant problem across the globe, yet there is limited understanding of how anti-money laundering (AML) rules are implemented in practice. This article draws on semi-structured interviews with estate agents and compliance officials in the UK to explore this often-overlooked perspective. Interviewees take AML rules seriously, however they are often faced with significant difficulties in practice. This article shows that—in the eyes of interviewees—governments and law enforcement do not understand how the sector operates. Failure to deal with this lack of understanding means that the problem of money laundering via property sales and rentals will continue.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 415-419
Issue: 5
Volume: 40
Year: 2020
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1727182
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Author-Name: Sarah Cooper
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Title: Theme: Equality in an uncertain public sector Guest editor: Sarah Cooper
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 421-422
Issue: 6
Volume: 40
Year: 2020
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1764250
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Author-Name: Baroness Barker
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Author-X-Name-Last: Barker
Title: Debate: A truly national NHS? Inclusivity in healthcare
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 422-423
Issue: 6
Volume: 40
Year: 2020
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1676544
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Author-Name: Peter Matthews
Author-X-Name-First: Peter
Author-X-Name-Last: Matthews
Title: Debate: LGBTQ rights in public services—a battle won?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 423-425
Issue: 6
Volume: 40
Year: 2020
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1676546
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Author-Name: Hyunkang Hur
Author-X-Name-First: Hyunkang
Author-X-Name-Last: Hur
Title: The role of inclusive work environment practices in promoting LGBT employee job satisfaction and commitment
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One of the most enduring issues facing public administration and public policy is discrimination against and exclusion of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) employees in the public workplace. Research on how inclusion management influences LGBT public servants’ work outcomes is limited. The US Office of Personnel Management (OPM) synthesized a construct of integrated inclusive work environment consisting of five practices thought to be important for public employee work outcomes. Social exchange theory is used in this paper to theorize about the effects of these different inclusive work environment practices on LGBT employee job satisfaction and organizational (affective) commitment. An inclusive work environment approach was found to have a positive effect on LGBT employee job satisfaction and affective commitment in federal government staff in the USA. However, individual inclusive work environment practices varied in their effects on LGBT employee job satisfaction and affective commitment.This paper enhances understanding of how LGBT employees respond to different inclusive work environment practices. LGBT employees’ job satisfaction and commitment to their organization operate differently when work environment practices are fairness-oriented, co-operation-oriented, and empowerment-oriented. There are important lessons in this paper for HR managers; top-level managment and policy-makers concerned to manage fairly and to compete for and retain talented staff.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 426-436
Issue: 6
Volume: 40
Year: 2020
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1681640
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Author-X-Name-Last: Sarter
Author-Name: Emily Thomson
Author-X-Name-First: Emily
Author-X-Name-Last: Thomson
Title: Fulfilling its promise? Strategic public procurement and the impact of equality considerations on employers’ behaviour in Scotland
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Public administration is an important force influencing equality in today’s society. Like budgetary choices, public procurement has increasingly gained attention as a means to promote equality. Yet, there are important gaps in knowledge, especially regarding how equality requirements in public procurement affect company behaviour. This paper sheds first light on the impact strategic public procurement has on employers’ behaviour. Based on empirical research, this paper highlights that companies perceive a limited prevalence of equality stipulations in Scottish public procurement practices and raises doubts about the impact of public procurement practices to create a successful business case for equality.Increasingly, public procurement is advocated as a lever to promote equality. Yet, whether and how far equality considerations affect companies’ behaviour and how the impact of public procurement as a tool to promote equality can be maximized, remains largely unknown. Addressing this increasingly important area for public administration, this paper has resonance for policy-makers and practitioners. It suggests that equality considerations in public procurement should be seen as one part of a comprehensive strategy rather than a stand-alone tool. It furthermore suggests coupling equality requirements in public procurement with the provision of effective help for SMEs to devise and implement measures to promote equality.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 437-445
Issue: 6
Volume: 40
Year: 2020
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1684615
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Author-Name: Angela O’Hagan
Author-X-Name-First: Angela
Author-X-Name-Last: O’Hagan
Author-Name: Claire MacRae
Author-X-Name-First: Claire
Author-X-Name-Last: MacRae
Author-Name: Clementine Hill O’Connor
Author-X-Name-First: Clementine Hill
Author-X-Name-Last: O’Connor
Author-Name: Paul Teedon
Author-X-Name-First: Paul
Author-X-Name-Last: Teedon
Title: Participatory budgeting, community engagement and impact on public services in Scotland
Abstract:
The institutional engagement and analysis needed to effectively integrate the requirements of equality legislation into participatory budgeting (PB) processes requires a transformational approach. Equality processes appear to exist in parallel with PB activity, rather than being operationalized as integral to the objectives and character of PB activity at local level. This paper proposes that PB and the Public Sector Equality Duty (PSED) in the Equality Act 2010 share a transformative intent and potential, but that this is undermined by siloed thinking on equalities and enduring discriminatory behaviour and practices. The paper concludes with propositions for aligning the conceptual links between equality and community empowerment and, thereby, participation in local financial decision-making in practice.Participatory budgeting (PB) has significant potential to transform the relationships between local communities and the public institutions that serve them. For public finance practitioners this means adopting different ways of working that expand and adapt to direction from communities through participative and deliberative decision-making processes. Ensuring that the diverse needs and experiences of local communities are understood and a range of voices is heard in local decision-making is essential in this process. Actively engaging with communities to advance equality and eliminate inequalities is integral to participatory decision-making and the allocation of public resources.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 446-456
Issue: 6
Volume: 40
Year: 2020
Month: 7
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Author-Name: Owen Thomas
Author-X-Name-First: Owen
Author-X-Name-Last: Thomas
Author-Name: Sarah Cooper
Author-X-Name-First: Sarah
Author-X-Name-Last: Cooper
Title: Understanding issue salience, social inequality and the (non) appointment of UK public inquiries: a new research agenda
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Why are public inquiries appointed and what factors are influential? Research shows that inquiry appointment is driven by issue salience, but how this occurs is unclear. The authors suggest that issue salience is driven by: (1) victim relatability, (2) visibility of failings and (3) perceived blameworthiness. This has three significant implications. First, highly salient issues may lead to the appointment of statutory-type inquiries, which might not be the most appropriate form to effectively address the causes of inequality. Second, if wrongdoing against minorities is not sufficiently relatable (as is often the case), there may be insufficient public salience to drive demands for an inquiry. Finally, inquiries may privilege the investigation of blameworthy behaviour and thereby overlook complex systemic flaws.Public inquiries are important tools for lesson learning in the wake of a crisis or controversy. We claim that ‘gold standard’ statutory inquiries tend to be appointed only when a crisis has publicly salient (i.e. relatable) victims, is perceived to be a result of systemic failings, and has blameworthy behaviour. It is important to appreciate that many public sector failures—particularly those in which widepsread inequality is a core concern—will often fail this threefold test, and therfore be misleadingly attributed to technical or individualized explanations, or be overlooked by government.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 457-467
Issue: 6
Volume: 40
Year: 2020
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1689635
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Author-Name: Jane Broadbent
Author-X-Name-First: Jane
Author-X-Name-Last: Broadbent
Title: Debate: PMM Live! 2019 on developing civil servants—a commentary
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 468-470
Issue: 6
Volume: 40
Year: 2020
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1701790
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Author-X-Name-First: Davide
Author-X-Name-Last: Giacomini
Title: Debate: Should there be rules governing social media use for accountability in the public sector?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 471-472
Issue: 6
Volume: 40
Year: 2020
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1687826
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Author-Name: Karen Johnston
Author-X-Name-First: Karen
Author-X-Name-Last: Johnston
Title: Debate: Failing to learn? The impact of new public management on public service innovation
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 473-474
Issue: 6
Volume: 40
Year: 2020
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1746058
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Author-Name: Franklin Akosa
Author-X-Name-First: Franklin
Author-X-Name-Last: Akosa
Author-Name: Emmanuel Yeboah-Assiamah
Author-X-Name-First: Emmanuel
Author-X-Name-Last: Yeboah-Assiamah
Author-Name: Bossman E. Asare
Author-X-Name-First: Bossman E.
Author-X-Name-Last: Asare
Author-Name: Kwame Asamoah
Author-X-Name-First: Kwame
Author-X-Name-Last: Asamoah
Author-Name: Akua Pokua Essah-Koli
Author-X-Name-First: Akua Pokua
Author-X-Name-Last: Essah-Koli
Author-Name: Paiman Ahmad
Author-X-Name-First: Paiman
Author-X-Name-Last: Ahmad
Title: Operationalization of Ghana’s civil service code of conduct
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This paper examines the internal and external challenges to the implementation of the code of conduct in the Ghana’s civil service using the Controller and Accountant Generals’ Department (CAGD) as a case study. The main internal challenges to the implementation of the civil service code of conduct at CAGD were found to be: the categories of staff affected by the code of conduct; ‘immunity’ from sanctions, nepotism; and limited checks on enforcement mechanisms. The key external challenges to the implementation of the civil service code of conduct at the CAGD are discussed in the paper and the authors make five important policy suggestions to enhance effectiveness of the implementation process. The suggestions will have value in countries with developing administrative systems.Enforcing of codes of conduct in many public sector organizations in Ghana and other developing countries can be difficult. Cronyism, nepotism and other non-merit considerations in appointments and promotions can result in employees openly flouting codes of conduct. Governments must empower their civil services to come up with well-enforced mechanisms to ensure full compliance with that country’s public sector code of conduct. This paper explains how policy-makers in developing countries can move forward to prevent code violations and to resist political interference in civil service operations.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 475-482
Issue: 6
Volume: 40
Year: 2020
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1598198
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Author-Name: Higor Leite
Author-X-Name-First: Higor
Author-X-Name-Last: Leite
Author-Name: Ian R. Hodgkinson
Author-X-Name-First: Ian R.
Author-X-Name-Last: Hodgkinson
Author-Name: Thorsten Gruber
Author-X-Name-First: Thorsten
Author-X-Name-Last: Gruber
Title: New development: ‘Healing at a distance’—telemedicine and COVID-19
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In extreme circumstances such as pandemics, the presence of patients in hospital emergency departments becomes untenable. Healthcare professionals and organizations worldwide are leaning on technology as a crucial ally to deal with the COVID-19 outbreak. This article focuses on the positive impact of telemedicine for helping service provision, from enabling virtual triage to mitigating the negative psychological effects of social isolation. The authors discuss the challenges and opportunities to telemedicine practices.This article explains how telemedicine and other e-healthcare technologies can benefit people, medical staff and healthcare systems. One of the main challenges for telemedicine in many countries is the lack of regulations. The authors call on policy-makers to facilitate wider implementation of e-healthcare technologies, while considering issues of inclusiveness, privacy and data protection. The article informs managers about the use of new technologies. Examples are provided of e-healthcare technologies implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic, for example in terms of healthcare capacity and providing support to people affected by quarantine.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 483-485
Issue: 6
Volume: 40
Year: 2020
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1748855
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Author-Name: Mauricio Gómez-Villegas
Author-X-Name-First: Mauricio
Author-X-Name-Last: Gómez-Villegas
Author-Name: Andreas Bergmann
Author-X-Name-First: Andreas
Author-X-Name-Last: Bergmann
Title: Theme: Governmental accounting and public financial management reforms in Latin AmericaGuest editors: Mauricio Gómez-Villegas and Andreas Bergmann
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 487-488
Issue: 7
Volume: 40
Year: 2020
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1788805
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Author-Name: Mauricio Gómez-Villegas
Author-X-Name-First: Mauricio
Author-X-Name-Last: Gómez-Villegas
Author-Name: Isabel Brusca
Author-X-Name-First: Isabel
Author-X-Name-Last: Brusca
Author-Name: Andreas Bergmann
Author-X-Name-First: Andreas
Author-X-Name-Last: Bergmann
Title: IPSAS in Latin America: innovation, isomorphism or rhetoric?
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Over the past 30 years, many initiatives have been undertaken to reform public administration in Latin American countries. Among other aspects, the reforms seek to improve the transparency and accountability of the public sector by modernizing public accounting and budgeting systems. The adoption of accrual accounting in the public sector has been seen as an innovation and it is driven by the implementation of IPSAS. This paper sheds light on the process of reform of public financial management in Latin America and the state of implementation of IPSAS. The paper analyses the driving forces for adopting or adapting IPSAS, as well as the obstacles and challenges in doing so.Latin America is at the forefront of the IPSAS implementation. This article analysis the factors that are contributing to this achievement. The reforms in this part of the world have the potential to become a reference for other implementation projects. The experiences and initiatives analysed in this paper will help managers and policy-makers to understand the relevance that adequate accounting systems have for public management, as well as the challenges that IPSAS implementation has in practice.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 489-498
Issue: 7
Volume: 40
Year: 2020
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1769374
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Author-Name: André Carlos Busanelli de Aquino
Author-X-Name-First: André Carlos Busanelli
Author-X-Name-Last: de Aquino
Author-Name: André Feliciano Lino
Author-X-Name-First: André Feliciano
Author-X-Name-Last: Lino
Author-Name: Ricardo Lopes Cardoso
Author-X-Name-First: Ricardo Lopes
Author-X-Name-Last: Cardoso
Author-Name: Giuseppe Grossi
Author-X-Name-First: Giuseppe
Author-X-Name-Last: Grossi
Title: Legitimating the standard-setter of public sector accounting reforms
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This paper shows how the Brazilian Treasury has developed strategies to build legitimacy in a civil law context where the legislature left a vacuum regarding the accrual accounting standard-setting mandate. While the accounting ‘rule-enforcers’ neglected to require compliance with the rules, the ‘rule-makers’ co-operated with each other to build normativity for accounting rules and eventually attempted to develop new forms of enforcement, which the ‘rule-appliers’ lobbied against.Brazil is not the only civil law country that has committed with international organizations to implement accrual accounting IPSAS and prepare whole of public sector accounts. The findings of this paper will be of value to policy-makers from other civil law countries in dealing with the assimilation of new accounting rules in a context of conflict between standard-setters and auditors.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 499-508
Issue: 7
Volume: 40
Year: 2020
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1769381
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Author-Name: Ricardo Rocha de Azevedo
Author-X-Name-First: Ricardo Rocha
Author-X-Name-Last: de Azevedo
Author-Name: André Carlos Busanelli de Aquino
Author-X-Name-First: André Carlos Busanelli
Author-X-Name-Last: de Aquino
Author-Name: Fabricio Ramos Neves
Author-X-Name-First: Fabricio Ramos
Author-X-Name-Last: Neves
Author-Name: Cleia Maria da Silva
Author-X-Name-First: Cleia Maria
Author-X-Name-Last: da Silva
Title: Deadlines and software: disentangling local government accounting reforms in Brazil
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This paper shows how ongoing accounting reforms in Brazilian local governments were affected by a shift from a universal to a gradual implementation approach. Deadlines being postponed led to a decrease in local governments’ willingness to reform. This effect varied according whether the accountants involved depended on commercial software to operate a particular accounting policy. An important finding from this research was that software providers are to some extent setting the IPSAS implementation agenda in Brazil.Moving deadlines for the adoption of new accounting rules and procedures had a major impact on public sector accounting reforms in Brazil. Politicians and mangers need to be aware of the importance of setting and sticking to deadlines, as well as backing up their deadlines with the necessary resources. More attention needs to be given to the design of IPSAS reform initiatives, as well as to the extent to which commercial software providers and private sector accounting firms can affect how governments are able to prioritize and implement accounting policies.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 509-518
Issue: 7
Volume: 40
Year: 2020
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1766203
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Author-Name: Laura Sour
Author-X-Name-First: Laura
Author-X-Name-Last: Sour
Title: New development: Integration of budget and governmental accounting in Mexican states
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Mexico recently introduced an accounting–budgeting framework compatible with the International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS). This article discusses the implementation of this framework, including the harmonization of information for the functional, administrative and economic budget categories for all Mexican states and for Mexico City. The author analysed public accounts and budgets prepared under the framework’s information requirements, as well as assessing the harmonization of accounts between the local, state and national levels of government. The results show an increase in both the amount and the harmonization of the public expenditure information being reported. This paper contributes to the literature of harmonization between financial reporting and budgeting processes (Dabbicco, G., & Mattei, G. (2020). The reconciliation of budgeting with financial reporting: A comparative study of Italy and the UK. Public Money & Management, 1–11).Good financial information is necessary for the supervision and accountability of public officials. In developed countries, budget information is considered a protection from wastefulness and corruption. By analysing how budget information at the local, state and national levels in Mexico is presented by the corresponding authorities, and by assessing how harmonized this information is across the Mexican states, this article updates practitioners regarding the quality of governmental financial information and the ‘best practices’ in the country. In addition, the article is a key resource for stakeholders working on government accounting reforms in developing countries.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 519-522
Issue: 7
Volume: 40
Year: 2020
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1763066
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Author-Name: Andrés Camilo Santos Ospina
Author-X-Name-First: Andrés Camilo
Author-X-Name-Last: Santos Ospina
Title: New development: Budgetary accounting in Colombia—arguments for a much-needed reform
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Public financial management reforms are needed in Colombia to integrate the accrual-based accounting system with budgets. This would remove the need to make accounting variations through deficit measurement and would supply better information about the impact of public policies on the country’s financial situation. This article briefly explains why Colombia needs to integrate its accounting and budgeting systems.This article argues that policy-makers need to push for a move towards an accrual-based accounting system that is integrated with the budget. The result, compared with traditional cash-based budgeting, would be greater analytical benefits for government deficit measurement and public finance sustainability analysis. In addition, it would provide the macroeconomic statistics needed to improve public financial management.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 523-526
Issue: 7
Volume: 40
Year: 2020
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1766793
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Author-Name: Carmen Alejandra Ocampo-Salazar
Author-X-Name-First: Carmen Alejandra
Author-X-Name-Last: Ocampo-Salazar
Title: New development: Governmental accounting reforms in Latin America. The case of the municipality of Medellín, Colombia
Abstract:
Government accounting reforms in Medellín (Colombia) were promoted with the adoption of New Public Management principles. The reforms began by introducing accrual accounting, using this financial information for decision-making and, finally, adopting international standardization and comparability. This article shows how and why the government of Medellín modernized its public financial management systems to achieve transparency, accountability and efficiency.This article will be of value to practitioners by showing how one major city, Medellín in Colombia, has carefully modernized its accounting and financial reporting and management. The author also identifies important challenges arising from the business governance model being adopted by public sector entities. This model reduces the political and social aspects of city governance; instead, it positions cities as a fundamental part of the global economic system. The article highlights that one of the challenges of government accounting reforms is to broaden its spectrum to incorporate logic consistent with public responsibility, rather than focusing solely on business logic.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 527-530
Issue: 7
Volume: 40
Year: 2020
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1766196
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Author-Name: Martha Liliana Arias Bello
Author-X-Name-First: Martha Liliana Arias
Author-X-Name-Last: Bello
Title: New development: Importance of accounts receivable in Colombian state entities and their impact on the preparation of financial information
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The article shows the importance of accounts receivable in the financial structure of state entities (purely government entities and state companies), and the challenge of standardizing accounting policies in order to prepare a national consolidated balance sheet. The focus is on Colombia. The research is qualitative, based on an analytical link between the nature of state entities, liquidity management and measurement in the preparation of financial information. Evidence is provided about the opportunities and limitations of the accounting regulation frameworks established for the public sector in Colombia. The author identifies future fields of research on public sector accounting and its role in accountability.This paper shows, using the case of accounts receivable in Colombia, the challenges in preparing a national balance sheet, due to variations in accounting policies and the presentation of financial information by different levels of government, such as purely government entities and state companies. The paper draws out implications for practice based on the recent implementation of international standards in Latin America, such as estimates of the impairment of accounts receivable under the International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS) and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 531-534
Issue: 7
Volume: 40
Year: 2020
Month: 10
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Author-Name: Verónica Ruz Farías
Author-X-Name-First: Verónica
Author-X-Name-Last: Ruz Farías
Title: New development: Accounting recognition of public infrastructure—applying a practical control criterion approach
Abstract:
The accounting recognition of public infrastructure can be extremely complex. This article explores and discusses the key IPSAS definitions and reviews the national accounting frameworks of some countries as regards their criteria for recognizing these assets. The author makes an important contribution to public sector accounting research by presenting a new way of recognizing public infrastructure as an asset based on the control criterion.The recognition of public infrastructure assets (for example road networks, transport infrastructure, bridges) is difficult because there is insufficient guidance in current IPSAS. Public sector entities need assistance when applying the IPSAS general recognition criteria. This article provides practical guidance on the use of ‘control’ for determining which public entity should recognize an infrastructure asset in its balance sheet. It will be of value to preparers of accounts, auditors and accounting scholars, supporting them in the process of developing specific accounting recognition criterion. This practical control criterion approach can promote consistency in the application of IPSAS and prevent double-counting or omissions of assets from accounts.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 535-539
Issue: 7
Volume: 40
Year: 2020
Month: 10
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Author-Name: Lord Michael Bichard
Author-X-Name-First: Lord
Author-X-Name-Last: Michael Bichard
Title: Editorial: An agenda for civil service change
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 541-545
Issue: 8
Volume: 40
Year: 2020
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1816304
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Author-X-Name-First: Lord David
Author-X-Name-Last: Blunkett
Title: Debate: How to adapt the civil service for an uncertain future
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 546-549
Issue: 8
Volume: 40
Year: 2020
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1785750
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Author-X-Name-First: Wolfgang
Author-X-Name-Last: Drechsler
Author-Name: Rainer Kattel
Author-X-Name-First: Rainer
Author-X-Name-Last: Kattel
Title: Debate: The developed civil servant—providing agility and stability at the same time
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 549-551
Issue: 8
Volume: 40
Year: 2020
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1729522
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Author-X-Name-First: Alexander
Author-X-Name-Last: Downer AC
Title: Debate: What do ministers expect of civil servants?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 551-552
Issue: 8
Volume: 40
Year: 2020
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1758480
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Author-X-Name-First: Rob
Author-X-Name-Last: Whiteman
Title: Debate: The future civil servant
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 553-554
Issue: 8
Volume: 40
Year: 2020
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1787610
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Author-X-Name-First: Berend
Author-X-Name-Last: van der Kolk
Title: Debate: Motivating civil servants—insights from self-determination theory
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 554-555
Issue: 8
Volume: 40
Year: 2020
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1714266
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Author-X-Name-First: Robert
Author-X-Name-Last: Pyper
Title: Debate: The British civil service—contextualizing development challenges
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 555-557
Issue: 8
Volume: 40
Year: 2020
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1778256
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Author-Name: Trevor Smith
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Title: Debate: The second management revolution rumbles on …
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 557-558
Issue: 8
Volume: 40
Year: 2020
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1757230
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Author-Name: Neil Reeder
Author-X-Name-First: Neil
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Title: Organizational culture and career development in the British civil service
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Quantitative analysis has rarely been used to assess the organizational culture of the British civil service. This paper matches a framework based on features of prominent theories against British Civil Service People Survey data for 2010–2018 for 71 organizations. The analysis shows a shift over that timescale to a culture giving significantly greater emphasis to personal development, with staff given more responsibility to achieve their organization’s mission come what may.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 559-568
Issue: 8
Volume: 40
Year: 2020
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1754576
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Author-Name: Jean Hartley
Author-X-Name-First: Jean
Author-X-Name-Last: Hartley
Author-Name: Stella Manzie
Author-X-Name-First: Stella
Author-X-Name-Last: Manzie
Title: ‘It’s every breath we take here’: Political astuteness and ethics in civil service leadership development
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This paper uses survey and interview research with senior civil servants to argue that leadership with political astuteness is a specific contextual requirement for public servants who work closely with politicians. Also important are technical skills, judgement and a sharp sense of ethics and integrity. The fine balance of political astuteness and other capabilities is shown in a framework about leading in an ethical way. Implications for the development of civil servants are considered.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 569-578
Issue: 8
Volume: 40
Year: 2020
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1777704
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Author-Name: Rodney James Scott
Author-X-Name-First: Rodney James
Author-X-Name-Last: Scott
Author-Name: Michael Macaulay
Author-X-Name-First: Michael
Author-X-Name-Last: Macaulay
Title: Making sense of New Zealand’s ‘spirit of service’: social identity and the civil service
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This paper explores the creation a more unified civil service in New Zealand with the Public Service Act 2020, which promotes the most profound changes to the public service since New Zealand’s New Public Management heyday in the late 1980s. Among its many reforms is an explicit attempt to foster a unified culture around a ‘spirit of service to the community’—a construct without fixed definition that appears to incorporate ideas of motivations and ethics. This paper shows that this unified culture can be traced through a series of key collaborative discussions that have taken place among New Zealand’s public sector chief executives. The authors present a case study to show how these collaborations contributed to a new social identity, and provided a foundation for a civil service unified by its spirit of service to the community. The paper contributes to this PMM theme by providing empirical evidence from the latest New Zealand experience; and also contributes to theory of social identity and sensemaking in creating civil service values.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 579-588
Issue: 8
Volume: 40
Year: 2020
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1735109
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Author-Name: Catherine Farrell
Author-X-Name-First: Catherine
Author-X-Name-Last: Farrell
Author-Name: Jo Hicks
Author-X-Name-First: Jo
Author-X-Name-Last: Hicks
Title: Developing public servants for the future
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The majority of UK civil servants are ‘developed’ within a particular service or profession and there is frequently very little movement into other service areas. Many current leaders therefore have limited experiences in services and organizations other than their own. This paper presents a new graduate programme for the training and development of future public leaders in Wales. The programme is a leadership and development programme for civil and public servants, exposing them to a range of services. The intention is that, through these experiences, future leaders will approach problems from a multi-service perspective, will be better networked and ready to deal with complexity. Areas of good practice are highlighted, together with some of the challenges of developing leaders in this way.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 589-596
Issue: 8
Volume: 40
Year: 2020
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1788783
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Author-Name: John Connolly
Author-X-Name-First: John
Author-X-Name-Last: Connolly
Author-Name: Robert Pyper
Author-X-Name-First: Robert
Author-X-Name-Last: Pyper
Title: Developing capacity within the British civil service: the case of the Stabilisation Unit
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This paper examines the training and development dimensions of a relatively recent entity within the British civil service—the Stabilisation Unit (SU). Now accountable to UK National Security Council, the unit came into being in 2007 in order to co-ordinate work between the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, the Department for International Development, and the Ministry of Defence in the wake of military interventions in Iraq and Afghanistan. The unit now has a broad crisis prevention and response function. This paper shows how the unit has become an important training and capacity building feature of the modern British civil service. The concluding argument is that there is considerable potential for the unit to be an organizational agent for joining-up government as part of a renewed modernization agenda for civil service learning, training and development.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 597-606
Issue: 8
Volume: 40
Year: 2020
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1750797
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Author-Name: Ramon Xifré
Author-X-Name-First: Ramon
Author-X-Name-Last: Xifré
Title: New development: Eloquent silence—civil service career development in the EU financial assistance programmes conditionality
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This article examines how civil servants’ career development was treated in the loan-driven EU reform recommendations for Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Ireland and Spain in the aftermath of the 2007–2008 global financial crisis. Neither the European Commission (EC), nor the ‘Troika’, made any proposals for reforming the career development of those countries’ civil services. This omission is dysfunctional given the otherwise ambitious reform agenda the EC required from these countries in order to grant them financial support.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 607-610
Issue: 8
Volume: 40
Year: 2020
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1724400
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Author-Name: Pan Suk Kim
Author-X-Name-First: Pan Suk
Author-X-Name-Last: Kim
Title: New development: Competency assessment system and practice in government—the South Korean experience
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Many advanced countries have introduced competency assessment to define the necessary abilities for effective job performance—linking key human resource management and leadership development activities to ensure organizations have competent employees. Competency management is the subject of considerable attention worldwide, but the concept is not well researched. This article reviews the South Korean government’s competency assessment system and explains how it can be adapted to develop civil servants.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 611-614
Issue: 8
Volume: 40
Year: 2020
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1802891
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Author-Name: Thomas Elston
Author-X-Name-First: Thomas
Author-X-Name-Last: Elston
Author-Name: Gwyn Bevan
Author-X-Name-First: Gwyn
Author-X-Name-Last: Bevan
Title: New development: Scarcity, policy gambles, and ‘one-shot bias’—training civil servants to speak truth to power
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Allocating scarce resources to meet policy objectives incurs opportunity costs. A vital element of ‘speaking truth to power’ thus involves officials advising ministers on the opportunity costs of high-risk ‘pet projects’. In democracies, the brevity of ministerial office can produce ‘one-shot bias’—radical policy-making that deploys ministers’ time-limited powers to the full, yet risks producing significant opportunity costs for public service organizations. Examples include the UK’s recent social security, healthcare and European policies. Training in the economics of organization, development of new techniques for coping with uncertainty in opportunity-cost estimates, and stronger incentives for decision-makers to consider ‘benefits foregone’ by their actions could all provide greater protection against the downsides of one-shot bias.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 615-618
Issue: 8
Volume: 40
Year: 2020
Month: 11
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Author-Name: Andrew Massey
Author-X-Name-First: Andrew
Author-X-Name-Last: Massey
Title: Editorial: ‘The seamless web of circumstance’
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 1-4
Issue: 1
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 01
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1835291
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Author-Name: Lorraine Johnston
Author-X-Name-First: Lorraine
Author-X-Name-Last: Johnston
Author-Name: John Fenwick
Author-X-Name-First: John
Author-X-Name-Last: Fenwick
Title: Debate: Sub-national governance in England—institutions and places
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 5-6
Issue: 1
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1789312
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Author-Name: Magdalena Musiał-Karg
Author-X-Name-First: Magdalena
Author-X-Name-Last: Musiał-Karg
Author-Name: Izabela Kapsa
Author-X-Name-First: Izabela
Author-X-Name-Last: Kapsa
Title: Debate: Voting challenges in a pandemic—Poland
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 6-8
Issue: 1
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1809791
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Author-Name: Robert Krimmer
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Author-X-Name-Last: Krimmer
Author-Name: David Duenas-Cid
Author-X-Name-First: David
Author-X-Name-Last: Duenas-Cid
Author-Name: Iuliia Krivonosova
Author-X-Name-First: Iuliia
Author-X-Name-Last: Krivonosova
Title: Debate: safeguarding democracy during pandemics. Social distancing, postal, or internet voting—the good, the bad or the ugly?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 8-10
Issue: 1
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1766222
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Author-Name: Sandra Cohen
Author-X-Name-First: Sandra
Author-X-Name-Last: Cohen
Author-Name: Francesca Manes Rossi
Author-X-Name-First: Francesca Manes
Author-X-Name-Last: Rossi
Author-Name: Eugenio Caperchione
Author-X-Name-First: Eugenio
Author-X-Name-Last: Caperchione
Author-Name: Isabel Brusca
Author-X-Name-First: Isabel
Author-X-Name-Last: Brusca
Title: Debate: If not now, then when? Covid-19 as an accelerator for public sector accrual accounting in Europe
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 10-12
Issue: 1
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 01
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1834714
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Author-Name: Thomas Ahrens
Author-X-Name-First: Thomas
Author-X-Name-Last: Ahrens
Author-Name: Laurence Ferry
Author-X-Name-First: Laurence
Author-X-Name-Last: Ferry
Title: Debate: What support should local government expect from accounting during a sudden crisis such as Covid-19?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 12-14
Issue: 1
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 01
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1825163
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Author-Name: Shabana Naveed
Author-X-Name-First: Shabana
Author-X-Name-Last: Naveed
Author-Name: Yaamina Salman
Author-X-Name-First: Yaamina
Author-X-Name-Last: Salman
Title: Debate: Governance networks for public service delivery—panacea or puzzle?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 14-16
Issue: 1
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1719771
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Author-Name: Robert Krimmer
Author-X-Name-First: Robert
Author-X-Name-Last: Krimmer
Author-Name: David Duenas-Cid
Author-X-Name-First: David
Author-X-Name-Last: Duenas-Cid
Author-Name: Iuliia Krivonosova
Author-X-Name-First: Iuliia
Author-X-Name-Last: Krivonosova
Title: New methodology for calculating cost-efficiency of different ways of voting: is internet voting cheaper?
Abstract:
New ways of voting in elections are being sought by electoral administrations worldwide who want to reverse declining voter turnouts without increasing electoral budgets. This paper presents a novel approach to cost accounting for multi-channel elections based on local elections in Estonia. By doing so, it addresses an important gap in the academic literature in this field. The authors confirm that internet voting was most cost-efficient voting channel offered to Estonian voters.This paper presents a new, proven methodology for calculating the cost-efficiencies of various ways of voting. The authors provide rare data on electoral costs, including costs ranging from stationery to depreciation costs and provide a detailed cost breakdown of activities. The findings will have direct practical implications for electoral management bodies and policy-makers around the world.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 17-26
Issue: 1
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1732027
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Author-Name: Tom Overmans
Author-X-Name-First: Tom
Author-X-Name-Last: Overmans
Title: Moving from talk to action: Implementing austerity-driven change
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Organizational change is often proposed as a solution to austerity. Implementing change when there is no budget, however, is difficult. This paper explains how a major Dutch city implemented radical changes in the wake of the global financial crisis. The paper relates the change programme to eight accepted determinants of successful change. Drawing on the experience of 65 employees, the author explores three catalysts for success, which he calls ‘acts of implementation’. The paper explains why successful implementation of austerity-driven change is not just a matter of complying with eight static success conditions but also of crafting dynamic acts that fits the specific context of austerity. Implementers have to deal with politics, resistance and ambiguity to move from talk to action.Practising innovation during fiscal crises is notoriously difficult because there is no time to waste, and no money for reforms. Realizing organizational change in the midst of crisis is a strike with little chance of success. Managers and policy-makers can learn from this paper how their colleagues in a large Dutch city successfully implemented radical austerity-driven change by focusing on specific contextual factors. They can learn how these managers have accepted and used political interference, how they anticipated resistance to change, and how they established and aimed for multiple aspects of success.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 27-35
Issue: 1
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1665362
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Author-Name: Lynda Taylor
Author-X-Name-First: Lynda
Author-X-Name-Last: Taylor
Author-Name: Kirsten Greenhalgh
Author-X-Name-First: Kirsten
Author-X-Name-Last: Greenhalgh
Author-Name: Peter Murphy
Author-X-Name-First: Peter
Author-X-Name-Last: Murphy
Title: Accountability for performance in English and Scottish fire and rescue services from 2010 to 2016
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Using evidence from English and Scottish fire and rescue services from 2010 to 2016, this paper shows how divergent performance management regimes can affect public accountability. Performance management regimes enable agencies and the public to hold public sector organizations accountable by facilitating evaluation of their accomplishments. However, local as opposed to central, control over performance management can have quite different implications for public accountability.The findings reported in this paper will encourage public sector policy-makers and managers to reflect upon how far particular performance management regimes enable them to facilitate improved accountability to the communities they serve. On one hand, localism policies can lead to deficits in accountability. On the other, policies that focus on centralized targets and independent scrutiny can deliver stronger accountability while maintaining local responsiveness.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 36-45
Issue: 1
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1672928
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Author-Name: Alessandro Hinna
Author-X-Name-First: Alessandro
Author-X-Name-Last: Hinna
Author-Name: Fabian Homberg
Author-X-Name-First: Fabian
Author-X-Name-Last: Homberg
Author-Name: Danila Scarozza
Author-X-Name-First: Danila
Author-X-Name-Last: Scarozza
Author-Name: Valentina Verdini
Author-X-Name-First: Valentina
Author-X-Name-Last: Verdini
Title: Public service motivation and public sector employment preference: Comparing Italian and British students
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Previous research has suggested that an individual’s public service motivation (PSM) is positively linked to a preference for public sector employment. The authors explore this link using a sample of British and Italian undergraduate students. They found a positive relationship between PSM and public sector job preferences among Italian students but not with the British students. The UK has implemented more NPM-style reforms than Italy and this could be impacting on public sector recruitment. Implications for recruitment and retention the public sector are discussed.Continuous reform pressure in many countries makes public sector employment highly unattractive to young job market candidates. Based on the results of a comparative analysis of public service motivation (PSM) and attraction to working in the public sector in Italy and the UK, the authors discuss institutional and managerial problem areas that lead to young graduates taking employment in the private or not-for-profit sector.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 46-54
Issue: 1
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1648003
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Author-Name: Alistair Brown
Author-X-Name-First: Alistair
Author-X-Name-Last: Brown
Title: The accountable governance of provincial governments of a Pacific island country
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Using the theory of indigenous alternatives and a benchmark of indigenous financial reporting expectations, this paper examines the challenges to accountable governance of the nine provincial governments of the Solomon Islands for the years 1998 to 2017. Every provincial government consistently received disclaimed or qualified opinions from the state auditor. The author explains why the regional development of all provinces of the Solomon Islands could be improved if rudimentary forms of financial reporting were to be addressed.This paper has important lessons for regions seeking devolution, for example the quality of bookkeeping. Developing countries are warned that the assistance provided by outside agencies on the devolution process may sometimes be limited; the use of local knowledge might be a better way of meeting local reporting expectations.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 55-64
Issue: 1
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1665363
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Author-Name: Toby S. James
Author-X-Name-First: Toby S.
Author-X-Name-Last: James
Title: New development: Running elections during a pandemic
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The Covid-19 pandemic posed a profound challenge for the delivery of elections worldwide. Elections are indispensable for democracy, but the high volume of human interactions within the electoral process risked spreading the virus. Electoral officials therefore found themselves planning or managing an election during an emergency situation, often for the first time. This article argues that there are several major organizational ‘elephant traps’ that polities will need to side-step during pandemics in order to safely protect the healthy running of elections.Elections often take place in during emergency situations such as pandemics, floods, earthquakes and hurricanes. In order to secure electoral integrity, this article encourages governments, legislators and electoral management bodies to: build political consensuses, consider the impact on the whole electoral cycle, include a wide range of stakeholders in meetings, invest in sufficient resources, undertake risk assessments and avoid late major changes to electoral law.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 65-68
Issue: 1
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1783084
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Author-Name: Deborah Agostino
Author-X-Name-First: Deborah
Author-X-Name-Last: Agostino
Author-Name: Michela Arnaboldi
Author-X-Name-First: Michela
Author-X-Name-Last: Arnaboldi
Author-Name: Melisa Diaz Lema
Author-X-Name-First: Melisa Diaz
Author-X-Name-Last: Lema
Title: New development: COVID-19 as an accelerator of digital transformation in public service delivery
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In an unexpected circumstance, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, public service delivery cannot be suspended, but must be delivered online, relying on the available digital technology. Social media, specifically, have been widely used to reach a broader portion of the population. This article discusses the digital acceleration that governments and organizations are now facing. The focus is on Italian state museums, which have been pushed for years to adopt digital tools to increase participation. This article highlights three main dilemmas in service delivery: user engagement; planning and control; and costs. The three dilemmas show the social and organizational challenges connected to digital transformation, underlining the issues that organizations will have to face in the future and not just in an emergency such as COVID-19.How should public sector institutions use digital technologies for service delivery in unexpected circumstances, such as the COVID-19 pandemic? Starting from the empirical setting of 100 Italian state museums, this article shows how digital technologies, and social media particularly, can be a powerful tool for public service delivery when an onsite service cannot be provided. The authors explain the benefits of online service delivery, for example broader audiences and new ways of interacting with users. They also highlight areas that need discussion and further research, for example whether online services should be provided with a fee or free and the trade-off between carefully planning a digital transformation and reacting promptly to catastrophic events.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 69-72
Issue: 1
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1764206
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Author-Name: Xiaohu Wang
Author-X-Name-First: Xiaohu
Author-X-Name-Last: Wang
Author-Name: Hanyu Xiao
Author-X-Name-First: Hanyu
Author-X-Name-Last: Xiao
Author-Name: Bo Yan
Author-X-Name-First: Bo
Author-X-Name-Last: Yan
Author-Name: Jingyuan Xu
Author-X-Name-First: Jingyuan
Author-X-Name-Last: Xu
Title: New development: Administrative accountability and early responses during public health crises—lessons from Covid-19 in China
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The administrative accountability system in China has evolved during public health crises. By holding public officials accountable, the system hopes to improve their performance during emergencies. However, Covid-19 exposed an unexpected effect of the system. Instead of incentivizing public officials to take responsibility, it may have discouraged them from making timely, but potentially risky, decisions. Based on a holistic case analysis of the early response in Wuhan city, the authors demonstrate the lessons learnt and a way to improve the system. The case adds to an increasing academic literature on responsible risk-taking behaviours and decisions under uncertainties, extending the academic discussion by providing the critical contextual information for such behaviours and decisions in China.Tolerating decision errors under uncertainty can improve early responses to public health emergencies like Covid-19 in China. This article shows that integrating an error-tolerance mechanism in an evolving accountability system can encourage responsible risk-taking by governmental officials. A well-designed error-tolerance mechanism that distinguishes between errors to tolerate and errors to punish can encourage proactive actions and prevent tardiness under threat of an incoming infectious disease. Readers who can benefit from this study include policy-makers and managers in government, especially those who work in infectious disease prevention and response, emergency management, or any other public services in which decisions under uncertainties are common.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 73-76
Issue: 1
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1819012
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Author-Name: Denita Cepiku
Author-X-Name-First: Denita
Author-X-Name-Last: Cepiku
Author-Name: Filippo Giordano
Author-X-Name-First: Filippo
Author-X-Name-Last: Giordano
Author-Name: Tony Bovaird
Author-X-Name-First: Tony
Author-X-Name-Last: Bovaird
Author-Name: Elke Loeffler
Author-X-Name-First: Elke
Author-X-Name-Last: Loeffler
Title: New development: Managing the Covid-19 pandemic—from a hospital-centred model of care to a community co-production approach
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Covid-19 is not only a crisis of intensive care but a social and humanitarian crisis. Until mass vaccination is undertaken, control of contagion will rely on responsible behaviour by citizens. Strategies for fighting Covid-19 in different regions of Italy have shown that an area-specific approach, not just hospital-focused, pays off. This article proposes a community co-production approach, in the light of discussions with politicians and key health decision-makers and actors.Preventing the spread of Covid-19 can mainly be achieved by social, not medical, means. Decision-makers should be aware that a strategy of relying only on the acute health system, placing a high burden on community-based public services, without any systematic attempt to co-ordinate or support the expansion of these services, is likely to fail. This article explains the benefits of a community co-production strategy.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 77-80
Issue: 1
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1821445
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Author-Name: Mark Exworthy
Author-X-Name-First: Mark
Author-X-Name-Last: Exworthy
Author-Name: Sarah Lafond
Author-X-Name-First: Sarah
Author-X-Name-Last: Lafond
Title: New development: Commercialization of the English National Health Service: a necessity in times of financial austerity?
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This article examines income received by National Health Service (NHS) providers from non-NHS sources. In 2015–2016, it amounted to 9.1% of their revenue. In the English NHS, there is an increasing reliance on non-NHS income to provide revenue for NHS organizations, due in part to government’s austere financial plans. This article is the first comprehensive analysis of these financial data for all English organizations. It provides new evidence in the ongoing debate about the nature and values of public service organisations and the role of commercial imperatives.The commercialization strategies of public organizations affects the nature and content of the public services they deliver. It also has ethical implications for staff who enact these strategies. This article examines the commercial income of health organizations in England following a relaxation of rules allowing them to increase their commercial income, for example from car parking, land sales, renting out retail space on hospital grounds, partnerships with pharmaceutical businesses, clinical trials and providing clinical services to private patients and international medical tourists. The authors raise important questions about the extent of commercial imperatives in the English NHS.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 81-84
Issue: 1
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 1
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1795359
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Author-Name: Nives Botica Redmayne
Author-X-Name-First: Nives Botica
Author-X-Name-Last: Redmayne
Author-Name: Vesna Vašiček
Author-X-Name-First: Vesna
Author-X-Name-Last: Vašiček
Title: Editorial: Public sector reporting in different countries—challenges and opportunities
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 85-87
Issue: 2
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 02
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1854974
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Author-Name: Dimu Ehalaiye
Author-X-Name-First: Dimu
Author-X-Name-Last: Ehalaiye
Author-Name: Nives Botica Redmayne
Author-X-Name-First: Nives Botica
Author-X-Name-Last: Redmayne
Author-Name: Fawzi Laswad
Author-X-Name-First: Fawzi
Author-X-Name-Last: Laswad
Title: Does accounting information contribute to a better understanding of public assets management? The case of local government infrastructural assets.
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The authors examine whether the publicly-available accounting information about infrastructural assets and other information in New Zealand local government’s financial statements is helpful for the assessment of investment in infrastructural assets. Their analysis indicates that information on annual net investments for infrastructural assets is useful for understanding the level and type of infrastructural assets investments and how these assets are funded. Further, such investment focuses more on visible infrastructural assets than invisible infrastructural assets. This study contributes to the literature on the reporting and management of public infrastructure assets.Local government in many countries is responsible for investing and maintaining infrastructural assets and is often accused of under-investing in these assets. Information published in local government financial statements can assist in assessing the level of funding sources for infrastructural assets and the choices that local government makes in relation to which types of assets are funded. This paper’s finding that local government allocates more funding to visible, rather than invisible, infrastructural assets has important policy implications for the sustainability of invisible infrastructural assets and will be of interest to both local and central governments.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 88-98
Issue: 2
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 2
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1719669
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Author-Name: Tatjana Jovanović
Author-X-Name-First: Tatjana
Author-X-Name-Last: Jovanović
Author-Name: Vesna Vašiček
Author-X-Name-First: Vesna
Author-X-Name-Last: Vašiček
Title: The role and application of accounting and budgeting information in government financial management process—a qualitative study in Slovenia
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The usefulness of accounting information for the design, planning and execution of the national budgeting process depends on a number of factors, such as the horizontal and vertical organization of government bodies, the structure of the state administration, adequate and timely reporting of relevant data, data interpretation and analytics. This paper focuses on the analysis of the role and application of accounting and budgeting information in Slovenia, as well as reporting in the national budgeting process. Structured interviews with prominent experts in the field were used as the main data collection technique. The results reveal the limited usefulness of the information offered by the accounting system for budgeting purposes and several collateral findings. These findings could be used as a starting point in the reform of Slovenian public financial management, as well as in similar countries.The findings of this Slovenian study will be of importance to regulators, reformers and officials in other, similar, countries that are transitioning from cash-based accounting to accrual accounting and consequently redesigning their public sector accounting and budgeting systems. The paper reveals factors that should be reconsidered before reforming the public sector accounting and budgeting systems, such as having sound political support and the commitment of all stakeholders, as well as public and professional supervision at the later stages.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 99-106
Issue: 2
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 2
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1724405
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Author-Name: Beatriz Cuadrado-Ballesteros
Author-X-Name-First: Beatriz
Author-X-Name-Last: Cuadrado-Ballesteros
Author-Name: Marco Bisogno
Author-X-Name-First: Marco
Author-X-Name-Last: Bisogno
Title: Public sector accounting reforms and the quality of governance
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This paper focuses on two key issues that characterize the current public financial management debate—the quality of governance, and public sector accounting reforms. After investigating a sample of 33 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries for the period 2010–2014, the authors suggest that states which have implemented public sector accounting reforms (through the adoption of accrual based accounting systems and the implementation of International Public Sector Accounting Standards) have a higher level of governance quality. More specifically, their results suggest a positive influence on the level of accountability, government effectiveness, regulation quality, the rule of law, and controlling corruption; while political stability is not affected by such reforms.This paper presents evidence from 33 countries that adopting accrual accounting and implementing International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS) will improve the quality of governance. These findings suggest these two public sector accounting reforms can solve the agency problem between politicians and citizens and, by doing so, can improve governance. Opportunistic behaviour of politicians can be reduced with standardized and harmonized accounting information.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 107-117
Issue: 2
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 2
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1724665
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Author-Name: Gorana Roje
Author-X-Name-First: Gorana
Author-X-Name-Last: Roje
Author-Name: Nives Botica Redmayne
Author-X-Name-First: Nives Botica
Author-X-Name-Last: Redmayne
Title: On the management and financial reporting for state assets—a comparative analysis between Croatia and New Zealand
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This paper analyses management and financial reporting for state assets in two countries: Croatia and New Zealand (NZ). Therefore, it compares a ‘novice’ country in terms of public sector assets treatment with a ‘mature’ one. The authors use a qualitative research method, reviewing relevant institutional and non-institutional documents in the field of management and accounting for assets in public sector. They conclude that the possibility of applying developed countries’ experiences and wider international trends for state assets management in ‘transition’ countries depends greatly on a variety of factors that have influenced the development of those countries and factors that encompass both specific national and international forces. The paper contributes to the existing literature on management, accounting and reporting for state assets in different jurisdictions.How public sector assets should be accounted for and managed has been debated for over 30 years. Recent discussion has included whether or not it is possible to apply developed countries’ experiences to transitioning countries. This paper compares reporting and management in New Zealand (NZ) and Croatia and will be of value to national and international standard setters and political and professional bodies in the EU.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 118-126
Issue: 2
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 2
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1723261
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Author-Name: Giovanna Dabbicco
Author-X-Name-First: Giovanna
Author-X-Name-Last: Dabbicco
Author-Name: Giorgia Mattei
Author-X-Name-First: Giorgia
Author-X-Name-Last: Mattei
Title: The reconciliation of budgeting with financial reporting: A comparative study of Italy and the UK
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This paper provides a comparative analysis of the development of public sector accounting systems in Italy and the UK. By analysing the differences in practices and technical aspects regarding the budgeting and accounting processes of these two countries, the authors identify best practices from these countries’ experiences of public sector accounting reforms across all levels of government. While both countries were inspired by New Public Management-based principles, the results show their different points of development in addressing the needs of parliament and the public and the links and interrelationships between budgeting and accounting.Uniformity and alignment of practices in public finance reporting systems aids in the understanding of the relationships between financial reporting and budgeting processes. The authors explain how this is being achieved in the UK and compare it with the resistant-to-change traditional budgetary accounting systems in Italy, where a mostly secondary role is assigned to accrual accounting and there is a weak understanding of the relationships between financial reporting and budgeting. Lessons and best practices are identified that will be valuable for the future development of government accounting reforms in other countries.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 127-137
Issue: 2
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 2
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1708059
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Author-Name: Giuseppe Nicolo
Author-X-Name-First: Giuseppe
Author-X-Name-Last: Nicolo
Author-Name: Gianluca Zanellato
Author-X-Name-First: Gianluca
Author-X-Name-Last: Zanellato
Author-Name: Francesca Manes-Rossi
Author-X-Name-First: Francesca
Author-X-Name-Last: Manes-Rossi
Author-Name: Adriana Tiron-Tudor
Author-X-Name-First: Adriana
Author-X-Name-Last: Tiron-Tudor
Title: Corporate reporting metamorphosis: empirical findings from state-owned enterprises
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Grounded in legitimacy theory, this paper contributes to the study of integrated reporting (IR) practices in the public sector, focusing on state-owned enterprises (SOEs)—organizations situated at the boundary between the public and private sector. The findings demonstrate a fair degree of compliance with IR framework (IRF) requirements and identify size, social and environmental sensitivity and conciseness as relevant determinants. Empirical research on IR in the public sector has, to date, been minimal.The level of compliance by European state-owned enterprises (SOEs) with the integrated reporting framework (IRF) is investigated in this paper. Possible determinants of levels of disclosure are also explored. The results show high compliance by large entities, as well as by organizations in environmental and socially sensitive sectors in respect to issues traditionally disclosed in financial reporting. However, there is still limited disclosure of forward-looking content elements. Standard setters and policy-makers might consider these results as a stimulus to develop specific guidelines to support the preparation of more holistic reports by public sector entities and specifically SOEs.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 138-147
Issue: 2
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 2
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1719633
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Author-Name: James Cleaver
Author-X-Name-First: James
Author-X-Name-Last: Cleaver
Title: Debate: We need to change the culture of reliance on inappropriate uses of journal metrics—a publisher’s viewpoint
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 148-150
Issue: 2
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 2
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1759863
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Author-Name: Pete Murphy
Author-X-Name-First: Pete
Author-X-Name-Last: Murphy
Author-Name: Katarzyna Lakoma
Author-X-Name-First: Katarzyna
Author-X-Name-Last: Lakoma
Title: Debate: Public audit, the Redmond review, and the use of public interest reports
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 150-151
Issue: 2
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 2
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1821505
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Author-Name: John Antony Xavier
Author-X-Name-First: John Antony
Author-X-Name-Last: Xavier
Author-Name: Noore Alam Siddiquee
Author-X-Name-First: Noore Alam
Author-X-Name-Last: Siddiquee
Author-Name: Mohd Zin Mohamed
Author-X-Name-First: Mohd Zin
Author-X-Name-Last: Mohamed
Title: Public management reform in the post-NPM era: lessons from Malaysia’s National Blue Ocean Strategy (NBOS)
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Inspired by its private sector equivalent, Malaysia introduced the national blue ocean strategy (NBOS) in 2009 to provide a leap in value in public service delivery at a relatively low cost. Despite commendable progress, the implementation of the NBOS reform has some problems. These include governance structure, uptake by collaborating organizations and the relative knowledge and understanding of the NBOS at lower levels of the hierarchy. Nevertheless, the NBOS offers an important emergent paradigm of value innovation.This paper provides some important learning points for civil servants, policy-makers and others who want to see public sector reforms succeed. One key message of the paper is that sustained leadership and commitment at the highest political and bureaucratic level are critical to success. An effective governance structure is also required, as well as a combination of top-down and bottom-up approaches to design and execution, and a collaborative culture. Therefore, it is important for policy-makers and practitioners to engage with all stakeholders, including employees at lower levels in the bureaucracy. The mindset and knowledge of the staff at these levels should be attuned to the implementation effort. Policy planners and practitioners should also consult citizens for a better customization of the reform effort.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 152-160
Issue: 2
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 2
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1678815
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Author-Name: Hedva Vinarski Peretz
Author-X-Name-First: Hedva Vinarski
Author-X-Name-Last: Peretz
Title: A perspective on organizational decline in the public sector: A case study
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This paper focuses on organizational decline among public sector agencies with particular emphasis on the causes which intensify this decline. The paper employs resource dependence theory to explain the way over-dependence relationships involving governments and their organization likely intensifies organizational decline conditions. The author analyses the causes of prolonged decline in the Israeli firefighting services. The findings show how weaknesses in the implementation of government policy, deliberate and ongoing disdain of recommendations and critique from the state comptroller and a systematic reduction in budgets intensified organizational decline. The conclusions underscore the insight that effective measures to prevent or remedy organizational decline in the public setting require prior identification and understanding of its major causes.This paper, by explaining the causes of a prolonged decline in the Israeli firefighting services, provides managers and policy-makers with important insights and valuable lessons. First, over-dependence relationships involving governments and their organizations intensified organizational decline conditions. While public sector organizations perform in a world of resource dependence, managerial strategy should recognize the nature of the organization’s dependence on the environment. Second, the paper discusses the important topic of the organizational life-cycle by focusing on the crucial stage of organizational decline that most, if not all, organizations experience. Adopting a proactive organizational approach by incorporating an organizational life-cycle model into a management strategy may provide a road map that will identify critical decline conditions and the appropriate responses, formalize organizational procedures and systems, and revise organizational priorities. Leaders need to recognize when to change past strategies or practices while they face organizational decline conditions. This kind of reflection-on-action is an important opportunity for learning and development—both for those who manage organizations and those who study them.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 161-171
Issue: 2
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 2
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1665360
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Author-Name: Stephen P. Osborne
Author-X-Name-First: Stephen P.
Author-X-Name-Last: Osborne
Author-Name: Maria Cucciniello
Author-X-Name-First: Maria
Author-X-Name-Last: Cucciniello
Author-Name: Greta Nasi
Author-X-Name-First: Greta
Author-X-Name-Last: Nasi
Author-Name: Kirsty Strokosch
Author-X-Name-First: Kirsty
Author-X-Name-Last: Strokosch
Title: New development: Strategic user orientation in public services delivery—the missing link in the strategic trinity?
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This article explores the application of strategic planning and management to public service organizations (PSOs). It argues that the impact of these approaches has been limited by the absence of an underlying strategic orientation towards value creation that would provide a value base upon which to embed these approaches within PSOs. It argues further for such an orientation to privilege the need for public services to add value to the lives of citizens and service users and not to focus solely upon internal measures of efficiency and performance.This article provides direct guidance to public service policy-makers and managers on the importance of a strategic orientation in order to enhance the impact of public services upon citizens and public service users. It provides advice as to how to enact and take forward such an orientation within public service organizations.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 172-175
Issue: 2
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 2
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1758401
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Author-Name: Bianca Mann
Author-X-Name-First: Bianca
Author-X-Name-Last: Mann
Author-Name: Peter Christoph Lorson
Author-X-Name-First: Peter Christoph
Author-X-Name-Last: Lorson
Title: New development: The first-time adoption of uniform public sector accounting standards—a German case study
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The German state of Hesse switched in 2015 from its own accounting practice, based on the country’s private sector commercial code (the Handelsgesetzbuch), to the German public sector accounting standards (Standards Staatlicher Doppik: ‘SsD’). Hesse was the earliest adopter of accrual accounting and the only state in Germany whose consolidated financial statements were audited by an external audit company. This article examines Hesse’s critical areas of non-compliance with the SsD and the potential impact on comparability and transparency objectives and thus contributes to the literature on harmonization of accounting systems, extends the literature on areas of conflict between differing accounting rules in the public context and gives an exemplary case study of the situation in Germany.The article updates academics and practitioners on the state of accrual-based public sector accounting in Germany. The analysis reveals challenges in the implementation of new uniform standards (Standards Staatlicher Doppik: SsD), leading to a weakening of comparability and transparency objectives. The article provides standard-setters with insights into critical implementation aspects, such as choices between simplified rules and more realistic and useful accounting policies. The article demonstrates the importance of dialogue with early adopters of new standards. The findings will also be of significance for the European Public Sector Accounting Standards (EPSAS) project.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 176-180
Issue: 2
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 2
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1672931
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Author-Name: Francesco Capalbo
Author-X-Name-First: Francesco
Author-X-Name-Last: Capalbo
Author-Name: David Watkins
Author-X-Name-First: David
Author-X-Name-Last: Watkins
Author-Name: Ileana Steccolini
Author-X-Name-First: Ileana
Author-X-Name-Last: Steccolini
Author-Name: Federico Alvino
Author-X-Name-First: Federico
Author-X-Name-Last: Alvino
Title: Editorial: IPSASB and academia: a promising co-operation
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 181-183
Issue: 3
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 04
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1873593
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Author-Name: Josette Caruana
Author-X-Name-First: Josette
Author-X-Name-Last: Caruana
Title: The proposed IPSAS on measurement for public sector financial reporting—recycling or reiteration?
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This paper analyses the value of the IPSASB’s approach in the consultation paper on the measurement of assets and liabilities in public sector financial reporting. It shows that reference to extant standards results in a patchwork of data that may be more confusing than guiding. The paper concludes that if the proposed Exposure Draft purports to consolidate accounting theory on measurement for the public sector, it should refer to public sector accounting practices rather than concepts that have evolved from private sector accounting practices. Such an approach would strengthen accountability and transparency of the public sector because financial reporting would be compliant with a relevant suite of standards.IMPACTThis paper highlights the paradoxical strategy adopted by the IPSASB when referring to private sector concepts in the process of developing standards for the public sector. Instead of providing guidelines that promote better accounting practices, the result seems to be complicated proposals that confuse the user. The IPSASB should mitigate this confusion by first revising and updating the measurement chapter in its Conceptual Framework (CF). The IPSASB needs to examine the status quo and reconsider whether a separate standard on measurement is really necessary, or whether it would be sufficient to align existing standards with the updated CF. This paper needs to be read by public sector accounting standard setters; and it will also be of interest to practitioners and academics.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 184-191
Issue: 3
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 04
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1873594
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Author-Name: Annemarie Conrath-Hargreaves
Author-X-Name-First: Annemarie
Author-X-Name-Last: Conrath-Hargreaves
Author-Name: Jens Heiling
Author-X-Name-First: Jens
Author-X-Name-Last: Heiling
Author-Name: Sonja Wüstemann
Author-X-Name-First: Sonja
Author-X-Name-Last: Wüstemann
Title: Recursivity in standard setting processes: the measurement case of fair value and market value
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Very little research has been published about how the conceptual underpinnings of standards developed at the global level might impact on their potential implementation at the local level and vice versa. Inspired by a normative approach to standard setting, this paper draws on the framework of recursivity to explore the role of the measurement objective and bases, as identified in the standard setting processes of the International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board (IPSASB). This paper contributes to the scarce literature on accounting standard setting processes in the public sector by addressing how conceptual underpinnings of standards developed by international standard setters at the global level may impact standard setting on the local level, and vice versa.IMPACTThe paper aims to contribute to our understanding of standard setting processes in public sector accounting by drawing on the measurement issue of fair value versus market value. The analysis highlights that uncertainty as to the meaning terms carry can lead to confusion at both the global and the local level, in particular, when the identification of measurement bases does not follow from the measurement objective. This is of practical relevance as it points to the importance of consistency in standard setting to avoid conceptual mismatches between the global and the local, which may endanger the global standard setter’s legitimacy. The paper offers a basis for policy-makers and managers to discuss conceptual mismatches between national and international accounting standards and the impact these decisions have on future accounting standard setting projects, not only at the global but also at the local level.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 192-202
Issue: 3
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 04
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1874125
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Author-Name: Rosa Lombardi
Author-X-Name-First: Rosa
Author-X-Name-Last: Lombardi
Author-Name: Federico Schimperna
Author-X-Name-First: Federico
Author-X-Name-Last: Schimperna
Author-Name: Margherita Smarra
Author-X-Name-First: Margherita
Author-X-Name-Last: Smarra
Author-Name: Marco Sorrentino
Author-X-Name-First: Marco
Author-X-Name-Last: Sorrentino
Title: Accounting for infrastructure assets in the public sector: The state of the art in academic research and international standards setting
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The political, social and economic importance of public sector infrastructure assets means that they need to be accurately accounted for in financial statements. Research interest in this issue grew in the mid 1980s as a result of concerns over the deterioration of public infrastructure and as a consequence of the shift towards the use of accrual accounting in the public sector. After more than 30 years of debate, there is still no consensus in the academic literature regarding the best accounting treatment for infrastructure assets. Following a request from the International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board (IPSASB), the authors examined the existing international literature to define the state of the art in academic research. In this paper, they also examine and compare different countries’ approaches to standard setting in this area. This paper looks at the seven key issues identified by IPSASB.IMPACTInfrastructure assets in the public sector account for a large proportion of total assets and are a major source of government spending but, in spite of their importance, there is no consensus about the proper accounting treatment for these economic resources in either the academic literature or at the standard setting level. This paper brings policy-makers and practitioners up to date with this issue, analysing and comparing the main accounting rules at international level.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 203-212
Issue: 3
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 04
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1840761
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Author-Name: Giovanna Dabbicco
Author-X-Name-First: Giovanna
Author-X-Name-Last: Dabbicco
Title: Emerging accounting patterns: accounting for natural resources
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This paper identifies the issues that need to be considered in the development of a suitable financial reporting framework for natural resources, starting from existing guidance at local, national and international level (for example GRAP, IPSAS, IFRS), given the paucity of research to date where natural resource reporting is concerned. The author explains which natural resources need to be reflected in financial statements (in terms of recognition and disclosure) and discusses valuation issues. This paper highlights that the lack of financial accounting standards for natural resources might indirectly contribute to their depletion and considers, inter alia, their impact on social and inter-generational equity.IMPACTThis paper highlights the lack of a financial reporting framework for the measurement and presentation of natural resources, which would contribute to better management of their sustainability. Academics and practitioners have been focusing on the extent to which natural resources should appear as assets in financial statements and whether the value of natural resources can be measured reliably. The author discusses different perspectives, including the potential impact on natural resources of their depletion, catastrophic natural events and the negative externalities of economic activities on the environment and society.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 213-222
Issue: 3
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 04
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1873614
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Author-Name: Mikael Granberg
Author-X-Name-First: Mikael
Author-X-Name-Last: Granberg
Author-Name: Malin Rönnblom
Author-X-Name-First: Malin
Author-X-Name-Last: Rönnblom
Author-Name: Michaela Padden
Author-X-Name-First: Michaela
Author-X-Name-Last: Padden
Author-Name: Johanna Tangnäs
Author-X-Name-First: Johanna
Author-X-Name-Last: Tangnäs
Author-Name: Andreas Öjehag
Author-X-Name-First: Andreas
Author-X-Name-Last: Öjehag
Title: Debate: Covid-19 and Sweden’s exceptionalism—a spotlight on the cracks in the social fabric of a mature welfare state
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 223-224
Issue: 3
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 04
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1866842
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Author-Name: Elaine Alsop
Author-X-Name-First: Elaine
Author-X-Name-Last: Alsop
Author-Name: Gareth G Morgan
Author-X-Name-First: Gareth G
Author-X-Name-Last: Morgan
Title: Financial reporting by smaller charities: drivers of the cash/accruals choice
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All UK charities are required by law to publish annual accounts. This paper investigates the choice faced by smaller charities of whether to use the accruals (the Charities SORP) or receipts and payments (R&P) basis. It contributes to the literature on small charity financial reporting through a study of reporting practice by 90 smaller Scottish charities, supplemented by interviews. In examining drivers behind the choice of approach, it found that both accruals and R&P accounts were considered legitimate means of reporting and choices were driven largely by the perceived preferences of users of accounts rather than costs.IMPACTWhile receipts and payments (R&P) based accounting has only been available to Scottish charities in the £100,000 to £250,000 income band since 2011, it is already being used by nearly 40% of charities in that band. Charities consider that both the accruals and R&P bases are legitimate means of reporting to stakeholders and the perceived requirements of the stakeholder influence the accounting choice to a greater extent than cost-constraints. Both approaches have their merits in a framework of charity regulation with neither being considered more legitimate than the other. These findings are relevant to regulators and practitioners internationally when considering the most appropriate basis of reporting for the smaller charity.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 225-235
Issue: 3
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1689653
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Author-Name: Piervito Bianchi
Author-X-Name-First: Piervito
Author-X-Name-Last: Bianchi
Author-Name: Mariangela Trimigno
Author-X-Name-First: Mariangela
Author-X-Name-Last: Trimigno
Title: How does information system success come about in inter-organizational networks of public services?
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The paper investigates how information systems in inter-organizational networks can be improved over time. The paper focuses on home care services for elderly people. DeLone and McLean's conceptual model of information system success was used to understand changes in the quality of the case study information system. The analysis highlights the importance of the governance of information systems at the inter-organizational level.IMPACTLooking at a network of home care integrated services for non self-sufficient elderly people, the authors show how an information system in an inter-organizational network can be optimised. Policy-makers and managers of municipalities, local health authorities and central/regional governments need to make sure that the information system at the inter-organizational level is properly governed and managed. In particular, it is important to agree upon the rules to be followed and the responsibilities to be assigned to the various operators involved in the process of providing data for the integrated home care services as a whole. It is vital to define ‘who does what’ to oversee the processes related to collecting, processing and sending data at the network level.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 236-245
Issue: 3
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1665361
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Author-Name: Antonio Sánchez Soliño
Author-X-Name-First: Antonio Sánchez
Author-X-Name-Last: Soliño
Author-Name: Vicente Alcaraz Carrillo de Albornoz
Author-X-Name-First: Vicente Alcaraz
Author-X-Name-Last: Carrillo de Albornoz
Title: Improving the payment mechanism in transport public–private partnerships
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Based on agency theory, this paper shows that the payment mechanism in a transport public–private partnership (PPP) should generally combine a fixed payment to the contractor, a payment based on service quality and a payment relating to the number of users. The transfer of demand risk can be totally excluded only if the public authority can define and verify a series of indicators that cover all the performance dimensions of the service.IMPACTThe payment mechanism in transport PPPs is a key element of the contracts, since it defines the system of incentives and risks transferred to the contractor. Starting from the idea that incentives and risks are closely related to each other, this paper addresses the problem of transfering demand and performance risks. The authors assume that the public authority sets the parameters of the payment mechanism included in the contract in order to maximize social benefit. As a result, this paper establishes the general principles for an optimal payment mechanism in PPP contracts.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 246-254
Issue: 3
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1684013
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Author-Name: Andrés Navarro-Galera
Author-X-Name-First: Andrés
Author-X-Name-Last: Navarro-Galera
Author-Name: Laura Alcaide-Muñoz
Author-X-Name-First: Laura
Author-X-Name-Last: Alcaide-Muñoz
Author-Name: María Deseada López-Subires
Author-X-Name-First: María Deseada
Author-X-Name-Last: López-Subires
Author-Name: Manuel Pedro Rodríguez-Bolívar
Author-X-Name-First: Manuel Pedro
Author-X-Name-Last: Rodríguez-Bolívar
Title: Identifying risk determinants of the financial sustainability of regional governments
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This paper identifies some of the important factors that influence the financial sustainability of regional governments. Data from all of Spain’s regional governments show that unemployment, immigrant population, dependent population, structure of revenues and expenditures, and the source of debt had impacts on financial sustainability.IMPACTThis paper will help policy-makers and managers in regional and local governments to improve the management of risk and opportunities, as well as to prevent or resolve sustainability problems. The paper provides lessons, based on the Spanish experience, for politicians and practitioners to improve the management of regional governments’ financial sustainability. The authors stress the need to estimate the longer term financial effects of a migrant population and the unemployed; to analyse the long-term financial impact of subsidies from other levels of government; to monitor proportionality between awarding grants and making capital investments; and to look at ways of increasing a regional government’s contribution to its own revenue (for example through fees, taxes and rates).
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 255-263
Issue: 3
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1684025
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Author-Name: Jannis Angelis
Author-X-Name-First: Jannis
Author-X-Name-Last: Angelis
Author-Name: Anna Häger Glenngård
Author-X-Name-First: Anna Häger
Author-X-Name-Last: Glenngård
Author-Name: Henrik Jordahl
Author-X-Name-First: Henrik
Author-X-Name-Last: Jordahl
Title: Management practices and the quality of primary care
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Using the World Management Survey method, the authors mapped and analysed management quality in Swedish primary care centres. On average, private sector providers were better managed than public providers. Centres with a high overall social deprivation among enrolled patients also tended to have higher management quality. Management quality was positively associated with accessibility (length of waiting times), but not with patient-reported experience.IMPACTThe authors explored the use of management practices at the operational (care centre) level in Swedish primary care. The paper relates management quality to provider characteristics (public or private) and to the quality of care. An expansion of private care centres seems to have increased the average level of management quality in Swedish primary care. The findings suggest that suitable applications of management practices, especially in the area of people management, can produce a higher quality of care.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 264-271
Issue: 3
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1689636
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Author-Name: Zvika Afik
Author-X-Name-First: Zvika
Author-X-Name-Last: Afik
Author-Name: Hagai Katz
Author-X-Name-First: Hagai
Author-X-Name-Last: Katz
Author-Name: Arie Levy
Author-X-Name-First: Arie
Author-X-Name-Last: Levy
Author-Name: Rami Yosef
Author-X-Name-First: Rami
Author-X-Name-Last: Yosef
Title: New development: Does investment in social impact bonds affect equity prices? An event study
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In social impact bonds (SIB), investors, service providers and governments collaborate to alleviate a social problem. Despite growing interest in SIBs, researchers have overlooked how investing in a SIB affects a corporate investor’s equity price. Using event study methodology, we found an effect similar to other reputation-enhancement initiatives. This effect was positive and statistically significant, but it was short-lived and generally less economically important than other effects on stock prices before and after this event.IMPACTThis article informs corporate investors that financial markets generally favour SIB announcements, although they do not assign significant economic value to SIBs. Therefore, corporations should consider investment in SIBs as a reputational asset, with the added value of doing good for society. Interested actors such as governments, intermediaries and nonprofits interested in attracting corporate investors can leverage this advantage to bring new corporate money to fund social services.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 272-275
Issue: 3
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1685263
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Author-Name: Ameeta Jain
Author-X-Name-First: Ameeta
Author-X-Name-Last: Jain
Author-Name: Monika Kansal
Author-X-Name-First: Monika
Author-X-Name-Last: Kansal
Author-Name: Mahesh Joshi
Author-X-Name-First: Mahesh
Author-X-Name-Last: Joshi
Title: New development: Corporate philanthropy to mandatory corporate social responsibility (CSR)—a new law for India
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The Indian government’s corporate social responsibility (CSR) law is an attempt at formalizing the philanthropic activities of corporations and utilizing a fixed proportion of company profits for formal CSR activity. This article explains the brief history of this significant CSR regulatory development, its scope, compliance requirements and the penalties for the non-compliance focusing on public sector enterprises. It also provides insights into the potential impacts of the CSR regulation observed through post-regulation research studies.IMPACTThis article is directed towards lawmakers contemplating corporate social responsibility (CSR) legislation, as well as to the policy-makers and regulators in government agencies who are overseeing India’s new CSR law. In cases of non-compliance, penalties need to be levied for CSR legislation to be effective. Five years since its inception, this well-crafted law seems to be making a difference to Indian CSR spend targets, but it is too early to judge its real social impact.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 276-278
Issue: 3
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1714280
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Author-Name: Andreas Bergmann
Author-X-Name-First: Andreas
Author-X-Name-Last: Bergmann
Title: Editorial: Digitalization starts affecting core processes
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 279-280
Issue: 4
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 05
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1885153
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Author-Name: Robin Bauwens
Author-X-Name-First: Robin
Author-X-Name-Last: Bauwens
Author-Name: Kenn Meyfroodt
Author-X-Name-First: Kenn
Author-X-Name-Last: Meyfroodt
Title: Debate: Towards a more comprehensive understanding of ritualized bureaucracy in digitalized public organizations
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 281-282
Issue: 4
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 05
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1884349
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Author-Name: Ken Warren
Author-X-Name-First: Ken
Author-X-Name-Last: Warren
Title: Debate: Digital revolution and government investment
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 283-285
Issue: 4
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 05
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1882735
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Author-Name: Stefan Verweij
Author-X-Name-First: Stefan
Author-X-Name-Last: Verweij
Author-Name: Ingmar van Meerkerk
Author-X-Name-First: Ingmar
Author-X-Name-Last: van Meerkerk
Title: Do public–private partnerships achieve better time and cost performance than regular contracts?
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Infrastructure development with public–private partnership (PPP) contracts has been claimed to lead to better performance compared to regular contracts. However, the empirical evidence for this claim is weak. The authors assessed the difference in the actual performance of Dutch infrastructure PPP projects (design–build–finance–maintain: DBFM) compared to regularly procured projects (design-and-construct: D&C). DBFM projects demonstrated significantly better cost performance.IMPACTPublic–private partnerships (PPPs) have been widely used for the development and management of transport infrastructure, such as highways, railways, and waterways. However, hard evidence that PPPs perform better than regularly procured projects is lacking. Existing evidence tends to rely on anecdotal and perceptual data. This paper provides policy-makers and managers with real information about the actual performance and benefits of PPPs.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 286-295
Issue: 4
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1752011
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Author-Name: Ana Marta Oliveira
Author-X-Name-First: Ana
Author-X-Name-Last: Marta Oliveira
Author-Name: Margarida Catalão-Lopes
Author-X-Name-First: Margarida
Author-X-Name-Last: Catalão-Lopes
Author-Name: Rui Portugal
Author-X-Name-First: Rui
Author-X-Name-Last: Portugal
Title: PPP hospitals: evidence for deliveries and impact of the Caesarean rate in a European country
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Public–private partnerships (PPPs) have been increasingly used for hospital management in Portugal since 2008. At the same time, births received special attention given the urgent need to reduce the rate of Caesarean sections performed, which was one of the highest in Europe. This paper analyses clinical performance differences between Portuguese PPPs and public hospitals in the case of deliveries. The evidence obtained was mixed, implying that a case by case evaluation of PPP benefits is required.IMPACTThe research reported here was intended to find empirical evidence to help decision-makers choose between providing clinical services via a PPP or entirely by the public sector. The study focused on Portugal’s very high rate of Caesarian sections and incentives provided to both public sector and PPP hospitals to reduce this number. There were no general benefits in PPP hospitals; some benefits were found which were hospital specific. Managers need to evaluate a PPP hospital’s performance in a group of homogeneous hospitals when considering extending or renewing PPP management contracts.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 296-303
Issue: 4
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1754574
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Author-Name: David Hay
Author-X-Name-First: David
Author-X-Name-Last: Hay
Author-Name: Carolyn J. Cordery
Author-X-Name-First: Carolyn J.
Author-X-Name-Last: Cordery
Title: Evidence about the value of financial statement audit in the public sector
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Multiple, complementary explanations have been developed to explain audit demand. Substantial evidence exists for these explanations in the private sector, but they have been explored to a lesser extent in the public sector. The authors assess the extent to which these explanations for the value of auditing are relevant in the public sector by examining evidence from New Zealand. The use of overlapping explanations was found to help to explain how auditing is valuable to a wide variety of users.IMPACTThis paper uses empirical evidence to examine the private sector explanations for audit in the public sector setting. It argues that attention to these arguments can assist supreme audit institutions (SAIs) in articulating how public sector audits can demonstrate their ongoing relevance to citizens, parliament and other stakeholders, as required by the applicable international standards. The paper has recommendations for national audit bodies, government accountants and policy-makers.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 304-314
Issue: 4
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1729532
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Author-Name: James L. Chan
Author-X-Name-First: James L.
Author-X-Name-Last: Chan
Author-Name: Xibo Zhao
Author-X-Name-First: Xibo
Author-X-Name-Last: Zhao
Author-Name: Qiang Zhang
Author-X-Name-First: Qiang
Author-X-Name-Last: Zhang
Title: Accounting for China’s government liabilities: after much progress, great tasks remain
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This analysis of Chinese government accounting standards focuses on liabilities. The merger of budget accounting and financial accounting in a single information system is a major achievement of the current reform. The current liability standards generally do not push for the early recognition and disclosure of provisions and contingent liabilities. They require deepening and effective implementation to facilitate fiscal risk analysis and management. This paper endorses the integration of government accounting with the fiscal budget and government finance statistics.IMPACTWhile accountants cannot decide how much government borrowing is too much, this paper endorses some international performance benchmarks for holding Chinese government accountants responsible for supplying reliable information. This paper aims to increase the appreciation of the outside world about the complexity of Chinese public finances and the efforts made by the Chinese government to improve the quality of financial information. The paper explains why technocrats charged with designing government accounting standards and systems need to keep pace with changing financial practices and to co-ordinate with their counterparts in domestic and international budgeting and statistical organizations to ensure consistency of data sources.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 315-324
Issue: 4
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1816652
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Author-Name: Anschi De Wolf
Author-X-Name-First: Anschi
Author-X-Name-Last: De Wolf
Author-Name: Johan Christiaens
Author-X-Name-First: Johan
Author-X-Name-Last: Christiaens
Author-Name: Natalia Aversano
Author-X-Name-First: Natalia
Author-X-Name-Last: Aversano
Title: Heritage assets in the due process of the International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board (IPSASB)
Abstract:
This paper assesses whether the IPSASB’s consultation paper (CP), ‘Financial Reporting for Heritage in the Public Sector’ might actually end academic debates about how to report on heritage assets. Similarities and differences in the position of the IPSASB, previous academic literature and the CP’s respondents are examined by the authors. IPSASB proposed that heritage be recognized and measured in financial statements, whereas the academic literature has supported reporting largely through disclosure notes. Most respondents agreed with the IPSASB, but raised the same difficulties as discussed in the academic literature. The respondents were mainly public sector entities and professional associations, mostly from Europe, Oceania and Africa. Though the CP asks the right questions, it does not provide the needed guidance which indicates it will not be able to end the ongoing debate.IMPACTThis research offers fresh knowledge about financial reporting on heritage items, offering financial statement users and preparers information about possible future stages of heritage accounting policy. The paper will be useful for policy- and decision-makers, as well as the standard setting boards (SSBs). It provides insight into respondents’ behaviour in consultation processes and the influence of a respondent’s background on participation, which should help SSBs improve their consultation processes. First steps were made regarding research into the influence of different variables (for example geographical locations, affiliation and legislative background) on opinions regarding the topic of the CP. This paper points the way forward for new discussions about accounting for heritage.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 325-335
Issue: 4
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 5
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Author-Name: Sunil J. Dahanayake
Author-X-Name-First: Sunil J.
Author-X-Name-Last: Dahanayake
Title: Enacting audit legitimacy: internal processes of VFM auditing in Victoria, Australia
Abstract:
This paper shows how auditor-general’s offices (AGO) use strategic planning to legitimize value-for-money (VFM) audits. The transformation of VFM audit practice through these planning processes (corporate plan, annual plan and annual report) involves several key actions by AGOs, including the development of VFM audit methodologies and cultivating relationships with the wider audit environment.IMPACTThis paper extends the existing international understanding about how value-for-money (VFM) audit/performance audit was added to the audit portfolio of the auditor-general’s office (AGO) in a specific country context. VFM audit is unique to AGOs, but its operationalization is different from AGO to AGO. AGOs can use the technical competence of VFM audit to stand out from private sector accounting firms.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 336-345
Issue: 4
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1732620
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Author-Name: Tjerk Budding
Author-X-Name-First: Tjerk
Author-X-Name-Last: Budding
Author-Name: Mattheus Wassenaar
Author-X-Name-First: Mattheus
Author-X-Name-Last: Wassenaar
Title: New development: Is there a management accountants’ expectation gap?
Abstract:
Whereas there are numerous articles about the extent to which auditors meet the expectations of others regarding the way in which they carry out their tasks (i.e. the audit expectation gap), no literature is available on this same question regarding management accountants. Analysing survey data from management accountants and their managers working in public and not-for-profit organizations, this article shows that such a ‘management accountants’ expectation gap’ does exist as there is, on certain aspects, a difference between the expectations of managers regarding the role of the management accountant and the extent to which these expectations are met.IMPACTThe management accountant in the public and the not-for-profit sector advises the organization and its management on formulating, realizing and evaluating social and financial results, the organization and functioning of the management control system and accountability. Research shows that there are differences between public managers’ expectations regarding the role of management accountants in the public sector and the extent to which these expectations are met. The effectiveness of management accountants partly depends on the extent to which they meet management’s expectations with respect to their role. This article shows that managers want their management accountants to give more advice without being asked to do so, but the independent attitude, that inevitably plays a role in this, is less appreciated.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 346-350
Issue: 4
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1726612
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Author-X-Name-First: Michael J.
Author-X-Name-Last: Reid
Author-Name: Lauren A. Hull
Author-X-Name-First: Lauren A.
Author-X-Name-Last: Hull
Author-Name: Theodore R. Alter
Author-X-Name-First: Theodore R.
Author-X-Name-Last: Alter
Author-Name: Lisa B. Adams
Author-X-Name-First: Lisa B.
Author-X-Name-Last: Adams
Author-Name: Heidi M. Kleinert
Author-X-Name-First: Heidi M.
Author-X-Name-Last: Kleinert
Author-Name: Andrew P. Woolnough
Author-X-Name-First: Andrew P.
Author-X-Name-Last: Woolnough
Title: New development: Public sector responses to complex socio-ecological issues—no silver bullets for rabbits
Abstract:
This article reports on a United Nations-award winning initiative, the Victoria Rabbit Action Network (VRAN), which applied a systems approach, underpinned by a democratic and participatory engagement strategy, to manage one of Australia’s worst pests: the European rabbit. Over six years of the initiative there has been a shift away from a regulation-and-enforcement focused model, towards a community-led, government-supported approach. This has enabled the collective planning, resourcing and implementation of rabbit management programmes. This article outlines the learnings and implications for policy and public management.IMPACTThis article provides new perspectives for policy-makers and programme managers to framing and responding to ‘wicked’ problems.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 351-355
Issue: 4
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1685168
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Title: Call for Papers: 25th Anniversary Editions of Public Money & Management
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 86-86
Issue: 2
Volume: 24
Year: 2004
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2004.00399.x
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Author-X-Name-First: Robert
Author-X-Name-Last: Schwartz
Author-Name: Bruce Rosen
Author-X-Name-First: Bruce
Author-X-Name-Last: Rosen
Title: The Politics of Evidence-Based Health Policy-Making
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Israel's National Health Insurance Law which came into effect in January 1995 required a substantial reform of the country's health-care system. Health care in Israel was decentralized, lightly regulated, dominated by politicised decisions, under-funded and inefficient. Health policy was poorly grounded in data and largely influenced by political considerations. The main thrusts of the reform were to universalize health insurance coverage, increase freedom of choice, depoliticize the system, stabilize the system financially, and decrease service provision by the state by transferring some responsibilities to ‘sick funds’ to be regulated by the Ministry of Health. Data were to play an important role in de-politicizing and making decision-making more rational. This article gives some encouragement to proponents of evidence-based policy-making but shows that, even where the intention is to use data, political motives are a strong force.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 121-127
Issue: 2
Volume: 24
Year: 2004
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2004.00404.x
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Author-Name: George A. Boyne
Author-X-Name-First: George A.
Author-X-Name-Last: Boyne
Title: A ‘3Rs’ Strategy for Public Service Turnaround: Retrenchment, Repositioning and Reorganization
Abstract:
Problems of public service ‘failure’ are high on the political agenda in the UK, and many national and local organizations are searching for effective turnaround strategies. Although little research on turnaround in the public sector has been undertaken, there is a substantial number of studies of decline and recovery in private firms. Evidence from these studies suggests that turnaround is more likely in companies that pursue retrenchment, repositioning and reorganization. The relevance of this ‘3Rs’ strategy to the public sector is analysed, and the potential consequences for public service improvement are evaluated. This article will help managers to think more clearly about turnaround strategies that could work in their organizations.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 97-103
Issue: 2
Volume: 24
Year: 2004
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2004.00401.x
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Author-Name: Michael Chisholm
Author-X-Name-First: Michael
Author-X-Name-Last: Chisholm
Title: Reorganizing Two-Tier Local Government for Regional Assemblies
Abstract:
The Government has decided that referenda will be held in three northern regions of England regarding the establishment of elected regional assemblies. If these are established, the areas with two-tier local government would be converted to unitary structures. The Government asserts that this would be necessary because the retention of the two tiers would be the retention of one tier too many, but offers no evidence to back up this assertion. This assertion has been tested by an analysis of the Audit Commission's Comprehensive Performance Assessment (CPA) ratings for the single tier and county councils, which shows that the counties have achieved better assessments than the other principal authorities. In addition, the Boundary Committee has been advised by the Government to use a costing model which is seriously inadequate: transition costs are ignored and the basis for assessing on-going costs is extremely narrow. Transition costs would be at least £110 per resident in the two-tier areas if there were to be three unitary councils for each county area, and there is no reasonable prospect that there would in fact be on-going savings except with unitary counties.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 113-120
Issue: 2
Volume: 24
Year: 2004
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2004.00403.x
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Author-X-Name-First: Colin
Author-X-Name-Last: Talbot
Title: Executive Agencies: Have They Improved Management in Government?
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The UK's Next Steps programme has now been running for 15 years. It has been copied internationally, but has never been evaluated officially. This article looks at whether Next Steps has achieved its immediate goals of structural and institutional change, and whether these have led to behavioural change and improved performance.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 104-112
Issue: 2
Volume: 24
Year: 2004
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2004.00402.x
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Author-Name: Judith Smith
Author-X-Name-First: Judith
Author-X-Name-Last: Smith
Author-Name: Kieran Walshe
Author-X-Name-First: Kieran
Author-X-Name-Last: Walshe
Title: Big Business: The Corporatization of Primary Care in the UK and the USA
Abstract:
The corporatization of primary care in the USA and the UK over recent years has transformed the way that these services are managed and delivered. Traditional approaches based around small practices of doctors and their teams as the primary organizational unit have been largely overtaken by new models in which doctors, nurses and other primary care professionals work within much larger organizations. This article explores the experience in the USA and the UK of seeking to organize primary care more corporately, and suggests that a tightly managed organizational model does not work well in primary care. Looser, network-based models are needed in which some of the benefits of corporatization can be achieved while the traditional small-organization virtues of primary care can continue to thrive.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 87-96
Issue: 2
Volume: 24
Year: 2004
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2004.00400.x
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Title: Notes for Authors
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 128-128
Issue: 2
Volume: 24
Year: 2004
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2004.00405.x
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Author-Name: Nives Botica Redmayne
Author-X-Name-First: Nives
Author-X-Name-Last: Botica Redmayne
Author-Name: Fawzi Laswad
Author-X-Name-First: Fawzi
Author-X-Name-Last: Laswad
Author-Name: Dimu Ehalaiye
Author-X-Name-First: Dimu
Author-X-Name-Last: Ehalaiye
Title: Evidence on the costs of changes in financial reporting frameworks in the public sector
Abstract:
This paper examines the impact of changes in reporting frameworks on New Zealand public sector audit costs in terms of both audit fees and effort. Audit costs increased with the adoption of both International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS) reporting frameworks. The costs of auditing across various financial reporting frameworks in the public sector is shown to be significantly influenced by auditors’ specialization.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 368-375
Issue: 5
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1679482
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Author-Name: Alessandro Sancino
Author-X-Name-First: Alessandro
Author-X-Name-Last: Sancino
Author-Name: Christian Garavaglia
Author-X-Name-First: Christian
Author-X-Name-Last: Garavaglia
Author-Name: Mariafrancesca Sicilia
Author-X-Name-First: Mariafrancesca
Author-X-Name-Last: Sicilia
Author-Name: Alessandro Braga
Author-X-Name-First: Alessandro
Author-X-Name-Last: Braga
Title: New development: Covid-19 and its publics—implications for strategic management and democracy
Abstract:
This article discusses the concept of ‘publics’ and provides a case example related to Covid-19 to show the importance of strategically managing with and for publics. Specifically, the publics of local governance in lockdown are identified from two focus groups with local leaders conducted in Lombardy, Italy. Identifying, designing and visualizing publics is a key democratic and strategic choice with implications on the public values enacted.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 404-407
Issue: 5
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1815380
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Author-Name: Pedro J. Camões
Author-X-Name-First: Pedro J.
Author-X-Name-Last: Camões
Author-Name: Miguel Rodrigues
Author-X-Name-First: Miguel
Author-X-Name-Last: Rodrigues
Title: From enthusiasm to disenchantment: an analysis of the termination of Portuguese municipal enterprises
Abstract:
This paper explores the determinants of continuity and change of municipal organizations designed for service delivery. Focusing on the political and financial costs of termination, it addresses the question of what is behind a local government’s decision to terminate a municipal enterprise. The results suggest that the survivability of this type of organization depends on financial and economic aspects, rather than the political make up of the local government involved. The paper contributes to the academic literature on the choice of institutional mechanisms for service delivery, particularly on ‘reverse contracting’ which occurs when contracted services are taken back from former providers as a result of contracting challenges.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 387-394
Issue: 5
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1763605
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Author-Name: Peter Graves
Author-X-Name-First: Peter
Author-X-Name-Last: Graves
Title: New development: Effective public sector performance—the reform cycle continues
Abstract:
This article examines the demise of the 1980s ‘managing for results’ reform in Australia against the likely achievements of implementing the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability (PGPA) Act 2013—current legislation relating to public management and accountability. The PGPA Act mandates that non-financial performance be demonstrated, arguably re-introducing programme evaluation as an important element of accountability. The Australian Public Service (APS) is a large and geographically-dispersed organization, where maintaining reform momentum over the time required for change to be effective can be difficult. The author discusses issues in implementing effective reform, such as extended time, administrative amnesia, geographical factors and an absence of embedding in the management culture and associated processes.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 412-416
Issue: 5
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1724477
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Author-Name: Alexander Kroll
Author-X-Name-First: Alexander
Author-X-Name-Last: Kroll
Author-Name: Obed Pasha
Author-X-Name-First: Obed
Author-X-Name-Last: Pasha
Title: Managing change and mitigating reform cynicism
Abstract:
This paper contributes to the literature on resistance to change in public organizations by studying how management mitigates employee cynicism toward reforms. Focusing on performance management reforms in German local government, the authors found that low levels of cynicism were associated with reform-specific support resources (rather than resources generally), political commitment (rather than peer support for the reform), and reform knowledge (rather than learning forums).
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 395-403
Issue: 5
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1683982
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Author-Name: Eduard Schmidt
Author-X-Name-First: Eduard
Author-X-Name-Last: Schmidt
Title: How top civil servants decide on cutbacks: A qualitative study into the role of values
Abstract:
Confronted with severe budgetary constraints, top civil servants have to implement cutbacks, either by applying proportional or targeted cuts as their cutback management strategy. Drawing on élite interviews, the author describes how the values of top civil servants manifest themselves in cutback decisions. The paper, based on 26 interviews with Dutch top civil servants, shows that the relationship between values and cutback management strategies is much less clear than conceptually understood in the cutback management literature and suggests that values of top civil servants are context-dependent.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 359-367
Issue: 5
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1622866
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Author-X-Name-First: Andrew
Author-X-Name-Last: Massey
Title: Editorial: Impact through relevance
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 357-358
Issue: 5
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 07
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1930892
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Author-Name: Vasileios Yfantis
Author-X-Name-First: Vasileios
Author-X-Name-Last: Yfantis
Author-Name: Helen C. Leligou
Author-X-Name-First: Helen C.
Author-X-Name-Last: Leligou
Author-Name: Klimis Ntalianis
Author-X-Name-First: Klimis
Author-X-Name-Last: Ntalianis
Title: New development: Blockchain—a revolutionary tool for the public sector
Abstract:
This article discusses the concept of blockchain and its application to public administration research as a tool to increase trust in the government. The contribution of this article is that it unveils the advantages and disadvantages of blockchain so that both decision-makers (who intend to adopt this innovative technology to increase the transparency of the transactions in the public sector) and users (citizens and public servants) are well informed and prepared.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 408-411
Issue: 5
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1821514
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Author-Name: Rick Hood
Author-X-Name-First: Rick
Author-X-Name-Last: Hood
Author-Name: Brendan O’Donovan
Author-X-Name-First: Brendan
Author-X-Name-Last: O’Donovan
Author-Name: Jo Gibson
Author-X-Name-First: Jo
Author-X-Name-Last: Gibson
Author-Name: Dermot Brady
Author-X-Name-First: Dermot
Author-X-Name-Last: Brady
Title: New development: Using the Vanguard Method to explore demand and performance in people-centred services
Abstract:
Demand is rising for people-centred services in areas such as health, social care and housing. Such services generally seek to manage demand through layers of triage and assessment, reserving their specialist functions for people assessed with complex or acute needs. This article draws on the experience of managers from a range of public and voluntary sector organizations, who, as part of a postgraduate university course, used the Vanguard Method to explore demand and performance in their services. Their work suggests that excessive focus on gatekeeping and functional specialization is preventing services from understanding their users, which unwittingly helps to drive up demand. The authors discuss the prospect of designing services that reduce demand by becoming more people-shaped.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 422-425
Issue: 5
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1815367
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Author-Name: Jenny Harrow
Author-X-Name-First: Jenny
Author-X-Name-Last: Harrow
Author-Name: Matthew Guest
Author-X-Name-First: Matthew
Author-X-Name-Last: Guest
Title: New development: Institutions, ‘new civic leadership’ and being ‘truly civic’—some tensions in co-production debates
Abstract:
Developments in civic leadership’s advocacy are examined in the context of the case for UK universities becoming ‘truly civic’ leaders in their localities. New Civic Leadership (NCL) thinking encapsulates innovation and improvisation in public services co-production, demonstrated notably by local government-based initiatives. Meanwhile, an independent commission has proposed formalized enhancement of universities’ civic leadership roles. This article considers the extent to which civic leadership and opportunities for advancing the ‘NCL’ model arise in this commission’s report; concluding that the report illustrates tensions as well as opportunities in universities’ place-leadership and for co-production’s advancement.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 417-421
Issue: 5
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 7
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1718412
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Author-Name: Rebecca Taylor
Author-X-Name-First: Rebecca
Author-X-Name-Last: Taylor
Author-Name: Alison Fuller
Author-X-Name-First: Alison
Author-X-Name-Last: Fuller
Author-Name: Susan Halford
Author-X-Name-First: Susan
Author-X-Name-Last: Halford
Author-Name: Kate Lyle
Author-X-Name-First: Kate
Author-X-Name-Last: Lyle
Author-Name: Ann Charlotte Teglborg
Author-X-Name-First: Ann Charlotte
Author-X-Name-Last: Teglborg
Title: Translating employee-driven innovation in healthcare: Bricolage and the mobilization of scarce resources
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With top-down models of innovation failing to address the entrenched problems of healthcare, policy-makers have proposed that staff working on the frontline might be better placed to innovate solutions. Drawing on a study of employee-driven innovation in UK public healthcare, the authors explore the process through which staff innovate without the resources that support policy implementation, showing how the translation of ideas from problematization to practice is underpinned by ‘bricolage’—the appropriation and repurposing of resources ‘at hand’.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 376-386
Issue: 5
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 07
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1824408
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Author-Name: Jelena Poljašević
Author-X-Name-First: Jelena
Author-X-Name-Last: Poljašević
Author-Name: Vesna Vašiček
Author-X-Name-First: Vesna
Author-X-Name-Last: Vašiček
Author-Name: Martina Dragija Kostić
Author-X-Name-First: Martina Dragija
Author-X-Name-Last: Kostić
Title: Public managers’ perception of the usefulness of accounting information in decision-making processes
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This paper analyses local government practitioners’ perceptions of the usefulness of accounting information for decision-making in jurisdictions with dual reporting (cash and accruals). The authors show that, in general, neither educational background (in economics or in other disciplines) nor the experience (length of time in the job) of public sector managers in Croatia and in the Republic of Srpska (Bosnia and Herzegovina) affected their perceptions of the usefulness of accounting information. The research provides new insights into the usefulness of mandatory reports and the availability of information for decision-making in dual reporting systems.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 456-465
Issue: 6
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 08
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Author-Name: Susana Jorge
Author-X-Name-First: Susana
Author-X-Name-Last: Jorge
Title: Foreword: 2021 CIGAR annual issue
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 427-427
Issue: 6
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1933731
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Author-Name: Cecilia Langella
Author-X-Name-First: Cecilia
Author-X-Name-Last: Langella
Author-Name: Eugenio Anessi-Pessina
Author-X-Name-First: Eugenio
Author-X-Name-Last: Anessi-Pessina
Author-Name: Elena Cantù
Author-X-Name-First: Elena
Author-X-Name-Last: Cantù
Title: What are the required qualities of auditors in the public sector?
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This paper adds to literature on financial audit in public sector organizations. The authors examined the effect of adapting a private sector audit body—the Board of Statutory Auditors (BoSA)—for use by Italian public healthcare organizations. The research objective was to explore whether the characteristics generally required of private sector audit bodies (independence, accounting and financial expertise, industry specialization, diligence, and institutional support) are relevant to the public sector. Information on these characteristics was collected through an online questionnaire and used to explain audit quality. The results show the relevance of accounting and financial expertise, as well as industry specialization. The authors call for further research on the need for auditor independence in a public service setting.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 466-476
Issue: 6
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1883857
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Author-Name: Ian Carruthers
Author-X-Name-First: Ian
Author-X-Name-Last: Carruthers
Title: Debate: Growing the academic voice in IPSASB’s work
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 434-435
Issue: 6
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1935491
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Author-Name: Daniela Argento
Author-X-Name-First: Daniela
Author-X-Name-Last: Argento
Author-Name: Jan van Helden
Author-X-Name-First: Jan
Author-X-Name-Last: van Helden
Title: New development: University managers balancing between sense and sensibility
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This article discusses the ways that the trends of corporatization and commercialization have changed managerial roles in universities. The authors argue that we have gone too far with these trends and plea for redesigned management roles. Performance measurement systems relying on student polls for teaching and on journal metrics for research support managerial interventions. However, managers also need to acknowledge the autonomy and different capabilities of their staff members in order to get the best results. This article contributes to the debate about desirable management roles in universities in the light of a meaningful academic knowledge production.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 487-490
Issue: 6
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1890923
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Author-Name: Eugenio Caperchione
Author-X-Name-First: Eugenio
Author-X-Name-Last: Caperchione
Author-Name: Marco Bisogno
Author-X-Name-First: Marco
Author-X-Name-Last: Bisogno
Author-Name: Josette Caruana
Author-X-Name-First: Josette
Author-X-Name-Last: Caruana
Author-Name: Sandra Cohen
Author-X-Name-First: Sandra
Author-X-Name-Last: Cohen
Author-Name: Francesca Manes-Rossi
Author-X-Name-First: Francesca
Author-X-Name-Last: Manes-Rossi
Title: Editorial: Comparison as a habit—The case for international governmental accounting research
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 428-431
Issue: 6
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1940477
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Author-Name: Francesca Manes-Rossi
Author-X-Name-First: Francesca
Author-X-Name-Last: Manes-Rossi
Author-Name: Sandra Cohen
Author-X-Name-First: Sandra
Author-X-Name-Last: Cohen
Author-Name: Isabel Brusca
Author-X-Name-First: Isabel
Author-X-Name-Last: Brusca
Title: The academic voice in the EPSAS project
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This paper investigates how much of a voice academics have had to date in the development of the European Public Sector Accounting Standards (EPSAS). The authors found that the role of academics has been minimal. This situation deprives standard-setting of being informed by empirical research which is considered to be unbiased, rigorously crafted, grounded in the theory and can better legitimate the standards. The paper offers an original analysis of the process used by the EC for the harmonization of public sector accounting and explains why academic involvement in standard-setting is so important.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 447-455
Issue: 6
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1905263
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Author-Name: Xia Shu
Author-X-Name-First: Xia
Author-X-Name-Last: Shu
Author-Name: Stewart Smyth
Author-X-Name-First: Stewart
Author-X-Name-Last: Smyth
Author-Name: Jim Haslam
Author-X-Name-First: Jim
Author-X-Name-Last: Haslam
Title: Post-decision project evaluation of UK public–private partnerships: insights from planning practice
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There is a concerning paucity of Post-decision Project Evaluation (PdPE) of public private partnership (PPP) projects, given how significant this model of public infrastructure delivery has become. Drawing from previous academic and policy proposals, the authors explored the evidence of PdPE in the planning practice of UK PPP projects. Their findings show that the planned practice for PdPE is both under-developed and ambiguous. These findings have implications for current operating UK PPPs and developing projects in other jurisdictions.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 477-486
Issue: 6
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1909887
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Author-Name: Manel Benzerafa-Alilat
Author-X-Name-First: Manel
Author-X-Name-Last: Benzerafa-Alilat
Author-Name: Nino Tandilashvili
Author-X-Name-First: Nino
Author-X-Name-Last: Tandilashvili
Author-Name: Marion Friscia
Author-X-Name-First: Marion
Author-X-Name-Last: Friscia
Title: New development: Diversification of the Cour des comptes’ activities—a necessary modernization or an identity evolution?
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The article offers a framework for supreme audit institution (SAI) practitioners to understand the recent changes experienced by SAIs in OECD countries, such as the introduction of performance audit and an increase in ex-post evaluations, and the effects of these changes on the three types of SAI. The authors explain the four missions of the French SAI (the Cour des comptes) and identify the major national and international events which contributed to the expansion of its role and responsibilities, as well as its new relationship with the parliament and the changes it needs to make to cope with its new responsibilities.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 491-493
Issue: 6
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1934230
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Author-Name: Cristian Carini
Author-X-Name-First: Cristian
Author-X-Name-Last: Carini
Author-Name: Claudio Teodori
Author-X-Name-First: Claudio
Author-X-Name-Last: Teodori
Title: Debate: Public sector consolidated financial statements—the hybrid approach
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 432-433
Issue: 6
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1883286
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Author-Name: Lasse Oulasvirta
Author-X-Name-First: Lasse
Author-X-Name-Last: Oulasvirta
Title: A consistent bottom-up approach for deriving a conceptual framework for public sector financial accounting
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Discussion to date has focused on whether business-style accrual accounting fits the public sector, rather than analysing which alternative options of accrual accounting best serve the needs of public sector stakeholders. This paper looks at what the primary users of government accounting information actually need and describes a new analytical approach that can be used to assess the existing public sector financial accounting standards. The author then presents the most suitable conceptual framework for the public sector. The paper argues that the income statement first approach is better than the balance sheet approach for the public sector.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 436-446
Issue: 6
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1881235
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Author-Name: Enrico Guarini
Author-X-Name-First: Enrico
Author-X-Name-Last: Guarini
Author-Name: Elisa Mori
Author-X-Name-First: Elisa
Author-X-Name-Last: Mori
Author-Name: Elena Zuffada
Author-X-Name-First: Elena
Author-X-Name-Last: Zuffada
Title: New development: Embedding the SDGs in city strategic planning and management
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This article proposes and discusses a managerial framework to provide guidance on implementing and monitoring the 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs) at the local government level. The integration of SDGs into city strategic plans will help city leaders and local politicians strengthen their planning and management processes and improve the communication of strategic goals.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 494-497
Issue: 6
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1885820
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Author-Name: Gulay Gunluk-Senesen
Author-X-Name-First: Gulay
Author-X-Name-Last: Gunluk-Senesen
Title: Wellbeing gender budgeting to localize the UN SDGs: examples from Turkey
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Achieving the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) requires local public policy implementation along with national commitments. By mapping policies for gender equality with capabilities and resource allocation in three Turkish cities, this article presents an analytical framework to track the progress of a country’s SDG commitments in terms of local policy and budget transformation. This wellbeing gender budgeting matrix framework highlights the links between municipal policies, the local budget and women’s quality of life. It can be used to show whether national policy rhetoric is actually translating into changes in women’s safety and mobility.ABSTRACTThe wellbeing approach to gender budgeting enables accounting for quality of life in terms of accessibility. Social inclusion of vulnerable groups, especially women, is the main concern of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and its achievement is conditional upon related local government policy because local governments are the closest to citizens. Focusing on localization of the SDG 5 and SDG 11 and on two capabilities (mobility and safety), this article proposes a framework of wellbeing gender budgeting and illustrates it with matrices for 2016–2019 for three cities at different stages of development in Turkey. The article discusses the need for policy consistency and data availability, and the funding requirements necessary for achieving SDGs in developing countries.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 554-560
Issue: 7
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1965402
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Author-Name: Susana Jorge
Author-X-Name-First: Susana
Author-X-Name-Last: Jorge
Author-Name: Liliana Pimentel
Author-X-Name-First: Liliana
Author-X-Name-Last: Pimentel
Title: Debate: On the ‘why’ of gender budgeting
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 504-505
Issue: 7
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1936935
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Author-Name: Bart Voorn
Author-X-Name-First: Bart
Author-X-Name-Last: Voorn
Title: Debate: Shadow government—A note for European corporatization research
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 561-562
Issue: 7
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1927340
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Author-Name: Anna Elomäki
Author-X-Name-First: Anna
Author-X-Name-Last: Elomäki
Author-Name: Hanna Ylöstalo
Author-X-Name-First: Hanna
Author-X-Name-Last: Ylöstalo
Title: Gender budgeting in the crossroad of gender policy and public financial management: The Finnish case
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Finland has been using gender budgets (GB) for over 10 years; however, very little is known internationally about the Finnish GB experience. Finland’s experience provides several lessons for GB practitioners in other countries. It highlights the importance of clear national gender equality goals for effective GB implementation, as well as the need to pay attention to mid-term fiscal frameworks. It also shows how the lack of feminist economic expertise and a clear conceptual framework can reduce GB to technical processes and calculations, and the importance of outside-government actors drawing attention to the gendered impacts of economic policies.ABSTRACTThe paper analyses the implementation of gender budgeting (GB) in Finland. It contributes to GB literature through shedding light on the dynamics of politicization and depoliticization in GB implementation, as well as the complex position of GB between gender equality policy and public financial management. The paper provides new insights on what the shift towards mid-term budgetary frameworks means for GB, which to date have been missing from the GB literature. It also addresses the relationship of gender mainstreaming and GB, as well as the role of civil society in re-politicizing GB through drawing attention to the impacts of economic policies.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 516-526
Issue: 7
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1927528
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Author-Name: Eva Elisabeth Wittbom
Author-X-Name-First: Eva Elisabeth
Author-X-Name-Last: Wittbom
Author-Name: Anneli Irene Häyrén
Author-X-Name-First: Anneli Irene
Author-X-Name-Last: Häyrén
Title: Post-NPM gender accounting—can public value management enhance gender mainstreaming?
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IMPACTThe authors suggest that the governance of public value will contribute to highlighting important qualitative aspects necessary for the successful implementation of gender mainstreaming. The success of work with the strategy of gender equality is dependent on which management accounting system that is in use. A good example is to use gender-awareness as an input and to go beyond short-term assessment of output into long-term valuation of outcomes. To avoid ending up with irrelevant output measures, gender-aware planning and assessment of qualitative processes and outcomes is required.ABSTRACTGender mainstreaming has been hampered by the governance guides of New Public Management (NPM). Public Value Management is an alternative approach that can be interpreted as a concept for management accounting that meets the challenges that NPM was never able to handle. This paper discusses the case of gender mainstreaming in the Swedish transport sector.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 507-515
Issue: 7
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1929432
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Author-Name: Marilyn M. Rubin
Author-X-Name-First: Marilyn M.
Author-X-Name-Last: Rubin
Author-Name: John R. Bartle
Author-X-Name-First: John R.
Author-X-Name-Last: Bartle
Title: Debate: Gender responsive budgeting—moving toward equity for women and men
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 502-503
Issue: 7
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1951467
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Author-Name: Mustafa Özbilgin
Author-X-Name-First: Mustafa
Author-X-Name-Last: Özbilgin
Title: Debate: Accounting for gender diversity in global value chains
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 506-506
Issue: 7
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1951519
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Author-Name: Wolfgang Drechsler
Author-X-Name-First: Wolfgang
Author-X-Name-Last: Drechsler
Title: New development: Myanmar’s civil service—Responsible disobedience during the 2021 military coup
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IMPACTThe question of civil service responsibility and possible disobedience is of fundamental importance for the public sector, and the more government legitimacy is publicly doubted, the more relevant it becomes. The reaction of Myanmar civil servants via a large-scale, fundamental disobedience movement is noteworthy in its own right as a real-life case of what is possible, regionally in South-East Asia, and globally in that it renews and sharpens the question civil servants must continuously ask themselves regarding what their responsibility vis-à-vis government and citizens actually is.ABSTRACTMyanmar’s civil servants have responded to the February 2021 military coup with a resistance movement that seems globally unprecedented in intensity and scale. For the ongoing debate about responsibility, disobedience, and resistance in the public sector, this is a crucial case in that it demonstrates how far civil servants can go to resist the hostile takeover of a government. This article describes the coup and its background in general and the civil disobedience movement and the Myanmar civil service in particular, and it uses Hannah Arendt’s framework to place them within the theory debate.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 577-580
Issue: 7
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1928948
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Author-Name: Toby Lowe
Author-X-Name-First: Toby
Author-X-Name-Last: Lowe
Author-Name: Max French
Author-X-Name-First: Max
Author-X-Name-Last: French
Author-Name: Melissa Hawkins
Author-X-Name-First: Melissa
Author-X-Name-Last: Hawkins
Author-Name: Hannah Hesselgreaves
Author-X-Name-First: Hannah
Author-X-Name-Last: Hesselgreaves
Author-Name: Rob Wilson
Author-X-Name-First: Rob
Author-X-Name-Last: Wilson
Title: New development: Responding to complexity in public services—the human learning systems approach
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IMPACTCurrent approaches to public management based on principles of marketization, management and measurement are increasingly being seen to fail when faced with the complex world of public services. The Human Learning Systems (HLS) concept represents an alternative approach which embraces the complexity of the real world of organizations working to deliver services. Produced in collaboration with an emerging community of funders, managers and commissioners of services, HLS offers a framework which bridges academic complexity theory and the diverse contexts of practice. This article introduces HLS as a means to enable organizations, practitioners and service users to work together more effectively.ABSTRACTThe challenges facing public services and non-profit organizations are complex and multi-faceted, confounding the orthodoxies of bureaucratic public administration and New Public Management approaches. This article discusses the merits and potential of the emerging ‘Human Learning Systems’ (HLS) approach to the funding, commissioning and management of public services as an alternative management logic. Building on prior introductory work, the authors analyse the current state of development, content and operation of HLS and its collaborative process, involving more than 300 organizations. Drawing on the experience of public and non-profit service professionals in adopting and experimenting with this approach, the authors found that HLS can provide a helpful and innovative conceptual frame to promote constructive engagement with complexity in public management theory and practice.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 573-576
Issue: 7
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1832738
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Author-Name: Tatjana Stanimirović
Author-X-Name-First: Tatjana
Author-X-Name-Last: Stanimirović
Author-Name: Maja Klun
Author-X-Name-First: Maja
Author-X-Name-Last: Klun
Title: Gender budgeting in Slovenia—approaches, achievements, and complexities
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The article reviews gender budgeting in Slovenia. It explains the development of gender budgeting in the country, as well as future trends. The review provides a useful tool for policy-makers and other decision-makers who are dealing with gender inequality issues. Accordingly, the article tries to pay more attention to the practical aspects of the social lives of both sexes and identify the inherent national causes of the current situation and gender inequality because gender budgeting is simply a reflection of a country’s social climate.ABSTRACTMost EU countries design public policies without any systematic consideration of gender equality. Qualitative research in this article evidences Slovenia progress in implementing gender responsive budgeting. The authors’ analysis of the Slovenian government’s budgets for 2005, 2018 and 2019 reveals few policies and programmes with gender equality as a key concern. Gender sensitivity should not be evaluated solely on gender measures; however, this article is a pioneer attempt to assess the Slovenian gender budgeting approach and progress, and provides a starting point for future evaluations.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 548-553
Issue: 7
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1936937
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Author-Name: Tobias Polzer
Author-X-Name-First: Tobias
Author-X-Name-Last: Polzer
Author-Name: Johann Seiwald
Author-X-Name-First: Johann
Author-X-Name-Last: Seiwald
Title: Gender-responsive budgeting in Austria: The narrow line between implementation and confirmation
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IMPACTThe Austrian case emphasizes that Gender-Responsive Budgeting (GRB) is most successful if underpinned by legislation; however, overly detailed and rigorous guidelines might constrain advancements in the framework. This paper shows the ‘blank spots’ where GRB analyses were not undertaken, indicating the importance of formal checks and (independent) policy assessments to ensure meaningful analysis and planning of actions. Political support is crucial for diffusion; however, it is not a guarantee to fully exploit GRB’s potential. Finally, training strengthens the starting basis for implementation and needs to be extended in later periods of the implementation.ABSTRACTThe paper studies the adoption of Gender-Responsive Budgeting (GRB), drawing on Rogers’ model for the diffusion of innovations, for two major elements of the Austrian approach to GRB—regulatory gender impact assessments and gender aspects in audits—through document analyses. The study analyses the significant impact of the implementation context (such as the constitutional anchoring, the preparation plan, capacity building and methodological guidelines) on the results of the implementation. The research demonstrates that ‘implementation’ and the ultimate ‘confirmation’ of GRB vary across governmental sectors and successful meaningful application require complementary implementation activities.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 527-538
Issue: 7
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1927516
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Author-Name: Moumita Laha
Author-X-Name-First: Moumita
Author-X-Name-Last: Laha
Title: Game changer or accounting practice? Gender responsive budgeting in India
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Gender responsive budgeting is a process to achieve gender mainstreaming. Since India’s first gender budget statement was published in 2005/06, the country’s gender budget increased more than eight-fold in 2018/19. Using quantitative and qualitative data, this article highlights several procedural issues and ‘grey’ areas that require the attention of policy-makers. The over-arching message of the study is that GRB in India is an elementary exercise with limited strategic direction. The capacity of officials responsible for producing GBs is questionable and further training is needed. Sensitization to the needs and priorities of women would significantly contribute to gender mainstreaming and policy refinements.ABSTRACTGender responsive budgeting (GRB) is a process to enhance gender equality through financial allocations in government budgets. The objective of the study was to understand trends in India’s government’s ministries and departments. The total gender budget (GB) exhibited strong growth between 2007/08 and 2018/19. However, the GB for ‘women-specific programmes’ had moderate growth. This article highlights a policy–practice gap and contributes to the scarce literature on GRB in India. The authors advocate the use of GBs for strategic outcomes that promote gender mainstreaming.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 539-547
Issue: 7
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1965401
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Author-Name: Giovanna Galizzi
Author-X-Name-First: Giovanna
Author-X-Name-Last: Galizzi
Author-Name: Elina Meliou
Author-X-Name-First: Elina
Author-X-Name-Last: Meliou
Author-Name: Ileana Steccolini
Author-X-Name-First: Ileana
Author-X-Name-Last: Steccolini
Title: Theme: Experiences and challenges with gender budgeting and accounting. Moving towards gender-responsive forms of accountability?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 499-501
Issue: 7
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1971862
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Author-Name: Victoria Cluley
Author-X-Name-First: Victoria
Author-X-Name-Last: Cluley
Author-Name: Zoe Radnor
Author-X-Name-First: Zoe
Author-X-Name-Last: Radnor
Title: Rethinking co-creation: the fluid and relational process of value co-creation in public service organizations
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IMPACTPublic services are increasingly thought of in terms of the public value they provide. Co-creation is a popular public service management tool to provide services that benefit public value. Both public value and co-creation have been conceptualized in terms of experiences based on a two-way relationship between the service user and provider. The authors expand on this relationship to account for the complexity of public services whereby other, often non-human, factors also play an explicit role in value creation. The paper draws on a particular instance of public service delivery to show this complexity. Four recommendations for practice are provided to ensure that complexity and fluidity are accounted for when undertaking co-creation work.ABSTRACTThis paper develops the ongoing conceptualization of the value co-creation process in public services. The authors draw on a practical experience of a major service re-design to integrate health and social care services. The questions this experience raised about the value process are reported, drawing on the theory of Deleuze and Guattari (1987) in conjunction with existing conceptualizations of value to provide answers and expand the debate.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 563-572
Issue: 7
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1719672
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Author-Name: Lourdes Torres
Author-X-Name-First: Lourdes
Author-X-Name-Last: Torres
Author-Name: Vicente Pina
Author-X-Name-First: Vicente
Author-X-Name-Last: Pina
Author-Name: Patricia Bachiller
Author-X-Name-First: Patricia
Author-X-Name-Last: Bachiller
Title: The relationship between politicization and the Spanish savings banks’ defaults
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The authors show the extremely negative impact of having inexperienced directors with minimal or no knowledge of economics or finance serving on the boards of directors of Spanish savings banks. The failure of the savings banks would have bankrupted the Spanish banking sector and so the government had to invest public money to rescue it. Other public spending was therefore drastically reduced. The authors call for banks to be depoliticized and for their supervisory systems to be strengthened to guarantee their solvency in the long term.ABSTRACTThe heavy politicization of the corporate governance of the Spanish savings banks is shown in this paper to be a key factor explaining a large number of defaults. The authors explain the effect of political influence on savings banks boards of directors and provide empirical evidence about the factors that led to both poor performance and failures. The authors found a negative association between the percentage of savings banks’ board members appointed by politicians and performance. The demise of savings banks was important in terms of the public sector finances because the Spanish government had to spend millions of euros to rescue the banking system, with consequent cuts in government spending in other areas.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 586-593
Issue: 8
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1793496
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Author-Name: Joshua Newman
Author-X-Name-First: Joshua
Author-X-Name-Last: Newman
Author-Name: Malcolm G. Bird
Author-X-Name-First: Malcolm G.
Author-X-Name-Last: Bird
Title: Motives and incentives in the privatization of the South Australian Lotteries
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This case study illustrates the importance of political factors in determining policy outcomes. In addition to technical and policy considerations, practitioners must consider the political aspects of policy changes and incorporate them into their assessments. Core political considerations were incorporated into the successful privatization of the South Australian Lotteries, which were derived from an earlier unsuccessful attempt. Public servants must develop sharp political skills in order to align with the strategies of political decision-makers.ABSTRACTThis paper investigates the motives and incentives behind the privatization of the South Australian Lotteries. Our analysis yields three main insights: first, short-term financial considerations were the most important incentive in this instance of privatization. Second, a mix of instrumental and political considerations co-existed as motivating factors. Lastly, a previous (unsuccessful) privatization effort provided important guidance. These insights reveal the inadequacy of the established literature, which focuses on single-motive explanations of privatization, to account for special cases.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 626-635
Issue: 8
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1723264
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Author-Name: Michal Plaček
Author-X-Name-First: Michal
Author-X-Name-Last: Plaček
Author-Name: Juraj Nemec
Author-X-Name-First: Juraj
Author-X-Name-Last: Nemec
Author-Name: František Ochrana
Author-X-Name-First: František
Author-X-Name-Last: Ochrana
Author-Name: Milan Půček
Author-X-Name-First: Milan
Author-X-Name-Last: Půček
Author-Name: Milan Křápek
Author-X-Name-First: Milan
Author-X-Name-Last: Křápek
Author-Name: David Špaček
Author-X-Name-First: David
Author-X-Name-Last: Špaček
Title: Do performance management schemes deliver results in the public sector? Observations from the Czech Republic
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The authors raise questions about using the performance measurement schemes employed by developed countries in less developed (post-transitional) countries. They explain how public policies in these countries are developed and how performance management tools should be adjusted in order to produce results.ABSTRACTThis paper presents an analysis of the impact of performance management tools on the performance of public sector institutions in the Czech Republic. The findings open a new dimension in public performance management research. Existing studies have analysed the links between the use of performance instruments and the real performance of public organizations for the conditions found in the developed world. The authors explain the specific situations and conditions of less developed (post-transitional) countries, where some mechanisms work differently than they do in developed countries.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 636-645
Issue: 8
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1732053
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Author-Name: Rebecca Boden
Author-X-Name-First: Rebecca
Author-X-Name-Last: Boden
Title: Pensioned off? Evaluating the UK's National Insurance scheme
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Policy-makers frequently neglect the ways in which social policies are funded through taxation. This relationship is of critical importance because misalignment can cause social policy failure and tax injustice. This is evident with National Insurance (NI): a tax used primarily to fund the UK’s state pension entitlement. This paper explains how NI is failing women and poorer people, prompting questions of why such a poorly designed, unfair and ineffective tax has persisted for so long in the UK. The paper proposes a radical solution: the payment of a universal basic pension and the abolition of NI, with consequential adjustments in income and corporation taxes to compensate for revenue losses.ABSTRACTThis paper makes a rare contribution to understanding how taxation is used to fund social welfare, and the implications of that relationship. In the UK, National Insurance (NI) is a hypothecated tax used primarily to fund state old age pensions—a contributory welfare benefit. Through historical analysis, and the exemplar of the raising of the state pension age for women, this paper demonstrates that NI fails women and poorer people more than men and the better-off: creating serious problems of social equity. A solution is proposed: the abolition of NI with consequential adjustments to income and corporation taxes, and the introduction of a universal basic pension.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 646-655
Issue: 8
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1862993
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Author-Name: Clive Grace
Author-X-Name-First: Clive
Author-X-Name-Last: Grace
Author-Name: Tim Thorogood
Author-X-Name-First: Tim
Author-X-Name-Last: Thorogood
Title: Debate: Local public audit and accountability—an international and public value perspective
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 582-583
Issue: 8
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1971867
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Author-Name: Francesca Manes Rossi
Author-X-Name-First: Francesca
Author-X-Name-Last: Manes Rossi
Author-Name: Isabel Brusca
Author-X-Name-First: Isabel
Author-X-Name-Last: Brusca
Author-Name: Vicente Condor
Author-X-Name-First: Vicente
Author-X-Name-Last: Condor
Title: In the pursuit of harmonization: comparing the audit systems of European local governments
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The paper offers interesting insights into the audit systems of European countries, revealing that the differences between them mean that the European Commission cannot obtain high-quality comparable data. Building a strong audit system is integral to reducing the mismanagement of public funds and to setting common European policies. The authors reveal the countries which need to update and standardize their accounting systems at the local and regional levels. In addition, the authors explain why they are calling for a wider adoption of performance auditing in Europe.ABSTRACTThis paper compares the level of harmonization in local government audit in 18 European Union member countries, as well as the situation in England and Switzerland. It presents a classification of audit systems based on who carries out audits, their frequency, the types of audit, and the auditing standards adopted. The different audit models are analysed in relation to each country’s administrative systems. The results provide important insights for scholars, auditors, politicians and standard-setters, showing that harmonization in auditing is far from being achieved in Europe.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 604-614
Issue: 8
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1772549
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Author-Name: Seong-ho Jeong
Author-X-Name-First: Seong-ho
Author-X-Name-Last: Jeong
Author-Name: Sun-Gu Hwang
Author-X-Name-First: Sun-Gu
Author-X-Name-Last: Hwang
Title: Debate: ‘K-Prevention’ and South Korea’s integrated financial management information system
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 584-585
Issue: 8
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1927527
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Author-Name: Laurence Ferry
Author-X-Name-First: Laurence
Author-X-Name-Last: Ferry
Author-Name: Claire Hardy
Author-X-Name-First: Claire
Author-X-Name-Last: Hardy
Author-Name: Henry Midgley
Author-X-Name-First: Henry
Author-X-Name-Last: Midgley
Title: Data, trust, democracy and Covid-19: the first parliamentary assessment of the UK government’s approach to data during the pandemic
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The coronavirus crisis has led to governments making huge interventions into everyday life. These interventions have been justified on the basis of published data. However, the authors argue from the experience of a recent UK parliamentary report, that policy-makers need to be mindful of the double task that this data performs—both in securing the democratic legitimacy of the restrictions made to everyday life and in securing the adherence of people to those restrictions.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 676-678
Issue: 8
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1946311
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Author-Name: Andreas Bergmann
Author-X-Name-First: Andreas
Author-X-Name-Last: Bergmann
Title: Editorial: Quality of financial information presented by public sector entities
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 581-581
Issue: 8
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1986303
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Author-Name: Hannah Hesselgreaves
Author-X-Name-First: Hannah
Author-X-Name-Last: Hesselgreaves
Author-Name: Max French
Author-X-Name-First: Max
Author-X-Name-Last: French
Author-Name: Melissa Hawkins
Author-X-Name-First: Melissa
Author-X-Name-Last: Hawkins
Author-Name: Toby Lowe
Author-X-Name-First: Toby
Author-X-Name-Last: Lowe
Author-Name: Amy Wheatman
Author-X-Name-First: Amy
Author-X-Name-Last: Wheatman
Author-Name: Mike Martin
Author-X-Name-First: Mike
Author-X-Name-Last: Martin
Author-Name: Rob Wilson
Author-X-Name-First: Rob
Author-X-Name-Last: Wilson
Title: New development: The emerging role of a ‘learning partner’ relationship in supporting public service reform
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This article describes why managers of public services who are engaged in reform should consider engaging in learning partnerships. The authors explain how this emerging approach provides important sources of reflexive practice to members of partnerships, including policy-makers, consulting firms, and academia; they show how these sectors can collaborate to build learning capacity across multiple stakeholders; as well as the dilemmas and dualisms involved.ABSTRACTAs public services face the limits of existing approaches to public management, emerging practices are highlighting the importance of continuous learning and service reform. While many approaches, methods and aids for learning exist, managers embracing complexity are making use of relational resources to scaffold their learning capacity-building. This article introduces the idea of ‘learning partnerships’: a set of nested learning relationships between public managers, consultants, and researchers and academics, which extends the literature on academic–practitioner collaborations and builds a relational mechanism for learning into the action learning action research (ALAR) and learning organization genres.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 672-675
Issue: 8
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1909274
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Author-Name: Lan Bo
Author-X-Name-First: Lan
Author-X-Name-Last: Bo
Author-Name: Haixin Yao
Author-X-Name-First: Haixin
Author-X-Name-Last: Yao
Author-Name: Fred C.J. Mear
Author-X-Name-First: Fred C.J.
Author-X-Name-Last: Mear
Title: New development: Is China’s local government debt problem getting better or worse?
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As the world deals with the Covid-19 pandemic, debt risks are increasing, as is the pressure to hide debt. The lessons learnt from analysing the progress made by China in controlling hidden debt will be of use to accountants, financial managers and policy-makers in other countries. The authors also make suggestions for the Chinese local and central government going forward.ABSTRACTChina’s central government has been addressing the country’s local government hidden debt since 2015 with the introduction of a ‘New Budget Law’ to make the debt explicit (transparent). The authors discuss the progress made, the continuing systemic risk of hidden debt, and the impacts of central government action on debt costs and funding opportunities. This paper adds to the literature on the management of general government debt.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 663-667
Issue: 8
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1881273
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Author-Name: Patrícia Gomes
Author-X-Name-First: Patrícia
Author-X-Name-Last: Gomes
Title: Financial and non-financial responses to the Covid-19 pandemic: insights from Portugal and lessons for future
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This article will help governments, politicians and professional bodies deliberate on how best to respond to future complex crises based on the way Portugal has dealt with the Covid-19 pandemic. It is crucial that governments learn from the pandemic in order to be face future crises as efficiently as possible.ABSTRACTThis article analyses the Portuguese government’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic, discussing the main financial and non-financial measures, the successes and the future challenges. Findings show that Portugal responded rapidly to the pandemic situation with a stimulus package that not only looked at budgetary and fiscal measures, but also considered non-financial measures (regulation and flexibility). The context before Covid-19 was determinant of the capacity to act during this crisis. The article contributes to the literature about the different government responses to the pandemic and the importance of the institutional context to understand and learn from them.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 660-662
Issue: 8
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1880059
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Author-Name: Victoria Cluley
Author-X-Name-First: Victoria
Author-X-Name-Last: Cluley
Author-Name: Steven Parker
Author-X-Name-First: Steven
Author-X-Name-Last: Parker
Author-Name: Zoe Radnor
Author-X-Name-First: Zoe
Author-X-Name-Last: Radnor
Title: New development: Expanding public service value to include dis/value
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For public service managers and policy-makers, value is now a common buzzword and its creation or production processes represent common approaches to service delivery. Increasing numbers of academic studies argue that public value is overly optimistic and premised on overly positive ideals of universal benefit. Two new terms are proposed in this article that both critique current approaches to public value and also expand the concept to reflect the complex reality of public service practice: dis/value and public service ethos. Public service ethos represents the idealism associated with the public value and dis/value accounts for public value relationships and experiences that fall outside of this. These terms are intended to further the conceptualization of value and also translate theoretical development into a language that both reflects and can be used in public service practice.ABSTRACTThis article introduces two new terms to the public value lexicon: ‘public service ethos’ and ‘dis/value’. Both terms serve to progress the conceptualization of public value. ‘Public service ethos’ is used to refer to the prevailing assumption that the inclusion of service user voices in the delivery and improvement of public services creates individual and societal benefits (public value). ‘Dis/value’ refers to the public value relationships that fall outside of the public service ethos. Three service assemblages are used to exemplify this. These examples show that a theory–practice disjuncture is present, whereby the ‘public service ethos’ is not practicable based on its anthropomorphic focus and the consequent failure to recognize complexity. To overcome this, the authors draw on new materialist theory to reposition public value as a relational assemblage that can accommodate value in all combinations.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 656-659
Issue: 8
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1737392
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Author-Name: Stephen P. Osborne
Author-X-Name-First: Stephen P.
Author-X-Name-Last: Osborne
Author-Name: Madeline Powell
Author-X-Name-First: Madeline
Author-X-Name-Last: Powell
Author-Name: Tie Cui
Author-X-Name-First: Tie
Author-X-Name-Last: Cui
Author-Name: Kirsty Strokosch
Author-X-Name-First: Kirsty
Author-X-Name-Last: Strokosch
Title: New development: ‘Appreciate–Engage–Facilitate’—The role of public managers in value creation in public service ecosystems
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Public service ecosystems are an increasingly influential concept in public administration and management theory. This article explores their implications for public service management practice. It offers a framework for public service managers to understand how the concept can impact upon their practice. It emphasises the need for practitioners to be able to work across the three levels of the ecosystem identified and how they might most effectively impact upon these levels.ABSTRACTThis article argues for the ‘public service ecosystem’ as an organizing framework through which to appreciate the interactions and integration of the institutional, service, and individual levels in public service delivery. It offers a heuristic (‘Appreciate–Engage–Facilitate’) through which to understand and support the role of public managers in value creation at all levels of such ecosystems.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 668-671
Issue: 8
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1916189
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Author-Name: Stephen Gibb
Author-X-Name-First: Stephen
Author-X-Name-Last: Gibb
Author-Name: Mohammed Ishaq
Author-X-Name-First: Mohammed
Author-X-Name-Last: Ishaq
Author-Name: Ian Elliott
Author-X-Name-First: Ian
Author-X-Name-Last: Elliott
Author-Name: Asifa Maaria Hussain
Author-X-Name-First: Asifa Maaria
Author-X-Name-Last: Hussain
Title: Fair and decent work in Scotland’s local authorities: evidence and challenges
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The effects of work intensification and the cumulative and ongoing impacts of austerity on services have shaped the quality of working lives of the staff and managers in local authorities. This applies from those in low-paid roles through to higher-paid professionals. This study describes the quality of work in one context, Scottish local authorities, and explores how the management of that presents opportunities and challenges to the sector. The detail of this study is locally grounded, the opportunities and challenges analysis have application internationally.ABSTRACTScottish local authorities (SLAs) are a major employer expected to provide Fair and Decent Work (FDW). The evidence and challenges of FDW in this sector are mapped drawing on semi-structured interviews with human resource (HR) and organization development (OD) personnel. Many SLAs claim to be, and some seem to be, leading in FDW, yet others are reluctant to commit beyond meeting statutory obligations. The delivery of FDW in SLAs matters to managers and more broadly, as SLAs influence FDW more widely, individually in their local and collectively in their national contexts.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 615-625
Issue: 8
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1723262
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Author-Name: Do-Jin Jung
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Author-X-Name-Last: Jung
Author-Name: Jong-Hyun Kim
Author-X-Name-First: Jong-Hyun
Author-X-Name-Last: Kim
Author-Name: Seok-Jin Chang
Author-X-Name-First: Seok-Jin
Author-X-Name-Last: Chang
Title: Does accrual-based government financial information serve as an indicator of fiscal risks?
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This paper provides empirical evidence for managers and policy-makers that a country's fiscal risks can be accurately measured through accrual-based government financial information. Evidence is provided that the international capital market recognizes the positive effects of the OECD’s accrual-based government accounting scheme on public financial management. The authors’ results suggest that accrual-based government financial information, especially government liabilities and fiscal balance, should be used for public financial management.ABSTRACTThis paper shows accrual-based government financial information is an effective indicator of fiscal risk. The authors analysed the association of accrual-based government financial information (government liabilities and fiscal balance) with fiscal risks (proxied by sovereign credit ratings and sovereign bond yields). Analysing 24 OECD member states from 1997 to 2015, the authors found that the greater a government’s liabilities, the lower its sovereign credit rating and the higher its sovereign bond yields. In addition, the sounder a country’s fiscal balance, the higher its sovereign credit rating and the lower its sovereign bond yields.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 594-603
Issue: 8
Volume: 41
Year: 2021
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1769384
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Author-Name: Gareth Morris
Author-X-Name-First: Gareth
Author-X-Name-Last: Morris
Author-Name: Paul Walley
Author-X-Name-First: Paul
Author-X-Name-Last: Walley
Title: Implementing failure demand reduction as part of a demand management strategy
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Claims are made that up to 80% of the demand entering public services can be classified as unnecessary, or avoidable, ‘failure demand’ that is generated through errors or aspects of poor delivery system design. This article shows how failure demand was identified at one police service, the extent to which it was seen to occur and the practices that were changed to reduce failure demand. Much of the same methodology can be applied to other public services but the article demonstrates that changes to reduce failure demand must focus on system change.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 22-31
Issue: 1
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 01
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1978163
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Author-X-Name-First: Angie
Author-X-Name-Last: Sutton-Vane
Title: Debate: The preservation of police force records for future research—Why it is important, what is failing and lessons that can be learned
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 8-9
Issue: 1
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 01
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1966911
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Author-X-Name-First: Steven
Author-X-Name-Last: Chase
Title: Debate: When our bodies and minds rebel
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 10-11
Issue: 1
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 01
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1986297
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Author-X-Name-Last: Miller
Title: Debate: So near and yet so far—bridging the research–practice divide
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 12-13
Issue: 1
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 01
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1952547
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Author-Name: Mallory Compton
Author-X-Name-First: Mallory
Author-X-Name-Last: Compton
Author-Name: Scott Douglas
Author-X-Name-First: Scott
Author-X-Name-Last: Douglas
Author-Name: Lauren Fahy
Author-X-Name-First: Lauren
Author-X-Name-Last: Fahy
Author-Name: Joannah Luetjens
Author-X-Name-First: Joannah
Author-X-Name-Last: Luetjens
Author-Name: Paul ‘t Hart
Author-X-Name-First: Paul
Author-X-Name-Last: ‘t Hart
Author-Name: Judith van Erp
Author-X-Name-First: Judith
Author-X-Name-Last: van Erp
Title: New development: Walk on the bright side—what might we learn about public governance by studying its achievements?
Abstract:
The goal of this article is to identify evidence-based building blocks for smart and sensible practices of policy design, public leadership and management, while recognizing that universal templates for success are not the right approach. It is critical that strategies to improve governance show appropriate sensitivity to context. The authors offer an alternative for high-level assessments of institutional qualities of ‘good government’. The article presents a practical toolkit to identify, assess, interpret, compare, and learn from concrete instances of public policy successes, highly successful public organizations, and collaborative, networked governance.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 49-51
Issue: 1
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 01
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1975994
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Author-X-Name-First: Matthew
Author-X-Name-Last: Jones
Author-Name: Bart Rienties
Author-X-Name-First: Bart
Author-X-Name-Last: Rienties
Title: Designing learning success and avoiding learning failure through learning analytics: the case of policing in England and Wales
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How to effectively develop a framework of learning and development is a central challenge for contemporary organizations. New technologies and educational partnerships have transformed the ways in which professionals learn. This article explains how learning analytics can be used to design blended learning programmes and support learners in an evidence-informed way, so that learning ‘failures’ (withdrawal, underperformance and complaints) can be avoided. The article draws on several case studies, including the current learning and development challenges faced by police organizations in England and Wales, that support the case for learning analytics to achieve success in workforce training.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 32-39
Issue: 1
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 01
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1979335
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Author-Name: Zoë Walkington
Author-X-Name-First: Zoë
Author-X-Name-Last: Walkington
Author-Name: Richard Harding
Author-X-Name-First: Richard
Author-X-Name-Last: Harding
Author-Name: Jean Hartley
Author-X-Name-First: Jean
Author-X-Name-Last: Hartley
Author-Name: Nicky Miller
Author-X-Name-First: Nicky
Author-X-Name-Last: Miller
Author-Name: Steven Chase
Author-X-Name-First: Steven
Author-X-Name-Last: Chase
Title: Editorial: Learning from success and failure in action
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 1-3
Issue: 1
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 01
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1989800
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Author-X-Name-First: Richard
Author-X-Name-Last: Harding
Title: Debate: The 70:20:10 ‘rule’ in learning and development—The mistake of listening to sirens and how to safely navigate around them
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 6-7
Issue: 1
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 01
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1951517
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Author-Name: Laurence Alison
Author-X-Name-First: Laurence
Author-X-Name-Last: Alison
Author-Name: Neil Shortland
Author-X-Name-First: Neil
Author-X-Name-Last: Shortland
Author-Name: Marek Palasinski
Author-X-Name-First: Marek
Author-X-Name-Last: Palasinski
Author-Name: Michael Humann
Author-X-Name-First: Michael
Author-X-Name-Last: Humann
Title: Imagining grim stories to reduce redundant deliberation in critical incident decision-making
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Leaders spend years developing their abilities and acquiring expertise in their specialist fields, in order to become competent and skilled decision-makers. These capabilities are tested during critical incidents—especially in situations where there is no official guidance or where experience is lacking (because of the rarity of such events). Training at this level needs to facilitate creativity, problem-solving, feedback, self-reflection, and hindsight knowledge, building a pool of uncertainty management skills to fall back on when faced with unprecedented situations beyond the scope of protocol (or current expertise).
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 14-21
Issue: 1
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 01
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1969085
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Author-Name: Jean Hartley
Author-X-Name-First: Jean
Author-X-Name-Last: Hartley
Author-Name: Laurence Knell
Author-X-Name-First: Laurence
Author-X-Name-Last: Knell
Title: Innovation, exnovation and intelligent failure
Abstract:
Innovation remains a crucial focus for practising managers in both the public and private sectors, yet the practice of innovation often misunderstood if not ignored. This article highlights an under-explored aspect of innovation—failure—and discusses how the conscious application of an intelligent failure approach can support more effective innovation. It discusses a particular form of innovation practice—exnovation—which involves the conscious pruning and cessation of innovation initiatives. By having a clearer understanding of the vital role of intelligent failure and exnovation in the innovation process, managers can better support the growth of innovation cultures and practices within their organizations.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 40-48
Issue: 1
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 01
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1965307
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Author-X-Name-First: Scott
Author-X-Name-Last: Douglas
Title: Debate: How to tell stories about government success
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 4-5
Issue: 1
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 01
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1966900
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Author-Name: XiaoHu Wang
Author-X-Name-First: XiaoHu
Author-X-Name-Last: Wang
Author-Name: Jingyuan Xu
Author-X-Name-First: Jingyuan
Author-X-Name-Last: Xu
Title: Debate: The central government’s capacity building role in policy implementation in China
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 57-58
Issue: 2
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 02
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2022.2000098
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Author-Name: Sandra Cohen
Author-X-Name-First: Sandra
Author-X-Name-Last: Cohen
Title: Debate: Climate change, environmental challenges, sustainable development goals and the relevance of accounting
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 55-56
Issue: 2
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 02
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1986957
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Author-Name: Thien Vu Tran
Author-X-Name-First: Thien Vu
Author-X-Name-Last: Tran
Author-Name: Masayoshi Noguchi
Author-X-Name-First: Masayoshi
Author-X-Name-Last: Noguchi
Title: Public efficiency in Tokyo’s metropolitan local governments: the role of asset utilization and budgeting
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The authors' findings suggest two important public policy interventions for policy-makers and local authorities. First, there appears to be a need for an increased focus on strategic municipal asset utilization to combat declines in efficiency. Second, municipalities using accrual accounting but still maintaining cash budgeting should seriously consider implementing accruals budgeting in order to improve their efficiency.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 114-123
Issue: 2
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 2
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1734315
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Author-Name: Alessandro Spano
Author-X-Name-First: Alessandro
Author-X-Name-Last: Spano
Author-Name: Anna Aroni
Author-X-Name-First: Anna
Author-X-Name-Last: Aroni
Author-Name: Valentina Tagliagambe
Author-X-Name-First: Valentina
Author-X-Name-Last: Tagliagambe
Author-Name: Elisabetta Mallus
Author-X-Name-First: Elisabetta
Author-X-Name-Last: Mallus
Author-Name: Benedetta Bellò
Author-X-Name-First: Benedetta
Author-X-Name-Last: Bellò
Title: Performance and expenditure in Italian public healthcare organizations: does expenditure influence performance?
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Simply increasing public spending does not necessarily result in improved service performance. This paper looks at the Italian healthcare sector and shows that policy-makers need to pay more attention to the other variables that affect healthcare performance if they want to see improvements. The design and regulation of the healthcare system at both national and regional levels and the way healthcare organizations are actually managed must be looked at if any change in spending is proposed.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 79-86
Issue: 2
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 2
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1789311
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Author-Name: Martin Powell
Author-X-Name-First: Martin
Author-X-Name-Last: Powell
Author-Name: John Blenkinsopp
Author-X-Name-First: John
Author-X-Name-Last: Blenkinsopp
Author-Name: Huw Davies
Author-X-Name-First: Huw
Author-X-Name-Last: Davies
Author-Name: Russell Mannion
Author-X-Name-First: Russell
Author-X-Name-Last: Mannion
Author-Name: Ross Millar
Author-X-Name-First: Ross
Author-X-Name-Last: Millar
Author-Name: Jean McHale
Author-X-Name-First: Jean
Author-X-Name-Last: McHale
Author-Name: Nicholas Snowden
Author-X-Name-First: Nicholas
Author-X-Name-Last: Snowden
Title: The case of the disappearing whistleblower: an analysis of National Health Service inquiries
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Despite the recognition that ‘speaking up’ or ‘whistleblowing’ can make a major contribution to the quality and safety of health services, many inquiries into poor care did not appear to blow the whistle loudly enough and governments failed to listen and act appropriately when they did. Policy-makers and practitioners need to consider the importance of whistleblowing; if existing policies are working, or new ones need to be introduced, and—if so—whether they should be based on cultural or legal remedies. In particular, as many international organizations and nations have focused on whistleblowing in recent years, policy-makers in the UK should review whether legislation is required to update or replace its existing whistleblowing law.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 59-69
Issue: 2
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 02
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1892959
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Author-Name: Mattia Casula
Author-X-Name-First: Mattia
Author-X-Name-Last: Casula
Author-Name: Chiara Leonardi
Author-X-Name-First: Chiara
Author-X-Name-Last: Leonardi
Author-Name: Massimo Zancanaro
Author-X-Name-First: Massimo
Author-X-Name-Last: Zancanaro
Title: How does digital technology impact on the co-production of local services? Evidence from a childcare experience
Abstract:
When designing technology to support the co-production of a public service, focusing on the functional role alone will limit the value of the exercise. This paper describes the design requirements of a digital platform for the co-creation of childcare in two different communities—a neighbourhood and a private organization. The paper will have value for anyone interested in understanding the possible impact of digital technology on co-creation of value in co-production activities for the co-design of public services.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 87-97
Issue: 2
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 2
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1728066
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Author-Name: Aleix Gregori
Author-X-Name-First: Aleix
Author-X-Name-Last: Gregori
Author-Name: Misericòrdia Carles
Author-X-Name-First: Misericòrdia
Author-X-Name-Last: Carles
Title: Buyer power and provider efficiency: the case of hospital provision in a national health service
Abstract:
The authors show that public buyer power is associated with higher provider efficiency. This paper is of value to practitioners and policy-makers world wide, because it suggests that a model of governance based on a strong purchasing agency may lead to an efficient public provision, avoiding the waste of resources.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 70-78
Issue: 2
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 2
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1706274
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Author-Name: Pat Barrett AO
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Author-X-Name-Last: Barrett AO
Title: New development: Whither the strategic direction of public audit in an era of the ‘new normal’?
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Given ongoing questions about the role and performance of auditing, the challenges faced by public sector auditors are how to not only maintain the confidence of governments/parliaments and the general public but also to show the usefulness and relevance of audit processes, findings and recommendations in an environment that is significantly adjusting and evolving to a ‘new normal’. This article is a timely examination of public audit strategies from national audit offices, assessing whether they are likely to deliver the objectives of the new normal, for example with the increased focus on digital transformation, work methods, communication and collaboration. It also contributes to the now long-standing practice of shared learning by public audit offices around the world. The article includes national audit offices’ reactions to the changes needed post Covid-19.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 124-128
Issue: 2
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 02
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1965756
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Author-Name: Lavinia Pastore
Author-X-Name-First: Lavinia
Author-X-Name-Last: Pastore
Author-Name: Luigi Corvo
Author-X-Name-First: Luigi
Author-X-Name-Last: Corvo
Title: ‘SIB’: what does it really mean? A theoretical approach to understanding social impact bonds
Abstract:
SIBs are a relatively new research field. Building on the contributions to the 2020 theme issue of Public Money & Management on SIBs, this paper helps policy-makers to be more aware of the potential and downsides of SIBs. The authors provide policy-makers and public sector managers with the tools to assess a SIB design.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 98-105
Issue: 2
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 2
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1809799
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Author-Name: Ian R. Hodgkinson
Author-X-Name-First: Ian R.
Author-X-Name-Last: Hodgkinson
Author-Name: Sahar Mousavi
Author-X-Name-First: Sahar
Author-X-Name-Last: Mousavi
Author-Name: Paul Hughes
Author-X-Name-First: Paul
Author-X-Name-Last: Hughes
Title: New development: Citizen science—discovering (new) solutions to wicked problems
Abstract:
The general population can play a pivotal role in future research endeavours, from the inception of research projects through to delivering research impact. Citizen science is the active, co-participation of the public in scientific research. Through true collaboration, this article shows how citizen science has the potential to discover new solutions to wicked problems. Climate change, extreme poverty, pandemics, health inequalities, and natural disasters are just a few examples of where citizens may hold the key to driving (partial) solutions for a better world.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 133-136
Issue: 2
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 02
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1967630
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Author-Name: Andrew Massey
Author-X-Name-First: Andrew
Author-X-Name-Last: Massey
Title: Editorial: Silent Spring: can we fix wicked problems?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 53-54
Issue: 2
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 02
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2022.2003595
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Author-Name: Bishoy Louis Zaki
Author-X-Name-First: Bishoy Louis
Author-X-Name-Last: Zaki
Author-Name: Bert George
Author-X-Name-First: Bert
Author-X-Name-Last: George
Title: New development: Policy learning and public management—a match made in crisis
Abstract:
Policy-makers face significant challenges responding to technically complex, multidimensional, large-scale, and socially-embedded crises such as Covid-19. In this article, the authors call for policy-makers to expand the horizon on expertise at the policy design table. This is by including public management experts and practitioners as policy co-designers. With their in-field experience, situated knowledge of social contexts and public administration capacities, public management experts can provide critical insights into the design of crisis policy responses. This approach entails setting management and co-ordination frameworks that ensure the functional integration of insights from a range of multi-disciplinary experts into the policy learning process.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 129-132
Issue: 2
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 02
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1956212
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Author-Name: Jiwan P. S. Dhillon
Author-X-Name-First: Jiwan P. S.
Author-X-Name-Last: Dhillon
Title: Accountability fragmented? Exploring disjointed performance measurement in government
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The paper presents ideas for developing an overarching government accountability and performance framework. New approaches to accountability and performance measurement are discussed, and possible ways to resolve critical problems are identified. The paper will have value to public servants involved in developing performance information; politicians (particularly on parliamentary committees); performance auditors; management consultants and thinktanks advising governments; public service and politics media reporters; and accountability and public management researchers.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 106-113
Issue: 2
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 2
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1764253
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Author-Name: Bram Faber
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Author-X-Name-Last: Faber
Author-Name: Tjerk Budding
Author-X-Name-First: Tjerk
Author-X-Name-Last: Budding
Title: Roles and user characteristics as driving forces of information use in the Dutch parliament
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This article looks at how the roles and personal characteristics of politicians affect their use of accounting information. The findings in this article suggest that it is very likely that the quality of debates in parliament correlate with use of the accounting information provided. Political parties should consider age and experience in their selection of candidates and in terms of whether to retire MPs, because age and experience do seem to affect the extent to which politicians substantiate their statements and decisions with hard accounting information.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 160-168
Issue: 3
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 04
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1967634
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Author-Name: Ringa Raudla
Author-X-Name-First: Ringa
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Title: Politicians’ use of performance information in the budget process
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This article helps policy-makers and managers understand why politicians tend to make only limited instrumental use of performance information in the budget process. In order to encourage the use of performance information to improve budgetary decisions, performance measures should be more relevant for elected officials, politicians should be involved in developing performance measures and receive more extensive analytical support.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 144-151
Issue: 3
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 04
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1989779
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Author-Name: André Jethon
Author-X-Name-First: André
Author-X-Name-Last: Jethon
Author-Name: Christoph Reichard
Author-X-Name-First: Christoph
Author-X-Name-Last: Reichard
Title: Usability and actual use of performance information in German municipal budgets: the perspective of local politicians
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German municipalities have prepared performance budgets for over 10 years. The incorporation of performance information into the budget is, however, still work in progress. Local politicians perceive the usability of non-financial information in the budget as low and do not use such information intensively for budget composition or other purposes. German municipal budgets are usually voluminous because of their highly detailed structure and the large amount of displayed performance data which rarely informs about outcomes. Such information does not meet the needs of councillors, for example in their struggles with political opponents. Some options for improving the usability of budgetary information are presented.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 152-159
Issue: 3
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 04
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1966193
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Author-Name: Peter Triantafillou
Author-X-Name-First: Peter
Author-X-Name-Last: Triantafillou
Title: Accounting for value-based management of healthcare services: challenging neoliberal government from within?
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Management scholars have inspired a new series of reforms that, under the heading of ‘value-based management’, seeks to link hospital funding to accounts of actual treatment outcomes and costs. Based on the Danish experience, this paper suggests that the shift from a pay-for-performance system based on narrow conceptions of output, such as the number of patients treated, to one measuring actual health outcomes for patients is promising. However, the requirement for extensive knowledge linking health outcomes to full cycle treatments and their costs significantly challenges the adoption of a fair pay-for-performance system.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 199-208
Issue: 3
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1748878
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Author-Name: Irvine Lapsley
Author-X-Name-First: Irvine
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Title: Debate: Politicians' use of accounting information—the myth of rationality
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 140-141
Issue: 3
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 04
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1976945
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Author-Name: Fernando Deodato Domingos
Author-X-Name-First: Fernando Deodato
Author-X-Name-Last: Domingos
Author-Name: André Carlos Busanelli de Aquino
Author-X-Name-First: André Carlos Busanelli
Author-X-Name-Last: de Aquino
Author-Name: Diana Vaz de Lima
Author-X-Name-First: Diana Vaz
Author-X-Name-Last: de Lima
Title: The credibility of finance committees and information usage: trustworthy to whom?
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Local government politicians in Brazil were found to perceive the reports and referrals from legislative finance committees as trustworthy depending on the political scenario in which the report was generated. Information usage by politicians then depended on partisan demands—whether they were in opposition or in government. The quality of the accounting information delivered by finance committees needs to be improved and councillors should be encouraged to consider and use financial information more widely: not just in debates in council. Council finance committees could usefully include external specialists to validate referrals and tighten ties with audit institutions.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 169-177
Issue: 3
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 04
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1996691
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Author-Name: Daniel Simonet
Author-X-Name-First: Daniel
Author-X-Name-Last: Simonet
Author-Name: John E. Katsos
Author-X-Name-First: John E.
Author-X-Name-Last: Katsos
Title: Market reforms in the French healthcare system: between regulation and yardstick competition
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Responding to New Public Management reforms, the French healthcare system adapted by creating a hybrid model. This paper details those reforms, their hybridity, and their applicability in other contexts.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 191-198
Issue: 3
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 4
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1752467
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Author-Name: Don Peebles
Author-X-Name-First: Don
Author-X-Name-Last: Peebles
Author-Name: Cliff Dalton
Author-X-Name-First: Cliff
Author-X-Name-Last: Dalton
Title: New development: Understanding the statement of accounts—the use of financial information in UK local authorities
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This article presents the results of a survey of UK councillors which shows the extent to which councillors utilize and interpret financial information. Ways to make statements of accounts and financial reports more accessible to policy-makers are recommended.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 178-180
Issue: 3
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 04
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.2014125
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Author-Name: Olga Balaeva
Author-X-Name-First: Olga
Author-X-Name-Last: Balaeva
Author-Name: Andrei Yakovlev
Author-X-Name-First: Andrei
Author-X-Name-Last: Yakovlev
Author-Name: Yuliya Rodionova
Author-X-Name-First: Yuliya
Author-X-Name-Last: Rodionova
Author-Name: Daniil Esaulov
Author-X-Name-First: Daniil
Author-X-Name-Last: Esaulov
Title: Public procurement transaction costs: a country-level assessment
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The survey-based approach to the evaluation of public procurement costs described in this paper can be used by other countries and regions. Although the average overall transaction costs for public procurements in the case study country amounted to about 1% of the total value of concluded contracts, this figure was 6.6% to 8.1% for small purchases. This figure exceeds the budget saving from competitive procurement and calls for a need to simplify regulations around smaller procurements. This analysis of the procurement costs on Russian data will allow other developing countries to avoid the mistakes made in Russia, as well providing a way to realistically and affordably measure their procurement transaction costs.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 181-190
Issue: 3
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 04
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1831170
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Author-Name: Tjerk Budding
Author-X-Name-First: Tjerk
Author-X-Name-Last: Budding
Author-Name: Jan van Helden
Author-X-Name-First: Jan van
Author-X-Name-Last: Helden
Title: Theme: Politicians’ use of accounting informationEditorial: Unraveling politicians’ use and non-use of accounting information
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 137-139
Issue: 3
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 04
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2022.2028467
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Author-Name: Joost Sneller
Author-X-Name-First: Joost
Author-X-Name-Last: Sneller
Author-Name: Bart Snels
Author-X-Name-First: Bart
Author-X-Name-Last: Snels
Title: Debate: Parliament’s quest to improve accounting information in the Netherlands
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 142-143
Issue: 3
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 04
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.2017220
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Author-Name: Rahel M. Schomaker
Author-X-Name-First: Rahel M.
Author-X-Name-Last: Schomaker
Author-Name: Christian Bauer
Author-X-Name-First: Christian
Author-X-Name-Last: Bauer
Title: Trust and transaction costs in public–private partnerships—theoretical reflections and empirical findings
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The authors explain the importance of issues of trust in terms of collaborations between the public and private sectors, for example PPPs. They show that transaction costs particularly are impacted by levels of trust—even though the public administration’s level of trust in the private sector was higher than expected. The authors also found that reservations against PPPs on the political level increased the likelihood of mismanagement (regarding contract design and implementation) and delays. Politicians need to rethink how they communicate with officials to minimize these problems.ABSTRACTThe number of public–private partnerships (PPP) is on the rise. The authors analyse empirical evidence (including outcomes from interviews and a survey of civil servants in Germany), about the importance of transaction costs and trust in PPP implementation and performance. The paper makes an important contribution to the literature by reflecting on trust relations in PPPs, as well as providing empirical evidence for higher transaction costs in PPPs, compared to entirely public sector provision.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 284-290
Issue: 4
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1801882
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Author-Name: Ringa Raudla
Author-X-Name-First: Ringa
Author-X-Name-Last: Raudla
Author-Name: James W. Douglas
Author-X-Name-First: James W.
Author-X-Name-Last: Douglas
Title: Fiscal councils as watchdogs—how loud do they bark?
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Civil servants are often heavily involved in fiscal policy. These actors have a keen understanding of institutional reforms, enabling them to point to dynamics that cannot be easily captured by quantitative analysis. It is important to tap into this knowledge in order to understand the extent to which governments are truly influenced by institutional mechanisms such as fiscal councils.ABSTRACTThis paper examines the impacts of fiscal councils in Ireland, Portugal, and Austria. The authors focus on how key fiscal policy actors perceive the impacts of fiscal councils in their country. In all three countries, the fiscal councils were viewed as making significant contributions to public debates about fiscal policy, improving the rigour of forecasting, and strengthening the position of finance ministries. However, the fiscal councils were not successful in getting governments to take the longer term perspective on public finances more seriously.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 241-250
Issue: 4
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1795998
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Author-Name: Suman Bhattacharya
Author-X-Name-First: Suman
Author-X-Name-Last: Bhattacharya
Author-Name: David Wainwright
Author-X-Name-First: David
Author-X-Name-Last: Wainwright
Author-Name: Jason Whalley
Author-X-Name-First: Jason
Author-X-Name-Last: Whalley
Title: Value and sustainability in technology-enabled care services: a case study from north-east England
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A critical barrier to the large-scale adoption of technology-enabled care services (TECS) remains a lack of evidence around their business cases that would create sufficient value for the stakeholders involved. Drawing on a case study of telecare service delivery, involving public funding and institutions in north east England, the authors highlight the opportunities that technology provides, as well as a series of challenges that need to be addressed. The findings will be particularly helpful for telecare stakeholders, shaping how services are provided.ABSTRACTTechnology-enabled care services (TECS) are primarily provided in the UK as a public service, using public funds and national systems of health and care. The delivery of such services, however, is increasingly market orientated and subject to many challenges. The authors draw on the literature and case study evidence, to explore the value propositions and value co-creation within TECS, highlighting the challenges and obstacles, as well as possible ways forward.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 210-220
Issue: 4
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 05
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1992123
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Author-Name: Jonas Spohr
Author-X-Name-First: Jonas
Author-X-Name-Last: Spohr
Author-Name: Kim Wikström
Author-X-Name-First: Kim
Author-X-Name-Last: Wikström
Author-Name: Kent Eriksson
Author-X-Name-First: Kent
Author-X-Name-Last: Eriksson
Title: Towards collaborative infrastructure procurement
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Private investors can help governments overcome budget constraints in infrastructure procurement and to increase the quality of infrastructure assets. However, private investors’ engagement can result in inflexibility and high costs for both taxpayers and the users of the infrastructure service. Australia and Canada are forerunners in building successful collaborations with private investors in the infrastructure space. In a three-year project, the authors attempted to get public infrastructure owners still relying on traditional infrastructure procurement to collaborate with institutional investors for the long term. This paper documents the insights received during this journey, providing lessons for countries considering brokering direct investment deals.ABSTRACTInfrastructure projects where many partners and technologies must work together to produce a functioning and sustainable outcome are often challenging. Australia, Canada and UK are among the few countries that have actively been rethinking infrastructure procurement. In these countries, the private sector has been given a bigger share in infrastructure projects, and this trend is spreading to other countries. The authors contribute to the literature by investigating infrastructure owners’ and investors’ motives and challenges to engage in closer collaboration in a country using traditional procurement methods. They identify problems in building successful collaboration and suggest ways to overcome these challenges.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 274-283
Issue: 4
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 05
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1905267
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Author-Name: Lauren Ellul
Author-X-Name-First: Lauren
Author-X-Name-Last: Ellul
Author-Name: Alison Scicluna
Author-X-Name-First: Alison
Author-X-Name-Last: Scicluna
Title: An analysis of the audit expectation gap in the Maltese central government
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The authors looked at changes in the audit expectation gap (AEG) within the Maltese central government over six years (2012 to 2018). Some important discrepancies in expectations were found and this paper makes recommendations for change. The findings will be of value to public sector auditors, government departments and politicians and policy-makers in Malta, as well as in a number of other countries. For instance, the findings emphasise the importance of more education and awareness about the auditor’s role and responsibilities in order to remove any over-expectations which the users might have.ABSTRACTThis paper analyses the audit expectation gap (AEG) in the Maltese central government. Interviews were conducted with NAO Malta auditors and with users, while questionnaires were distributed to additional NAO Malta auditors and to members of parliament. The authors found some important gaps between NAO Malta and the users of its reports in terms of auditor’s responsibility, materiality, fraud detection, audit reports and audit judgement. This paper contributes to the literature by identifying successful practices that have been implemented to reduce the AEG and proposing recommendations on how to further diminish the gap.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 262-273
Issue: 4
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1769351
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Author-Name: Dana McQuestin
Author-X-Name-First: Dana
Author-X-Name-Last: McQuestin
Author-Name: Masayoshi Noguchi
Author-X-Name-First: Masayoshi
Author-X-Name-Last: Noguchi
Author-Name: Joseph Drew
Author-X-Name-First: Joseph
Author-X-Name-Last: Drew
Title: The association between budget inaccuracy and technical efficiency in Australian local government
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Little is known about the effect of budget inaccuracy on technical efficiency and financial resilience. To remedy this gap, we employed a six-year panel of data to conduct various econometric estimations. We found that budget inaccuracy did indeed lead to worse technical efficiency outcomes. Further investigation revealed that the cause of the inaccuracy was largely beyond the control of the local government authorities, suggesting a limited ability to mitigate the problem independently. As a result, it seems that co-operation from higher tiers of government will be required to address this problem and ensure that local governments can operate more efficiently.ABSTRACTBudgeting is a valuable anticipatory tool, able to support technically efficient production, manage financial vulnerability, and increase financial resilience. However, inaccuracies in the budgeting process can undermine these objectives. The authors investigated the sources of budget inaccuracy and the consequences for technical efficiency, employing a six-year panel of Australian local government data. The results suggest a reduction in technical efficiency of 0.6% for every 1% increase in expenditure inaccuracy.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 251-261
Issue: 4
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 05
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1893464
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Author-Name: Ruth Ang-Tan
Author-X-Name-First: Ruth
Author-X-Name-Last: Ang-Tan
Author-Name: Siyuan Ang
Author-X-Name-First: Siyuan
Author-X-Name-Last: Ang
Title: Understanding the smart city race between Hong Kong and Singapore
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Public sector innovation is crucial for smart city development. This paper compares progress in Singapore and Hong Kong (HK). Although similarly competitive in many areas, SG is ahead of HK in rankings. Why does this disparity exist? What forms of public sector innovation are crucial for smart city development? This paper answers these questions for policy-makers by examining the role of public sector innovation in driving smart city developments, and underscores the importance of research and development within the public sector.ABSTRACTSince the 2000s, Hong Kong (HK) and Singapore (SG) have been working to reinvent themselves as smart cities. Despite their similarities, SG has consistently ranked ahead of HK on several smart city indices. To explain this gap, the smart city initiatives of both cities were categorized using a six-factor typology of public sector innovation. Further analysis indicated that SG was ahead of HK because its government has been more aggressive in funding and fostering innovation. This paper suggests that a government’s financial support for public sector innovation, as well as its ability to redirect resources within the public sector and get citizens involved, will catalyse transformational efforts into a smart city.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 231-240
Issue: 4
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 05
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1903752
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Author-Name: Michael Bichard
Author-X-Name-First: Michael
Author-X-Name-Last: Bichard
Title: Editorial: Building a new normal post Covid
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 209-209
Issue: 4
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 05
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2022.2035527
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Author-Name: Margaret Hodgins
Author-X-Name-First: Margaret
Author-X-Name-Last: Hodgins
Author-Name: Duncan Lewis
Author-X-Name-First: Duncan
Author-X-Name-Last: Lewis
Author-Name: Lisa Pursell
Author-X-Name-First: Lisa
Author-X-Name-Last: Pursell
Author-Name: Victoria Hogan
Author-X-Name-First: Victoria
Author-X-Name-Last: Hogan
Author-Name: Sarah MacCurtain
Author-X-Name-First: Sarah
Author-X-Name-Last: MacCurtain
Author-Name: Patricia Mannix-McNamara
Author-X-Name-First: Patricia
Author-X-Name-Last: Mannix-McNamara
Title: Bullying and ill-treatment: insights from an Irish public sector workplace
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The authors examine the experiences of public sector workers in Ireland who had either been ill-treated or who worked to prevent ill-treatment and bullying in their organization. The authors demonstrate the limitations of providing a policy in the absence of understanding the need for implementation, and the need to understand how organizational culture is relevant to both the enactment and the amelioration of ill-treatment in the workplace. Training managers to be proactive and to be mindful of the need to ensure accountability is important, as well as communicating what is unacceptable in terms of behaviour and management style.ABSTRACTThis paper explores the experiences of workers in a public sector organization in respect of workplace ill-treatment. The paper is based on 11 interviews which were part of the Irish Workplace Behaviour Study (2018). Workplace ill-treatment, and in particular workplace bullying, has been found to be more prevalent in public sector workplaces. Irish public sector workplaces have taken the brunt of severe austerity measures imposed by successive governments as part of the country’s fiscal retrenchment policies between 2008 and 2016. The findings reported in this paper support Salin’s (2003) model of ‘Enabling, motivating, and precipitating structures’, and are considered in the light of psychological contract breach in the context of New Public Management (NPM).
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 221-230
Issue: 4
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 5
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1804679
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Author-Name: Sandra Cohen
Author-X-Name-First: Sandra
Author-X-Name-Last: Cohen
Author-Name: Sotirios Karatzimas
Author-X-Name-First: Sotirios
Author-X-Name-Last: Karatzimas
Title: New development: Public sector accounting education for users—embedding eLearning and technology in teaching
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Information and communication technology (ICT) in learning can be an enabler to increase awareness and understandability of public sector financial statements for users. This article presents software that makes accounting information more easily understood by non-experts, such as public administration professionals. It is intended for information users and not information preparers; uses explanations of accounting terms; and permits analyses and comparisons. It can be used in both on site and distance learning programmes as it allows students to navigate and explore the material at their own pace.ABSTRACTThis article discusses the benefits of active learning techniques in teaching public sector accounting and highlights the particularities of teaching this subject to public administration students. As students in public administration in university or vocational learning programmes do not usually possess the necessary accounting and budgeting background, the educational focus should be on accounting comprehension and not on accounting information generation technicalities. Using active learning tools that correspond to the realistic financial overview of local governments, but in a user-friendly and easily understood way, could prove advantageous. Newly-developed educational software that is built along these lines is presented as a case study in this article.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 291-293
Issue: 4
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 05
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1986302
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Author-Name: Kadri Kangro
Author-X-Name-First: Kadri
Author-X-Name-Last: Kangro
Author-Name: Katri-Liis Lepik
Author-X-Name-First: Katri-Liis
Author-X-Name-Last: Lepik
Title: Co-creating public services in social hackathons: adapting the original hackathon concept
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The co-creation method highlighted in this article provides public sector managers with the knowledge and tools to help them design and plan innovative solutions for local services. The article analyses the characteristics of social hackathons and how they can be used in improving public services. The authors shows how social hackathons can bring the public sector and the community together around problems and lay the ground for collaborative relationships. Such relationships reinforce value for the partnerships and increase mutual understanding in designing public services.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 341-348
Issue: 5
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 07
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1940584
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Author-Name: Wendy Hardyman
Author-X-Name-First: Wendy
Author-X-Name-Last: Hardyman
Author-Name: Steve Garner
Author-X-Name-First: Steve
Author-X-Name-Last: Garner
Author-Name: James J. Lewis
Author-X-Name-First: James J.
Author-X-Name-Last: Lewis
Author-Name: Robert Callaghan
Author-X-Name-First: Robert
Author-X-Name-Last: Callaghan
Author-Name: Emyr Williams
Author-X-Name-First: Emyr
Author-X-Name-Last: Williams
Author-Name: Angharad Dalton
Author-X-Name-First: Angharad
Author-X-Name-Last: Dalton
Author-Name: Alice Turner
Author-X-Name-First: Alice
Author-X-Name-Last: Turner
Title: Enhancing public service innovation through value co-creation: Capacity building and the ‘innovative imagination’
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Funders, policy-makers and public service managers should be aware that inputs can be designed into the innovation process in order to build capacity among staff engaged in innovation in public services. The article shows that upskilling, cohort creation and an enhanced innovative mindset can be generated through a structured programme, with the integration, application and use of such resources facilitating value co-creation processes. Barriers to and facilitators of innovation are also identified. These include senior management buy-in and allocation of time.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 332-340
Issue: 5
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 07
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1981042
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Author-Name: Clare FitzGerald
Author-X-Name-First: Clare
Author-X-Name-Last: FitzGerald
Author-Name: Franziska Rosenbach
Author-X-Name-First: Franziska
Author-X-Name-Last: Rosenbach
Author-Name: Tanyah Hameed
Author-X-Name-First: Tanyah
Author-X-Name-Last: Hameed
Author-Name: Ruth Dixon
Author-X-Name-First: Ruth
Author-X-Name-Last: Dixon
Author-Name: Jo Blundell
Author-X-Name-First: Jo
Author-X-Name-Last: Blundell
Title: Rallying together—The rationale for and structure of collaborative practice in England
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This article provides a framework for public service policy-makers and managers to describe, compare, and analyse key dimensions of collaborative practice. It poses important questions for actors pursuing collaborative arrangements, in particular whether co-creative elements and mechanisms for ensuring democratic accountability are meaningfully integrated into ways of working.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 349-352
Issue: 5
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 07
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1981628
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Author-Name: Paul Hine
Author-X-Name-First: Paul
Author-X-Name-Last: Hine
Title: The role of participatory arts within co-creation/social innovation
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 300-301
Issue: 5
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 07
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1981640
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Author-Name: Judit Csoba
Author-X-Name-First: Judit
Author-X-Name-Last: Csoba
Author-Name: Flórián Sipos
Author-X-Name-First: Flórián
Author-X-Name-Last: Sipos
Title: Politically-driven public administration or co-creation? On the possibility of modernizing public services in rural Hungary
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This article reports an empirical study of a pilot programme which aimed to help local initiatives to co-create services for supporting household economic activities in disadvantaged rural regions of Hungary. The authors show how local governments—functioning within centralized power structures—can answer the challenges of public service modernization. They also assess to what extent and in which areas leaders, mentors and service users are open to new and innovative forms of work.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 314-322
Issue: 5
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 07
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2022.2026082
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Author-Name: David Jamieson
Author-X-Name-First: David
Author-X-Name-Last: Jamieson
Author-Name: Mike Martin
Author-X-Name-First: Mike
Author-X-Name-Last: Martin
Title: Supporting co-creation processes through modelling
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At a time when co-creation is being used as a mechanism to support the implementation and assessment of initiatives, this article provides an alternative which levers pre-configured models to guide participants through the co-creative process. Each model links to the practical challenges associated with co-creation and supports both practitioners and participants in realizing and communicating co-creation within their own environments as part of reflective, emergent and evaluation engagements.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 353-355
Issue: 5
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 07
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1996929
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Author-Name: Harri Jalonen
Author-X-Name-First: Harri
Author-X-Name-Last: Jalonen
Title: Complexity-informed interpretation of social innovation
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Complexity concepts help to open the black box of social innovation for public sector managers and policy-makers and to understand why social innovation can simultaneously be both a solution and problem. Complexity thinking guides formulating essential questions and helps to imagine the desired future and, in so doing, it also provides heuristic tools to address the paradox of social innovation.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 356-359
Issue: 5
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 07
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1981039
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Author-Name: Temidayo Eseonu
Author-X-Name-First: Temidayo
Author-X-Name-Last: Eseonu
Title: Co-creation as social innovation: including ‘hard-to-reach’ groups in public service delivery
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This article identifies three conditions that facilitate public sector organizations’ use of inclusive co-creation to achieve social innovation: a commitment to the inclusion of minoritized groups; active strategies for encouraging the participation of minoritized groups; and providing an environment in which minoritized groups can contribute, by sharing power with them so that substantive design inputs are incorporated in service delivery. For public sector organizations at the local level, these conditions can help with making design choices at the start of the co-creation process to ensure that minoritized groups are represented in decision-making processes. Co-creation then becomes the means through which social innovation is achieved because organizations address the social needs of minoritized groups.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 306-313
Issue: 5
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 07
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1981057
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Author-Name: Jane Gibbon
Author-X-Name-First: Jane
Author-X-Name-Last: Gibbon
Author-Name: Natalie Rutter
Author-X-Name-First: Natalie
Author-X-Name-Last: Rutter
Title: Social enterprise in prisons: enabling innovation and co-creation
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The authors provide evidence for prison management on how transformational learning through innovation and co-creation is made possible through prosocial relationships within social enterprise activities in criminal justice settings. Examples are given of how social enterprise, through innovation and co-creation, can inform a wider criminal justice strategy and policy. The article highlights the importance of building relationships between potential employers and prisons in support of resettlement, rehabilitation and desistance. To ensure success and mitigate challenges, the building of relationships within these interventions requires trust, time and experience.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 323-331
Issue: 5
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 07
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.2001202
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Author-Name: Emyr Williams
Author-X-Name-First: Emyr
Author-X-Name-Last: Williams
Title: Participatory budgeting—The ultimate way to co-create services for social innovation?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 304-305
Issue: 5
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 07
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1981041
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Author-Name: Hayley Trowbridge
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Author-Name: Michael Willoughby
Author-X-Name-First: Michael
Author-X-Name-Last: Willoughby
Title: Re-humanizing the system—how storytelling can be used to bridge the divide between services and citizens
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 298-299
Issue: 5
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 07
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1981014
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Author-Name: Andrea Bassi
Author-X-Name-First: Andrea
Author-X-Name-Last: Bassi
Title: The unintended consequences of co-creation in public services—the role of professionals and of civil society organizations
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 302-303
Issue: 5
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 07
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1987630
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Author-Name: Sue Baines
Author-X-Name-First: Sue
Author-X-Name-Last: Baines
Author-Name: Rob Wilson
Author-X-Name-First: Rob
Author-X-Name-Last: Wilson
Author-Name: Inga Narbutaite Aflaki
Author-X-Name-First: Inga Narbutaite
Author-X-Name-Last: Aflaki
Author-Name: Aldona Wiktorska-Święcka
Author-X-Name-First: Aldona
Author-X-Name-Last: Wiktorska-Święcka
Author-Name: Andrea Bassi
Author-X-Name-First: Andrea
Author-X-Name-Last: Bassi
Author-Name: Harri Jalonen
Author-X-Name-First: Harri
Author-X-Name-Last: Jalonen
Title: THEME: SOCIAL INNOVATION IN PUBLIC SERVICES—INNOVATING ‘CO-CREATIVE’ RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN SERVICES, CITIZENS AND COMMUNITIES?Guest editors: Sue Baines, Rob Wilson, Inga Narbutaite Aflaki, Aldona Wiktorska-Święcka, Andrea Bassi and Harri JalonenEditorial: Innovating ‘co-creative’ relationships between services, citizens and communities
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 295-297
Issue: 5
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 07
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2022.2054579
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Author-Name: Irwan Taufiq Ritonga
Author-X-Name-First: Irwan Taufiq
Author-X-Name-Last: Ritonga
Author-Name: Suyanto Suyanto
Author-X-Name-First: Suyanto
Author-X-Name-Last: Suyanto
Title: Impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on the audit of local government financial statements: experience from Indonesia
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This article provides some lessons for auditing during emergencies. First, during a pandemic, the supreme audit board (SAB) can maintain stability and its legitimacy by completing statutory audits in line with the law and, at the same time, by giving clean audit opinions despite a lack of persuasive audit evidence. Second, regulators should develop audit regulations and guidance for audit during unprecedented events. Third, local governments and the SAB should invest in information technology in order to perform audit procedures remotely and virtually.ABSTRACTThis article investigates the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on the audit of local government financial statements in Indonesia. Auditors were only able to perform limited, simple audit procedures due to the large-scale social restrictions. Auditors completed their statutory audits by compromising in terms of accepting a higher audit risk, being more tolerant towards material misstatements and giving clean opinions.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 452-459
Issue: 6
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1964770
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Author-Name: Ken Warren
Author-X-Name-First: Ken
Author-X-Name-Last: Warren
Title: Is managing for risk through resilience the answer in the quest for sustainability in the public sector?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 368-370
Issue: 6
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 8
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1654320
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Author-Name: Viola Eulner
Author-X-Name-First: Viola
Author-X-Name-Last: Eulner
Author-Name: Gillian Waldbauer
Author-X-Name-First: Gillian
Author-X-Name-Last: Waldbauer
Title: Cash versus accrual accounting for the public sector—EPSAS
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An initiative aimed at developing a suite of financial reporting standards for use in the public sector in Europe (EPSASs) has led to an interesting discussion on the pros and cons of moving fully from cash to accrual accounting in the German public sector. This article examines the key arguments. The discussion so far boils down to whether there is a sufficient cost–benefit case to support such a move. The authors conclude that further factors must be considered in reaching a decision; either way Germany needs to be heard as a constructive participant in the debate.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 463-466
Issue: 6
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2018.1444560
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Author-Name: Enrico Bracci
Author-X-Name-First: Enrico
Author-X-Name-Last: Bracci
Author-Name: Tallaki Mouhcine
Author-X-Name-First: Tallaki
Author-X-Name-Last: Mouhcine
Author-Name: Tarek Rana
Author-X-Name-First: Tarek
Author-X-Name-Last: Rana
Author-Name: Danture Wickramasinghe
Author-X-Name-First: Danture
Author-X-Name-Last: Wickramasinghe
Title: Risk management and management accounting control systems in public sector organizations: a systematic literature review
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Risk management (RM) supported by an integrated management accounting and control system in public sector organizations can help all levels of governments to meet the growing demands of public service governance, performance management and accountability. This article explains how RM can provide public service managers and policy-makers with practical tools to help them make risk-informed strategic and operational decisions.ABSTRACTWhile it is becoming pervasive and unavoidable in every organization, risk management (RM) interacts with control systems in public sector organizations (PSOs). This article presents a literature review showing that PSOs design and implement risk-based control systems arbitrarily. This leads to the issue of appropriate integration of RM in management accounting and control systems (MACS). Despite the importance of integrated RM, the existing literature shows that issues of RM are not well integrated at the MACS level, and that a radical cultural shift is still required in PSOs. Future RM studies must provide empirical data about integration in practice.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 395-402
Issue: 6
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1963071
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Author-Name: Habib Mahama
Author-X-Name-First: Habib
Author-X-Name-Last: Mahama
Author-Name: Mohamed Elbashir
Author-X-Name-First: Mohamed
Author-X-Name-Last: Elbashir
Author-Name: Steve Sutton
Author-X-Name-First: Steve
Author-X-Name-Last: Sutton
Author-Name: Vicky Arnold
Author-X-Name-First: Vicky
Author-X-Name-Last: Arnold
Title: Enabling enterprise risk management maturity in public sector organizations
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This article addresses an important public sector management issue—what and how organizational capabilities can be mobilized for effective deployment of enterprise risk management (ERM) in public sector organizations. The authors present a framework providing insights to public sector managers for enhancing risk management practicesABSTRACTPublic sector reforms have led to risk management gaining prominence as a means for effective service delivery and a tool for accountability. The public sector has seen regulatory changes intended to empower managers to engage in appropriate risk management practices. The authors present a framework for effective enterprise-level risk management in public sector organizations. The framework includes three essential enablers of risk management and provides conceptualizations for guiding future empirical research.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 403-407
Issue: 6
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 8
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1769314
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Author-Name: Georgios Kominis
Author-X-Name-First: Georgios
Author-X-Name-Last: Kominis
Author-Name: Adina Dudau
Author-X-Name-First: Adina
Author-X-Name-Last: Dudau
Author-Name: Alvise Favotto
Author-X-Name-First: Alvise
Author-X-Name-Last: Favotto
Author-Name: Douglas Gunn
Author-X-Name-First: Douglas
Author-X-Name-Last: Gunn
Title: Risk governance through public sector interactive control systems: The intricacies of turning immeasurable uncertainties into manageable risks
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Some public services, like children’s services, are subject to considerable political sensitivity and undergo regular reforms, but little is known of the micro-processes supporting macro-level regulation and policy-making. This article provides insights into this micro-level of inter-organizational relations by investigating risk governance and negotiation employed by English children’s services professionals in their attempt to make sense of the uncertainty in which they operate. Public managers may extract lessons on the role of partnership working in risk identification, measurement and governance. They could also employ the authors’ risk typology (organizational risk, professional risk and risk to clients) to manage and absorb uncertainty beyond, as well as within, organizational boundaries.ABSTRACTDrawing on the conceptual distinction between risk and uncertainty, the authors examine the governance of shared risk in public sector partnerships in an area governed by uncertainty. Their case study of a local safeguarding children board (LSCB) reveals differences between risk and uncertainty and ways in which negotiations of LSCB partners’ different risk conceptualizations contributes to uncertainty reduction in children’s services. The article contributes to both to an understanding of risk and uncertainty management in the public sector and to that of public sector inter-organizational management accounting and control.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 379-387
Issue: 6
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1965729
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Author-Name: Tarek Rana
Author-X-Name-First: Tarek
Author-X-Name-Last: Rana
Author-Name: Danture Wickramasinghe
Author-X-Name-First: Danture
Author-X-Name-Last: Wickramasinghe
Author-Name: Enrico Bracci
Author-X-Name-First: Enrico
Author-X-Name-Last: Bracci
Title: Editorial: Management accounting and risk management—research and reflections
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 361-364
Issue: 6
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2022.2080917
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Author-Name: Mohammad Istiaq Azim
Author-X-Name-First: Mohammad Istiaq
Author-X-Name-Last: Azim
Author-Name: Shamsun Nahar
Author-X-Name-First: Shamsun
Author-X-Name-Last: Nahar
Title: Risk disclosure practices: Does institutional imperative matter?
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This article will help government managers, regulators, and standard setters to improve risk management and disclosure in emerging economies. Evidence from in-depth interviews will guide government-owned banks in Bangladesh to effectively manage and voluntarily disclose risk management practices. The authors argue that legitimization might be a strategy for government-owned banks in pursuing to survive in the finance industry.ABSTRACTGovernment-owned banks in emerging economies commonly suffer from a lack of good governance, non-performing loans, undetected money laundering and other management malpractices. Managing and disclosing risks are significant issues for managers of government-owned banks. This article explores the managerial perception of risk disclosure by these government banks. Data were collected through in-depth interviews with 35 executives from government banks, government regulatory, and monitoring authorities. Institutional pressure, along with risk committees and board independence, are critical contributing factors for risk disclosure.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 388-394
Issue: 6
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1994736
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Author-Name: Anil K. Narayan
Author-X-Name-First: Anil K.
Author-X-Name-Last: Narayan
Author-Name: John Kommunuri
Author-X-Name-First: John
Author-X-Name-Last: Kommunuri
Title: New development: The behavioural effects of risk management in higher education
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This article will be useful to policy-makers and managers to gain control over risk-taking behaviour in higher education institutions (HEIs). It provides an understanding of often overlooked psychological hurdles. The article assists policy-makers and managers in formulating sound risk management policies and frameworks. In addition, it builds a risk-awareness culture showing how to avoid behavioural pitfalls and over-ambitious target-setting that is putting many HEIs under extreme financial riskABSTRACTRisk management is gaining increasing importance in the higher education sector, but risk-taking behaviours associated with human vulnerabilities are not well understood. This article offers new insights into people’s risk-taking behaviour and the consequences for higher education institutions. The authors discuss core psychological and socio-cultural issues associated with behavioural risk management and propose ideas to help overcome risk-taking behavioural problems.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 414-416
Issue: 6
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1959985
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Author-Name: Elaine Stewart
Author-X-Name-First: Elaine
Author-X-Name-Last: Stewart
Author-Name: Ciaran Connolly
Author-X-Name-First: Ciaran
Author-X-Name-Last: Connolly
Title: New development: Ten years of consolidated accounts in the United Kingdom public sector—taking stock
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As taxpayers, we are sowers and reapers of public services. The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic has put considerable pressure on governments, financially and in terms of maintaining the effective delivery of public services. The UK’s experience with Whole of Government Accounts (WGA) suggests that, first, while not a panacea, WGA has highlighted assets and liabilities (such as future pension liabilities, clinical negligence claims and public private partnership obligations) that are currently not captured under national accounting principles. Second, there is evidence emerging (albeit slowly) that WGA aids planning, facilitates decisions on the use of assets, enhances the transparency of public sector finances and contributes to conversations on long-term risk management and fiscal policy. Against a backdrop of increasing future obligations and rising debt levels, this article explains how WGA information can aid government decision-making.ABSTRACTNovember 2021 marked 10 years since the publication of the first UK Whole of Government Accounts (WGA), representing the first set of audited financial statements prepared in accordance with international accounting standards for the UK public sector. With governments around the world investing substantial resources into modernizing their financial reporting practices and systems, it is important to consider whether these changes will deliver value for money and will result in tangible benefits. As calls for further research into what public sector accounting reforms bring practical benefits, this new development article considers the usefulness of WGA, outlining what WGA makes visible, its limitations and the challenges that lie ahead.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 460-462
Issue: 6
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2022.2031647
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Author-Name: Juan Pablo Martinez Guzman
Author-X-Name-First: Juan Pablo
Author-X-Name-Last: Martinez Guzman
Author-Name: Philip G. Joyce
Author-X-Name-First: Philip G.
Author-X-Name-Last: Joyce
Title: International experiences informing federal budget reforms in the USA: exploring accruals, transparency, fiscal rules, and multi-year budgeting
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Whether the bar is as high as being fiscally sustainable, or as low as agreeing on a budget every year, the US federal budget process has not been able to meet it. While budget processes cannot deliver results in the absence of political will, the reforms proposed in this paper would facilitate informed decision-making and put pressure on myopic politicians. The reforms include, first, instituting accrual appropriations only for liabilities where long-term costs are significant. Second, increasing accountability by making budget decisions more accessible to the public. Third, shifting away from impractical fiscal rules and towards pragmatic and transparent fiscal goals.ABSTRACTIn recent years, the US government has been unable to satisfy even the most basic conditions of a budgeting process. In the 40 years since the last comprehensive federal budget reform, many countries have enacted innovative solutions. The authors analyse the lessons that international experiences have for the USA. They conclude that introducing partial accrual budgeting, producing a citizen’s budget, and eliminating fiscal rules could improve the realization of long-term costs, increase accountability, and limit the use of fiscal sustainability as a bargaining tool.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 431-441
Issue: 6
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 8
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1795367
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Author-Name: Georgiou Vasileios
Author-X-Name-First: Georgiou
Author-X-Name-Last: Vasileios
Author-Name: Alvise Favotto
Author-X-Name-First: Alvise
Author-X-Name-Last: Favotto
Title: New development: Management control for emergent risks in the public sector—a levers of control perspective
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At a time when public service organizations (PSOs) are facing increasing pressure to account for a heterogeneous array of risks, this article discusses the insights that the levers of control framework can offer regarding the dynamic tension between competing notions of risk subsumed by different control mechanisms an organization adopts; the way in which ad hoc risk management tools can be meaningfully integrated in pre-existing management control system (MCS) arrangements; and the limits that reliance on MCS poses to a PSO’s conceptualization of risk. Overall, the framework can support practitioners in realizing the possibilities associated to designing MCS to holistically manage risk.ABSTRACTTo what extent are competing notions of risk captured by management control systems (MCS) in public service organizations (PSOs)? The authors revisit the conceptual underpinnings of the levers of control framework and argue that it offers a point of departure for theorizing the dynamic interplay between risk and control in PSOs. At both intra- as well as inter-organizational levels, the framework can reflect competing notions of risk and uncertainty, offering valuable insights for practice.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 417-419
Issue: 6
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1986301
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Author-Name: Laurence Ferry
Author-X-Name-First: Laurence
Author-X-Name-Last: Ferry
Author-Name: Peter Eckersley
Author-X-Name-First: Peter
Author-X-Name-Last: Eckersley
Title: Budgeting and governing for deficit reduction in the UK public sector: Act four—risk management arrangements
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 365-367
Issue: 6
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 8
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1598199
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Author-Name: Andrea Garlatti
Author-X-Name-First: Andrea
Author-X-Name-Last: Garlatti
Author-Name: Paolo Fedele
Author-X-Name-First: Paolo
Author-X-Name-Last: Fedele
Author-Name: Silvia Iacuzzi
Author-X-Name-First: Silvia
Author-X-Name-Last: Iacuzzi
Title: Can amalgamations deliver? Barriers to local government mergers from an historical institutionalist perspective
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The paper provides decision-makers with important guidance on how to realistically assess the benefits of municipal mergers.ABSTRACTMunicipal amalgamations raise high expectations, but often do not deliver as expected. This paper analyses how pre-existing institutional and service delivery arrangements influence the expected outcomes of amalgamations in terms of cost reductions and service delivery enhancement. In the light of an historical institutionalist background, the authors analyse five cases of voluntary mergers in Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy, between 2014 and 2017. The findings contribute to research on local government consolidation and to the analysis of reform implementation and policy change where intent, process and uncertainty play a crucial role.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 420-430
Issue: 6
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 8
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1800216
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Author-Name: Giuseppe Grossi
Author-X-Name-First: Giuseppe
Author-X-Name-Last: Grossi
Author-Name: Veronika Vakulenko
Author-X-Name-First: Veronika
Author-X-Name-Last: Vakulenko
Title: New development: Accounting for human-made disasters—comparative analysis of the support to Ukraine in times of war
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The article provides interesting insights and highlights tensions in the multiple international responses to supporting Ukraine following the Russian invasion in February 2022. Humanitarian aid and donations were launched almost instantly, while military support varied from country to country. The pattern of immediate reactions enables the visualization of global economic and financial architecture and suggests how governments and international institutions might better address future crises. The article will be of value to practitioners by critically assessing and re-evaluating support packages in addressing human-made disasters and subsequent humanitarian crises.ABSTRACTOn 24 February 2022, the Russian army attacked several Ukrainian cities and launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. This disastrous decision by the Russian government caused the outbreak of war and started a domino effect of subsequent crises on a global scale. The authors initiate a debate on accounting to mitigate a human-made disaster, as well as mapping and analysing the multiple responses to the invasion, based not only on humanitarian aid but also on military and other types of support. Only a few accounting studies have to date explored human-made disasters related to socio-technical and warfare shocks. Importantly, this article begins to fill this gap and presents a future research agenda.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 467-471
Issue: 6
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2022.2061694
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Author-Name: Pat Barrett
Author-X-Name-First: Pat
Author-X-Name-Last: Barrett
Title: Managing risk for better performance—not taking a risk can actually be a risk
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Governments in Australia have provided variable support to, and actual involvement in, successive public sector reforms over the past 40 years. The latter’s success in implementation, not surprisingly, has been most evident when governments (and ministers) have contributed to ongoing development and implementation initiatives. The political environment was generally stable in much of the earlier decades and governments ‘enjoyed’ higher levels of public trust and confidence than they do now in a much more politically turbulent situation. A better focus on risk management in producing required outcomes would contribute significantly to better performance and to greater public support and involvement. While one would not wish to be seen as merely ‘tilting at windmills’, actual results achieved do more for public confidence than simply providing assurance about administrative decisions in spending public money, important as that is in the public context. In order for ministers (and even cabinets for particular programmes) to be involved in issues such as risk appetite and risk tolerance, they need to have confidence in the risk management policies and practices implemented in the agency/department and its governance framework. Sometimes the next step is easier than it might first appear. The impending report of the Independent Review of the Australian Public Service might be the catalyst necessary to take that step in the public interest and restore confidence in government.ABSTRACTTaking a risk with public money has long been anathema to parliaments and the general public in any Westminster system of government with a particular emphasis on administrative and financial legislation involving administrative process and prohibition. The latter have been reinforced by associated rules, controls and regulations and subject to external oversight and investigation by treasury/finance and attorney general departments, policing bodies and audit offices, to name a few. In recent years, attention has been increasingly focused on programme outcomes and associated performance measures. This has raised the question of taking risks to achieve better outcomes. After all, this is what happens in the private sector. This question achieved a higher profile with the greater involvement of the private sector in the determination and delivery of public services. But does the public sector have the necessary insights and skills and experience to make the necessary judgements and achieve the required outcomes within a legislated framework of ethical conduct, values and public interest requirements? And is this really acceptable to governments, legislative bodies and the public?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 408-413
Issue: 6
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 8
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1654321
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Author-Name: Lu Jiao
Author-X-Name-First: Lu
Author-X-Name-Last: Jiao
Author-Name: Graeme Harrison
Author-X-Name-First: Graeme
Author-X-Name-Last: Harrison
Author-Name: Jinhua Chen
Author-X-Name-First: Jinhua
Author-X-Name-Last: Chen
Title: Cultural transition and organizational performance: the non-profit context
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The non-profit sector internationally is having to make significant changes to survive. This paper shows how a non-profit can successfully transition from a traditional culture focused on social objectives, to a new hybrid culture incorporating both social and economic objectives. The paper has important lessons for major stakeholders of non-profits with respect to understanding the effects of cultural transition on their organizational performance, as well as the critical role that managers play in making cultural transitions.ABSTRACTEnvironmental pressures mean that non-profit organizations are having to transition to an internal culture that blends values supporting both social and economic objectives. The authors examined the effect of cultural transition on performance for a large sample of non-profit organizations. Performance was found to decrease before increasing during cultural transition, i.e. there is a U-shaped relationship between organizational culture and performance. The paper’s findings have implications for non-profit management and academic research.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 442-451
Issue: 6
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 8
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1811510
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Author-Name: Zhiyun Gong
Author-X-Name-First: Zhiyun
Author-X-Name-Last: Gong
Author-Name: Gillian Vesty
Author-X-Name-First: Gillian
Author-X-Name-Last: Vesty
Author-Name: Nava Subramaniam
Author-X-Name-First: Nava
Author-X-Name-Last: Subramaniam
Title: Risk as opportunity in schools: An economies of worth perspective
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For policy-makers, this article highlights the need for governmental risk management (RM) policies to embrace leadership attributes at the individual level. A proactive RM culture and practices can only be triggered when senior leaders move beyond a compliance mindset and have the capacity to foster the RM values that are unique to their individual school profile. Given that their conceptions of risk are intricately connected to the values they believe to be at stake in their school, it is essential that school leaders are recognized and rewarded for their innovative contributions to societal value creation.ABSTRACTThis article examines the ways in which school leaders shape distinct risk management (RM) control cultures. By drawing on values-based perceptions of risk, the authors found that the values school leaders believe are most at stake influence their individual RM strategies including the use of accounting artefacts, for example control and performance indicators for risk mitigation. Interviews with Australian school leaders reveal the multifaceted perceptions of risks and the different ways they induce innovative RM responses. As such, this article contributes to the emerging economies of worth theory in the accounting literature from the contextual setting of school leaders. In teasing out the detailed ways in which school leaders contemplate the competing world views, insights are provided into the ways they also manage the regulatory requirements with formal RM controls in tandem with their own professional values and judgements.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 371-378
Issue: 6
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2022.2070977
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Author-Name: Alberto Asquer
Author-X-Name-First: Alberto
Author-X-Name-Last: Asquer
Author-Name: Inna Krachkovskaya
Author-X-Name-First: Inna
Author-X-Name-Last: Krachkovskaya
Title: Designing public financial management systems: exploring the use of chatbot-assisted case studies
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The design of public financial management (PFM) systems requires the exploration of the problem space before solution options are generated. Case studies are often employed to teach the design of PFM systems, but conventional forms of delivery of case study materials fail to help develop the skills needed to explore the problem space. This article investigates the use of chatbot-assisted case studies as a way to stimulate students’ efforts to pose questions about features of the problem scenario.ABSTRACTThis article describes the use of a chatbot-assisted case study in teaching accountancy students how to design a public financial management system. A case study on the redesign of invoice payment system at the government of Andalucía in the 1980s was delivered to 18 distance-learning postgraduate students via a chatbot that helped explore the problem space. Analysis of conversational interactions and students’ feedback provides some support for the use of chatbot-assisted case studies but also some limitations.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 551-557
Issue: 7
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2022.2069412
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Author-Name: Sotirios Karatzimas
Author-X-Name-First: Sotirios
Author-X-Name-Last: Karatzimas
Author-Name: Jens Heiling
Author-X-Name-First: Jens
Author-X-Name-Last: Heiling
Author-Name: Caroline Aggestam-Pontoppidan
Author-X-Name-First: Caroline
Author-X-Name-Last: Aggestam-Pontoppidan
Title: Public sector accounting education: A structured literature review
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Public sector accounting education (PSAE) plays an essential role in the proper functioning of government operations. The application of the accrual basis in the public sector, as well as the internationalization of public sector accounting, has increased the demand for study programmes in that area. Whereas the interest in PSAE has increased in the literature over the past decade, this article identifies gaps in PSAE research and provides researchers, university managers as well as practitioners with insights about the future of this area, with a focus on its relevance, role, and objectives, through deeper international analysis.ABSTRACTThis article explores the development and focus of public sector accounting education (PSAE) research and its current status, performing a structured literature review on journal publications. Despite the importance of the topic, research on PSAE appears limited. The findings suggest that the main focus of PSAE studies is on curricula and teaching tools/techniques. Some studies do focus on PSAE for employment, public servants and citizens. The analysis reveals important gaps and discusses future research directions arguing that PSAE research needs to widen its scope to address public sector's contemporary challenges.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 543-550
Issue: 7
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2022.2066356
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Author-Name: Josette Caruana
Author-X-Name-First: Josette
Author-X-Name-Last: Caruana
Author-Name: Giovanna Dabbicco
Author-X-Name-First: Giovanna
Author-X-Name-Last: Dabbicco
Title: New development: The role of the accountancy profession in saving our planet
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Work done so far with regards to sustainability reporting has been rather haphazard. The accountancy profession has entered the scene with a new standard-setting board to consolidate the work to date and produce something constructive. Hopefully, the new board recognizes that the addition of another commentary to the existing financial report would be just paying lip-service to urgent global problems. Accounting has more tools that it can wield besides words! Management accounting and budgeting have the potential to push finance in the required direction—particularly in the public sector, where budget policies would have ripple effects across the economy.ABSTRACTThis article looks at the legitimizing role of the accountancy profession as a standard-setter in the context of sustainability reporting. It demonstrates how accounting systems, particularly in the public sector, can be utilized to provide a tangible contribution towards the achievement of the UN’s sustainable development goals. However, the accountancy profession would need to be willing to move away from the standard financial report, focus on management accounting, and use prior work (for example, the GRI) as a foundation. It would also need to include professionals from other schools of thought.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 534-537
Issue: 7
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2022.2073062
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Author-Name: Jens Heiling
Author-X-Name-First: Jens
Author-X-Name-Last: Heiling
Author-Name: Susana Jorge
Author-X-Name-First: Susana
Author-X-Name-Last: Jorge
Author-Name: Sotirios Karatzimas
Author-X-Name-First: Sotirios
Author-X-Name-Last: Karatzimas
Author-Name: Caroline Aggestam-Pontoppidan
Author-X-Name-First: Caroline
Author-X-Name-Last: Aggestam-Pontoppidan
Title: Editorial
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 538-540
Issue: 7
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2022.2099143
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Author-Name: Berit Adam
Author-X-Name-First: Berit
Author-X-Name-Last: Adam
Author-Name: Jens Heiling
Author-X-Name-First: Jens
Author-X-Name-Last: Heiling
Author-Name: Tim Meglitsch
Author-X-Name-First: Tim
Author-X-Name-Last: Meglitsch
Title: The principle of prudence in public sector accounting—a comparative analysis of cautious and asymmetric prudence
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The principle of prudence plays a significant role in the design of the EPSAS. In Germany it has been argued that a lack of consideration of the principle of prudence in the IPSASB’s Conceptual Framework and in the IPSAS mean that IPSAS are not an ideal reference framework for the EPSAS. Based on a comparative analysis of the IPSAS principle of prudence and the principle of prudence as it is applied in the German Standards of Governmental Accrual Accounting the authors examine the role and the design of the principle of prudence within public sector accounting systems. The findings of this article will be of value to national and international public sector accounting standard-setters.ABSTRACTThe draft EPSAS Conceptual Framework proposes the prudence principle as a qualitative characteristic of financial reporting. Limited academic debate has taken place on the role of the prudence principle in public sector accounting. This article critically discusses the principle of prudence with its antagonistic interpretations ‘cautious prudence’ and ‘asymmetric prudence’ and its role in the design of public sector accounting in the context of the emerging EPSAS.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 521-529
Issue: 7
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 10
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Author-Name: Eugenio Anessi-Pessina
Author-X-Name-First: Eugenio
Author-X-Name-Last: Anessi-Pessina
Author-Name: Marco Bisogno
Author-X-Name-First: Marco
Author-X-Name-Last: Bisogno
Author-Name: Peter Christoph Lorson
Author-X-Name-First: Peter Christoph
Author-X-Name-Last: Lorson
Title: Debate: Accounting for public sector assets—the implications of ‘service potential’
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 480-481
Issue: 7
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 10
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Author-Name: Eugenio Caperchione
Author-X-Name-First: Eugenio
Author-X-Name-Last: Caperchione
Author-Name: Marco Bisogno
Author-X-Name-First: Marco
Author-X-Name-Last: Bisogno
Author-Name: Josette Caruana
Author-X-Name-First: Josette
Author-X-Name-Last: Caruana
Author-Name: Sandra Cohen
Author-X-Name-First: Sandra
Author-X-Name-Last: Cohen
Author-Name: Francesca Manes-Rossi
Author-X-Name-First: Francesca
Author-X-Name-Last: Manes-Rossi
Title: PMM CIGAR Annual Issue 2022, Public Money & Management, Vol. 42, No. 7 (October 2022)
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 474-477
Issue: 7
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2022.2107796
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Author-Name: Lord Michael Bichard
Author-X-Name-First: Lord Michael
Author-X-Name-Last: Bichard
Title: Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II: the ultimate public servant
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 473-473
Issue: 7
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 10
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Author-Name: Susana Jorge
Author-X-Name-First: Susana
Author-X-Name-Last: Jorge
Author-Name: Giovanna Dabbicco
Author-X-Name-First: Giovanna
Author-X-Name-Last: Dabbicco
Author-Name: Caroline Aggestam-Pontoppidan
Author-X-Name-First: Caroline
Author-X-Name-Last: Aggestam-Pontoppidan
Author-Name: Diana Vaz de Lima
Author-X-Name-First: Diana
Author-X-Name-Last: Vaz de Lima
Title: New development: The development of standardized charts of accounts in public sector accounting
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Charts of Accounts (CoAs) in the public sector are important to control accounting records. They support the preparation of accurate and reliable financial statements and consolidated reporting. Standardized CoAs at the national level are desirable but specificities of different public sector areas must be considered, as well as harmonization with budget and Government Finance Statistics (GFS) classifications. Having broad international guidance for each country to develop its own CoA, while fostering public sector financial reporting harmonization, would allow for improved comparability of fiscal effects during difficult periods, such as the Covid 19 pandemic.ABSTRACTThis article addresses the development of standardized Charts of Accounts (CoAs) in public sector accounting and reporting. In particular, it focuses on matters concerning the role CoAs have, or should have, at a national level, their main technicalities and the expected impact of using them as a bookkeeping instrument on the accuracy of accounting records and, ultimately, on the reliability and usability of the financial information for different purposes. Empirical evidence is provided from a survey to representatives of accounting international and national (Belgium, Brazil, Estonia and Portugal) standard-setters and preparers.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 530-533
Issue: 7
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2022.2106680
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Author-Name: Ioanna Malkogianni
Author-X-Name-First: Ioanna
Author-X-Name-Last: Malkogianni
Author-Name: Sandra Cohen
Author-X-Name-First: Sandra
Author-X-Name-Last: Cohen
Title: Earnings management in public hospitals: The case of Greek state-owned hospitals
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This article has multiple implications for state-owned hospitals. The authors show that state-owned hospitals will try to meet the financial targets required by the supervisory authorities. When the central government expects a certain financial outlook, hospitals will manage their accounts to comply with these expectations. Oversight authorities and legislators need to be aware of this tendency and its implications for audits. The article identifies the factors that affect the manipulation of earnings so that strategies can be set to predict and avoid such behaviours.ABSTRACTUsing agency theory, this article evaluates the extent to which Greek state-owned hospitals followed earnings management techniques to affect reported earnings and which accrual accounts are relevant to explain discretionary accruals. Covering the period from 2009–2019, the analysis reveals that the Greek state-owned hospitals try to report small surpluses. Accrual-based accounts and changes in their value between successive years provide evidence of relevance for earnings management.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 491-500
Issue: 7
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2022.2071005
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Author-Name: Fabrício Ramos Neves
Author-X-Name-First: Fabrício Ramos
Author-X-Name-Last: Neves
Author-Name: André Carlos Busanelli de Aquino
Author-X-Name-First: André Carlos Busanelli
Author-X-Name-Last: de Aquino
Author-Name: Polyana Batista da Silva
Author-X-Name-First: Polyana Batista
Author-X-Name-Last: da Silva
Title: New development: The challenges of public sector accounting education in business schools
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Accrual-based accounting has been a tough challenge for the public sector in several jurisdictions. Similarly, teaching public sector accounting in higher education institutions has been difficult, given the dominance of business accounting. This article discusses where public sector accounting education is taking place and presents design alternatives for knowledge production and diffusion that challenge business schools practice. The article will be a resource for stakeholders working on government accounting reforms in many countries.ABSTRACTThis article investigates where leading scholars and accounting regulators expect public sector accounting to be taught. Usually, accounting programmes occur within business schools; therefore, current social structures (action logics, beliefs, staff incentives, and graduates’ expectations) do not favour disciplines that are not focused on the private sector. Although this problem seems obvious, it has been left out of the public sector accounting education literature.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 569-572
Issue: 7
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 10
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Author-Name: James L. Chan
Author-X-Name-First: James L.
Author-X-Name-Last: Chan
Title: Debate: Toward a common body of knowledge for global public sector accounting education
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 541-542
Issue: 7
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2022.2064661
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Author-Name: Marco Bisogno
Author-X-Name-First: Marco
Author-X-Name-Last: Bisogno
Author-Name: Giuseppe Grossi
Author-X-Name-First: Giuseppe
Author-X-Name-Last: Grossi
Author-Name: Francesca Manes-Rossi
Author-X-Name-First: Francesca
Author-X-Name-Last: Manes-Rossi
Author-Name: Serena Santis
Author-X-Name-First: Serena
Author-X-Name-Last: Santis
Title: Standardizing local governments’ audit reports: for better or for worse?
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This article contributes to the policy debate on whether to standardize audit reports in public sector organizations. It offers useful insights that national regulators and standard-setters can consider when introducing new rules and standards in the audit regulatory space. Regulators and standard-setters interested in teasing out the professional support that auditors can offer should be aware of the need for a balance between standardization and freedom in preparing annual audit reports.ABSTRACTThe article investigates audit reports in Italian local governments using the theoretical lens of standardization theory. By means of a content analysis on 90 audit reports for the financial year 2018, the effectiveness of a standardized audit model for the audit report is discussed. The findings reveal that standardization seems to lead to a rigid approach in producing the audit reports of local governments. The study offers insights into rethinking the audit regulatory space in public sector organizations.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 482-490
Issue: 7
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2022.2064563
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Author-Name: David Boll
Author-X-Name-First: David
Author-X-Name-Last: Boll
Author-Name: Harry Müller
Author-X-Name-First: Harry
Author-X-Name-Last: Müller
Author-Name: Marcus Sidki
Author-X-Name-First: Marcus
Author-X-Name-Last: Sidki
Title: Determining the drivers of earnings management among municipal enterprises: Evidence from Germany
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Financial statements should provide useful information for stakeholders to assess the profitability and financial stability of both private and public enterprises. However, using the discretionary scope within accounting rules in a strategic sense is common among managers of private corporations and stakeholders are well aware of that. The article analyses indicators of earnings management in the financial statements of municipally-owned enterprises in Germany between 1998 and 2014. With regard to the results, stakeholders of public enterprises might take a more critical perspective on the financial statements of municipal enterprises, especially when these are highly indebted and ownership is dispersed.ABSTRACTAlthough earnings management is one of the most extensively covered topics in empirical accounting research, there are few studies of publicly-owned enterprises in Europe to date. This article aims closes this gap by using annual financial statement data from 11,721 German municipal enterprises from 1998–2014 to investigate various structural determinants of earnings management. Firm size and leverage were found to be positively related to earnings management. Concerning corporate governance, public enterprises with a more fragmented ownership structure were found to be more likely to manipulate their financial statements, while such practices are less prevalent in enterprises operating under German commercial law. Finally, the inclusion of private investors did not seem to have a significant effect on earnings management.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 501-510
Issue: 7
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2022.2076515
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Author-Name: Tjerk Budding
Author-X-Name-First: Tjerk
Author-X-Name-Last: Budding
Author-Name: Gert de Jong
Author-X-Name-First: Gert
Author-X-Name-Last: de Jong
Author-Name: Marion Smit
Author-X-Name-First: Marion
Author-X-Name-Last: Smit
Title: New development: Bridging the gap—analysis of required competencies for management accountants in the public sector
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This article shows that instead of technical skills, traditionally seen as the main element in public sector accounting education, interpersonal skills are competencies that need further development by public sector management accountants. By identifying the importance of competencies, as well as analysing the degree to which professionals possess these competencies, the authors provide a framework for further analysis on the education needs of public sector financial specialists.ABSTRACTUsing survey data gathered among Dutch public sector management accountants, this contribution shows that appreciative skills and personal skills are considered the most important competencies of these professionals. The authors found gaps between the assigned importance and the actual level of competencies in the fields of interpersonal skills and technical skills. As well, there were differences between age groups.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 565-568
Issue: 7
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2022.2068862
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Author-Name: Claudio Columbano
Author-X-Name-First: Claudio
Author-X-Name-Last: Columbano
Author-Name: Lucia Biondi
Author-X-Name-First: Lucia
Author-X-Name-Last: Biondi
Author-Name: Enrico Bracci
Author-X-Name-First: Enrico
Author-X-Name-Last: Bracci
Title: Selective application of the accrual principle in the construction of government finance statistics: EU evidence
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This article will help preparers and users of public sector accounting information understand why there is a need to ‘translate’ accounting information into fiscal information, and how this translation takes place through several ‘adjustments’. Readers will learn that, in the EU, it is uncommon for fiscal information to be grounded on accrual-based accounting data—particularly in the central government where cash data remain the preferred input. Readers will also learn that, while cash accounting bases generate a somewhat greater need for adjustments before fiscal information is produced, no accounting basis fully embraces the selective interpretation of the accrual principle that underlies the construction of fiscal aggregates. The information produced by fiscal and accounting information systems is unlikely to overlap fully, even if the public sector were to adopt an accrual basis of accounting.ABSTRACTThe authors studied the ‘translation’ of government accounting working balances into fiscal balances in the EU. Non-accrual-based working balances were found to represent the most frequent primary source of data that national statistical institutions use to calculate and report fiscal balances in Excessive Deficit Procedure notification tables. Compared to accrual-based working balances, non-accrual-based working balances impose significant adjustments on current revenues and expenses to obtain fiscal balances, yet they lead to limited adjustments to several long-term transactions. The authors argue that this result originates from the selective application of the accrual principle in the construction of Government Finance Statistics.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 511-520
Issue: 7
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2022.2065051
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Author-Name: Johan Christiaens
Author-X-Name-First: Johan
Author-X-Name-Last: Christiaens
Title: Debate: Are government buildings, roads, defence equipment and similar structures really assets?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 478-479
Issue: 7
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2022.2105543
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Author-Name: John Ayuk Enombu
Author-X-Name-First: John Ayuk
Author-X-Name-Last: Enombu
Author-Name: Pawan Adhikari
Author-X-Name-First: Pawan
Author-X-Name-Last: Adhikari
Title: Clinicians’ informal acquisition of accounting literacy in UK clinical commissioning groups
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This article offers practitioners important insights into the way clinicians can be engaged in the management of funds through situated learning in the workplace. Situated learning has the potential to foster accountability by engaging clinicians in meaningful and goal-driving activities and to stimulate the acquisition of accounting literacy informally. When clinicians work alongside accountants, learning takes place informally. A context needs to be created in which clinicians and accountants can work together to achieve common goals. This has been achieved in clinical commissioning groups (CCG) in the UK.ABSTRACTThis article discusses how clinicians acquire accounting literacy informally by working alongside accountants, highlighting how participation in different activities situated within specific contexts fosters informal learning. Data were gathered from interviews, document analysis and participant observation. The study has identified three processes of acquiring accounting information informally; attachment to managers, hearing the same information repeatedly and participation in goal-driven activities. Interdependency between the clinicians and accountants and their shared version have been the two key factors in clinical commissioning groups (CCG) facilitating the informal learning process.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 558-564
Issue: 7
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 10
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Author-Name: Andreas Bergmann
Author-X-Name-First: Andreas
Author-X-Name-Last: Bergmann
Title: Editorial: Use of accounting information by politicians
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 573-573
Issue: 8
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2022.2126625
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Author-Name: Bryan Rodgers
Author-X-Name-First: Bryan
Author-X-Name-Last: Rodgers
Author-Name: Jiju Anthony
Author-X-Name-First: Jiju
Author-X-Name-Last: Anthony
Author-Name: Elizabeth A. Cudney
Author-X-Name-First: Elizabeth A.
Author-X-Name-Last: Cudney
Title: A critical evaluation of organizational readiness for continuous improvement within a UK public utility company
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The purpose of the research reported here was to develop practical tools to assess organizational readiness prior to the implementation of a continuous improvement (CI) initiative in a public sector environment. A case study approach was used, which focused on a UK public utility company. The data was collected through a survey and the results were used to provide practical measures of readiness and inform the development of the initiative. The research synthesizes and builds on the existing literature in the areas of success, failure and readiness factors to develop a framework for the assessment of readiness for organizations undertaking CI initiatives.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 584-592
Issue: 8
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1868127
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Author-Name: Jens Weiss
Author-X-Name-First: Jens
Author-X-Name-Last: Weiss
Title: Debate: If politicians hardly care about performance information (in the annual budget), who cares about performance and when?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 580-581
Issue: 8
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2022.2103315
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Author-Name: Tobias Polzer
Author-X-Name-First: Tobias
Author-X-Name-Last: Polzer
Author-Name: Johann Seiwald
Author-X-Name-First: Johann
Author-X-Name-Last: Seiwald
Title: Debate: The role of intermediaries between demand and supply of performance information—the missing link?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 582-583
Issue: 8
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2022.2100130
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Author-Name: Alexander Kroll
Author-X-Name-First: Alexander
Author-X-Name-Last: Kroll
Title: Debate: Expanding research on politicians’ data use
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 578-579
Issue: 8
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2022.2103316
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Author-Name: Mark Christensen
Author-X-Name-First: Mark
Author-X-Name-Last: Christensen
Title: Debate: Accounting information performativity and politicians’ use (or not)
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 574-575
Issue: 8
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2022.2114156
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Author-Name: Guido Noto
Author-X-Name-First: Guido
Author-X-Name-Last: Noto
Author-Name: Lucrezia Coletta
Author-X-Name-First: Lucrezia
Author-X-Name-Last: Coletta
Author-Name: Milena Vainieri
Author-X-Name-First: Milena
Author-X-Name-Last: Vainieri
Title: Measuring the performance of collaborative governance in food safety management: an Italian case study
Abstract:
Food safety management (FSM) is a public health issue characterised by a high degree of ‘wickedness’ which requires the adoption of collaborative practices to align the interests and expectations of all stakeholders. Measuring and evaluating performance in collaborative arrangements is a complex task and neither the academic literature nor practice have produced clear solutions. This paper adds to the literature by improving our understanding of the determinants of collaboration and performance in FSM and provides a performance measurement framework to support collaborative governance in FSM.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 627-636
Issue: 8
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1840043
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Author-Name: Davide Giacomini
Author-X-Name-First: Davide
Author-X-Name-Last: Giacomini
Title: New development: Is the pandemic reinforcing the organizational legitimacy of the municipally-owned companies?
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The Covid-19 pandemic required rapid intervention from governments. Local governments in Italy made use of municipally-owned companies (MOCs) to provide goods and services. This had advantages in terms of speed of intervention and reduction of transaction costs and has increased the organizational legitimacy of MOCs. Based on early evidence and from the author’s past experience as a mayor, this article describes how MOCs are changing and the future role they could play in emergencies.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 672-674
Issue: 8
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2022.2071891
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Author-Name: Muhammad Nurul Hoque
Author-X-Name-First: Muhammad Nurul
Author-X-Name-Last: Hoque
Author-Name: Md. Borhan Uddin Bhuiyan
Author-X-Name-First: Md. Borhan Uddin
Author-X-Name-Last: Bhuiyan
Author-Name: Takumi Nomura
Author-X-Name-First: Takumi
Author-X-Name-Last: Nomura
Author-Name: Tony van Zijl
Author-X-Name-First: Tony
Author-X-Name-Last: van Zijl
Title: Determinants of cash holdings—evidence from New Zealand local councils
Abstract:
The authors examine the likely determinants of cash holdings by New Zealand local councils. Extant finance literature suggests that organizations have transactional, precautionary and speculative motives for holding cash but empirical research on the determinants of cash holdings by local councils is still in its infancy. To examine the determinants of cash holding, the authors analysed data on a sample of 77 New Zealand local councils over the period 2000 to 2017. Managers were found to hold cash for operational and precautionary reasons. The results also suggest that local councils with better growth opportunities have greater cash holdings. Local councils with larger financing deficits, more significant capital expenditure, and higher management compensation have less cash. Overall, the findings imply that funds were being used effectively.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 605-615
Issue: 8
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1836803
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Author-Name: Hugo Consciência Silvestre
Author-X-Name-First: Hugo Consciência
Author-X-Name-Last: Silvestre
Author-Name: Rui Cunha Marques
Author-X-Name-First: Rui Cunha
Author-X-Name-Last: Marques
Author-Name: Brian Dollery
Author-X-Name-First: Brian
Author-X-Name-Last: Dollery
Author-Name: Ginésio Justino Gomes de Sá
Author-X-Name-First: Ginésio Justino
Author-X-Name-Last: Gomes de Sá
Title: Outsourcing through intermunicipal co-operation: Waste collection and treatment services in Brazil
Abstract:
An important empirical question centres on whether intermunicipal co-operation between local governments can reduce service provision costs and increase revenue. This paper reports on an investigation into the impact of intermunicipal co-operation on waste collection and treatment in the institutional context of southeast Brazilian local government. Intermunicipal co-operation resulted in local governments improving their negotiation and monitoring skills, increasing their revenue-generating service area and enhancing their financial sustainability.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 637-647
Issue: 8
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1844455
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Author-Name: Ameeta Jain
Author-X-Name-First: Ameeta
Author-X-Name-Last: Jain
Author-Name: Monika Kansal
Author-X-Name-First: Monika
Author-X-Name-Last: Kansal
Author-Name: Mahesh Joshi
Author-X-Name-First: Mahesh
Author-X-Name-Last: Joshi
Author-Name: Pawan Taneja
Author-X-Name-First: Pawan
Author-X-Name-Last: Taneja
Title: Is the Indian corporate social responsibility law working for the public sector?
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This study adapts the New Governance Framework to investigate the perspectives of the regulators of India’s state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and the perspectives of the regulated SOEs towards the country’s recent corporate social responsibility (CSR) law. This law mandates that companies spend a fixed amount of their profit on specified CSR activities. The findings indicate that SOEs welcome the regulation, but face implementation issues and political pressures. These issues are forcing SOEs to invest in less impactful CSR activities, which was previously not the case. Regulators believe that companies are making excuses, such as limited resources for implementation, no co-operation with the civil sector and lack of direct contact with communities. The authors argue that a more effective dialogue is required to ensure effective implementation of the new CSR regulation to deliver India’s social development agenda.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 648-657
Issue: 8
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1868109
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Author-Name: Yvonne Brunetto
Author-X-Name-First: Yvonne
Author-X-Name-Last: Brunetto
Author-Name: Adina Dudau
Author-X-Name-First: Adina
Author-X-Name-Last: Dudau
Title: Call for papers for Public Money & Management theme on
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 677-677
Issue: 8
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1660097
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Author-Name: Gang Chen
Author-X-Name-First: Gang
Author-X-Name-Last: Chen
Author-Name: Elaine Yi Lu
Author-X-Name-First: Elaine
Author-X-Name-Last: Yi Lu
Title: How negotiation delays affect policy decisions: evidence from the budgetary process
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Intensified by today’s increasingly contentious political environment, delays often occur in the policy-making process. This paper applies the time pressure theory to study how budget deadlines and delays affect appropriation outcomes. Using a panel dataset comprising 108 appropriation bills from New York State in the USA for the period 1984–2012, the authors found that, while having deadlines is procedural and symbolic, the extent of lateness matters, and delays generally increase incrementalism in appropriation outcomes. Compared with proposed appropriations, a delayed budget shows a more concentrated allocation pattern that favours funding for capital projects and aid for localities.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 593-604
Issue: 8
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1815387
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Author-Name: Suvituulia Taponen
Author-X-Name-First: Suvituulia
Author-X-Name-Last: Taponen
Author-Name: Saba Hinrichs-Krapels
Author-X-Name-First: Saba
Author-X-Name-Last: Hinrichs-Krapels
Author-Name: Katri Kauppi
Author-X-Name-First: Katri
Author-X-Name-Last: Kauppi
Title: How do purchasers’ control mechanisms affect healthcare outcomes? Cancer care services in the English National Health Service
Abstract:
The purchaser–provider co-operation model is a way of increasing efficiency and quality in healthcare services. Risks associated with this model, including goal misalignment and information asymmetry, are managed through control mechanisms. Based on data from 12 clinical commissioning groups (purchasers of cancer care) in the English National Health Service, this paper describes the control mechanisms used to facilitate purchaser–provider co-operation and identifies good practices in using different control mechanisms. Effective control mechanisms were found to include stakeholder involvement (social control); co-operation and partnerships with providers (process control); and monitoring and service outcome measures for provider (outcome control). The paper fills an important gap in the literature—little scholarly attention has to date been paid about how purchaser and provider relationships are managed ex post and how performance is affected.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 658-667
Issue: 8
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1874738
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Author-Name: Anna Cregård
Author-X-Name-First: Anna
Author-X-Name-Last: Cregård
Title: Municipal technostructure: reacting to team development education from above
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This paper explains a growing function in today’s public organizations: the technostructure. It reports on the outcomes of an educational programme to develop teams comprising HR, financial and organizational development managers in a Swedish municipality in order to achieve joint support to line managers. The three groups emphasized the importance of their dissimilar work areas and their differences vis-à-vis other administrative occupations with presumably simpler tasks, and showed their indispensability. The groups’ relations were strengthened, but not their actual joint support to line managers. The paper contributes to the literature on professionalized technostructures and organizational change.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 616-626
Issue: 8
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1838089
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Author-Name: The Editors
Title: Correction
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: iii-iii
Issue: 8
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1732625
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Author-Name: Gary Walpole
Author-X-Name-First: Gary
Author-X-Name-Last: Walpole
Author-Name: Emily Bacon
Author-X-Name-First: Emily
Author-X-Name-Last: Bacon
Author-Name: Katie Beverley
Author-X-Name-First: Katie
Author-X-Name-Last: Beverley
Author-Name: Carla De Laurentis
Author-X-Name-First: Carla
Author-X-Name-Last: De Laurentis
Author-Name: Kay Renfrew
Author-X-Name-First: Kay
Author-X-Name-Last: Renfrew
Author-Name: Jennifer Rudd
Author-X-Name-First: Jennifer
Author-X-Name-Last: Rudd
Title: New development: Enhancing regional innovation capabilities through formal public service communities of practice
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The circular economy (CE) involves sharing, leasing, reusing, repairing, refurbishing and recycling existing materials and products for as long as possible—moving away from the traditional linear economy. The Circular Economy Innovation Community (CEIC) project, presented in this article, developed a novel programme to create regional inter-organizational innovation communities of practice for public service organizations across a region. Participants were introduced to contemporary tools and techniques to enable their organizations to reduce their carbon footprints, reduce costs and enhance service levels. The authors describe the way that the CEIC project has been able to create sustainable innovation communities of ‘change-makers’—enhancing regional innovation capabilities and supporting the transition to a CE.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 668-671
Issue: 8
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.2021658
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Author-Name: Sandra Cohen
Author-X-Name-First: Sandra
Author-X-Name-Last: Cohen
Title: Debate: Accounting training for politicians—an alternative approach
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 576-577
Issue: 8
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2022.2107826
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Author-Name: Wendy Savage
Author-X-Name-First: Wendy
Author-X-Name-Last: Savage
Title: Debate: Will abortion law in Northern Ireland finally move into the 21st century?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 675-676
Issue: 8
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2019.1677307
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Author-Name: The Editors
Title: Correction
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: iv-iv
Issue: 8
Volume: 42
Year: 2022
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1890375
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Author-Name: Steven Parker
Author-X-Name-First: Steven
Author-X-Name-Last: Parker
Author-Name: Victoria Cluley
Author-X-Name-First: Victoria
Author-X-Name-Last: Cluley
Author-Name: Zoe Radnor
Author-X-Name-First: Zoe
Author-X-Name-Last: Radnor
Title: A typology of dis/value in public service delivery
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Public service providers are now expected to play a central role in public value creation by designing and delivering services that are both relevant and beneficial to the wider society in which they operate. In this article the authors explore the view that service providers can destroy, as well as create value. Drawing on a scoping review of the public value and co-creation literatures, the article proposes a typology of the types of dis/value emerging from the review. The findings will be useful for professionals engaged in designing and delivering public services, including managers, planners and commissioners.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 8-16
Issue: 1
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 01
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2022.2124758
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Author-Name: Martin King
Author-X-Name-First: Martin
Author-X-Name-Last: King
Author-Name: Rob Wilson
Author-X-Name-First: Rob
Author-X-Name-Last: Wilson
Title: Local government and democratic innovations: reflections on the case of citizen assemblies on climate change
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Since the 1980s, deliberative democracy has dominated thinking around democratic innovation as an approach to address the ongoing legitimacy crisis of public insitutions. One of the methods of implementing deliberative democracy, citizen assemblies (CAs), are increasingly being applied to mainstream decision-making. The scale in the UK has been notable—representing a seminal juncture in the adoption of CA as a method of public engagement. This article focuses on how these processes, so far, have connected to the wider public sphere and the decision-making processes of commissioning organizations to explore whether this represents a sustainable method for democratic renewal or a passing fad.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 73-76
Issue: 1
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 01
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2022.2033462
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Author-Name: Henrique Portulhak
Author-X-Name-First: Henrique
Author-X-Name-Last: Portulhak
Author-Name: Vicente Pacheco
Author-X-Name-First: Vicente
Author-X-Name-Last: Pacheco
Title: Public value is in the eye of the beholder: stakeholder theory and ingroup bias
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This research evidence that ‘public value is in the eye of the beholder’, i.e. ingroup bias and the relationship of the individual as a normative stakeholder can both affect the public value perception of an institution. This finding is useful for practitioners and policy-makers seeking to carry out performance management of public, religious, or nonprofit organizations from a public value perspective. Ingroup bias may be a particularly important issue for public management in settings where political polarization is escalating.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 36-44
Issue: 1
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 01
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2022.2124759
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Author-Name: Gunnar Andersson
Author-X-Name-First: Gunnar
Author-X-Name-Last: Andersson
Author-Name: Matthew P. J. Lynch
Author-X-Name-First: Matthew P. J.
Author-X-Name-Last: Lynch
Author-Name: Frode Ramstad Johansen
Author-X-Name-First: Frode Ramstad
Author-X-Name-Last: Johansen
Author-Name: Mona Jerndahl Fineide
Author-X-Name-First: Mona Jerndahl
Author-X-Name-Last: Fineide
Author-Name: Douglas Martin
Author-X-Name-First: Douglas
Author-X-Name-Last: Martin
Title: Exploring perceptions of Lean in the public sector
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This paper explores discourses around Lean by examining the perceptions of new users of Lean in the public sector. The paper draws on actor–network theory as the basis for exploring what these new users think about Lean and uses data analysis tools to extrude concepts of significance. The data suggests that Lean continues to retain diverse, parallel and competing perspectives. The responses also signal that key concepts of Lean are missing from the discourses, and that this highlights a need to discuss Lean as a mindset—not just as a set of tools. The paper suggests future directions for research to further explore the issues emphasised by respondents.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 64-72
Issue: 1
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 01
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1847454
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Author-Name: Giuseppe Grossi
Author-X-Name-First: Giuseppe
Author-X-Name-Last: Grossi
Author-Name: Anna Thomasson
Author-X-Name-First: Anna
Author-X-Name-Last: Thomasson
Title: New development: Are the holding companies as a hybrid governance model reinforcing the control on municipal corporations?
Abstract:
The authors recommend that politicians and public managers consider the possible benefits and critical issues connected to the creation of holding companies at the local government level. On the one hand, municipal holding companies can be useful for steering and controlling municipal corporations; on the other hand, they can have the downside of adding another level of governance.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 77-79
Issue: 1
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 01
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2022.2101269
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Author-Name: Dina von Heimburg
Author-X-Name-First: Dina
Author-X-Name-Last: von Heimburg
Author-Name: Susanne Vollan Langås
Author-X-Name-First: Susanne Vollan
Author-X-Name-Last: Langås
Author-Name: Asbjørn Røiseland
Author-X-Name-First: Asbjørn
Author-X-Name-Last: Røiseland
Title: From co-creation to public value through collaborative platforms—the case of Norwegian kindergartens
Abstract:
Making sure that citizens and users are key actors in public value co-creation is a challenge. A particular difficulty is how to include marginalized citizens and users to give them a voice in deliberating public value. This article discusses how kindergartens can be used as a platform for co-created policy-making. The authors provide practical advice on how to facilitate socially-inclusive public encounters with relevant policy stakeholders. By using a universal welfare institution as the platform, the article shows how public participation in co-creation can be more socially-inclusive and fair.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 26-35
Issue: 1
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 01
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2022.2120295
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Author-Name: Pieter Zwaan
Author-X-Name-First: Pieter
Author-X-Name-Last: Zwaan
Author-Name: Sandra van Thiel
Author-X-Name-First: Sandra
Author-X-Name-Last: van Thiel
Author-Name: Michelle Zonneveld
Author-X-Name-First: Michelle
Author-X-Name-Last: Zonneveld
Title: Strategizing in agency reform: a longitudinal case study from The Netherlands
Abstract:
This paper presents a longitudinal case study of a series of reforms affecting Dutch government agencies. It contributes to the developing literature on strategizing in processes of agency reform by identifying and explaining several tactics that agencies use to influence these reforms. Several previous findings on agency strategizing were replicated in the research, but the paper also presents new observations—most notably about the effect of the procedural legitimacy of a reform process and processes of learning. Furthermore, it shows that a parent ministry will also employ its own tactics to affect reforms imposed by a supranational body and will sometimes partner with agencies in doing so.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 54-63
Issue: 1
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 01
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1859749
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Author-Name: Sarah Shorrock
Author-X-Name-First: Sarah
Author-X-Name-Last: Shorrock
Title: Debate: Achieving public value in adult multi-agency safeguarding processes
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 4-5
Issue: 1
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 01
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2022.2108612
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Author-Name: Victoria Cluley
Author-X-Name-First: Victoria
Author-X-Name-Last: Cluley
Author-Name: Steven Parker
Author-X-Name-First: Steven
Author-X-Name-Last: Parker
Author-Name: Zoe Radnor
Author-X-Name-First: Zoe
Author-X-Name-Last: Radnor
Title: Editorial: Public value for all? Considering the parameters of public value co-creation
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 1-3
Issue: 1
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 01
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2022.2140900
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Author-Name: Erik Eriksson
Author-X-Name-First: Erik
Author-X-Name-Last: Eriksson
Author-Name: Sharon Williams
Author-X-Name-First: Sharon
Author-X-Name-Last: Williams
Author-Name: Andreas Hellström
Author-X-Name-First: Andreas
Author-X-Name-Last: Hellström
Title: Dis/value in co-production, co-design and co-innovation for individuals, groups and society
Abstract:
The traditional public service ethos needs to be challenged by including citizens/users in developing and improving public services. However, the often one-sided positive accounts of co-production, co-design and co-innovation risk public managers and policy-makers involving citizens/users when it may be inappropriate and/or cause more harm than good. This article explains these ‘co-concepts’ and suggests how managers and policy-makers should balance the positive with potential negative (disvalue) aspects to enable a more useful practice of citizen/user involvement.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 17-25
Issue: 1
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 01
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2022.2108248
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Author-Name: Oli Williams
Author-X-Name-First: Oli
Author-X-Name-Last: Williams
Author-Name: Bertil Lindenfalk
Author-X-Name-First: Bertil
Author-X-Name-Last: Lindenfalk
Author-Name: Glenn Robert
Author-X-Name-First: Glenn
Author-X-Name-Last: Robert
Title: New development: Mitigating and negotiating the co-creation of dis/value—Elinor Ostrom’s design principles and co-creating public value
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This article provides a way to promote more effective and equitable collaboration in the design and delivery of public services. Increasingly public services are designed with service users, but it is common for these provider–user endeavours to perform sub-optimally and/or to have negative outcomes. The authors offer a set of principles and a novel framework for applying them that have been designed to: firstly, mitigate the potential for sub-optimal and/or negative performance and, secondly, promote more positive processes and outcomes for provider–user collaborations. Improving provider–user collaboration in this way will ultimately lead to better design and delivery of public services.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 45-50
Issue: 1
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 01
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2022.2066338
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Author-Name: Staci M. Zavattaro
Author-X-Name-First: Staci M.
Author-X-Name-Last: Zavattaro
Author-Name: Christopher J. Coutts
Author-X-Name-First: Christopher J.
Author-X-Name-Last: Coutts
Title: Debate: Public values lessons from death and dying
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 6-7
Issue: 1
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 01
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2022.2111886
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Author-Name: Alessandro Sancino
Author-X-Name-First: Alessandro
Author-X-Name-Last: Sancino
Author-Name: Alessandro Braga
Author-X-Name-First: Alessandro
Author-X-Name-Last: Braga
Author-Name: Luigi Corvo
Author-X-Name-First: Luigi
Author-X-Name-Last: Corvo
Author-Name: Davide Giacomini
Author-X-Name-First: Davide
Author-X-Name-Last: Giacomini
Title: New development: Mitigating disvalue through a material understanding of public value co-creation
Abstract:
This article introduces a strategy that can be used by managers to (co)design, (co)analyse and (co)assess processes of public value co-creation. Actions for implementation by public managers are also recommended, such as keeping a register of co-creation processes; describing the settings and the material relations among the actors taking part in co-creation; and accounting over time for the material effects of co-creation processes. Watchdogs and civil society organizations should be monitoring the effects of public value co-creation processes from a material perspective.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 51-53
Issue: 1
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 01
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2022.2111881
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Author-Name: Machteld S. E. de Vries
Author-X-Name-First: Machteld S. E.
Author-X-Name-Last: de Vries
Author-Name: Michiel S. de Vries
Author-X-Name-First: Michiel S.
Author-X-Name-Last: de Vries
Title: Repetitive reorganizations, uncertainty and change fatigue
Abstract:
Repetitive reorganizations cause change fatigue, which creates employee resistance to further organizational change. This paper investigates how such fatigue arises. The results show that uncertainty and workload are mediating factors. The effect of change fatigue is not moderated by the perceived success of the prior reorganization, participation in that process, or leadership characteristics. It is only slightly moderated by the satisfaction of employees about the communication during the prior organizational reorganization.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 126-135
Issue: 2
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 02
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1905258
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Author-Name: Tie Cui
Author-X-Name-First: Tie
Author-X-Name-Last: Cui
Author-Name: Stephen P. Osborne
Author-X-Name-First: Stephen P.
Author-X-Name-Last: Osborne
Title: New development: Value destruction in public service delivery—a process model and its implications
Abstract:
Public services do not necessarily lead to value creation. Instead, they can destroy value and make service users’ lives worse. In this article, we reflect on the growing discourse on ‘value destruction’ and make two contributions. First, we distinguish three characteristics of value destruction perspective. Second, we offer a parsimonious process model of value destruction. We suggest to policy-makers and public managers that value destruction can occur at any stage of public service design/delivery, damaging individual citizens and/or the whole society. There is no one-size-fits-all countermeasure, but contingency planning and a whole picture, dynamic thinking, are important.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 187-190
Issue: 2
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 02
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2022.2126645
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Author-Name: Javier Garcia-Lacalle
Author-X-Name-First: Javier
Author-X-Name-Last: Garcia-Lacalle
Author-Name: Sonia Royo
Author-X-Name-First: Sonia
Author-X-Name-Last: Royo
Author-Name: Ana Yetano
Author-X-Name-First: Ana
Author-X-Name-Last: Yetano
Title: Boards of directors and performance in autonomous public sector entities
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The adoption of business-like boards of directors in the public sector has to be evaluated in terms of financial and non-financial outcomes. This paper investigates, using a structural equation model, the relationship of certain board characteristics with the performance of English NHS foundation trusts. Larger and more independent boards do not harm performance. Having a woman chairing the board is related to better service quality. Boards seem to be more concerned about service quality issues than about financial problems.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 85-94
Issue: 2
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 02
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1896131
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Author-Name: Andrew Massey
Author-X-Name-First: Andrew
Author-X-Name-Last: Massey
Title: Editorial: Interesting times
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 81-82
Issue: 2
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 02
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2022.2161192
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Author-Name: Daniel Matos Caldeira
Author-X-Name-First: Daniel Matos
Author-X-Name-Last: Caldeira
Author-Name: Leonardo Secchi
Author-X-Name-First: Leonardo
Author-X-Name-Last: Secchi
Author-Name: Sandra I. Firmino
Author-X-Name-First: Sandra I.
Author-X-Name-Last: Firmino
Title: New development: Public governance in the discursivity of the Brazilian government—a reflection on conceptual reduction
Abstract:
This article presents a topic of relevance to public management research communities in non English-speaking countries. The principal argument is the concept of ‘sociological reduction’. The article addresses aspects related to the translation and critical assimilation of foreign concepts in social sciences. The authors illustrate the argument by showing how Brazilian authorities got lost when translating the term ‘public governance’ into the Brazilian legislation, treating it as synonymous with ‘corporate governance’ and ‘good governance’. This article will help researchers and policy-makers in maintaining terminological cohesion and facilitating the legal application of foreign concepts.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 194-196
Issue: 2
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 02
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2022.2113630
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Author-Name: Bram Van Haelter
Author-X-Name-First: Bram
Author-X-Name-Last: Van Haelter
Author-Name: David Vos
Author-X-Name-First: David
Author-X-Name-Last: Vos
Author-Name: Joris Voets
Author-X-Name-First: Joris
Author-X-Name-Last: Voets
Title: Drivers of reform implementation in local government: a qualitative comparative analysis
Abstract:
By identifying a configuration of factors that impact the degree of reform implementation, this article offers a more accurate view of a local government’s implementation capacity than earlier studies. Fuzzy-set qualitative comparative analysis in 11 local governments was used to test how organizational factors jointly produced the right context for reform implementation. The results indicate that reform implementation capacity is largely dependent on the following organizational factors: municipal scale, politico–administrative relations and the presence of sufficient properly qualified employees.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 174-182
Issue: 2
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 02
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1959714
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Author-Name: Sabine Kuhlmann
Author-X-Name-First: Sabine
Author-X-Name-Last: Kuhlmann
Author-Name: Moritz Heuberger
Author-X-Name-First: Moritz
Author-X-Name-Last: Heuberger
Title: Digital transformation going local: implementation, impacts and constraints from a German perspective
Abstract:
The digital transformation of public administration is expected to fundamentally reshape the institutional setting of local service delivery, administration, and governance in Europe. Against this background, it is a cause for concern and criticism that the actual state of implementation, the impacts, and the hurdles faced at the local level of government have only scarcely been studied in public administration. The results of this study reveal several unintended and negative impacts of digital government reforms on public employees and citizens. This article provides policy-makers and managers with guiding principles for the implementation of digital change in organizations.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 147-155
Issue: 2
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 02
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1939584
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Author-Name: Higor Leite
Author-X-Name-First: Higor
Author-X-Name-Last: Leite
Author-Name: Ian R. Hodgkinson
Author-X-Name-First: Ian R.
Author-X-Name-Last: Hodgkinson
Author-Name: Ana V. L. Volochtchuk
Author-X-Name-First: Ana V. L.
Author-X-Name-Last: Volochtchuk
Title: New development: Digital social care—the ‘high-tech and low-touch’ transformation in public services
Abstract:
This article introduces new technological developments transforming social care and enabling better care for vulnerable populations. While acknowledging traditional technologies already used in digital social care, the authors move beyond these passive technologies and show the benefits of the next-generation and the generation-after-next assistive technologies in supporting older people and people with disabilities. The reliance of social care on technology comes with challenges, such as cost, technology illiteracy and social workers’ skills. The authors propose further empirical studies to address these challenges, and urge policy-makers, scholars and practitioners to collaborate and develop policy and regulations for new digital social services.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 183-186
Issue: 2
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 02
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2022.2140897
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Author-Name: Riccardo Pelizzo
Author-X-Name-First: Riccardo
Author-X-Name-Last: Pelizzo
Author-Name: Colin Knox
Author-X-Name-First: Colin
Author-X-Name-Last: Knox
Title: ‘Sobriety, human dignity and public morality’: ethical standards in Kazakhstan
Abstract:
Kazakhstan, like other post-Soviet countries, is struggling to address residual issues of corruption and weak ethical standards within a wider initiative to promote good governance. From 1997 onwards, it has introduced several iterations of codes of ethics and professional conduct. These efforts have culminated in the appointment of ethics commissioners in each ministry and government agency. This article considers how effective they have been in enforcing ethical standards through primary data collected from three groups: aspiring civil servants; in-service officials; and, ethics commissioners. The research finds that commissioners have much higher tolerance levels towards ethical dilemmas and lack consistency in making judgements, which limits confidence in their roles as enforcement officers.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 156-164
Issue: 2
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 02
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1948671
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Author-Name: Seraina C. Anagnostopoulou
Author-X-Name-First: Seraina C.
Author-X-Name-Last: Anagnostopoulou
Author-Name: Charitini Stavropoulou
Author-X-Name-First: Charitini
Author-X-Name-Last: Stavropoulou
Title: Earnings management in public healthcare organizations: the case of the English NHS hospitals
Abstract:
This paper explores whether NHS hospitals in England managed their earnings upward before applying to the government for foundation trust (FT) status—a scheme that allowed them greater financial freedom and management autonomy—in order to present an overly positive picture and increase their chances for a successful application. The paper shows that NHS FTs adjusted discretionary accruals upward for up to two years before applying for FT status. This practice was negatively associated with their future financial performance. Our study contributes to the growing literature on earnings management in the healthcare sector, by taking an event-study approach applied to this sector when significant institutional changes take place.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 95-104
Issue: 2
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 02
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1866854
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Author-Name: Juma James Masele
Author-X-Name-First: Juma James
Author-X-Name-Last: Masele
Author-Name: Richard Shija Kagoma
Author-X-Name-First: Richard Shija
Author-X-Name-Last: Kagoma
Title: Usefulness of human capital management information systems on payroll reliability among public universities in Tanzania
Abstract:
This paper presents an assessment of the usefulness of human capital management information systems (HCMIS) on payroll management in three public universities in Tanzania. A multiple regression analysis revealed that HCMIS are useful if they ensure information integrity, ease of use, accountability and availability. The author concludes that organizations need to evaluate HCMIS efficiency and effectiveness in terms of handling and the managing flow of human resource (HR) related information. A transparent payroll policy and conducting regular audits of HR information and practices is essential to prevent fraud and to ensure that the workforce is committed.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 165-173
Issue: 2
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 02
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1906579
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Author-Name: Sue Baines
Author-X-Name-First: Sue
Author-X-Name-Last: Baines
Author-Name: Mike Bull
Author-X-Name-First: Mike
Author-X-Name-Last: Bull
Author-Name: Val Antcliff
Author-X-Name-First: Val
Author-X-Name-Last: Antcliff
Author-Name: Lynn Martin
Author-X-Name-First: Lynn
Author-X-Name-Last: Martin
Title: ‘Good stories get lost in bureaucracy!’ Cultural biases and information for co-production
Abstract:
This paper is about evidencing the social value of co-produced public services. We use Mary Douglas's theory of cultural variation to frame conflicting assumptions about what kinds of information count as good and reliable. With its emphasis on active participation, equality and mutual decision-making, co-production fits what Douglas called an ‘egalitarian’ worldview. It aligns well with local, contextual, experiential forms of information such as storytelling. Yet in present-day public services, alternatives favour individual choice, hierarchical rules, or chance outcomes. It is comfortable but ineffective to share only information that meets the preferences of one worldview and fails to respond to others.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 136-146
Issue: 2
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 02
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1909941
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Author-Name: Jannes J. Willems
Author-X-Name-First: Jannes J.
Author-X-Name-Last: Willems
Author-Name: Michael Duijn
Author-X-Name-First: Michael
Author-X-Name-Last: Duijn
Author-Name: Stéphanie IJff
Author-X-Name-First: Stéphanie
Author-X-Name-Last: IJff
Author-Name: Jeroen Veraart
Author-X-Name-First: Jeroen
Author-X-Name-Last: Veraart
Author-Name: Nienke Nuesink
Author-X-Name-First: Nienke
Author-X-Name-Last: Nuesink
Author-Name: Gerald Jan Ellen
Author-X-Name-First: Gerald Jan
Author-X-Name-Last: Ellen
Author-Name: Arwin van Buuren
Author-X-Name-First: Arwin
Author-X-Name-Last: van Buuren
Title: The lifecycle of public value creation: eroding public values in the Dutch Marker Wadden project
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This paper examines the durability of public value coalitions in the Dutch Marker Wadden project: an internationally acclaimed water project. The paper compares public value creation by coalitions before and after project appraisal. Activities before project appraisal mainly worked towards the integration of values and interests, while activities after project appraisal facilitated disintegration. The findings underscore the difficulty of delivering a broad conception of public value, potentially leading to a hollowed-out result compared to the original interpretation.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 116-125
Issue: 2
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 02
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1896557
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Author-Name: Afschin Gandjour
Author-X-Name-First: Afschin
Author-X-Name-Last: Gandjour
Title: New development: Increasing vaccination uptake in repeated Covid 19 vaccination mandates
Abstract:
Some countries are still struggling to vaccinate residents against Covid 19 despite the wide availability of vaccines. This situation becomes more complex when considering the possible need for regular booster shots. Repeated vaccine mandates that impose fines on vaccine refusers may increase vaccination uptake. However, the uptake may not be sufficient to lift all Covid 19 restrictions. This article recommends that policy-makers consider an alternative financial incentive system that relies on rewards in addition to fines. Theoretical and empirical evidence suggests that a combination can yield a stronger response than using rewards or fines alone.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 191-193
Issue: 2
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 02
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2022.2130410
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Author-Name: Gemma Perez-Lopez
Author-X-Name-First: Gemma
Author-X-Name-Last: Perez-Lopez
Author-Name: Carolyn-Thi Thanh Dung Tran
Author-X-Name-First: Carolyn-Thi Thanh Dung
Author-X-Name-Last: Tran
Author-Name: Brian Dollery
Author-X-Name-First: Brian
Author-X-Name-Last: Dollery
Title: Is council co-operation cost efficient? An empirical analysis of waste collection in Spanish local government
Abstract:
Although there is an extensive literature examining the fiscal outcomes of municipal mergers and privatization, much less research has focused on council co-operation. This paper compares the relative cost of waste services under inter-municipal co-operation and stand-alone production by local councils in Spain from 2009 to 2015. Co-operation produced significant cost savings and the factors affecting municipal waste collection costs differed between these two modes of production.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 105-115
Issue: 2
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 02
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1876335
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Author-Name: Michael Gibson
Author-X-Name-First: Michael
Author-X-Name-Last: Gibson
Title: Debate: In contracts, we trust—managing risk in public contracts through a relational approach
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 83-84
Issue: 2
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 02
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2022.2133767
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Author-Name: Laurence Ferry
Author-X-Name-First: Laurence
Author-X-Name-Last: Ferry
Author-Name: Henry Midgley
Author-X-Name-First: Henry
Author-X-Name-Last: Midgley
Author-Name: Pasquale Ruggiero
Author-X-Name-First: Pasquale
Author-X-Name-Last: Ruggiero
Title: Regulatory space in local government audit: An international comparative study of 20 countries
Abstract:
Auditing fulfils a public interest role for public spending, which is important to underpin the state and democracy. However, public sector auditing is under increasing public scrutiny and political pressure, especially following crises that challenge public finances including at state and local level. This article provides a comparative analysis of the development of auditing practices in governments internationally at both local and state level. To do so it analyses themes of ‘organization and fragmentation’, ‘independence and competition’, ‘audit scope’, and ‘inspection/performance assessment’. This will help inform academics, policy-makers and practitioners of contemporary practice to improve their own regulatory space.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 233-241
Issue: 3
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 04
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2022.2129559
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Author-Name: David Walker
Author-X-Name-First: David
Author-X-Name-Last: Walker
Title: Debate: Public audit to the rescue of Britain!
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 229-230
Issue: 3
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 04
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2022.2139946
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Author-Name: Sir Tony Redmond
Author-X-Name-First: Sir Tony
Author-X-Name-Last: Redmond
Title: Debate: Ensuring financial stability in local councils
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 206-207
Issue: 3
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 04
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2023.2166703
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Author-Name: Iain Murray
Author-X-Name-First: Iain
Author-X-Name-Last: Murray
Title: Debate: Local audit parties are pulling in different directions
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 227-228
Issue: 3
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 04
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2023.2173371
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Author-Name: Peter Murphy
Author-X-Name-First: Peter
Author-X-Name-Last: Murphy
Author-Name: Katarzyna Lakoma
Author-X-Name-First: Katarzyna
Author-X-Name-Last: Lakoma
Author-Name: Peter Eckersley
Author-X-Name-First: Peter
Author-X-Name-Last: Eckersley
Author-Name: Bernard Kofi Dom
Author-X-Name-First: Bernard Kofi
Author-X-Name-Last: Dom
Author-Name: Martin Jones
Author-X-Name-First: Martin
Author-X-Name-Last: Jones
Title: Public goods, public value and public audit: the Redmond review and English local government
Abstract:
There has been a growing recognition that the arrangements for local public audit and public assurance are no longer fit for purpose in England. Audit provides an essential part of all accountability arrangements, as it certifies financial propriety. English local governance now features an incomplete and fragmented landscape. This means that policy-makers and citizens only have limited oversight of local authorities’ operations and the extent to which they deliver value to the public. The government has accepted the Redmond Review’s recommendations and promised radical changes to the audit market, and the scope, functioning and transparency of local audit.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 242-250
Issue: 3
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 04
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2022.2126644
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Author-Name: Susana Jorge
Author-X-Name-First: Susana
Author-X-Name-Last: Jorge
Author-Name: Ana Calado Pinto
Author-X-Name-First: Ana Calado
Author-X-Name-Last: Pinto
Author-Name: Sónia Nogueira
Author-X-Name-First: Sónia
Author-X-Name-Last: Nogueira
Title: Debate: Auditing and political accountability in local government—dealing with paradoxes in the relationship between the executive and the council
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 231-232
Issue: 3
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 04
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2022.2120279
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Author-Name: Lisa Robertson
Author-X-Name-First: Lisa
Author-X-Name-Last: Robertson
Title: Debate: Realizing the opportunities of system-wide audit reform
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 213-214
Issue: 3
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 04
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2023.2187139
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Author-Name: Steve Freer
Author-X-Name-First: Steve
Author-X-Name-Last: Freer
Title: Debate: Solving supply shortages and delays in a challenged local public audit system
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 208-210
Issue: 3
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 04
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2022.2113634
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Author-Name: Evelyze Cruz Dallagnol
Author-X-Name-First: Evelyze
Author-X-Name-Last: Cruz Dallagnol
Author-Name: Henrique Portulhak
Author-X-Name-First: Henrique
Author-X-Name-Last: Portulhak
Author-Name: Blênio Cezar Severo Peixe
Author-X-Name-First: Blênio
Author-X-Name-Last: Cezar Severo Peixe
Title: How is public value associated with accountability? A systematic literature review
Abstract:
Accountability can be seen as a good governance practice that promotes public value creation by achieving legitimacy, or as one component of a set of public values that also helps define good governance. Since public value theory is considered a post-NPM paradigm that can enhance accountability, responsiveness, and transparency, a clearer understanding of the association between these concepts is critical for public managers and policy-makers wanting to build reporting, auditing, and accountability processes from a public value perspective.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 251-258
Issue: 3
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 04
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2022.2129531
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Author-Name: Richard Baylis
Author-X-Name-First: Richard
Author-X-Name-Last: Baylis
Author-Name: Dennis De Widt
Author-X-Name-First: Dennis De
Author-X-Name-Last: Widt
Title: Debate: The future of public sector audit training
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 217-218
Issue: 3
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 04
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2022.2109881
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Author-Name: Jane Broadbent
Author-X-Name-First: Jane
Author-X-Name-Last: Broadbent
Title: Debate: Training for public audit
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 215-216
Issue: 3
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 04
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2022.2154988
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Author-Name: Eugenio Caperchione
Author-X-Name-First: Eugenio
Author-X-Name-Last: Caperchione
Title: Debate: Promoting a renewed audit profession in the public sector
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 219-220
Issue: 3
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 04
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2023.2172811
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Author-Name: Jaakko Rönkkö
Author-X-Name-First: Jaakko
Author-X-Name-Last: Rönkkö
Author-Name: Mikko Lilja
Author-X-Name-First: Mikko
Author-X-Name-Last: Lilja
Author-Name: Lasse Oulasvirta
Author-X-Name-First: Lasse
Author-X-Name-Last: Oulasvirta
Title: Voluntary adoption of the International Standards on Auditing (ISA) in local government audits—empirical evidence from Finland
Abstract:
This article will be useful to policy-makers and public sector managers in terms of understanding how public audit regulation affects audit practitioners in determining applicable audit standards. Over 70% of chartered public finance auditors in Finland were found to voluntarily adopt the International Standards on Auditing (ISA) despite a regulatory environment where the ISA were not strictly required in local government audits.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 277-284
Issue: 3
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 04
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2022.2131290
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Author-Name: Khalid Hamid
Author-X-Name-First: Khalid
Author-X-Name-Last: Hamid
Title: Debate: Evolving challenges for public sector external audit
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 221-222
Issue: 3
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 04
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2023.2180874
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Author-Name: Anna Thomasson
Author-X-Name-First: Anna
Author-X-Name-Last: Thomasson
Title: New development: Marketization versus politicization in a perpetual strive for public audit independence
Abstract:
This article contributes to the debate about audit independence by providing insight into the different phases of the audit process and how and why audit activities are subject to influence from different interests. This insight can be used by regulators who are interested in developing policies to improve audit quality.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 285-288
Issue: 3
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 04
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2022.2120663
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Author-Name: Steve Freer
Author-X-Name-First: Steve
Author-X-Name-Last: Freer
Title: Debate: Local audit—buying in a sellers’ market
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 211-212
Issue: 3
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 04
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2023.2165272
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Author-Name: Gareth Davies
Author-X-Name-First: Gareth
Author-X-Name-Last: Davies
Title: Debate: Local public audit in England
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 223-224
Issue: 3
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 04
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2022.2131283
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Author-Name: Clive Grace
Author-X-Name-First: Clive
Author-X-Name-Last: Grace
Author-Name: Tim Thorogood
Author-X-Name-First: Tim
Author-X-Name-Last: Thorogood
Title: Editorial: An international vision for local public audit
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 197-205
Issue: 3
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 04
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2023.2187138
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Author-Name: Aileen Murphie
Author-X-Name-First: Aileen
Author-X-Name-Last: Murphie
Author-Name: Matthew Fright
Author-X-Name-First: Matthew
Author-X-Name-Last: Fright
Title: Debate: Local public audit—Start from scratch or start from here?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 225-226
Issue: 3
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 04
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2023.2180186
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Author-Name: Cecilia Langella
Author-X-Name-First: Cecilia
Author-X-Name-Last: Langella
Author-Name: Ilaria Elisa Vannini
Author-X-Name-First: Ilaria Elisa
Author-X-Name-Last: Vannini
Author-Name: Niccolò Persiani
Author-X-Name-First: Niccolò
Author-X-Name-Last: Persiani
Title: What are the determinants of internal auditing (IA) introduction and development? Evidence from the Italian public healthcare sector
Abstract:
This article sheds light on the reasons for practice variation in internal auditing (IA) introduction and development. From a policy perspective, the article’s findings highlight the relevance of accounting and accountability reforms as a crucial step for developing a new ‘awareness’ of the importance of internal controls and illustrate how IA can provide assurance on the internal control system. A further implication is that there is no ‘one-size-fits-all’ solution because different contexts need different IA models to mitigate the power and interests of the actors involved to ensure that IA is effective in terms of day-to-day activities.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 268-276
Issue: 3
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 04
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2022.2129591
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Author-Name: Lynn Bradley
Author-X-Name-First: Lynn
Author-X-Name-Last: Bradley
Author-Name: David Heald
Author-X-Name-First: David
Author-X-Name-Last: Heald
Author-Name: Ron Hodges
Author-X-Name-First: Ron
Author-X-Name-Last: Hodges
Title: Causes, consequences and possible resolution of the local authority audit crisis in England
Abstract:
Audit as adjudication in England has narrowed and become under-resourced, with consequent delays in the delivery of audit opinions. Local authorities, subjected to resource withdrawals from central government, have sought to navigate control processes to generate new, sometimes risky, forms of income. The integrated nature of public audit in the devolved nations has meant that they have avoided these calamities. Stakeholders in England will need to be vigilant to help ensure that local audit does not continue to be subsumed within the interests of corporate auditing.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 259-267
Issue: 3
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 04
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2022.2129550
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Author-Name: Carolyn-Thi Thanh Dung Tran
Author-X-Name-First: Carolyn-Thi Thanh
Author-X-Name-Last: Dung Tran
Author-Name: Brian Dollery
Author-X-Name-First: Brian
Author-X-Name-Last: Dollery
Title: Does financial sustainability affect local resident satisfaction? The case of the Victorian local government system
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The authors found that financial indicators significantly affect resident satisfaction. This suggests that council managers can improve resident satisfaction by effectively addressing financial sustainability problems. From a public policy perspective, the authors’ findings show that policy intervention should be tailored to meet the specific circumstances of different kinds of local councils. In particular, ‘one-size-fits-all’ policy intervention would be counter-productive given the differences between urban and rural councils.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 302-310
Issue: 4
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 05
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1987629
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Author-Name: Andreas Bergmann
Author-X-Name-First: Andreas
Author-X-Name-Last: Bergmann
Title: Editorial: More complex approaches may increase the use of accounting information
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 289-289
Issue: 4
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 05
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2023.2192028
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Author-Name: Isak Vento
Author-X-Name-First: Isak
Author-X-Name-Last: Vento
Title: The consequences of the temporary employment of project managers for public innovation: An analysis of EU projects in Finland
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Public policy is increasingly implemented through projects and project managers are often hired on temporary contracts to manage the implementation. There is scant research on how temporary employment affects public governance. This article explores how the employment of managers with part-time and limited duration contracts affects public innovation.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 349-356
Issue: 4
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 05
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1971868
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Author-Name: Aitor Marcos
Author-X-Name-First: Aitor
Author-X-Name-Last: Marcos
Author-Name: Jose M. Barrutia
Author-X-Name-First: Jose M.
Author-X-Name-Last: Barrutia
Author-Name: Patrick Hartmann
Author-X-Name-First: Patrick
Author-X-Name-Last: Hartmann
Title: Moral licensing, identity and eco-leadership: Can public managers’ support for a green recovery be undermined?
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Local public managers are increasingly involved in policy co-design, especially in the aftermath of the Covid 19 pandemic. Municipal top management will benefit from this article because it shows how public managers’ policy priorities are shaped by their own and their leaders’ goals for the local administration. The authors provide a model clarifying the role of managers’ environmental self-identity and municipal eco-leadership in policy decisions that involve a trade-off between economic growth and protecting the environment/climate. Previous research has not shown whether ‘economy versus environment’ messages can influence public managers’ policy priorities. This article is important because it provides evidence, while there is still time to use it in policy-making, to support efforts to combat issues like climate change.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 321-330
Issue: 4
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 05
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2022.2155361
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Author-Name: Marie Jelínková
Author-X-Name-First: Marie
Author-X-Name-Last: Jelínková
Author-Name: Vladislav Valentinov
Author-X-Name-First: Vladislav
Author-X-Name-Last: Valentinov
Author-Name: Michal Plaček
Author-X-Name-First: Michal
Author-X-Name-Last: Plaček
Author-Name: Gabriela Vaceková
Author-X-Name-First: Gabriela
Author-X-Name-Last: Vaceková
Title: Human-made disasters in a decentralized context: How Czech municipalities are dealing with the Ukrainian crisis
Abstract:
The article presents and reflects on empirical findings about how Czech municipalities have dealt with the Ukrainian refugee crisis. The findings come from an electronic survey conducted by the authors in co-operation with the Association of Towns and Municipalities of the Czech Republic. Complemented with the results of refugee surveys, the findings show that municipalities can deal with the crises more successfully by building/expanding collaborative relations with stakeholders. The results are particularly relevant for countries with decentralized administrative systems.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 367-369
Issue: 4
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 05
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2022.2154950
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Author-Name: Lan Bo
Author-X-Name-First: Lan
Author-X-Name-Last: Bo
Author-Name: Lei Jiang
Author-X-Name-First: Lei
Author-X-Name-Last: Jiang
Author-Name: Fred C. J. Mear
Author-X-Name-First: Fred C. J.
Author-X-Name-Last: Mear
Author-Name: Shengqiang Zhang
Author-X-Name-First: Shengqiang
Author-X-Name-Last: Zhang
Title: New development: Implicit government debt in China—past, present and future
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China’s central government has taken a more active and resolute attitude to solve the hidden debt problem, which has achieved positive results. However, the transformation of local government financing platforms is full of uncertainty, therefore the challenges of future implicit debt resolution have still to be met. As many developing countries are facing an increasing debt burden, China’s exploration and experience in defusing local government debt risk may be of use to debt management and debt transparency in other countries.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 370-373
Issue: 4
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 05
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2022.2147290
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Author-Name: Louise Wilson
Author-X-Name-First: Louise
Author-X-Name-Last: Wilson
Author-Name: Melissa Hawkins
Author-X-Name-First: Melissa
Author-X-Name-Last: Hawkins
Author-Name: Max French
Author-X-Name-First: Max
Author-X-Name-Last: French
Author-Name: Toby Lowe
Author-X-Name-First: Toby
Author-X-Name-Last: Lowe
Author-Name: Hannah Hesselgreaves
Author-X-Name-First: Hannah
Author-X-Name-Last: Hesselgreaves
Title: New development: Learning communities—an approach to dismantling barriers to collective improvement
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Financial, performance and workload pressures on public services are increasing. Methods which enable practitioners to pool together and reflect on ‘practical wisdom’ to make better decisions in the navigation of complexity have the potential to improve the practitioner and service user experience and enable more effective targeting of resource-intensive interventions. This article contributes to the improved understanding of the practicalities, limitations and opportunities of surfacing and sharing tacit knowledge in the public sector environment. It will be of value to healthcare and social care practitioners, commissioners, service managers, educationalists and organizational development leads.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 374-377
Issue: 4
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 05
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2022.2116179
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Author-Name: Giuseppe Grossi
Author-X-Name-First: Giuseppe
Author-X-Name-Last: Grossi
Author-Name: Andreea Hancu-Budui
Author-X-Name-First: Andreea
Author-X-Name-Last: Hancu-Budui
Author-Name: Ana Zorio-Grima
Author-X-Name-First: Ana
Author-X-Name-Last: Zorio-Grima
Title: New development: The shift of public sector auditing under the influence of institutional logics—the case of European Court of Auditors
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This article is aimed at policy-makers and contributes to the debate on the shift towards performance and non-financial auditing in public sector organizations. It offers useful insights that national regulators and standard setters can consider when introducing new rules and standards in the audit sphere. Regulators and standard setters interested in teasing out the professional support that auditors can offer need to be aware of the need to blend economic efficiency targets with more sophisticated and sometimes not quantifiable assessment methods on specific topics.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 378-381
Issue: 4
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 05
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2023.2179777
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Author-Name: Matt Xerri
Author-X-Name-First: Matt
Author-X-Name-Last: Xerri
Author-Name: Ben Farr Wharton
Author-X-Name-First: Ben Farr
Author-X-Name-Last: Wharton
Author-Name: Yvonne Brunetto
Author-X-Name-First: Yvonne
Author-X-Name-Last: Brunetto
Title: Debate: ‘Hyper lean’ post managerialism: exploring the impact of the ‘Trojan Horse’ effect of Covid 19 in decimating resourcing of the public sector workforce
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 290-292
Issue: 4
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 05
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2022.2152993
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Author-Name: Juliano Francisco Baldissera
Author-X-Name-First: Juliano Francisco
Author-X-Name-Last: Baldissera
Author-Name: Denis Dall’Asta
Author-X-Name-First: Denis
Author-X-Name-Last: Dall’Asta
Author-Name: Delci Grapegia Dal Vesco
Author-X-Name-First: Delci Grapegia Dal
Author-X-Name-Last: Vesco
Author-Name: Jorge Eduardo Scarpin
Author-X-Name-First: Jorge Eduardo
Author-X-Name-Last: Scarpin
Author-Name: Clóvis Fiirst
Author-X-Name-First: Clóvis
Author-X-Name-Last: Fiirst
Title: Determinants of public transparency: A study in Brazilian local governments
Abstract:
This article demonstrates that the transparency of Brazilian local governments, with regard to the provision of information to citizens, is related to environmental, institutional and political factors. It explores how transparency can be used by public managers to achieve their goals, whether for the public good or their private gain. It demonstrates how transparency can have both positive and negative aspects effects, which is why it is important to understand the theoretical and empirical conclusions of this research and its impact on the relationship between society and public administration.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 331-339
Issue: 4
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 05
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1965390
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Author-Name: Hakyeon Lee
Author-X-Name-First: Hakyeon
Author-X-Name-Last: Lee
Author-Name: Jinsol Park
Author-X-Name-First: Jinsol
Author-X-Name-Last: Park
Author-Name: J. S. Butler
Author-X-Name-First: J. S.
Author-X-Name-Last: Butler
Title: Forms of government and municipal financial performance
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This paper finds that the political influence of a local mayor on the appointment of the chief administrative officer (CAO) has a negative influence on the financial outcomes of local governments, as evidenced by lower municipal bond ratings. This finding suggests that excessive political authority delegated to mayors may restrict managers from using long-term and apolitical financial strategies. The authors urge local governments to have a mechanism that insulates their CAOs from political pressures to increase government efficiency and decrease the risk of corruption.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 311-320
Issue: 4
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 05
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1923168
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Author-Name: Celia Lee
Author-X-Name-First: Celia
Author-X-Name-Last: Lee
Author-Name: Jong Min Lee
Author-X-Name-First: Jong Min
Author-X-Name-Last: Lee
Author-Name: Yipeng Liu
Author-X-Name-First: Yipeng
Author-X-Name-Last: Liu
Title: Catalysing innovation and digital transformation in combating the Covid-19 pandemic: Whole-of government collaborations in ICT, R&D, and business digitization in Singapore
Abstract:
This article illustrates how collaborative partnerships between the public and private sectors played a critical role in developing and deploying innovative practices in Singapore to manage the Covid-19 crisis. The study provides some important lessons for the international community to reduce the impact of emergencies by leveraging collaborative partnerships for innovation.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 340-348
Issue: 4
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 05
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1966197
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Author-Name: Hege Hofstad
Author-X-Name-First: Hege
Author-X-Name-Last: Hofstad
Author-Name: Eva Sørensen
Author-X-Name-First: Eva
Author-X-Name-Last: Sørensen
Author-Name: Jacob Torfing
Author-X-Name-First: Jacob
Author-X-Name-Last: Torfing
Author-Name: Trond Vedeld
Author-X-Name-First: Trond
Author-X-Name-Last: Vedeld
Title: Leading co-creation for the green shift
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Cities around the world are assuming responsibility for solving the climate crisis, and this bold endeavour calls for the co-creation of innovative green solutions. To be successful, co-creation requires the exercise of a particular type of co-creation leadership. To grasp the peculiarity of this leadership type, this article derives a set of co-creation leadership tasks based on the thorough analysis of the distinctive features of co-creation. The result is a list of no less than 15 carefully specified tasks that public managers can draw upon and learn to perform as part of their increasing efforts to use co-creation as a lever for green change.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 357-366
Issue: 4
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 05
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1992120
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Author-Name: Sotirios Karatzimas
Author-X-Name-First: Sotirios
Author-X-Name-Last: Karatzimas
Title: Government accounting literacy as an attribute of smart citizenship
Abstract:
Smart cities’ technological orientation makes citizens mere observers of the ‘smart’ choices made, with little room for participation. Citizen engagement is a social innovation process targeting the co-production of public value. Receiving sufficient ‘smart’ education in public sector accounting could be useful to citizens and the city alike. Cultivating citizens’ ability to understand, evaluate and monitor their city’s condition and performance could inspire citizens to actively engage: the ultimate goal being to facilitate the generation of public value through co-design. This education should target a continuous lifelong learning process, taking advantage of the significant role of citizens, education and technology within smart cities.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 293-301
Issue: 4
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 05
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1965311
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Author-Name: Inga Narbutaité Aflaki
Author-X-Name-First: Inga Narbutaité
Author-X-Name-Last: Aflaki
Author-Name: Magnus Lindh
Author-X-Name-First: Magnus
Author-X-Name-Last: Lindh
Title: Empowering first-line managers as change leaders towards co-creation culture: the role of facilitated sensemaking
Abstract:
Implementing methodical co-creation as a new norm or social innovation in disability services takes more than regulatory policy steering or just delegating the change leadership mandate to first-line managers (FLMs). First, motivating and empowering FLMs requires sensemaking that is grounded in asset-based and sense-of-coherence approaches that both recognize and disturb their situated service narrative. Facilitated collective dialogues that are based on deep listening and salutogenic approach may help promote change towards the co-creative service culture. Second, pathological narratives that weaken FLMs’ motivation and perceived abilities may be gradually transformed to instead empower them for change leadership.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 502-511
Issue: 5
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 07
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.2007636
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Author-Name: Rhys Andrews
Author-X-Name-First: Rhys
Author-X-Name-Last: Andrews
Author-Name: Laurence Ferry
Author-X-Name-First: Laurence
Author-X-Name-Last: Ferry
Title: Political control and audit fees: an empirical analysis of local state-owned enterprises in England
Abstract:
We need to know more about the financial accountability of corporatized public services. In this article, the authors analyse the audit fees of a large sample of English local SOEs from 2009–2017, assessing the impact of board composition and ownership structure on those fees. SOEs with more politicians on their boards of directors had higher audit costs and this was especially so for majority-owned SOEs. This article highlights the need for policy-makers to evaluate the consistency of auditing arrangements for the hybrid arm’s-length organizations delivering public services.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 438-446
Issue: 5
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 07
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1996005
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Author-Name: Ancy Gamage
Author-X-Name-First: Ancy
Author-X-Name-Last: Gamage
Title: Content and process approach to the job demands-resources model of emotional labour: A conceptual model
Abstract:
This article’s conceptual model provides a holistic lens for exploring the work environment of emotional labour (EL). Research has demonstrated high levels of burnout and mental health issues among EL workers. The negative outcomes associated with EL work are even more pronounced in the present Covid-19 landscape. By understanding EL workers’ cognitive processes, organizations stand a better chance of promoting work engagement, well-being, and effective organizational functioning. Practically, organizations may have to provide training and support to line managers to enable them to evolve within the same mindset as EL workers. Senior managers also have to exhibit visible support to workplace initiatives to allow for consistent implementation of job resources.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 388-396
Issue: 5
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 07
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1999596
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Author-Name: Bishoy L. Zaki
Author-X-Name-First: Bishoy L.
Author-X-Name-Last: Zaki
Title: New development: Strategic planning in interesting times—From inter-crisis to intra-crisis responses
Abstract:
As an intensive, long-term oriented and deliberative process, strategic planning is generally viewed as an essential practice in the public sector, yet mostly in relatively stable or non-crisis contexts. However, emerging crisis types (such as ‘creeping crises’) come with a novel mixture of features that disrupt conventional norms of public administration, crisis governance and policy-making. Drawing on the theories of creeping crises, strategic planning and empirical observations, the author explains how such crises create windows of opportunity for intra-crisis strategic planning. In such crisis conditions, practitioners should dedicate sufficient time to undertake intra-crisis strategic planning to drive crisis policy-making and crisis governance, rather than engaging in ad hoc and stopgap crisis responses.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 521-524
Issue: 5
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 07
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2023.2196028
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Author-Name: Iniobong Enang
Author-X-Name-First: Iniobong
Author-X-Name-Last: Enang
Author-Name: Stephen Bailey
Author-X-Name-First: Stephen
Author-X-Name-Last: Bailey
Author-Name: Gillian Brydson
Author-X-Name-First: Gillian
Author-X-Name-Last: Brydson
Author-Name: Darinka Asenova
Author-X-Name-First: Darinka
Author-X-Name-Last: Asenova
Title: Implementing new funding and governance structures in Scottish schools: associated social risks
Abstract:
This article assesses possible unintended consequences of a targeted funding model for school education by analysing a Scottish Government policy operationalized via the Pupil Equity Fund (PEF) allocated directly to Scottish schools. Analysis herein reveals implementation of new funding and governance structures within school education may introduce social risks and, in particular, that a targeted policy approach can frustrate a holistic approach and thereby constrain achievement of intended policy objectives. This analysis utilizes a unique read-across between disciplines and contributes to the study of policy-making in public services by exploring contextual risk management frameworks with that of school improvement.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 456-462
Issue: 5
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 07
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1995149
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Author-Name: Line Moisan
Author-X-Name-First: Line
Author-X-Name-Last: Moisan
Author-Name: Pierre-Luc Fournier
Author-X-Name-First: Pierre-Luc
Author-X-Name-Last: Fournier
Author-Name: Denis Lagacé
Author-X-Name-First: Denis
Author-X-Name-Last: Lagacé
Title: Levers of social services integration: performance management system and Lean-related management tools
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This article provides a novel perspective on the use of Lean-related management approaches in the context of social services integration. While the literature on Lean and performance management systems in public services is growing, little has been published about social services. As the demand for such services is likely to keep increasing, organizations will be under more and more pressure to deliver accessible services. This article shows how organizations providing social services can leverage management systems and their tools to favour integration and improved performance.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 463-472
Issue: 5
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 07
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1996074
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Author-Name: Adina Dudau
Author-X-Name-First: Adina
Author-X-Name-Last: Dudau
Author-Name: Yvonne Brunetto
Author-X-Name-First: Yvonne
Author-X-Name-Last: Brunetto
Title: Editorial: Walking the talk of managing emotional labour
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 383-385
Issue: 5
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 07
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2022.2073080
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Author-Name: Barbara Allen
Author-X-Name-First: Barbara
Author-X-Name-Last: Allen
Author-Name: Michael Macaulay
Author-X-Name-First: Michael
Author-X-Name-Last: Macaulay
Title: New development: Ethical dilemmas and emotional labour—what can we learn from the shared Covid-19 crisis?
Abstract:
This article will be of value to public officials and managers who are grappling with the ethical questions arising from public sector work and service delivery. This is especially relevant in the context of Covid-19 where new forms of emotional labour are emerging. Procurement officers and politicians are encouraged to consider the possibilities of unethical behaviour and the consequences.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 427-429
Issue: 5
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 07
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1995989
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Author-Name: Peter Eckersley
Author-X-Name-First: Peter
Author-X-Name-Last: Eckersley
Author-Name: Charlotte Pell
Author-X-Name-First: Charlotte
Author-X-Name-Last: Pell
Title: Debate: We need to be honest about the validity and purpose of business cases in public services
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 434-435
Issue: 5
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 07
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2023.2192025
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Author-Name: Paolo Ferri
Author-X-Name-First: Paolo
Author-X-Name-Last: Ferri
Author-Name: Garry D. Carnegie
Author-X-Name-First: Garry D.
Author-X-Name-Last: Carnegie
Author-Name: Shannon I. L. Sidaway
Author-X-Name-First: Shannon I. L.
Author-X-Name-Last: Sidaway
Title: Debate: The fallacy of making non-financial resources into financial resources without concern for their context—A reply to Christiaens (2022)
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 436-437
Issue: 5
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 07
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2023.2198909
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Author-Name: Philna Coetzee
Author-X-Name-First: Philna
Author-X-Name-Last: Coetzee
Author-Name: Lourens Erasmus
Author-X-Name-First: Lourens
Author-X-Name-Last: Erasmus
Author-Name: Audrey Legodi
Author-X-Name-First: Audrey
Author-X-Name-Last: Legodi
Author-Name: Mangakane Pududu
Author-X-Name-First: Mangakane
Author-X-Name-Last: Pududu
Author-Name: Shan Malan
Author-X-Name-First: Shan
Author-X-Name-Last: Malan
Title: Root influence on public sector audit committee effectiveness: revisiting methodological and theoretical research dimensions
Abstract:
This article identifies six root influence themes of South African public sector audit committee effectiveness. With members’ independence, competence, internal auditing, and knowledge of the business being well documented, the themes of the committee’s own leadership and external leadership are under-explored. Aspects added to the current body of knowledge include accepting accountability for decisions, the chair’s extent of power and having the ability to take a stand against management malpractices for internal leadership. Political interference, the standing of the management team and the interaction between management and the committee are identified as external leadership influencers. Decision-makers, audit professionals and regulators should take note of these six root influences in general and destructive leadership behaviour in particular, to ensure that it is appropriately managed.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 483-492
Issue: 5
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 07
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.2004695
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Author-Name: Paresh Wankhade
Author-X-Name-First: Paresh
Author-X-Name-Last: Wankhade
Title: New development: A ‘journey of personal and professional emotions’—emergency ambulance professionals during Covid-19
Abstract:
This article explores the consequences of emotional labour on UK NHS ambulance staff and their response to the Covid-19 pandemic. It highlights the challenges faced by ambulance crews while dealing with their emotional labour within the context of organizational settings. Research findings also explain the importance of emergency responders’ psychosocial wellbeing. The article has clear relevance as to how frontline staff manage their emotional labour in other emergency service settings, such as the police and fire and rescue services.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 424-426
Issue: 5
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 07
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.2003101
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Author-Name: Rebecca McCaffry
Author-X-Name-First: Rebecca
Author-X-Name-Last: McCaffry
Author-Name: Susan Ní Chríodáin
Author-X-Name-First: Susan
Author-X-Name-Last: Ní Chríodáin
Title: Debate: Accounting for emotions—the quest for authenticity
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 386-387
Issue: 5
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 07
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1946318
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Author-Name: Alexander C. Henderson
Author-X-Name-First: Alexander C.
Author-X-Name-Last: Henderson
Author-Name: Erin L. Borry
Author-X-Name-First: Erin L.
Author-X-Name-Last: Borry
Title: The emotional burdens of public service: rules, trust, and emotional labour in emergency medical services
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Street-level emergency medical services (EMS) providers are charged with assisting others in potentially life-threatening incidents while suppressing emotions that would betray the seriousness of the situation. This paper poses a central question about their work: in what ways do aspects of organizational life, like rules and trust, influence the experience of emotional labour? Red tape is shown to increase ‘false face’ emotional labour, while consistent rule administration, supervisor support, and trust decreases false face in the form of hiding emotions.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 405-414
Issue: 5
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 07
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2020.1831180
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Author-Name: Fuad Rakhman
Author-X-Name-First: Fuad
Author-X-Name-Last: Rakhman
Author-Name: Shahrokh Saudagaran
Author-X-Name-First: Shahrokh
Author-X-Name-Last: Saudagaran
Title: The effect of political budget cycle on local governments’ financial statements in a young democracy
Abstract:
This article investigates whether the political budget cycle exists among local governments in Indonesia by examining if there are significant decreases in surplus and cash holdings and increases in current liabilities around election years. Investigating the political budget cycle in Indonesia is important because it is a young democracy where the political budget cycle is usually more prevalent. As local governments’ financial reports are publicly available, concerned citizens can use the financial reports to detect the presence of political budget cycles and to assess their magnitude. This increases budget transparency which, in turn, increases accountability to voters—particularly at the local level.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 512-520
Issue: 5
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 07
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2023.2173369
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Author-Name: The Editors
Title: Correction
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 525-525
Issue: 5
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 07
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2023.2191473
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Author-Name: Frans D. J. van Schaik
Author-X-Name-First: Frans D. J.
Author-X-Name-Last: van Schaik
Title: Reconciliation of budgeting and accounting
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Using an archival study of financial statements prepared in accordance with International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS), this article reports on inconsistent practices and the lack of explanation of the differences between budget execution and accrual accounting. If the recommendations in this article are followed, public sector financial statements will be more accessible and comparable, adding to the credibility of public sector financial reporting.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 473-482
Issue: 5
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 07
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.2000693
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Author-Name: Andrew Massey
Author-X-Name-First: Andrew
Author-X-Name-Last: Massey
Title: Debate: A public service fit for purpose
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 430-431
Issue: 5
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 07
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2023.2201121
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Author-Name: Ben Farr-Wharton
Author-X-Name-First: Ben
Author-X-Name-Last: Farr-Wharton
Author-Name: Matthew Xerri
Author-X-Name-First: Matthew
Author-X-Name-Last: Xerri
Author-Name: Chiara Saccon
Author-X-Name-First: Chiara
Author-X-Name-Last: Saccon
Author-Name: Yvonne Brunetto
Author-X-Name-First: Yvonne
Author-X-Name-Last: Brunetto
Title: Leadership matters to the police: Managing emotional labour through authentic leadership
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Policing is stressful, and this stress is amplified as a result of chronic under-resourcing and escalating red tape. Frontline managers of police play a crucial role in mitigating police stress, and improving their wellbeing. The research in this article highlights that police managers also shape the turnover intentions of officers. The implication is that policing organizations need to support their managers and leaders to develop qualities that advance the wellbeing of their staff, in order to address workplace stress and turnover.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 415-423
Issue: 5
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 07
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1940481
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Author-Name: Leonie Newnham
Author-X-Name-First: Leonie
Author-X-Name-Last: Newnham
Author-Name: Adela J. McMurray
Author-X-Name-First: Adela J.
Author-X-Name-Last: McMurray
Title: Land management innovation and sustainability in Victoria, Australia—a longitudinal view
Abstract:
This article represents a longitudinal case study addressing innovative change within public sector land management functions in Victoria, Australia. It is significant as it connects together a range of factors that influenced and changed public policy in this important sector of the economy while substantial changes to its operations occurred. This change was tracked over many years by a public sector practitioner teamed with a research professional giving an unusual view of the process and providing rare insights. It highlights how departmental level changes led to progressive innovations to an organization and its service delivery resulting in sustainability outcomes.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 447-455
Issue: 5
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 07
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.2001165
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Author-Name: Catherine Needham
Author-X-Name-First: Catherine
Author-X-Name-Last: Needham
Author-Name: Elizabeth Griffiths
Author-X-Name-First: Elizabeth
Author-X-Name-Last: Griffiths
Author-Name: Catherine Mangan
Author-X-Name-First: Catherine
Author-X-Name-Last: Mangan
Title: ‘While you’re there, can you just … ’ The emotional labour of role extending in public services
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As public services are redesigned to lever more activities into each contact with the public, this has extended the roles of public service workers beyond core competencies. The fire service case indicates that role extension should not be seen as a cost-free add-on, as it reduces the mitigating factors which help workers to manage emotional labour. Where public services are encouraging staff to role extend, organizations need to be much more aware of and supportive of the emotional strain and provide appropriate training.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 397-404
Issue: 5
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 07
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.2001180
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Author-Name: Ringa Raudla
Author-X-Name-First: Ringa
Author-X-Name-Last: Raudla
Author-Name: Matti Ylönen
Author-X-Name-First: Matti
Author-X-Name-Last: Ylönen
Author-Name: Hanna Kuusela
Author-X-Name-First: Hanna
Author-X-Name-Last: Kuusela
Title: Debate: Management consultants and public management reforms
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 432-433
Issue: 5
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 07
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2023.2204623
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Author-Name: Bong Hwan Kim
Author-X-Name-First: Bong Hwan
Author-X-Name-Last: Kim
Author-Name: Joong Gi Ahn
Author-X-Name-First: Joong Gi
Author-X-Name-Last: Ahn
Author-Name: Hoyong Jung
Author-X-Name-First: Hoyong
Author-X-Name-Last: Jung
Title: Does longer deliberation by the legislature increase the efficiency of the government budget?
Abstract:
The extension of the review period is a crucial instrument for ensuring that lawmakers take an active role in the budget process. This article suggests that a longer deliberation period for a legislature can improve budget efficiency. Moreover, a more diverse legislature has a wider and more balanced range of perspectives, which further improves its decision efficiency. These results support the recent wave of legislative budget activism, which has been observed globally in both developed and developing countries.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 493-501
Issue: 5
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 07
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.2002557
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Author-Name: Sarah Russo
Author-X-Name-First: Sarah
Author-X-Name-Last: Russo
Author-Name: Pasquale Ruggiero
Author-X-Name-First: Pasquale
Author-X-Name-Last: Ruggiero
Author-Name: Riccardo Mussari
Author-X-Name-First: Riccardo
Author-X-Name-Last: Mussari
Title: Unveiling the paradox of public administrations’ risk and crisis communication during Covid-19
Abstract:
This article explains how social media (SM) was used by regional administrations in Italy to mitigate the effect of the Covid-19 pandemic and deliver central government orders. SM posting increases public engagement, as well creating public value. The results of this empirical study suggest that local and regional governments should make SM a major part of their communication strategies.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 635-644
Issue: 6
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2022.2045063
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Author-Name: Eva Elisabeth Wittbom
Author-X-Name-First: Eva Elisabeth
Author-X-Name-Last: Wittbom
Author-Name: Anneli Irene Häyrén
Author-X-Name-First: Anneli Irene
Author-X-Name-Last: Häyrén
Title: Debate: Can gender mainstreaming overcome the weaknesses of gender budgeting?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 532-532
Issue: 6
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2023.2207875
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Author-Name: Susana Jorge
Author-X-Name-First: Susana
Author-X-Name-Last: Jorge
Author-Name: Lina Coelho
Author-X-Name-First: Lina
Author-X-Name-Last: Coelho
Author-Name: Liliana Pimentel
Author-X-Name-First: Liliana
Author-X-Name-Last: Pimentel
Title: The institutional environment of gender budgeting: Learning from the Portuguese experience
Abstract:
This article calls attention to how the main actors, governance, and political issues play and interlace in developing gender budgeting (GB), hindering or fostering the initiation process. The successful implementation of GB requires political commitment at the highest national levels, particularly the Ministry of Finance; close and effective collaboration between gender equality authorities and budgetary authorities with capacity on GB matters; and a budgeting method appropriate for public policy assessment, such as programme-based budgeting. If these key conditions are not met, competitive logics from civil service and civil society may prevail over the state’s logic, resulting in limited progress.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 576-585
Issue: 6
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2023.2165274
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Author-Name: Vesna Garvanlieva Andonova
Author-X-Name-First: Vesna Garvanlieva
Author-X-Name-Last: Andonova
Author-Name: Borce Trenovski
Author-X-Name-First: Borce
Author-X-Name-Last: Trenovski
Title: Assessing public spending efficiency in South East European countries—a data envelopment analysis (DEA) approach
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This article analyses the public spending performance and efficiency of South East European (SSE) countries for the period 2010–2019, ranking Slovenia as the best performer and Greece as the worst. The article provides evidence-based policy recommendations for countries to improve their performance with the same inputs, as well as to decrease inputs to achieve same performance. The authors used data envelopment analysis to provide an insight into how the effectiveness and efficiency of the education and public infrastructure sectors might be improved.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 618-626
Issue: 6
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2022.2035528
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Author-Name: Scott Brenton
Author-X-Name-First: Scott
Author-X-Name-Last: Brenton
Title: The institutionalization of gender budgeting and prospects for intersectional analysis
Abstract:
The intersectional gender budgeting approach presented in this article invites more fundamental changes to existing budget processes with more inclusive public participation, institutional changes and reallocating resources within government, less dependence on quantifiable and discrete categorizations, and possibilities for corrective actions. Gender budgeting is currently not effectively embedded in budget processes, nor is it achieving its intended outcomes, and therefore a different approach is needed. The new approach does not require increasing governments’ spending and has the potential for long-term benefits and savings. The article explains how intersectionality should be applied, warning against misappropriation by governments when it becomes a ‘catch-all’ or umbrella term to group all forms of inequality together, reproducing marginalization at the intersections.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 533-542
Issue: 6
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2022.2159167
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Author-Name: Ana Marija Sikirić Simčić
Author-X-Name-First: Ana Marija Sikirić
Author-X-Name-Last: Simčić
Author-Name: Davor Vašiček
Author-X-Name-First: Davor
Author-X-Name-Last: Vašiček
Title: Gender responsive budgeting: The case of Croatia
Abstract:
Gender-responsive budgeting (GRB) is an important mechanism for ensuring greater alignment between economic goals and the social commitments of local and regional governments. The most important prerequisite for implementation is a strong political will, which should be present at all stages of the process. The implementation of a GRB should be supported by everyone involved in the government, regardless of area and level. It requires radical change, so it should be approached gradually but consistently. The process needs to be started with small steps, as in the case of the city of Zagreb.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 543-550
Issue: 6
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2023.2185415
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Author-Name: Birgit Moser-Plautz
Author-X-Name-First: Birgit
Author-X-Name-Last: Moser-Plautz
Author-Name: Sanja Korac
Author-X-Name-First: Sanja
Author-X-Name-Last: Korac
Title: Debate: Austria and Germany—diametrically-opposed approaches to gender budgeting
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 530-531
Issue: 6
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2023.2172819
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Author-Name: Giovanna Galizzi
Author-X-Name-First: Giovanna
Author-X-Name-Last: Galizzi
Author-Name: Gaia Bassani
Author-X-Name-First: Gaia
Author-X-Name-Last: Bassani
Author-Name: Cristiana Cattaneo
Author-X-Name-First: Cristiana
Author-X-Name-Last: Cattaneo
Title: How to integrate gender budgeting in the public agenda: insights from an Italian local government
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This article presents guidance for public managers and policy-makers who are voluntarily developing gender budgeting (GB) at a local level. The article provides useful insights to local government managers on how to develop a GB initiative and what factors determine full integration into the public budget. Local policy-makers should consider gender as a strategic value to be integrated in all of the programmes and activities of a public sector organization, and they need to involve stakeholders in GB implementation and use.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 551-558
Issue: 6
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2023.2201041
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Author-Name: Antonio Manuel López-Hernández
Author-X-Name-First: Antonio Manuel
Author-X-Name-Last: López-Hernández
Author-Name: Laura Romero-Ramos
Author-X-Name-First: Laura
Author-X-Name-Last: Romero-Ramos
Author-Name: Jesús Mauricio Flórez-Parra
Author-X-Name-First: Jesús Mauricio
Author-X-Name-Last: Flórez-Parra
Author-Name: María Victoria López-Pérez
Author-X-Name-First: María Victoria
Author-X-Name-Last: López-Pérez
Title: External control of gender budget implementation: Experience of the Audit Office of Andalusia
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This article provides guidance to public administrations that are implementing budgets with a gender perspective. The implementation of gender budgeting (GB) in the autonomous community of Andalusia would be more successful if a more extensive regulatory framework were to be established, supporting the obligations of the different agents involved. In addition, more monitoring is needed by control bodies—audits—both internal and external, to cover all phases of the budget cycle: preparation, implementation and evaluation.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 559-566
Issue: 6
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2023.2185416
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Author-Name: Doaa Aly
Author-X-Name-First: Doaa
Author-X-Name-Last: Aly
Author-Name: Muath Abdelqader
Author-X-Name-First: Muath
Author-X-Name-Last: Abdelqader
Author-Name: Tamer K. Darwish
Author-X-Name-First: Tamer K.
Author-X-Name-Last: Darwish
Author-Name: Katarzyna Scott
Author-X-Name-First: Katarzyna
Author-X-Name-Last: Scott
Title: The impact of healthcare board characteristics on NHS trust performance
Abstract:
This article provides insights for NHS foundation trusts (FTs) that have adopted, or are planning to adopt, changes to their boards’ style and structure to improve their governance and performance. Results revealed that, to improve performance, FTs should try to minimize turnover on the board of directors; improve attendance at board meetings; and increase the number of non-executive directors on the board. Further, increasing clinical expertise on the board would benefit financial performance and produce a better Care Quality Commission (CQC) score. Such implications are also relevant to other healthcare settings which have similar institutional setups, particularly those in Europe.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 594-601
Issue: 6
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.2022272
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Author-Name: Ringa Raudla
Author-X-Name-First: Ringa
Author-X-Name-Last: Raudla
Author-Name: Sebastian Bur
Author-X-Name-First: Sebastian
Author-X-Name-Last: Bur
Title: Austerity and the use of performance information in the budget process
Abstract:
Using evidence from Austria, Ireland and Portugal, the authors show that, although the experience of a fiscal crisis can act as a useful trigger for adopting performance budgeting reforms, the context of fiscal stress and austerity does not offer a fertile ground for implementing reforms. In addition, it can undermine the use of performance information in budgetary decision-making. This article will help policy-makers and practitioners to develop realistic expectations about the impacts of performance budgeting in a climate of austerity and fiscal stress.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 627-634
Issue: 6
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.2020976
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Author-Name: Giovanna Galizzi
Author-X-Name-First: Giovanna
Author-X-Name-Last: Galizzi
Author-Name: Elina Meliou
Author-X-Name-First: Elina
Author-X-Name-Last: Meliou
Author-Name: Ileana Steccolini
Author-X-Name-First: Ileana
Author-X-Name-Last: Steccolini
Title: Editorial: Gender budgeting—Insights from contemporary experiences
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 527-529
Issue: 6
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2023.2247756
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Author-Name: Eduardo Grin
Author-X-Name-First: Eduardo
Author-X-Name-Last: Grin
Title: Debate: The narrowness of the concept of governance adopted by the Brazilian government and the role of the court of accounts
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 592-593
Issue: 6
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2023.2210386
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Author-Name: B. Guy Peters
Author-X-Name-First: B. Guy
Author-X-Name-Last: Peters
Author-Name: John P. Burns
Author-X-Name-First: John P.
Author-X-Name-Last: Burns
Title: Debate: Politicians and their vast post-service wealth
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 590-591
Issue: 6
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2023.2198907
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Author-Name: Angela O’Hagan
Author-X-Name-First: Angela
Author-X-Name-Last: O’Hagan
Author-Name: Suzanna Nesom
Author-X-Name-First: Suzanna
Author-X-Name-Last: Nesom
Title: Watching the neighbours: gender budgeting in Scotland and Wales
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There are opportunities and increased activities to advance gender budgeting across the UK’s devolved nations with high levels of engagement in policy learning and knowledge exchange across the nations which this article explains. This article provides evidence of progress in Scotland and Wales up to 2022, achieved through the engagement of government, civil society, and academic and professional organizations. It presents a clear analysis of the levers that have been created and opportunities that remain for the full adoption of gender budgeting as an approach to progressive public finance management in the context of devolution and ongoing development of public finance processes.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 567-575
Issue: 6
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2023.2165275
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Author-Name: Welat Songur
Author-X-Name-First: Welat
Author-X-Name-Last: Songur
Title: System of choice promotes ethnically-profiled elderly care and older migrants’ use of elderly care: Evidence from Sweden’s three largest cities
Abstract:
This article will be useful to policy-makers and managers in understanding how the system of choice and public procurement can facilitate care and access to welfare services for disadvantaged groups. Private sector companies were found to successfully provide care services to marginalized groups, which public welfare services had difficulty serving.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 610-617
Issue: 6
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.2021666
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Author-Name: Eniz Gökçeka
Author-X-Name-First: Eniz
Author-X-Name-Last: Gökçeka
Author-Name: Abdullah Karakayab
Author-X-Name-First: Abdullah
Author-X-Name-Last: Karakayab
Title: Impact of strategic management on the performance of public institutions: empirical evidence from development agencies
Abstract:
This article provides practical advice about how development agencies can use strategic management (SM) to improve their performance. Successful implementation of SM enables managers to predict the future, reduce uncertainty, use resources more efficiently and achieve strategic goals. According to the study results, public institutions should focus on decentralizing to create the appropriate organizational structure to implement strategic plans. As well, better performance indicators are needed.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 602-609
Issue: 6
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2022.2037268
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Author-Name: Md. Sarwar Morshed
Author-X-Name-First: Md. Sarwar
Author-X-Name-Last: Morshed
Author-Name: Seunghoo Lim
Author-X-Name-First: Seunghoo
Author-X-Name-Last: Lim
Title: Gender-responsive budgeting within the medium-term budgetary framework in Bangladesh
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Gender-responsive budgeting (GRB) is an important tool for governments to establish gender equity. Successful implementation requires the active participation of officials, politicians, and civil society in the preparation, implementation, and evaluation stages of the budget. Motivated and skilled officials, strong representation of civil society, good data management, and gender-based auditing can bring about effective changes.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 586-589
Issue: 6
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 08
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2023.2165730
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Author-Name: Peter C. Lorson
Author-X-Name-First: Peter C.
Author-X-Name-Last: Lorson
Author-Name: Ellen Haustein
Author-X-Name-First: Ellen
Author-X-Name-Last: Haustein
Title: Debate: How to give university public sector accounting education the relevance it truly deserves
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 729-730
Issue: 7
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2023.2247709
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Author-Name: Camilla Falivena
Author-X-Name-First: Camilla
Author-X-Name-Last: Falivena
Author-Name: Berit Adam
Author-X-Name-First: Berit
Author-X-Name-Last: Adam
Author-Name: Sandro Brunelli
Author-X-Name-First: Sandro
Author-X-Name-Last: Brunelli
Author-Name: Jens Heiling
Author-X-Name-First: Jens
Author-X-Name-Last: Heiling
Author-Name: Sotirios Karatzimas
Author-X-Name-First: Sotirios
Author-X-Name-Last: Karatzimas
Title: New development: A prototype framework to assess the coverage of financial management topics in MPA/MPM programmes
Abstract:
The development of a prototype framework to support analyses of Master’s of Public Administration (MPA) and Master’s of Public Management (MPM) programmes is expected to significantly impact the field of public administration and management. These programmes play a crucial role in equipping current and future public administrators with the essential skills needed to effectively navigate the complexities of the public sector. To date, the debate about public sector accounting education misses vital cross-country analysis to understand the main differences between countries.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 755-761
Issue: 7
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2023.2241651
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Author-Name: Zahirul Hoque
Author-X-Name-First: Zahirul
Author-X-Name-Last: Hoque
Title: New development: New public management values and public sector accounting education in Australia—A ‘reflection-in-action’ perspective
Abstract:
This article contributes to the continuing debate on the impact of the new public management (NPM) values on public sector accounting education (PSAE) in universities. Informed by the author's personal experiences in Australian universities, it offers valuable insights into how NPM-driven financial rationales by top university management play a pivotal role in the fall of PSAE in universities. Higher education providers, policy-makers and professional accounting bodies worldwide will find this reflective piece valuable regarding their strategic thinking in producing next-generation professional accountants.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 750-754
Issue: 7
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2023.2247574
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Author-Name: Christoph Reichard
Author-X-Name-First: Christoph
Author-X-Name-Last: Reichard
Author-Name: Nicole Küchler-Stahn
Author-X-Name-First: Nicole
Author-X-Name-Last: Küchler-Stahn
Author-Name: John Siegel
Author-X-Name-First: John
Author-X-Name-Last: Siegel
Title: Education in public sector accounting at higher education institutions in Germany
Abstract:
So far, there is little evidence on the relevance of public sector accounting (PSA) in the academic education of public administrators. This article presents empirical evidence of PSA in public administration and public management programmes in German universities. The authors show that PSA is almost irrelevant in research universities compared with programmes at universities of applied sciences—particularly at the bachelor level. If taught at all, subjects such as financial reporting, budgeting and cost accounting dominate the curricula; others are represented to a minor degree. Building on this, the authors discuss factors influencing the role and integration of PSA content in the respective curricula. They argue for broadening the narrow legalistic teaching of accounting and budgeting at undergraduate level and for introducing accounting basics in graduate programmes in research universities.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 741-749
Issue: 7
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2023.2238913
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Author-Name: Elisabetta Pericolo
Author-X-Name-First: Elisabetta
Author-X-Name-Last: Pericolo
Author-Name: Paolo Fedele
Author-X-Name-First: Paolo
Author-X-Name-Last: Fedele
Author-Name: Silvia Iacuzzi
Author-X-Name-First: Silvia
Author-X-Name-Last: Iacuzzi
Author-Name: Rubens Pauluzzo
Author-X-Name-First: Rubens
Author-X-Name-Last: Pauluzzo
Author-Name: Andrea Garlatti
Author-X-Name-First: Andrea
Author-X-Name-Last: Garlatti
Title: Public sector accounting education: international trends and Italian curricula
Abstract:
This article presents solutions to deal with the shortage of higher education courses in public sector accounting (PSA) and the gap between what is taught and what is required. The authors explain how courses can be made to be more relevant to the field’s needs in order to avoid a lack of qualified personnel plaguing public administrations with the inability to address challenges. The authors recommend establishing degree courses in public sector accounting, as well as including some public sector accounting in public administration courses.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 731-740
Issue: 7
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2023.2249247
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Author-Name: Sandra Cohen
Author-X-Name-First: Sandra
Author-X-Name-Last: Cohen
Author-Name: Francesca Manes-Rossi
Author-X-Name-First: Francesca
Author-X-Name-Last: Manes-Rossi
Author-Name: Isabel Brusca
Author-X-Name-First: Isabel
Author-X-Name-Last: Brusca
Title: Are SDGs being translated into accounting terms? Evidence from European cities
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The challenge launched by the United Nations (UN) on the achievement of SDGs requires local governments to rethink how to devote their resources and report on their results regarding SDGs. The article analyses how existing frameworks communicate, through financial indicators, the efforts done towards sustainable development. The Voluntary Local Reviews (VLR) published by European cities and made available on the UN website can stimulate further reflection and actions toward making SDGs an accounting issue.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 669-678
Issue: 7
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2023.2243543
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Author-Name: Isabel Brusca
Author-X-Name-First: Isabel
Author-X-Name-Last: Brusca
Title: New development: The limits of business accounting in the public sector context—the case of concessionary leases and right-of-use assets in-kind
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Public sector accounting developments have been mainly driven by reforms and innovations developed in the private sector. There is a growing trend internationally to adapt private sector accounting standards to the public sector context. However, there are some transactions that simply do not resemble private criteria. This article reflects on two of these—concessionary leases and right-of-use assets in-kind. Importantly, the use of market values in these cases may result in financial statements that could mislead the user. The article provides interesting insights for practitioners and standard-setting boards, who need to be aware of the risks when adapting accrual accounting principles to public sector entities.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 713-716
Issue: 7
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 10
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Author-Name: Susana Jorge
Author-X-Name-First: Susana
Author-X-Name-Last: Jorge
Title: Reflections on being CIGAR Executive Board Chair
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 720-721
Issue: 7
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2023.2254974
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Author-Name: Mari Kobayashi
Author-X-Name-First: Mari
Author-X-Name-Last: Kobayashi
Author-Name: Akira Omori
Author-X-Name-First: Akira
Author-X-Name-Last: Omori
Title: Meeting report: Public accountability and democracy in times of crisis—the CIGAR Network 2023 conference
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 717-719
Issue: 7
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2023.2254624
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Author-Name: Magdalena Kowalczyk
Author-X-Name-First: Magdalena
Author-X-Name-Last: Kowalczyk
Author-Name: Josette Caruana
Author-X-Name-First: Josette
Author-X-Name-Last: Caruana
Title: Modelling public sector accounting on private sector practices: the perspectives of practitioners in Polish local government
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This study taps into the knowledge of practitioners who have hands-on experience of public sector accounting at the local government level. As the public sector and public services are developing by progressively reducing bureaucracy and focusing on improving efficiency and effectiveness, accounting practices should also evolve to meet these challenges. This article demonstrates the importance of involving experienced local government officials in discussions that include changes in accounting practices. Their feedback would enhance the value added of suggested changes, by decreasing the risk that new methods are not applicable or not practical and end up being only ceremonial in nature.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 689-698
Issue: 7
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2023.2217702
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Author-Name: Natalia Aversano
Author-X-Name-First: Natalia
Author-X-Name-Last: Aversano
Author-Name: Giuseppe Nicolò
Author-X-Name-First: Giuseppe
Author-X-Name-Last: Nicolò
Author-Name: Diana Ferullo
Author-X-Name-First: Diana
Author-X-Name-Last: Ferullo
Author-Name: Paolo Tartaglia Polcini
Author-X-Name-First: Paolo Tartaglia
Author-X-Name-Last: Polcini
Title: The effect of board gender diversity on financial and non-financial performance: evidence from Italian public universities
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This article focuses on the value of board diversity in the university context, demonstrating the importance of ensuring that women are represented in top management teams and boards to promote good governance and superior financial performance. The findings should be used to promote gender equality and balance at all political and economic decision-making levels and to stimulate the debate on the reasons for female under-representation. Universities should be mandating a gender quota for their boards to improve overall performance.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 679-688
Issue: 7
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2023.2243389
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Author-Name: Anne Stafford
Author-X-Name-First: Anne
Author-X-Name-Last: Stafford
Title: New development: Using counter accounting as a methodology in public accountability and management research
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In an era where fake news and political rhetoric must constantly be fact checked, this article seeks to raise awareness within the public sector about how the use of counter accounting can help to challenge official versions of events and actions and influence public debate. While counter accounting has most frequently been used by those investigating sustainability issues within accounting, this article aims to stimulate debate about how counter accounting can also be used to make an impact within the public accountability and management arena, through the presentation of alternative accounts and narratives to counter the official accounts produced by governments and other public sector organizations. The article also encourages the authors of counter accounting work to disseminate their findings on a timely basis to a wider audience, for example through more targeted use of social media.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 709-712
Issue: 7
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2023.2251765
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Author-Name: Patrícia Gomes
Author-X-Name-First: Patrícia
Author-X-Name-Last: Gomes
Author-Name: Cláudia Teixeira
Author-X-Name-First: Cláudia
Author-X-Name-Last: Teixeira
Author-Name: Graça Azevedo
Author-X-Name-First: Graça
Author-X-Name-Last: Azevedo
Title: Debate: Integrating new perspectives in public sector accounting education (PSAE)
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 727-728
Issue: 7
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2023.2248409
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Author-Name: Christoph Schuler
Author-X-Name-First: Christoph
Author-X-Name-Last: Schuler
Author-Name: Giuseppe Grossi
Author-X-Name-First: Giuseppe
Author-X-Name-Last: Grossi
Author-Name: Sandro Fuchs
Author-X-Name-First: Sandro
Author-X-Name-Last: Fuchs
Title: New development: The role of education in public sector accounting reforms in emerging economies: a socio-material perspective
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This article delivers new insights regarding the importance of continuous professional development (CPD) for practitioners designing and implementing public sector accounting (PSA) reforms. Public sector accounting education (PSAE) in universities has been the subject of many studies and its relevance is well recognized. By emphasizing the continuous professional development of public sector accountants, this article adds a new perspective to the debate on PSAE. The authors focus on PSA reforms in emerging economies, where the agenda is often driven by international financial institutions promoting IPSAS. Applying a socio-material perspective, the authors demonstrate that the technical aspects of reforms require human capacity development. This means conducting a preliminary evaluation of the CPD capabilities before drafting the agenda for any PSA reform.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 762-768
Issue: 7
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2023.2255387
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Author-Name: Josette Caruana
Author-X-Name-First: Josette
Author-X-Name-Last: Caruana
Author-Name: Sandra Cohen
Author-X-Name-First: Sandra
Author-X-Name-Last: Cohen
Author-Name: Francesca Manes-Rossi
Author-X-Name-First: Francesca
Author-X-Name-Last: Manes-Rossi
Author-Name: Marco Bisogno
Author-X-Name-First: Marco
Author-X-Name-Last: Bisogno
Author-Name: Eugenio Caperchione
Author-X-Name-First: Eugenio
Author-X-Name-Last: Caperchione
Title: Editorial: A finger firmly on the pulse
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 645-648
Issue: 7
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2023.2257475
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Author-Name: Jan van Helden
Author-X-Name-First: Jan
Author-X-Name-Last: van Helden
Author-Name: Tjerk Budding
Author-X-Name-First: Tjerk
Author-X-Name-Last: Budding
Author-Name: Enrico Guarini
Author-X-Name-First: Enrico
Author-X-Name-Last: Guarini
Author-Name: Anna Francesca Pattaro
Author-X-Name-First: Anna Francesca
Author-X-Name-Last: Pattaro
Title: New development: The ethics of accounting information manipulation in the political arena
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While both the academic literature and practice suggest that the use of accounting information is often not neutral, the factors behind a manipulative use of accounting information are under-researched—especially in the public sector context. This article is intended to stimulate the debate about ethical questions related to accounting information manipulation that are often neglected. The authors aim to increase awareness among politicians and public managers about the disputability, or even inappropriateness, of the accounting information they receive.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 699-703
Issue: 7
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2023.2220545
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Author-Name: Luca Ferri
Author-X-Name-First: Luca
Author-X-Name-Last: Ferri
Author-Name: Francesca Manes-Rossi
Author-X-Name-First: Francesca
Author-X-Name-Last: Manes-Rossi
Author-Name: Annamaria Zampella
Author-X-Name-First: Annamaria
Author-X-Name-Last: Zampella
Title: Readability versus obfuscation to fight corruption: evidence from Italian local governments
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This article explains why regulators should be guiding local governments (LGs) to use easy-to-understand language in their reports to truthfully communicate information about anti-corruption risks. Managers should avoid obfuscation of information that hides bad practices at LGs in terms of fighting corruption and pay closer attention to the readability of their text. This article will benefit policy-makers interested in overcoming previously neglected concerns for readability as a means of enhancing the effectiveness of the anti-corruption plans (ACPs) published by LGs.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 659-668
Issue: 7
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2023.2238914
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Author-Name: Vincenzo Sforza
Author-X-Name-First: Vincenzo
Author-X-Name-Last: Sforza
Author-Name: Riccardo Cimini
Author-X-Name-First: Riccardo
Author-X-Name-Last: Cimini
Author-Name: Elisa Fanti
Author-X-Name-First: Elisa
Author-X-Name-Last: Fanti
Title: The debate around EPSAS: a structured literature review for scholars and practitioners
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This article looks at the debates about EPSAS (the harmonization process of public sector accounting in the European Union) from various perspectives. The authors’ aim is to motivate vital research co-operation between scholars and practitioners. Bridging theoretical research and practice will allow a deeper investigation of the accounting practices within the various levels of government and should reduce the options allowed by the future standards, guaranteeing transparency and comparability of financial information between and within member states.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 649-658
Issue: 7
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2023.2207744
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Author-Name: Jens Heiling
Author-X-Name-First: Jens
Author-X-Name-Last: Heiling
Author-Name: Berit Adam
Author-X-Name-First: Berit
Author-X-Name-Last: Adam
Author-Name: Susana Jorge
Author-X-Name-First: Susana
Author-X-Name-Last: Jorge
Author-Name: Sotirios Karatzimas
Author-X-Name-First: Sotirios
Author-X-Name-Last: Karatzimas
Title: Editorial: PMM CIGAR theme: Public sector accounting—educating for reform challenges
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 722-724
Issue: 7
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2023.2256575
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Author-Name: Sandra Cohen
Author-X-Name-First: Sandra
Author-X-Name-Last: Cohen
Author-Name: Francesca Manes Rossi
Author-X-Name-First: Francesca
Author-X-Name-Last: Manes Rossi
Author-Name: Isabel Brusca
Author-X-Name-First: Isabel
Author-X-Name-Last: Brusca
Title: Debate: Public sector accounting education and artificial intelligence
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 725-726
Issue: 7
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2023.2209290
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Author-Name: Carolyn J. Cordery
Author-X-Name-First: Carolyn J.
Author-X-Name-Last: Cordery
Title: New development: IPSAS-lite—Some reflections and a call for research
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While public sector entities range in size, influence and complexity, few countries write financial reporting standards specifically to accommodate the particular user needs of smaller or less complex entities. In addition to reducing the benefits to users, this is likely to impose greater costs on preparers. The author argues that the International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board (IPSASB) should address this problem by implementing its proposal for ‘IPSAS-lite’. Some structural decisions that IPSASB will need to make are outlined.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 704-708
Issue: 7
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 10
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2023.2220543
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Author-Name: Deborah Agostino
Author-X-Name-First: Deborah
Author-X-Name-Last: Agostino
Author-Name: Enrico Bracci
Author-X-Name-First: Enrico
Author-X-Name-Last: Bracci
Author-Name: Isabel Cruz
Author-X-Name-First: Isabel
Author-X-Name-Last: Cruz
Author-Name: Susana Jorge
Author-X-Name-First: Susana
Author-X-Name-Last: Jorge
Author-Name: Ricardo Lopes Cardoso
Author-X-Name-First: Ricardo Lopes
Author-X-Name-Last: Cardoso
Author-Name: Rui Lourenço
Author-X-Name-First: Rui
Author-X-Name-Last: Lourenço
Title: Debate: Data science challenges to financial information in the public sector
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 773-776
Issue: 8
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2023.2221526
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Author-Name: Bernhard Schatz
Author-X-Name-First: Bernhard
Author-X-Name-Last: Schatz
Author-Name: David Watkins
Author-X-Name-First: David
Author-X-Name-Last: Watkins
Title: Debate: Financial reporting for heritage in the public sector—the views of the IPSASB
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 777-778
Issue: 8
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2023.2200383
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Author-Name: Benjamin Y. Clark
Author-X-Name-First: Benjamin Y.
Author-X-Name-Last: Clark
Author-Name: Jeffrey L. Brudney
Author-X-Name-First: Jeffrey L.
Author-X-Name-Last: Brudney
Title: Transportation and coproduction: looking for vulnerabilities to boost and enhance co-assessment
Abstract:
Local governments are increasingly seeking new ways to engage the public to improve public services and ensure that more voices are heard. The co-assessment of quality-of-life problems has gone digital, creating more opportunities for engagement, but challenges remain. This article examines how transportation mode choice may play an intervening role in co-assessment participation based on how vulnerable people are to infrastructure failures. The authors recommend engaging more deeply with vulnerable populations to tap into underutilized co-assessment potential.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 841-848
Issue: 8
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2022.2080358
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Author-Name: John Fenwick
Author-X-Name-First: John
Author-X-Name-Last: Fenwick
Author-Name: Lorraine Johnston
Author-X-Name-First: Lorraine
Author-X-Name-Last: Johnston
Title: Debate: A new public enterprise?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 771-772
Issue: 8
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2023.2216521
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Author-Name: Mohammed Salah
Author-X-Name-First: Mohammed
Author-X-Name-Last: Salah
Author-Name: Fadi Abdelfattah
Author-X-Name-First: Fadi
Author-X-Name-Last: Abdelfattah
Author-Name: Hussam Al Halbusi
Author-X-Name-First: Hussam Al
Author-X-Name-Last: Halbusi
Title: Debate: Peer reviews at the crossroads—‘To AI or not to AI?’
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 781-782
Issue: 8
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2023.2264032
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Author-Name: Anschi De Wolf
Author-X-Name-First: Anschi De
Author-X-Name-Last: Wolf
Author-Name: Johan Christiaens
Author-X-Name-First: Johan
Author-X-Name-Last: Christiaens
Title: The hurdle model: Analysing the influence of country characteristics on participation in IPSASB’s due process
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This article provides insight into what influences stakeholder participation in the IPSASB’s due process. It shows how country characteristics, specifically English-proficiency, economic development and the IPSAS implementation status, influence stakeholder participation. The results show which tools would be most effective to increase participation, such as translating IPSAS into different global languages and organizing regional round tables or forums. This article is not only relevant for standard-setting boards but for any organization that seeks to increase the quality and quantity of its stakeholder participation because it shows how to examine variables that influence stakeholders’ participation behaviour.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 849-857
Issue: 8
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2022.2066817
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Author-Name: Roderick Fitz Verploegh
Author-X-Name-First: Roderick
Author-X-Name-Last: Fitz Verploegh
Author-Name: Tjerk Budding
Author-X-Name-First: Tjerk
Author-X-Name-Last: Budding
Author-Name: Mattheus Wassenaar
Author-X-Name-First: Mattheus
Author-X-Name-Last: Wassenaar
Title: Policy control as an alternative approach to performance-based budgeting (PBB) to strengthen the link between policy and financial means
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Although bridging policy and financial resources is considered important in public sector organizations, making this connection is difficult in daily practice. The authors show how policy control, a new approach that has been initiated in Dutch central government, can help bridge this gap. The traditional methods of performance-based budgeting focus on the idea that resources should be spent rationally in terms of economy, efficiency and effectiveness. Policy control, in contrast, approaches the linkage of resources and policy objectives from the perspective of the intended societal added value of policy plans.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 816-824
Issue: 8
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2022.2062162
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Author-Name: Javier Andrades
Author-X-Name-First: Javier
Author-X-Name-Last: Andrades
Author-Name: Maria Jose Muriel de los Reyes
Author-X-Name-First: Maria Jose
Author-X-Name-Last: Muriel de los Reyes
Author-Name: Manuel Larrán Jorge
Author-X-Name-First: Manuel Larrán
Author-X-Name-Last: Jorge
Title: How far can mandatory requirements drive increased levels of disclosure?
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This article reveals that compliance with mandatory disclosure requirements improves over time. However, simply publishing regulations is not sufficient to drive a substantive change in terms of transparency. This study has implications for regulators and professionals about legitimizing laws passed about accounting and reporting by public sector organizations.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 793-801
Issue: 8
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2022.2045124
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Author-Name: Sanjay Mitra
Author-X-Name-First: Sanjay
Author-X-Name-Last: Mitra
Title: Innovations in Indian public administration
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Public sector Innovations have been extensively analysed in the EU, the US and other countries. This article uses insights from the global innovation literature, and the database of the Indian Prime Minister’s Awards for Excellence in Public Administration (PMA), to fill critical knowledge gaps and help develop templates for successful replication across organizations and administrative jurisdictions in India and other developing countries.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 833-840
Issue: 8
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2022.2087946
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Author-Name: Daniel A. Revollo-Fernández
Author-X-Name-First: Daniel A.
Author-X-Name-Last: Revollo-Fernández
Title: New development: The high cost of the free rider in public water services in developing and emerging economies
Abstract:
This article explains the importance of quantifying the negative monetary impact that free rider behaviour has on society, focusing on the management of the provision of a public water service to homes. The findings can be replicated in other countries and serve as an important input in the design of public policy in the public sector.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 858-861
Issue: 8
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2023.2210777
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Author-Name: Carl Evans
Author-X-Name-First: Carl
Author-X-Name-Last: Evans
Author-Name: Sarah-Louise Weller
Author-X-Name-First: Sarah-Louise
Author-X-Name-Last: Weller
Title: Value-for-money and the small charity
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Charities have struggled financially in recent times, and are predicted to continue do so for the foreseeable future. In particular, small charities have fewer resources to support financial sustainability. The authors explored the importance of value-for-money (VFM) in small charities, and how it was defined and assessed. This article highlights the importance of VFM to small charities and suggests strategies for managing money more effectively and efficiently to achieve charitable objectives.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 802-810
Issue: 8
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2022.2047287
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Author-Name: Andrew Massey
Author-X-Name-First: Andrew
Author-X-Name-Last: Massey
Title: Editorial: A decade of continuity, change and egregores
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 769-770
Issue: 8
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2024.2273037
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Author-Name: Anne M. Garvey
Author-X-Name-First: Anne M.
Author-X-Name-Last: Garvey
Author-Name: Juan Manuel Pérez-Salamero González
Author-X-Name-First: Juan Manuel
Author-X-Name-Last: Pérez-Salamero González
Author-Name: Manuel Ventura-Marco
Author-X-Name-First: Manuel
Author-X-Name-Last: Ventura-Marco
Author-Name: Carlos Vidal-Meliá
Author-X-Name-First: Carlos
Author-X-Name-Last: Vidal-Meliá
Title: Transforming the supplementary table on pension liabilities (Table 29) into an actuarial balance sheet
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For policy-makers, statisticians, public accountants, social security actuaries, public finance economists and other stakeholders, the regulation introduced by the EU regarding the disclosure of an accrued-to-date liability (ADL) table (Table 29) is a valuable first step in reporting pension liabilities. However, the information disclosed is incomplete and does not provide an indicator of solvency or sustainability. In addition, pensioners and those making contributions to pensions have no information regarding the security of their future benefits. In this timely article, the authors present a methodology to easily transform Table 29 into an actuarial balance sheet (ABS) and compile its associated income statement (IS). The ABS can be used to assess the solvency of pension schemes, whereas Table 29 cannot.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 783-792
Issue: 8
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2022.2144362
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Author-Name: David Špaček
Author-X-Name-First: David
Author-X-Name-Last: Špaček
Author-Name: Marek Navrátil
Author-X-Name-First: Marek
Author-X-Name-Last: Navrátil
Author-Name: Dagmar Špalková
Author-X-Name-First: Dagmar
Author-X-Name-Last: Špalková
Title: New development: Covid 19 and changes in public administration—what do we know to date?
Abstract:
Experiences with changes caused by the Covid 19 pandemic clearly show that making changes in public administration is about the dynamic interaction of various organizational elements. To cope with the pandemic, public administrations had to deal rapidly with technological adoption and solution implementation. Due to Covid 19, digitalization accelerated, but the literature review suggests that, to be transforming, changes in technologies must be accompanied by changes in other organizational elements (like people or processes), because the pandemic challenged leadership styles and working models, as well as internal and external collaboration.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 862-866
Issue: 8
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2023.2199545
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Author-Name: Nuttaneeya (Ann) Torugsa
Author-X-Name-First: Nuttaneeya (Ann)
Author-X-Name-Last: Torugsa
Author-Name: Thitikom Puapansawat
Author-X-Name-First: Thitikom
Author-X-Name-Last: Puapansawat
Title: Rethinking the way a public university does business
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Public universities are now expected to play a pivotal role in the knowledge economy/society, by being engaged, entrepreneurial and, more importantly, relevant to the wider society in which they operate. However, the challenge of complexity (partly arising from the embedded nature of public universities within the higher education, innovation, and other social systems) makes managing a public university remarkably difficult. This article suggests a way forward for creating resilient public universities capable of making the contributions expected of them. The authors recommend that universities position their business as services, embrace open service innovation, and redesign their business model to maximize shared value for society.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 811-815
Issue: 8
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2022.2057704
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Author-Name: Min Young Kim
Author-X-Name-First: Min Young
Author-X-Name-Last: Kim
Author-Name: Hyo Joo Lee
Author-X-Name-First: Hyo Joo
Author-X-Name-Last: Lee
Title: Finding triggers for training transfer: evidence from the National Human Resource Development Institute in Korea
Abstract:
This article looks at public sector training from a human resource development (HRD) perspective. The authors discuss training to improve performance but also coaching trainees to transfer their expertise and training to others. Employees who transfer training were shown to be better performers. An HRD training programme that does not consider a trainee’s personal characteristics (for example capacity, motivation, interest, self-efficacy, and psychological state) cannot promote learning or transfer motivation. Practitioners who design HRD programmes for the public sector must consider individual differences and customized HRD programmes to facilitate knowledge transfer in the workplace.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 825-832
Issue: 8
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2023.2209904
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Author-Name: Magdalena Musiał-Karg
Author-X-Name-First: Magdalena
Author-X-Name-Last: Musiał-Karg
Author-Name: Łukasz Zamęcki
Author-X-Name-First: Łukasz
Author-X-Name-Last: Zamęcki
Author-Name: Joanna Rak
Author-X-Name-First: Joanna
Author-X-Name-Last: Rak
Title: Debate: Publish or perish? How legal regulations affect scholars’ publishing strategies and the spending of public funds by universities
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 779-780
Issue: 8
Volume: 43
Year: 2023
Month: 11
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2023.2213920
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Author-Name: Ruth Gibbs
Author-X-Name-First: Ruth
Author-X-Name-Last: Gibbs
Author-Name: Michelle Carr
Author-X-Name-First: Michelle
Author-X-Name-Last: Carr
Author-Name: Mark Mulcahy
Author-X-Name-First: Mark
Author-X-Name-Last: Mulcahy
Author-Name: Don Walshe
Author-X-Name-First: Don
Author-X-Name-Last: Walshe
Title: Healthcare budgeting for cyclicality: Structured literature review of accounting, public administration and health management
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This article warns that cyclical stocks are affecting the delivery of routine healthcare services. Planning fails when a shock occurs and policy-makers and managers need to adapt to budgetary over-estimation. To ensure a sustainable level of services at all stages of the economic cycle, cyclical impact should be systematically determined. This would improve decision-making and help minimize institutional and political impediments. However, developing these capabilities is difficult, requiring a multi-year perspective to be incorporated into the annual budgeting process. An important prerequisite to do this is for stakeholders to understand the impact that cyclicality has on healthcare
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 35-43
Issue: 1
Volume: 44
Year: 2024
Month: 01
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2023.2172686
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Author-Name: Nils Soguel
Author-X-Name-First: Nils
Author-X-Name-Last: Soguel
Author-Name: Nicola Mauri
Author-X-Name-First: Nicola
Author-X-Name-Last: Mauri
Author-Name: Henrique Soares Pimenta
Author-X-Name-First: Henrique Soares
Author-X-Name-Last: Pimenta
Title: Heterogeneity when accounting standards are non-binding: Internal service charges in the Swiss cantons
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This article evaluates the extent to which decision-makers in the public sector implement non-binding accounting standards. Using the example of internal service charges at the state level in Switzerland, the authors show that the implementation of non-binding standards may fail to achieve real transparency because of the ensuing heterogeneous implementation of accounting policies. Research results suggest that the implementation of the recommended ISC policies differed in terms of their intensity, differentiation, and precision. Standard-setters should anticipate an heterogeneous effective take-up of the recommended accounting standards they issue for the public sector, especially when jurisdictions differ in terms of political preferences.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 62-70
Issue: 1
Volume: 44
Year: 2024
Month: 01
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2022.2083852
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Author-Name: Pan Suk Kim
Author-X-Name-First: Pan Suk
Author-X-Name-Last: Kim
Title: New development: Improving accident compensation for public officials
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Public officials undertake challenging tasks to ensure safety and order in society; however, accidents can still occur at their workplace. In the event of an occupational accident, compensation is often dealt with as a labour, welfare, or legal issue in many countries; as such, there is little discussion on accident compensation in the public management field. In this context, the South Korean government’s accident compensation experience will be a useful reference for public management to improve accident compensation systems in other countries. The South Korean government implemented compensation reforms for public officials’ accidents in 2018 and enacted the Public Officials’ Accident Compensation Act to address the various identified problems. Consequently, after 2018, the Ministry of Personnel Management took charge of accident compensation for public officials and delivered the relevant services in a more transparent and accountable manner. Thus, the overall quality of public officials’ accident compensation has improved. In addition to providing examples and lessons for other jurisdictions, this study makes recommendations for improvements in South Korea.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 90-93
Issue: 1
Volume: 44
Year: 2024
Month: 01
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2023.2240110
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Author-Name: Marty Bortz
Author-X-Name-First: Marty
Author-X-Name-Last: Bortz
Author-Name: David Brown
Author-X-Name-First: David
Author-X-Name-Last: Brown
Author-Name: Svenja Keele
Author-X-Name-First: Svenja
Author-X-Name-Last: Keele
Author-Name: Hilary Manning
Author-X-Name-First: Hilary
Author-X-Name-Last: Manning
Title: Management consultants and the social function of procurement
Abstract:
Current procurement practices fail to deliver the accountability expected by the public for consulting expenditure and influence on government. This article offers a revised conceptual basis for the procurement of consultants, which the authors argue is an essential step to confronting this failure. Existing procurement practices must look beyond market transactions to include new approaches that bring oversight to the deeply-entwined relationships between these actors. These new approaches must be considered in more relational terms that give due weight to their function in the consultant–policy-maker relationship.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 26-34
Issue: 1
Volume: 44
Year: 2024
Month: 01
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2023.2184273
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Author-Name: Claudia Arena
Author-X-Name-First: Claudia
Author-X-Name-Last: Arena
Author-Name: Simona Catuogno
Author-X-Name-First: Simona
Author-X-Name-Last: Catuogno
Author-Name: Rosa Lombardi
Author-X-Name-First: Rosa
Author-X-Name-Last: Lombardi
Author-Name: Hannah Möltner
Author-X-Name-First: Hannah
Author-X-Name-Last: Möltner
Title: Gendering digital education: A role model for public management
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This article provides university managers with practical insights into the social and organizational dynamics needed between same-sex colleagues to achieve the best educational results. University governance bodies can leverage on these results to redefine managerial roles and responsibilities so as to better cope with the digital transformation of academia. Evidence from this article also has implications for policy-makers in terms of supporting equal opportunities for all employees.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 44-53
Issue: 1
Volume: 44
Year: 2024
Month: 01
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2022.2101245
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Author-Name: Said Elbanna
Author-X-Name-First: Said
Author-X-Name-Last: Elbanna
Title: Debate: Reimagining strategic management of social responsibilities in US universities—A comment on George et al. (2023)
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 13-14
Issue: 1
Volume: 44
Year: 2024
Month: 01
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2023.2251281
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Author-Name: Berit Adam
Author-X-Name-First: Berit
Author-X-Name-Last: Adam
Author-Name: Jens Heiling
Author-X-Name-First: Jens
Author-X-Name-Last: Heiling
Title: Differential reporting in the public sector—financial reporting for small- and medium-sized entities
Abstract:
According to the International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board (IPSASB), public sector entities should apply the IPSAS when they fulfill certain criteria, such as the delivery of public services or financing by taxes. Size is currently not a matter for the application of IPSAS and smaller public sector entities have to apply the full suite of IPSAS. Based on an empirical study, this article shows that differential reporting is a suitable approach to overcome the accounting challenges that small- and medium-sized public sector entities (SMPSEs) are facing. The authors explain the potential advantages and disadvantages of differential reporting in the context of SMPSEs’ accounting challenges.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 71-79
Issue: 1
Volume: 44
Year: 2024
Month: 01
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2023.2194029
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Author-Name: Andreas Bergmann
Author-X-Name-First: Andreas
Author-X-Name-Last: Bergmann
Author-Name: Karen Johnston
Author-X-Name-First: Karen
Author-X-Name-Last: Johnston
Title: Editorial: Excellence and relevance rooted in policy and practice
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 1-4
Issue: 1
Volume: 44
Year: 2024
Month: 01
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2024.2277012
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Author-Name: Vincenzo Buffa
Author-X-Name-First: Vincenzo
Author-X-Name-Last: Buffa
Author-Name: Maya Tira
Author-X-Name-First: Maya
Author-X-Name-Last: Tira
Author-Name: Benjamin Le Pendeven
Author-X-Name-First: Benjamin Le
Author-X-Name-Last: Pendeven
Title: New development: From social impact bonds to impact bonds—an outcomes-based framework
Abstract:
This article presents a classification of impact bonds (IBs) that has practical implications for practitioners designing IBs. The framework shows how the nature of the targeted outcomes can affect the financial structure of an IB and influence the capacity to design workable business plans for the projects being financed. Given the reconsideration of cost savings in the newer IB models, the authors recommend that public sector managers and policy-makers question the relevance and advantages of IBs over other types of financing.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 80-84
Issue: 1
Volume: 44
Year: 2024
Month: 01
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2023.2206047
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Author-Name: Vincent van Loenen
Author-X-Name-First: Vincent
Author-X-Name-Last: van Loenen
Author-Name: Roel Schouteten
Author-X-Name-First: Roel
Author-X-Name-Last: Schouteten
Author-Name: Max Visser
Author-X-Name-First: Max
Author-X-Name-Last: Visser
Author-Name: Ed Vosselman
Author-X-Name-First: Ed
Author-X-Name-Last: Vosselman
Title: The translation of Lean management: Prospects of a relational approach for successful practice
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Rather than focusing on a functionalist implementation of Lean in a hierarchical, top-down manner, this article shows how public sector managers can look at Lean in a new way. They should be luring others into a Lean network by creating conditions in which they define problems and solutions, seek to interest others in these problems, enroll and commit them to possible solutions and mobilize them as one network. Rather than a linear, straightforward implementation, in this way Lean becomes embedded in a network that is capable of entertaining the multiple interpretations and uses of Lean, thus adding to its organizational success and viability.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 54-61
Issue: 1
Volume: 44
Year: 2024
Month: 01
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2022.2111884
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Author-Name: Edoardo Ongaro
Author-X-Name-First: Edoardo
Author-X-Name-Last: Ongaro
Author-Name: Michele Tantardini
Author-X-Name-First: Michele
Author-X-Name-Last: Tantardini
Title: Debate: Why the religious factor has been forgotten in PA studies? (And how to remedy it)
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 7-8
Issue: 1
Volume: 44
Year: 2024
Month: 01
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2023.2264054
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Author-Name: Raphaël Zumofen
Author-X-Name-First: Raphaël
Author-X-Name-Last: Zumofen
Author-Name: Vincent Mabillard
Author-X-Name-First: Vincent
Author-X-Name-Last: Mabillard
Title: Debate: Improving communication effectiveness or wasting taxpayers’ money? The use of social media influencers in public organizations
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 5-6
Issue: 1
Volume: 44
Year: 2024
Month: 01
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2023.2257453
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Author-Name: John M. Bryson
Author-X-Name-First: John M.
Author-X-Name-Last: Bryson
Title: Debate: US universities’ varied approaches to social responsibility
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 11-12
Issue: 1
Volume: 44
Year: 2024
Month: 01
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2023.2237292
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Author-Name: Rhys Andrews
Author-X-Name-First: Rhys
Author-X-Name-Last: Andrews
Title: Debate: Managing social responsibilities in the public value university—A comment on George et al. (2023)
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 9-10
Issue: 1
Volume: 44
Year: 2024
Month: 01
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2023.2220541
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Author-Name: Bert George
Author-X-Name-First: Bert
Author-X-Name-Last: George
Author-Name: Michael J. Worth
Author-X-Name-First: Michael J.
Author-X-Name-Last: Worth
Author-Name: Sheela Pandey
Author-X-Name-First: Sheela
Author-X-Name-Last: Pandey
Author-Name: Sanjay K. Pandey
Author-X-Name-First: Sanjay K.
Author-X-Name-Last: Pandey
Title: Strategic management of social responsibilities: a mixed methods study of US universities
Abstract:
It is vital that social responsibilities become part of nonprofit or public organizations’ strategic management. Strategic management of social responsibilities implies continuous attention to these responsibilities—not only during strategic planning but also throughout strategy implementation. Organizations need to assess whether they are mission-focused, planning-focused, opportunity-focused or ‘savvy’ strategists in terms of their strategic management of social responsibilities. Many organizations are planning-focused, indicating aspirations towards social responsibilities in strategic plans without embedding these in concrete implementation activities. Creating centres, offices, and programmes focused on social responsibilities will help to counter this. Moreover, embedding social responsibilities into funding opportunities is also a way to signal more continuous attention.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 15-25
Issue: 1
Volume: 44
Year: 2024
Month: 01
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2023.2197253
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Author-Name: Michelle Richey
Author-X-Name-First: Michelle
Author-X-Name-Last: Richey
Author-Name: Jade Wendy Brooks
Author-X-Name-First: Jade Wendy
Author-X-Name-Last: Brooks
Title: New development: From aid to empowerment—making refugee policy more sustainable
Abstract:
Globally, refugee support has been rendered unsustainable by the contemporary pace and scale of human displacement. This article proposes that policy shifts towards greater opportunities for refugees and asylum seekers can complement humanitarian aid and ease the financial pressure building in the sector. This article examines what ‘opportunity-focused initiatives’ look like by focusing on refugee business support initiatives being piloted in several territories around the world. The authors consider the practical and policy implications of this shift and propose a research agenda to facilitate collaborations between public administrators, researchers, programme delivery bodies and refugee communities.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 85-89
Issue: 1
Volume: 44
Year: 2024
Month: 01
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2023.2238912
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Author-Name: Constantine Manolchev
Author-X-Name-First: Constantine
Author-X-Name-Last: Manolchev
Author-Name: Duncan Lewis
Author-X-Name-First: Duncan
Author-X-Name-Last: Lewis
Title: A tale of two trusts: case study analysis of bullying and negative behaviours in the UK ambulance service
Abstract:
The authors outline common problems in implementing the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, which places specific requirements on UK employers to mitigate risks of stress at work. The authors discuss bullying and other negative acts in the UK ambulance service, highlighting concerns with some managerial practices. The article calls for a fundamental rethink of deficiencies in current organizational wellbeing measures and recommends ways of going beyond the provision of basic support for employees.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 133-140
Issue: 2
Volume: 44
Year: 2024
Month: 02
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1934995
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Author-Name: Silvia Azevedo Nelson
Author-X-Name-First: Silvia Azevedo
Author-X-Name-Last: Nelson
Author-Name: Daniel Moraes Pinheiro
Author-X-Name-First: Daniel Moraes
Author-X-Name-Last: Pinheiro
Author-Name: Ana Paula Grillo Rodrigues
Author-X-Name-First: Ana Paula Grillo
Author-X-Name-Last: Rodrigues
Author-Name: Matthew Xerri
Author-X-Name-First: Matthew
Author-X-Name-Last: Xerri
Title: Crime, violence and stress in the emergency services work: military police in southern Brazil
Abstract:
The importance of this article for emergency service workers, such as police officers, lies in the connection between processes of government and outcomes on the street—especially the impact on the mental health of frontline police officers. Organizational responsibility for the protection and mental health of frontline personnel is vital in the stressful political and social environment in Brazil, where solidarity is essential for effective policing work and for developing and maintaining a culture of caring for one another. ‘Keeping each other’s back’ is central in the face of high levels of violence and crime, not just in southern Brazil, but in other jurisdictions where police operate in stressful environments, which have been exacerbated by deleterious social conditions arising from the Covid-19 pandemic.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 108-116
Issue: 2
Volume: 44
Year: 2024
Month: 02
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1951967
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Author-Name: Katarzyna Lakoma
Author-X-Name-First: Katarzyna
Author-X-Name-Last: Lakoma
Author-Name: Yu-Ling Liu-Smith
Author-X-Name-First: Yu-Ling
Author-X-Name-Last: Liu-Smith
Title: Debate: Lessons learned from the emergency services’ response to the Covid 19 pandemic
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 98-99
Issue: 2
Volume: 44
Year: 2024
Month: 02
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2023.2291291
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Author-Name: Javier Cifuentes-Faura
Author-X-Name-First: Javier
Author-X-Name-Last: Cifuentes-Faura
Title: Debate: Will AI affect the transparency and accountability of public sector accounting?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 154-155
Issue: 2
Volume: 44
Year: 2024
Month: 02
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2023.2267305
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Author-Name: Geoffrey Heath
Author-X-Name-First: Geoffrey
Author-X-Name-Last: Heath
Author-Name: Paresh Wankhade
Author-X-Name-First: Paresh
Author-X-Name-Last: Wankhade
Author-Name: Peter Murphy
Author-X-Name-First: Peter
Author-X-Name-Last: Murphy
Title: Exploring the wellbeing of ambulance staff using the ‘public value’ perspective: opportunities and challenges for research
Abstract:
This paper investigates the problematic nature of ambulance paramedics’ wellbeing and applies the conceptualizations and theoretical perspective of public value (PV) to understand and potentially improve their experience. It synthesizes previous discourse from public accounting and public management and applies it to NHS ambulance services which have been prominent in the response to the Covid-19 pandemic but are currently under-researched in public management literature. The authors suggest a future interdisciplinary research agenda.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 141-151
Issue: 2
Volume: 44
Year: 2024
Month: 02
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1899613
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Author-Name: Ian Hesketh
Author-X-Name-First: Ian
Author-X-Name-Last: Hesketh
Author-Name: Noreen Tehrani
Author-X-Name-First: Noreen
Author-X-Name-Last: Tehrani
Title: Developing resilience interventions for emergency service responders—a view from the field
Abstract:
Emergency responders face stressful and traumatic challenges which can cause significant mental health problems, including anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress. These conditions can reduce the capacity of emergency services to serve and protect their communities. The UK’s National Police Wellbeing Service adopted an evidence-based approach to building the resilience of its officers and staff to deal with major traumatic events as well as everyday stressors. The stress and trauma-informed care programme are being rolled out nationally. The programme includes education for officers and staff, supervisor training and a stepped trauma intervention model designed to reduce distress and trauma.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 117-123
Issue: 2
Volume: 44
Year: 2024
Month: 02
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2022.2141876
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Author-Name: Paresh Wankhade
Author-X-Name-First: Paresh
Author-X-Name-Last: Wankhade
Author-Name: Peter Murphy
Author-X-Name-First: Peter
Author-X-Name-Last: Murphy
Title: Editorial: Resilience and wellbeing—the persistent challenges for our emergency services
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 95-97
Issue: 2
Volume: 44
Year: 2024
Month: 02
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2024.2292418
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Author-Name: Manuela S. Macinati
Author-X-Name-First: Manuela S.
Author-X-Name-Last: Macinati
Author-Name: Suzanne H. Young
Author-X-Name-First: Suzanne H.
Author-X-Name-Last: Young
Title: Contracting out social care services to for-profit and not-for-profit organizations in Italy: Social categorization and governance choices
Abstract:
This article explains the socio-psychological factors that influence public administrators’ governance choices when dealing with not-for-profit (NFP) and for-profit (FP) providers. In particular, it highlights the use of stereotypes in public administrators’ categorization of NFP and FP motives and expected behaviours, and whether they then prioritize the use of trust or control in the governance of the contractual arrangements. The main implication for public sector managers is that the tendency to social categorization and bias can be an issue in creating the proper mechanisms to ensure the delivery of effective services. In contracting out, the use of categorization by public administrators can reduce their propensity to trust those who are perceived as an outgroup, and hence result in them adopting more formal control mechanisms, while for those perceived as an ingroup their inclination to trust will result in the use of less formal control mechanisms.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 156-164
Issue: 2
Volume: 44
Year: 2024
Month: 02
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2022.2120284
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Author-Name: Walter Castelnovo
Author-X-Name-First: Walter
Author-X-Name-Last: Castelnovo
Author-Name: Maddalena Sorrentino
Author-X-Name-First: Maddalena
Author-X-Name-Last: Sorrentino
Title: Public sector reform trajectories: A complexity-embracing perspective
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Making the context and trajectory of reforms more comprehensible is essential for public decision-makers when it comes to assessing programme robustness and strengthening future efforts. The article argues for a shift from ‘reducing complexity’ to ‘embracing complexity’ to be adopted by local decision-makers to develop a more pragmatic implementation strategy.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 165-173
Issue: 2
Volume: 44
Year: 2024
Month: 02
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2022.2117894
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Author-Name: Joseph Amazuwa Chirwa
Author-X-Name-First: Joseph Amazuwa
Author-X-Name-Last: Chirwa
Title: New development: Government accounting reforms in southern Africa—lessons from Malawi
Abstract:
This article examines the impact of integrated financial management information systems (IFMIS) implementation and business process re-engineering (BPR) in developing economies. Implementing an IFMIS will streamline manual tasks, automate processes and facilitate decision-making in government financial management with the assistance of BPR. This article will be helpful to practitioners and policy-makers in managing potential obstacles during the implementation and adoption of IFMIS and BPR in least developed countries (LDCs).
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 174-177
Issue: 2
Volume: 44
Year: 2024
Month: 02
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2023.2255389
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Author-Name: Joanna Lockhart
Author-X-Name-First: Joanna
Author-X-Name-Last: Lockhart
Author-Name: Stephen B. Perrott
Author-X-Name-First: Stephen B.
Author-X-Name-Last: Perrott
Title: Personality, social support, stress, and coping in a sample of Canadian paramedics
Abstract:
The authors’ finding that Canadian paramedics reported high levels of stress concurrent with evidence of predisposed resilience, suggests that emergency workers who, though predisposed towards stability, can find themselves doing too much with too little. Deficits in social support, and the perception that supervisors and employer-sponsored mental health services cannot be relied on, adds to the view of a stressful and alienating workplace. As findings suggest that there is little to be done at selection to identify more robust candidates, the focus should be on ameliorating negative workplace demands and especially on the identification of those factors feeding perceptions of not being supported.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 124-132
Issue: 2
Volume: 44
Year: 2024
Month: 02
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2022.2110182
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Author-Name: Ron Hodges
Author-X-Name-First: Ron
Author-X-Name-Last: Hodges
Title: Debate: Extending the literature on accounting information manipulation
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 152-153
Issue: 2
Volume: 44
Year: 2024
Month: 02
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2023.2267302
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Author-Name: Yvonne Brunetto
Author-X-Name-First: Yvonne
Author-X-Name-Last: Brunetto
Author-Name: Matthew Xerri
Author-X-Name-First: Matthew
Author-X-Name-Last: Xerri
Author-Name: Benjamin Farr-Wharton
Author-X-Name-First: Benjamin
Author-X-Name-Last: Farr-Wharton
Title: The link between organizational support, wellbeing and engagement for emergency service employees: a comparative analysis
Abstract:
Emergency service workers perceived similarly low levels of organizational support compared with professionals and administrative employees. However, both emergency workers and healthcare professionals undertake high levels of emotional labour and therefore are susceptible to high levels of stress and, consequently, require organizational support. Low organizational support contributes to low wellbeing and engagement. If austerity-driven management is the cause of low organizational support, then new management models are required to ensure psychologically safe workplaces. Otherwise, the burden caused by poor management is placed on the community because taxpayers pay for emergency service workers’ stress-related workers’ compensation claims.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 100-107
Issue: 2
Volume: 44
Year: 2024
Month: 02
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2021.1987733
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Author-Name: Reza Hesarzadeh
Author-X-Name-First: Reza
Author-X-Name-Last: Hesarzadeh
Author-Name: Parisa Saadat Behbahaninia
Author-X-Name-First: Parisa Saadat
Author-X-Name-Last: Behbahaninia
Title: The impact of International Public Sector Accounting Standards on economic policy uncertainty
Abstract:
This article examines whether and how the implementation of International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS) affects economic policy uncertainty. The authors explore how political stability, regulatory quality, government effectiveness, and a country’s level of development moderate the relationship between IPSAS and economic policy uncertainty. Using a sample of 22 countries for the period 2014–2020, findings reveal that the implementation of IPSAS reduces economic policy uncertainty. Importantly, the authors show that the economic impacts of IPSAS are greater in countries that do not have robust mechanisms to support transparency and accountability.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 187-195
Issue: 3
Volume: 44
Year: 2024
Month: 04
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2022.2154066
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Author-Name: Denise Boito Pereira da Silva
Author-X-Name-First: Denise
Author-X-Name-Last: Boito Pereira da Silva
Author-Name: João Luiz Passador
Author-X-Name-First: João
Author-X-Name-Last: Luiz Passador
Title: Characterization and analysis of the supply network of the Brazilian national school feeding programme
Abstract:
The Brazilian national school feeding programme (PNAE) is a tested model providing food security. The federal government designed it, but municipal and state governments deliver it. This article provides information on PNAE suppliers. It shows that it is possible to promote food security together with the local economy. However, a concern is that local managers sometimes find it easier to procure from just one or a few large, specialized companies. The authors explain how this problem can be dealt with.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 252-258
Issue: 3
Volume: 44
Year: 2024
Month: 04
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2023.2174290
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Author-Name: Stefanie Gesierich
Author-X-Name-First: Stefanie
Author-X-Name-Last: Gesierich
Title: Approaches to co-creating successful public service innovations with citizens: A comparison of different governance traditions
Abstract:
This article provides empirically-based insights about the effect of co-creation and citizen involvement on the outcomes of public service innovation in different countries, which can be translated into recipes for successful co-creation. The key finding is that differences in approaches to citizen involvement in successful public service innovation depend on the context of administrative tradition and culture of governance. Therefore, policy-makers and public innovation practitioners need to be aware of the administrative tradition and culture of governance in their country so that recipes for citizen involvement in public service innovation projects can be successfully applied.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 234-243
Issue: 3
Volume: 44
Year: 2024
Month: 04
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2023.2174448
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Author-Name: Cerian Griffiths
Author-X-Name-First: Cerian
Author-X-Name-Last: Griffiths
Author-Name: Alan Doig
Author-X-Name-First: Alan
Author-X-Name-Last: Doig
Author-Name: Jackie Harvey
Author-X-Name-First: Jackie
Author-X-Name-Last: Harvey
Author-Name: Katie Benson
Author-X-Name-First: Katie
Author-X-Name-Last: Benson
Author-Name: Nicholas Lord
Author-X-Name-First: Nicholas
Author-X-Name-Last: Lord
Title: New development: From blanket coverage to patchwork quilt—rethinking organizational responses to fraud in the National Health Service in England
Abstract:
This article will be of value to those working across the National Health Service (NHS) and particularly to those engaged in counter fraud activities across the public sector. As well as having national value, this article will be of international relevance as it speaks to the responsible guardianship of public funds. This article evidences the ways in which counter fraud services across the NHS in England are disjointed and some of the causes for such disjointedness. Official reports estimate that at least £1.2 billion, approximately 1% of the NHS budget, is annually lost to fraud. At a time when the NHS is facing unprecedented demand on its resources due to austerity policies, Brexit and the global pandemic, and with no clear indication of significant additional investment, any loss of NHS funds could have significant impact on patient care and so a better understanding of counter fraud responses in the NHS is potentially pivotal to future responsible handling of public money.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 271-275
Issue: 3
Volume: 44
Year: 2024
Month: 04
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2023.2270175
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Author-Name: Javier Andrades
Author-X-Name-First: Javier
Author-X-Name-Last: Andrades
Author-Name: Domingo Martinez-Martinez
Author-X-Name-First: Domingo
Author-X-Name-Last: Martinez-Martinez
Author-Name: Jesús Herrera
Author-X-Name-First: Jesús
Author-X-Name-Last: Herrera
Author-Name: Manuel Larran
Author-X-Name-First: Manuel
Author-X-Name-Last: Larran
Title: Is water management really transparent? A comparative analysis of ESG reporting of Andalusian publicly-owned enterprises
Abstract:
This article reveals a low commitment of Andalusian publicly-owned enterprises with environmental, social and governance (ESG) reporting. The results will be useful for practitioners in public water utilities and other GOEs to improve their level of disclosures. The authors stress that managers need to be trained with the skills necessary to provide a better level of ESG disclosure. In addition, managers, along with regulators and policy-makers, need to work together to introduce realistic forcing mechanisms in current and future regulations to enhance their compliance with mandatory ESG reporting requirements.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 208-215
Issue: 3
Volume: 44
Year: 2024
Month: 04
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2023.2171844
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Author-Name: Justin Waring
Author-X-Name-First: Justin
Author-X-Name-Last: Waring
Title: New development: Clinicians in management—past, present, future?
Abstract:
This article will be of value to health policy-makers, care regulators, service leaders and professional bodies who are collectively grappling with how best to ensure that governance structures and procedures are more effective in detecting and responding to the signs of variable care quality. Specifically, it supports and extends a growing body of evidence showing that greater involvement of healthcare professionals in senior management is positively associated with increased care quality and safety. It looks at the recent research supporting these ideas and outlines new directions for future research and practices development.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 267-270
Issue: 3
Volume: 44
Year: 2024
Month: 04
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2023.2263242
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Author-Name: HyungGun Park
Author-X-Name-First: HyungGun
Author-X-Name-Last: Park
Author-Name: Sungil Yoon
Author-X-Name-First: Sungil
Author-X-Name-Last: Yoon
Author-Name: B. Shine Cho
Author-X-Name-First: B.
Author-X-Name-Last: Shine Cho
Title: Who will benefit from extended budget participation? An empirical analysis of South Korean participatory budgeting practices
Abstract:
Local governments around the world have implemented various budget participation mechanisms to overcome the drawbacks of representative-directed budget allocation by allowing the public to participate directly in the budget process. How far these budget participation mechanisms influence budget allocation decisions and produce the desired financial outcomes is still under debate. This article explains South Korean local government budget participation practices and reveals that adopting public budget participation mechanisms with greater citizen empowerment and inclusiveness increases expenditures that benefit the majority at the expense of special interest groups. The authors’ findings will be helpful for local government managers and policy-makers who are considering adopting budget participation mechanisms.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 216-224
Issue: 3
Volume: 44
Year: 2024
Month: 04
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2022.2147680
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Author-Name: Andreas Bergmann
Author-X-Name-First: Andreas
Author-X-Name-Last: Bergmann
Title: Editorial: Managing expectations reduces disappointment
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 179-179
Issue: 3
Volume: 44
Year: 2024
Month: 04
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2024.2319434
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Author-Name: Ben Worthy
Author-X-Name-First: Ben
Author-X-Name-Last: Worthy
Title: Debate: Can audit reduce information asymmetry? The case of English local government
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 180-181
Issue: 3
Volume: 44
Year: 2024
Month: 04
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2023.2275949
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Author-Name: Thomas W. Jackson
Author-X-Name-First: Thomas W.
Author-X-Name-Last: Jackson
Author-Name: Ian R. Hodgkinson
Author-X-Name-First: Ian R.
Author-X-Name-Last: Hodgkinson
Title: Debate: The data threat to 2050 net zero—public administrations’ responsibility for the ‘data-scape’
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 182-184
Issue: 3
Volume: 44
Year: 2024
Month: 04
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2023.2279812
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Author-Name: Yuliya Rodionova
Author-X-Name-First: Yuliya
Author-X-Name-Last: Rodionova
Author-Name: Juraj Nemec
Author-X-Name-First: Juraj
Author-X-Name-Last: Nemec
Author-Name: Andrey Tkachenko
Author-X-Name-First: Andrey
Author-X-Name-Last: Tkachenko
Author-Name: Andrei Yakovlev
Author-X-Name-First: Andrei
Author-X-Name-Last: Yakovlev
Title: Informal practices and efficiency in public procurement
Abstract:
In environments with incentives for opportunism, effective tools to limit corruption in public procurement are necessary. The authors show that monitoring and law enforcement tools are more important than the strict regulation. A simple transfer of regulation from developed countries to transitional economies does not deliver the desired procurement performance without proper enforcement. Regulators need to consider the scale of opportunism among procurement participants—if it is high, it is necessary to focus on monitoring and law enforcement capabilities.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 225-233
Issue: 3
Volume: 44
Year: 2024
Month: 04
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2022.2159169
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Author-Name: Jurgen Willems
Author-X-Name-First: Jurgen
Author-X-Name-Last: Willems
Author-Name: Kenn Meyfroodt
Author-X-Name-First: Kenn
Author-X-Name-Last: Meyfroodt
Title: Debate: Reporting pre-election polls: it is less about average Jane and Joe, and more about polarized Karen and Kevin
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 185-186
Issue: 3
Volume: 44
Year: 2024
Month: 04
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2024.2306912
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Author-Name: Ana Conceição
Author-X-Name-First: Ana
Author-X-Name-Last: Conceição
Author-Name: Célia Picoito
Author-X-Name-First: Célia
Author-X-Name-Last: Picoito
Author-Name: Maria Major
Author-X-Name-First: Maria
Author-X-Name-Last: Major
Title: Implementing an hospital accreditation programme in a context of NPM reforms: Pressures and conflicting logics
Abstract:
This article shows how the politics associated with the New Public Management movement impacts organizations and how these pressures can be internalized by organizations and employees and professionals’ resistance to management initiatives overcome. Accreditation programmes can bridge two very different logics (professional and business) that often conflict with each other. The key is not to interfere with the professional identity and autonomy of the main actors.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 244-251
Issue: 3
Volume: 44
Year: 2024
Month: 04
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2022.2133202
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Author-Name: Hanyu Xiao
Author-X-Name-First: Hanyu
Author-X-Name-Last: Xiao
Author-Name: Xiaohu Wang
Author-X-Name-First: Xiaohu
Author-X-Name-Last: Wang
Title: Fiscal transparency practice, challenges, and possible solutions: lessons from Covid 19
Abstract:
The extraordinarily fast-paced growth in government spending during Covid 19 highlights the need for effective measures to ensure fiscal transparency during emergencies. Governments must improve emergency fiscal transparency by disclosing more detailed information on the types and conditions of funding sources, extra- and off-budget revenue sources, and recipients and impacts of spending. Institutional procedures should be established to safeguard fiscal transparency during emergencies, and to increase the effective involvement of legislatures, auditing agencies, and citizens in the management of fiscal rescue packages.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 196-207
Issue: 3
Volume: 44
Year: 2024
Month: 04
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2023.2175232
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Author-Name: Young-Bin Seo
Author-X-Name-First: Young-Bin
Author-X-Name-Last: Seo
Author-Name: Yoon-Shik Lee
Author-X-Name-First: Yoon-Shik
Author-X-Name-Last: Lee
Title: Improving performance management in local government: Lessons from South Korea
Abstract:
The authors compared performance management in different local governments in South Korea looking for the best systems. Two separate, consecutive processes (adoption and implementation) were examined. This article will help policy-makers and managers develop efficient and effective performance management policies, not only in local government but also in central government. This study was conducted with all basic local governments in South Korea, making the results highly reliable.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 259-266
Issue: 3
Volume: 44
Year: 2024
Month: 04
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2022.2132666
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Author-Name: Paul Spicker
Author-X-Name-First: Paul
Author-X-Name-Last: Spicker
Title: The effect of treating public services as commodities
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The case for competition and marketization of public services, though widely accepted in government, has been made through the application of formal economic reasoning rather than practical experience. Efficient market production relies on a process of defining services in terms which allow for competition, choice and the substitutability of tradable products. The evidence for this theoretical position is mixed at best. This article provides policy-makers, those commissioning services and practitioners with support in arguing for public services to be judged by different criteria.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 281-288
Issue: 4
Volume: 44
Year: 2024
Month: 05
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2023.2240641
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Author-Name: Bruce Stafford
Author-X-Name-First: Bruce
Author-X-Name-Last: Stafford
Author-Name: Simon Roberts
Author-X-Name-First: Simon
Author-X-Name-Last: Roberts
Author-Name: Pauline Jas
Author-X-Name-First: Pauline
Author-X-Name-Last: Jas
Title: Evaluating commodification and commodifying evaluation
Abstract:
This article highlights the importance of those conducting evaluations, whether policy-makers or evaluators, being explicit about the purpose and use of an evaluation. Evaluation designs will affect the nature of the findings and these, in turn, can feed back into the policy process. The inherent political nature of evaluations highlights the need for the full publication of evaluation results. The public, policy-makers and other stakeholders can then have some degree of confidence in the legitimacy of the findings.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 326-334
Issue: 4
Volume: 44
Year: 2024
Month: 05
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2023.2240640
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Author-Name: Mary Corcoran
Author-X-Name-First: Mary
Author-X-Name-Last: Corcoran
Author-Name: Kevin Albertson
Author-X-Name-First: Kevin
Author-X-Name-Last: Albertson
Title: The market doesn’t care
Abstract:
This article theorizes some consequences of skewing relational (care) labour into more transactional forms of marketized public service areas; with particular reference to contracted criminal justice services in England and Wales. The authors attribute this to an interplay of the incentives of the corporate sector and those of governments which form a collective ‘artificial intelligence’ promoting marketization. This creates unintended consequences. Whereas corporate incentive structures minimize transaction costs and optimize profit, recent UK governments have incentivized economic productivity over socially beneficial indicators in public services. The article finds that narrowly transactional calculations of value in the commissioning of care services may produce short-term fiscal incentives for commissioners (usually the state) and corporate suppliers and ‘care resellers’, but generate longer-term supply-side problems. The article concludes by signposting how more pluralistic forms of collaboration among government, commerce and third sectors can be differently—and more socially—conceived. There are lessons to be learned in the article for all capitalist economies.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 289-297
Issue: 4
Volume: 44
Year: 2024
Month: 05
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2023.2244851
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Author-Name: Ruby C. M. Chau
Author-X-Name-First: Ruby C. M.
Author-X-Name-Last: Chau
Author-Name: Sam W. K. Yu
Author-X-Name-First: Sam W. K.
Author-X-Name-Last: Yu
Title: Using a time conditions framework to explore the impact of government policies on the commodification of public goods and women’s defamilization risks
Abstract:
This article offers insight into how the commodification of public goods could affect women’s lives directly and indirectly through its impact on the family. It draws on the experience in Hong Kong of raising policy-makers’ and public sector administrators’ awareness of the importance of women's and families’ perspectives in policy practice at both the international and national level. The analysis is based on the Hong Kong government’s interventions during the Covid 19 pandemic. Its shows how the commodification of public goods can affect women and families and create more challenges for them during a global crisis. The article speaks to policy-makers and practitioners involved in policy design and implementation.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 317-325
Issue: 4
Volume: 44
Year: 2024
Month: 05
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2023.2246756
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Author-Name: Rod Sheaff
Author-X-Name-First: Rod
Author-X-Name-Last: Sheaff
Author-Name: Angela Ellis-Paine
Author-X-Name-First: Angela
Author-X-Name-Last: Ellis-Paine
Author-Name: Mark Exworthy
Author-X-Name-First: Mark
Author-X-Name-Last: Exworthy
Author-Name: Rebecca Hardwick
Author-X-Name-First: Rebecca
Author-X-Name-Last: Hardwick
Author-Name: Chris Q. Smith
Author-X-Name-First: Chris Q.
Author-X-Name-Last: Smith
Title: Commodification and healthcare in the third sector in England: from gift to commodity—and back?
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This article suggests why a different approach may be required for commissioning services from third sector providers than from, say, corporate or public providers. English systems for commissioning third sector providers contain both commodified elements (for example formal procurement, provider competition, commissioner–provider separation) and collaborative, relational elements (for example long-term collaboration, reliance on inter-organizational networks). When the two elements conflicted, commissioners and third sector organizations tended to try to work around the commodified elements in order to preserve and develop the collaborative aspects, which suggests that, in practice, they find de-commodified, collaborative methods better adapted to the commissioning of third sector organizations.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 298-307
Issue: 4
Volume: 44
Year: 2024
Month: 05
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2023.2244350
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Author-Name: Andrew Gray
Author-X-Name-First: Andrew
Author-X-Name-Last: Gray
Author-Name: Simon Roberts
Author-X-Name-First: Simon
Author-X-Name-Last: Roberts
Author-Name: Bruce Stafford
Author-X-Name-First: Bruce
Author-X-Name-Last: Stafford
Author-Name: Jane Broadbent
Author-X-Name-First: Jane
Author-X-Name-Last: Broadbent
Title: Editorial: The commodification of the public good—who wins and who loses?
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 277-280
Issue: 4
Volume: 44
Year: 2024
Month: 05
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2023.2247889
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Author-Name: Mark Exworthy
Author-X-Name-First: Mark
Author-X-Name-Last: Exworthy
Author-Name: Neil Lunt
Author-X-Name-First: Neil
Author-X-Name-Last: Lunt
Author-Name: Penelope Tuck
Author-X-Name-First: Penelope
Author-X-Name-Last: Tuck
Author-Name: Rakesh Mistry
Author-X-Name-First: Rakesh
Author-X-Name-Last: Mistry
Title: From commodification to entrepreneurialism: how commercial income is transforming the English NHS
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The authors explore the way in which National Health Service (NHS) organizations in England are becoming more entrepreneurial through seeking more commercial income. As a form of commodification, commercialization has become more salient because of tightened public spending and the relaxation of regulations governing the scale of commercial income that the NHS could earn (since 2012). In turn, a stronger entrepreneurial ethos and practice has developed. The purpose and impact of commercialization is examined using secondary data from six NHS organizations (narrating developments post-2012), demonstrating the extent of and their justifications for commercialization. Recent and planned changes are explained. These income-generation activities, which are often set up to support or maintain existing NHS services, may unwittingly accelerate further commercialization—particularly in post-pandemic recovery. The authors conclude that the NHS risks becoming predicated upon commercial logics, thereby undermining public service logics.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 308-316
Issue: 4
Volume: 44
Year: 2024
Month: 05
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2023.2243775
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Author-Name: Richard Machin
Author-X-Name-First: Richard
Author-X-Name-Last: Machin
Author-Name: Allan Reynolds
Author-X-Name-First: Allan
Author-X-Name-Last: Reynolds
Title: New development: The commodification of social security medical assessments—academic analysis and practitioner experience
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This article examines an important area of public sector commodification: the medical assessments that determine eligibility for social security benefits. The commodification of this adjudication process has a significant impact on vulnerable welfare benefit claimants. The article has a particular focus on issues commonly experienced by claimants with mental health problems. Drawing on experience of working in the social welfare sector, the authors present professional reflections on the impact of commodification. Best practice guidelines for supporting claimants with social security medical assessments are presented; these make a new contribution by highlighting the approach needed by professionals to effectively navigate the privatized benefit assessment process.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 335-338
Issue: 4
Volume: 44
Year: 2024
Month: 05
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2023.2244785
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Author-Name: Erik Hans Klijn
Author-X-Name-First: Erik Hans
Author-X-Name-Last: Klijn
Author-Name: Samantha Metselaar
Author-X-Name-First: Samantha
Author-X-Name-Last: Metselaar
Author-Name: Rianne Warsen
Author-X-Name-First: Rianne
Author-X-Name-Last: Warsen
Title: The effect of contract- and network management on performance and innovation in infrastructure projects
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How should complex infrastructure projects be managed? A survey of practitioners in public–private partnership (PPP) projects and 35 interviews with these practitioners provided a detailed picture of the management of these projects. The survey research revealed that strict contract management (monitoring performance criteria and sticking to the contract) did not show a significant relationship to either the performance of, or innovation in, these projects. Network management (for example connecting involved parties and exploring new solutions), however, was significant—especially in terms of performance. In the interviews, practitioners highlighted that the complexity of these projects meant that a collaborative relationship between the public and private parties was essential to overcome unforeseen problems. It is therefore advisable to make process agreements at the start of contracts that provide for unexpected issues. The authors conclude that the contract is certainly important but will not generate good performance without active network management and making process rules about how parties can collaborate.ABSTRACTBased on economic and governance theories, this article uses survey and interview data to examine the relationship between contract management and network management on the one hand and collaboration, innovation and performance on the other. A positive relationship was found between network management and collaboration and performance. Contract management demonstrated no significant relationship with either collaboration or performance. Additionally, while there was a positive association between network management and innovation, it was not statistically significant. Qualitative data emphasized the complexity of projects and limitations of contracts as a possible explanation.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 428-437
Issue: 5
Volume: 44
Year: 2024
Month: 07
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2023.2204533
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Author-Name: Rui Salato
Author-X-Name-First: Rui
Author-X-Name-Last: Salato
Author-Name: Patrícia Gomes
Author-X-Name-First: Patrícia
Author-X-Name-Last: Gomes
Author-Name: Carlos Ferreira
Author-X-Name-First: Carlos
Author-X-Name-Last: Ferreira
Title: Accrual accounting in the public sector of emerging economies: Bibliometric analysis and future research
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This article provides new insights to help policy-makers, professional associations and standard setters in developing countries design and implement accrual accounting-based systems applied to the public sector. The detailed discussion of prior research on the main advantages of the accrual basis of accounting, and generally accepted international standards when adapted to the public sector, and the barriers and difficulties experienced by other jurisdictions in similar contexts provides important lessons for reforming public sector accounting systems in developing countriesABSTRACTThis article presents a bibliometric analysis of the adoption and implementation of accrual accounting in the public sector (AAPS) in the context of emerging economies and identifies gaps where more research is needed. The main findings evidence a significant interest in this topic in the past five years and the authors expect this to grow in the future. The questionnaire method was the most common data collection method, followed by combinations of mixed methods. An interesting finding was a preference for quantitative methods when studying professionals. More qualitative methods were used for politicians and members of international organizations. The NPM agenda and institutional theory dominated the theoretical background. Coercive pressures from investors and auditors, together with the normative pressures from employee training, were found to significantly impact the effective implementation of AAPS in emerging economies.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 376-388
Issue: 5
Volume: 44
Year: 2024
Month: 07
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2023.2200968
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Author-Name: Samuel Leite Castelo
Author-X-Name-First: Samuel Leite
Author-X-Name-Last: Castelo
Author-Name: Carlos F. Gomes
Author-X-Name-First: Carlos F.
Author-X-Name-Last: Gomes
Title: The role of performance measurement and management systems in changing public organizations: An exploratory study
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The most recent administrative reforms aim not only to open up public organizations to citizens but also to encourage other organizations to take similar initiatives, namely in collaboration, transparency and the availability of information. So they need performance measurement and management systems (PMMS) that allow them to be closer to their stakeholders and dynamically promote effective organizational change. This article shows that a PMMS can be a mediation instrument in the effective implementation of administrative reforms. It will help managers and employees of public organizations understand how to improve performance measurement processes and mitigate dysfunctional behaviours that cause unintended effects on organizational performance.ABSTRACTIn recent decades, governments worldwide have used administrative reforms to change public organizations. The initial concerns were to increase their efficiency but, more recently, it has been their openness to society. Performance measurement and management systems (PMMS) have been used on this changing path to support public managers’ decision-making, although not always successfully. This study contributes to the current debate on using PMMS to align public organizations with the needs of citizens and remaining stakeholders.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 399-406
Issue: 5
Volume: 44
Year: 2024
Month: 07
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2023.2204400
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Author-Name: Richard M. Baylis
Author-X-Name-First: Richard M.
Author-X-Name-Last: Baylis
Author-Name: Dennis De Widt
Author-X-Name-First: Dennis De
Author-X-Name-Last: Widt
Author-Name: Lukas J. Helikum
Author-X-Name-First: Lukas J.
Author-X-Name-Last: Helikum
Author-Name: Rachel Ashworth
Author-X-Name-First: Rachel
Author-X-Name-Last: Ashworth
Title: Debate: The lack of public sector accounting education within universities and what is next
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 347-348
Issue: 5
Volume: 44
Year: 2024
Month: 07
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2024.2333613
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Author-Name: Noel Hepworth
Author-X-Name-First: Noel
Author-X-Name-Last: Hepworth
Title: Debate: Technical developments and quality management
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 343-344
Issue: 5
Volume: 44
Year: 2024
Month: 07
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2024.2317620
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Author-Name: James W. Douglas
Author-X-Name-First: James W.
Author-X-Name-Last: Douglas
Author-Name: Ringa Raudla
Author-X-Name-First: Ringa
Author-X-Name-Last: Raudla
Title: Debate: The intricacies of cutback management during the Covid 19 pandemic
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 345-346
Issue: 5
Volume: 44
Year: 2024
Month: 07
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2024.2328453
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Author-Name: Fábio Albuquerque
Author-X-Name-First: Fábio
Author-X-Name-Last: Albuquerque
Author-Name: Paula Gomes dos Santos
Author-X-Name-First: Paula Gomes dos
Author-X-Name-Last: Santos
Author-Name: Eugênia Paiva da Penha
Author-X-Name-First: Eugênia Paiva
Author-X-Name-Last: da Penha
Author-Name: Daniel Silva
Author-X-Name-First: Daniel
Author-X-Name-Last: Silva
Title: Assessing the stakeholders’ responses in public discussions of IPSASB standards from a cultural perspective
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This article assesses the factors that may explain stakeholders’ responses in public due processes carried out by the IPSASB. Seven ongoing projects were assessed, comprising 328 comment letters sent to IPSASB from 47 countries. The authors present a new approach which takes into account cultural values in public sector accounting and financial reporting.This article shows that factors that can explain stakeholders’ responses in public discussions of the International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board’s (IPSASB) standards may differ according to underlying cultural values. Respondents’ affiliation, countries’ level of development and their accounting framework can explain underlying cultural values. The article will help standard setters, governments and regulatory bodies to understand the differences in stakeholders’ positions according to the cultural nature of issues proposed for public discussion.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 389-398
Issue: 5
Volume: 44
Year: 2024
Month: 07
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2023.2203328
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Author-Name: Erica Eneqvist
Author-X-Name-First: Erica
Author-X-Name-Last: Eneqvist
Title: When innovation comes to town—the institutional logics driving change in municipalities
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Innovation has become a buzzword of the contemporary public sector, yet the practical uses of innovation are diverse and sometimes conflicting. This article highlights four different innovation approaches and describes their use with examples from the municipal organization in Stockholm. These innovation approaches have different end goals, perspectives and logics that drive them. With a better understanding of the broad concept of innovation that is relevant within a city organization, municipal officials can make conscious decisions about their innovation practices.ABSTRACTInnovation is an increasingly influential agenda for municipalities to apply to multiple activities and objectives. This article presents an institutional logics framework to clarify the ways that municipalities use innovation to achieve their long-term ambitions. The framework consists of four approaches that co-exist within a single municipality: the business-enabling approach supports local economic growth, the organizational change approach focuses on improving internal processes and services, the attractiveness approach promotes the territory for investment, and the transformative approach engages with broader societal challenges. The framework clarifies how innovation is interpreted and practised by municipalities and reveals opportunities to enhance these activities.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 349-357
Issue: 5
Volume: 44
Year: 2024
Month: 07
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2023.2195263
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Author-Name: Caroline Krüger
Author-X-Name-First: Caroline
Author-X-Name-Last: Krüger
Author-Name: Marlon Fernandes Rodrigues Alves
Author-X-Name-First: Marlon
Author-X-Name-Last: Fernandes Rodrigues Alves
Author-Name: Clarisse Mendes Pinto Gomes Ferreira
Author-X-Name-First: Clarisse
Author-X-Name-Last: Mendes Pinto Gomes Ferreira
Author-Name: Luiz Guilherme Dácar da Silva Scorzafave
Author-X-Name-First: Luiz
Author-X-Name-Last: Guilherme Dácar da Silva Scorzafave
Author-Name: Cláudia Souza Passador
Author-X-Name-First: Cláudia
Author-X-Name-Last: Souza Passador
Author-Name: Adriana Cristina Ferreira Caldana
Author-X-Name-First: Adriana
Author-X-Name-Last: Cristina Ferreira Caldana
Title: Impact evaluation of the Brazilian Integrated Border Health System
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This article presents a methodological framework that can be used to evaluate interventions in border regions. The case study was SIS-Fronteiras: a Brazilian project to support municipalities providing healthcare for economic migrants from neighbouring countries. This article uncovers important opportunities and challenges during the implementation of this project. The project failed partly because of inadequate management of resources. Future policies in regions with significant trans-border flows (for example between the USA and Mexico in North America; and across some European and Asian borders) should incorporate mechanisms of cross-border governance, co-operation and co-financing to increase the chances of success.ABSTRACTThis study evaluates Brazil’s Integrated Border Health System (SIS-Fronteiras). First, propensity score matching and difference in differences techniques were applied to analyse the health indicators of the 588 municipalities in the border strip of Brazil. Second, the authors conducted and analysed 23 interviews and 12 focus groups. The results suggest that the inadequacy of the governance model explains the failure to improve healthcare conditions in these areas. This article contributes to deepening our understanding of public policies and, in particular, public health interventions in border regions.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 407-417
Issue: 5
Volume: 44
Year: 2024
Month: 07
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2023.2199365
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Author-Name: Karen Johnston
Author-X-Name-First: Karen
Author-X-Name-Last: Johnston
Title: Editorial: Remembering Alexei Navalny and struggles for good governance
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 339-340
Issue: 5
Volume: 44
Year: 2024
Month: 07
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2024.2340910
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Author-Name: Irwan Taufiq Ritonga
Author-X-Name-First: Irwan Taufiq
Author-X-Name-Last: Ritonga
Title: Eliminating the effects of external environmental factors to improve the analysis of local government financial condition: a study in Indonesia
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This article proposes an approach to the assessment of the financial condition of local governments by eliminating uncontrollable external environmental factors using cluster analysis. The author found seven clusters of provincial government, 13 clusters of regency government, and seven clusters of city government in Indonesia. The article provides evidence that clustering local government increases the effectiveness of analysis of financial conditions. The academic contribution of this article is generating cluster variables that are more comprehensive and relevant than those presented in previous studies. In addition, findings of this study can be used by authorities to develop local government financial management policies that are fairer.In a heterogeneous external environment, it is irrelevant and unfair if the central government applies a single financial management policy to all local governments. This article provides a solution in the form of a method to eliminate heterogeneous external environmental effects. The conceptual framework developed in this study can be adopted by countries with a high degree of local government heterogeneity to develop regional financial management policies, such as analysing financial conditions or financial management performance, which are more relevant, fair and accurate.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 358-365
Issue: 5
Volume: 44
Year: 2024
Month: 07
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2023.2202521
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Author-Name: Hedva Vinarski-Peretz
Author-X-Name-First: Hedva
Author-X-Name-Last: Vinarski-Peretz
Author-Name: Aviv Kidron
Author-X-Name-First: Aviv
Author-X-Name-Last: Kidron
Title: Antecedents of public managers’ collective implementation efficacy as they actualize new public services
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This article focuses on those organizational and individual factors that increase public managers’ belief in their proactive ability to pursue collective implementation of digital public services. Using social cognitive theory, the authors show that managers’ innovation-implementation efficacy is shaped within the context of the current massive digital transformation of public services. The study uncovers two organizational enablers (organizational climate for innovation and leader expectations for creativity), together with two individual enablers (creative self-efficacy and proactive behaviour). The findings suggest that creative self-efficacy partly mediates between an organizational climate for innovation and collective implementation efficacy. Additionally, leaders’ expectations for creativity and proactivity were found to be partly mediated between innovative climate and collective implementation efficacy.Following the global massive digital government framework, this article (based on the Digital Israel case) provides relevant lessons and directions for managerial practice. Following the notion that collective human perceptions at work have an impact on successful implementation of technology and digitalization, the authors highlight the mechanisms, at the micro-managerial level, that support public managers’ collective capability to implement innovative digital services efficiently. The research model can be used to design HRM strategies to promote managers’ proactive behaviour—a key determinant of managers’ collective implementation efficacy during the digital innovation processes. Practically, a manager’s proactive behaviour, shaped through a climate of innovation and creative self-efficacy, can promote collective confidence in implementing digital services and innovations.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 418-427
Issue: 5
Volume: 44
Year: 2024
Month: 07
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2023.2203869
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Author-Name: Katrina Radford
Author-X-Name-First: Katrina
Author-X-Name-Last: Radford
Author-Name: Ellie Meissner
Author-X-Name-First: Ellie
Author-X-Name-Last: Meissner
Title: Debate: Tackling the aged care workforce
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 341-342
Issue: 5
Volume: 44
Year: 2024
Month: 07
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2024.2338998
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Author-Name: Pierre Donatella
Author-X-Name-First: Pierre
Author-X-Name-Last: Donatella
Author-Name: Emmeli Runesson
Author-X-Name-First: Emmeli
Author-X-Name-Last: Runesson
Author-Name: Torbjörn Tagesson
Author-X-Name-First: Torbjörn
Author-X-Name-Last: Tagesson
Title: To manage or reserve accruals? Evidence from a balanced-budget requirement reform
Abstract:
Discretion in the financial reporting process can help reveal private information to external parties; it can also be used to avoid disclosing information that makes agents vulnerable to criticism—especially under strong political incentives to avoid transparency. This must be taken into account by higher levels of governments when designing and implementing balanced-budget requirements tied to financial reporting figures produced on an accrual basis, as well as by other stakeholders using accrual-based information for monitoring purposes.ABSTRACTIn 2013, an accounting reform permitted Swedish municipalities to voluntarily adopt a system with accrual reserves that was designed to increase flexibility in meeting budget requirements and decrease regulatory incentives to engage in earnings management. However, since a system with accrual reserves imposes potentially undesirable transparency from the perspective of politicians, it is unclear whether the (regulatory) benefits of adopting accrual reserves are perceived to exceed the (political) costs. The authors found that municipalities with higher levels of earnings management were less likely to adopt a system of accrual reserves, and they attribute this to political incentives to avoid transparency.
Journal: Public Money & Management
Pages: 366-375
Issue: 5
Volume: 44
Year: 2024
Month: 07
X-DOI: 10.1080/09540962.2023.2174447
File-URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10.1080/09540962.2023.2174447
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Handle: RePEc:taf:pubmmg:v:44:y:2024:i:5:p:366-375