Managing Public Organizations

Kjell A Eliassen is Professor and Director of European and Asian Studies (CEAS) at the Norwegian School of Management. CONTRIBUTORS Esther Barbe Universitat Autonoma Barcelona Yves Boyer CREST Paris Michael Clark King's College University of London Catriona Gourlay Universite Libre Bruxelles Esben Oust Heiberg Norwegian School of Management Eric Remacle Universite Libre Bruxelles Marit Sjovaag Norwegian School of Management Reimund Seidelmann Universitat Giessen and Universite Libre Bruxelles Arnhild Spence NATO and EC Bruxelles David Spence NATO and EC Bruxelles G Pinar Tank Norwegian School of Management Pierre de Vestel Universite Libre Bruxelles

Preface Introduction - Kjell A Eliassen and Jan Kooiman PART ONE: WHAT IS PUBLIC MANAGEMENT? Public Management in Transition - A J G M Bekke Perspectives on Public Management - Lewis Gunn Public and Private Leadership - Jan-Erik Lane Evolving Public Management Cultures - Les Metcalfe and Sue Richards PART TWO: THE PUBLIC MANAGER Bureaucrats or Contingent Actors? - Torodd Strand The Public Manager as Decision-maker - Marc Buelens and Bon van Hooland Public Managers in the Middle - Gerard Gerding and Reinoud F Sevenhuijsen Public Managers and Politics - Hans-Ulrich Derlien PART THREE: MANAGING PUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS Designing Public Organizations - Morten Egeberg Personnel and Public Management - Hans Weggemans Information and Public Management - Heinrich Reinermann Financial Management in the Public Sector - Torben Beck Jorgensen PART FOUR: THE FUTURE OF PUBLIC MANAGEMENT The Tools of Public Management - Carl B[um]ohret Privatization - Ole P Kristensen Opportunities for Public Management - Kjell A Eliassen and Jan Kooiman