How are things done better and cheaper in the public sector?
Management and development in the public sector are on the agenda when some of the world's leading researchers meet at Copenhagen Business School (CBS)
Has the target-oriented and performance-related management gone too far, and are there too much bureaucracy and control in the public sector?
These are essential questions in the debate of New Public Management. At the annual conference for the International Research Society for Public Management (IRSPM), some of the world’s leading researchers will discuss alternatives to New Public Management.
’New Public Governance’ as successor
At the conference, the concept of ’New Public Governance’ will be presented as the successor. Stephen Osborne from the University of Edinburgh points to network management and holistic public management as answers to some of the questions.
In general, the researchers will present a lot of suggestions for new and innovative partnerships between the public and the private sector.
- The suggestions move beyond the current outsourcing debate, as it primarily is about linking together private and public organisations in innovative partnerships, says Professor Carsten Greve from the International Center for Business and Politics at CBS where he conducts research in public management and public/private interaction.
Inclusion of the public in networks in the solution of cross-sectoral challenges is also going to be on the agenda. This has for instance taken place in connection with the establishment of supporting associations for deployed soldiers.
Watch the videos from the conference:
Interview with Stephen Osborne
Interview with Carsten Greve
Interview with Janet Newman
Interview with Dorte Pedersen
Researchers from across the world
Researchers from more than 30 countries will attend the conference from 6-8 April 2009, for instance the network researcher Erik-Hans Klijn from Holland and the public private partnership researcher Graeme Hodge from Australia.
The key note speaker is reform specialist and professor in political science, Donald F. Kettl from the University of Pennsylvania.