TY - JOUR
T1 - Public sector performance improvement through private sector management practices
T2 - A satisfactory solution?
AU - Ghobadian, Abby
AU - Gallear, David
AU - Viney, Howard
AU - O'Regan, Nicholas
PY - 2007/9/28
Y1 - 2007/9/28
N2 - This paper examines the assumption that the injection of market discipline and private sector management practices will result in the transformation of public services. The present UK government looks for an opportunity to achieve synergy between the public and private sectors to improve the public service at lower public cost. However, the different cultural values and expectations of each sector and the competing demands of various stakeholder groups involved, present real hurdles for the achievement of performance improvement. This paper examines the Labour Government's attempts to modernise public services to establish the current context of the debate. This paper then presents the key differences between the public and private sector organisations and examines why private sector management practices may not in fact result in the transformation of public services. This paper suggests that, rather than imposing private sector management practices on the public sector, new approaches should be crafted to guide the development of solutions, which are fit for their specific purpose. A few potential alternative options that should be considered are presented.
AB - This paper examines the assumption that the injection of market discipline and private sector management practices will result in the transformation of public services. The present UK government looks for an opportunity to achieve synergy between the public and private sectors to improve the public service at lower public cost. However, the different cultural values and expectations of each sector and the competing demands of various stakeholder groups involved, present real hurdles for the achievement of performance improvement. This paper examines the Labour Government's attempts to modernise public services to establish the current context of the debate. This paper then presents the key differences between the public and private sector organisations and examines why private sector management practices may not in fact result in the transformation of public services. This paper suggests that, rather than imposing private sector management practices on the public sector, new approaches should be crafted to guide the development of solutions, which are fit for their specific purpose. A few potential alternative options that should be considered are presented.
KW - CCT
KW - Compulsory competitive tendering
KW - Management practices
KW - Modernisation
KW - Performance improvement
KW - Private sector
KW - Public sector
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U2 - 10.1504/IJBPM.2007.013360
DO - 10.1504/IJBPM.2007.013360
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:34648819867
SN - 1368-4892
VL - 9
SP - 363
EP - 379
JO - International Journal of Business Performance Management
JF - International Journal of Business Performance Management
IS - 4
ER -