Managing Public Organizations: Lessons from Contemporary European Experience

European governments are putting a new emphasis on improving the performance of public organizations. This collection, written by some of the leading scholars of public management in Western Europe, provides a major review of the progress of new management initiative in the European public sphere and examines the role of the public manager and the organization of public bodies. How should public organizations be structured? What is the role of the public manager? What special problems arise from public accountability and political control? Using real-life examples the authors delineate major problems, demonstrate the potential for change, and give us an innovative view of public management.

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