Obedient Servants?: Management Freedoms and Accountabilities in the New Zealand Public Sector

by Richard Norman

The experiences of a representative sample of public servants, members of Parliament, and informed observers of the control systems of New Zealand's public management model adopted in the early 1990s are examined in this book. Revealed is a trend that is moving away from the tradition of delivering public services through a centralized bureaucracy. Richard Norman uses his experience critiquing public service bureaucracies as a journalist, working...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0864734670
• ISBN13: 9780864734679
• Release Date: April 2004
• Publisher: Victoria University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.4" x 8.3"