International Journal of Public Sector Management: Volume 13 Issue 2

Facts, myths and monsters: understanding the principles of good governance

D. Wayne Taylor

As in many countries today, health services across Canada are being restructured. Most jurisdictions within Canada are also restructuring and experimenting with the governance…

Organisational culture in the public sector: evidence from six organisations

Rachel Parker, Lisa Bradley

A process of organisational change has accompanied managerial reforms in the public sector and is oriented towards the development of a post‐bureaucratic organisational culture…

Management development in the public sector – what roles can universities play?

Sharon Mavin, Patricia Bryans

The 1990s have seen wide‐ranging culture changes throughout the public sector, introducing a business focus and a customer‐led approach, resulting in the recognition that…

Reaffirming public‐private partnerships in retirement pension provision

Roddy McKinnon, Roger Charlton

Contemporary debates over the future direction of retirement pensions policy have been dominated by a polemic over the scope of, and the future balance between, the respective…

State‐owned enterprises (SOEs) in Vietnam – Perceptions of strategic direction for a society in transition

Philip C. Wright, V.T. Nguyen

Explores, using face‐to‐face interviews, the perceptions of managers in state‐owned enterprises in Vietnam, as to their strategic plans. Given that many of these enterprises will…