The spirit of management reforms: Towards building an explanatory model of NPM - A comparative case study of Queensland and Hungarian administrative culture

The article reports on a comparative case study of the administrative cultures of the Australian (Queensland) and the Hungarian governmental administration. The basic finding of the study is that the culture profiles of the two administrative (sub-)systems are surprisingly similar. This finding is u...

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Published in:Public management review 2005-12, Vol.7 (4), p.495-513
Main Author: Hajnal, György
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Administrative culture
Administrative reform
Australia
Comparative Analysis
comparative study
Cross-national analysis
Cultural systems
Hungary
NPM reforms
Organizational Culture
Public Administration
Public management
Queensland
Reform
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Summary:The article reports on a comparative case study of the administrative cultures of the Australian (Queensland) and the Hungarian governmental administration. The basic finding of the study is that the culture profiles of the two administrative (sub-)systems are surprisingly similar. This finding is used to conclude that the organizational level of administrative culture is unlikely to play a significant role in shaping New Public Management (NPM) reforms. Moreover, this conclusion sheds a cloud of doubt onto the claim frequently found in NPM literature that NPM reforms involve a replacement of 'outmoded, bureaucratic thinking' with a 'culture of efficiency and entrepreneurship'.
ISSN:1471-9037
1471-9045
DOI:10.1080/14719030500362314