Public Management

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  • Created by: amyclaire
  • Created on: 19-01-20 11:35
Max Weber's Principles of Public Management Administration
Hierarchical organisation, specialised division of labour, fixed & formal competencies, written and formal procedures, full time professional staff, impersonality
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Old Public Admin approach
Apolitical civil service, hierarchy and rules, permanence & stability, institutionalised civil service, equality
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Critiques of bureaucracy
Universalism, red tape, bureaucratic bloat, agency of bureaucrats
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Characteristics required for contracting
To what extent can users register complaints, are services complex and outcomes difficult to measure, labour intensive service so hard to cut costs, is NGO undercapitalised so vulnerable, highly political environment
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3 stages
Make or buy stage, specification of key elements, manage relationship with contracted provider
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Models of governance & accountability (Bevan & Wilson)
Trust & altruism, hierarchy & targets, choice & competition, transparent public ranking
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Forms of PI
Raw outcomes, value added, composite indicators
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Behaviour distortions due to hierarchy & targets
Threshold effects (disincentivising excellent performance), ratchet effects (perform below max level), output distortion (focus on targeted measure)
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5 Stage method for analysing ethical issues
Attention, perception, processing, action, evaluation
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Typology of Corruption (Karklins)
Type 1- everyday interaction of officials & citizens, 2- public institutions, 3- influence over political institutions
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Reforms which change opportunity for unethical behaviour
Level of transparency, use of contracting, austerity measures
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Johnston's syndromes of corruption
Influence markets, elite cartel, oligarch & clan, official mogul
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Fostering & sustaining ethical culture
Compliance (law & regulation, internal audit), Integrity (training, education), Codes of conduct, Anti- corruption agencies, Enforcement (trust/ punishment)
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Strategies to curb corruption in hospital context
Strengthen clinician oversight, fraud control measures, change finance eg. PPPs provide way to pay for healthcare infrastructure creating transparency & accountability- context critical . Culture limiting loss & waste
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Old Public Admin approach

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Apolitical civil service, hierarchy and rules, permanence & stability, institutionalised civil service, equality

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Critiques of bureaucracy

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Characteristics required for contracting

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3 stages

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