Organizational management in New Zealand’s public service

Abstract

This paper explores the extent to which New Zealand’s central government organizations are effectively reporting on, and arguably therefore focusing on, the management of their organizations, as well as their operations. There is widespread concern that new public management reforms have resulted in an over-emphasis on the former at the expense of the latter. A solution to this problem requires a clear and consistent framework for how organizational management should be reported.

Keywords:

• Accountability
• government
• organizational management
• stewardship

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Rodney Dormer

Rodney Dormer is a lecture in accounting and public management at Victoria Business School, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.