New Development: What are the Challenges in Transferring Lean Thinking to Government?

Eric A. Scorsone

Public Money & Management, 2008, vol. 28, issue 1, 61-64

Abstract: Lean government is part of a growing trend of management tools designed to lower costs and improve the efficiency of government operations. However, the transference of lean techniques from the private sector to the public sector requires a careful balancing of administrative law, management-labour relations in order to realize these efficiency and cost improvements.

Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2008.00621.x

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