Re-organizing the service-delivery machine in a “post-NPM” era: a shopping-basket approach?

Germà Bel and Mattia Casula

Public Management Review, 2024, vol. 26, issue 9, 2561-2585

Abstract: We investigate how the reorganization of the service-delivery ‘machine’ is resulting in a hybridization of NPM and post-NPM principles. We compare reform trajectories in Italy and Spain to illustrate and interpret a combination of reorganization recipes that, from both the provision and production sides, affected service delivery; and how the NPM and post-NPM principles have been followed. Our analysis of how organizational structures for public service delivery have been reformed shows that reformers are increasingly induced to adopt a shopping-basket approach, leading them to use different menus and ingredients, mixing them, to create recipes that are better suited to domestic tastes.

Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1080/14719037.2024.2315569

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