This authoritative and in-depth collection presents seminal papers from leading academics in the field of organisation and bureaucracy. It encompasses sections on organisational boundaries, neo-Schumpeterian theories, hierarchy and international organisation, organisational culture and...

The authors argue that we are in the age of the networked society. Lying between the governance structures of markets and hierarchies, networks have emerged as an organizational form which seeks to confront many of the ‘wicked problems’ faced by public and private organizations. While the...

The question of whether an industry experiencing rapid structural change will demonstrate productivity growth at the same time is unresolved. This paper uses a panel data sample of European airlines over the period of partial market liberalisation (1991–1995) to investigate whether...

This article analyses the impact of Thatcher's economic reforms upon the UK public sector. It argues that Thatcherism was a continuation, albeit pursued with a stronger conviction, of changes in economic policy perspectives which had been initiated many years earlier. What became known as...

<title/> The relationship between theory and practice is complex, ambiguous, incomplete and frequently contested. This article explores the labyrinth of the policy-making process along with changes in economists' discourses. The knowledge bases of the worlds of practice and theory are examined...

Academics and practitioners working on performance measurement of public service organisations have long acknowledged the difficulties of measurement when the output of public service organisations is difficult to identify and define. Many new management practices have been introduced in recent...

The performance of public sector organizations, even when they are doing well, is the subject of critical commentary. No matter what they do, some group will argue that they could do better and do things differently. Criticism of public service organizations is a very public affair. That is the...