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Early access to the papers of the Fulton committee of 1966–8 and to the still unpublished oral evidence that the committee received, which has been Officially granted to the author, enables the contribution of its Management Consultancy Group to be studied fully for the first time, that study being complemented by interviews with the surviving members of the committee, its secretariat, and of the group. The article argues that the group was innovative in that, by means of its report, and through such impact as it had upon the Fulton committee and its report, it put the adoption of the bat private sector management practice into a prominent place on the Fabian socialist agenda for civil service reform and, hence, added an extra dimension to the Fabians' traditional concern about greater efficienc

ISSN:0033-3298    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9299.1991.tb00913.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1991

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ISSN:0033-3298    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9299.1991.tb00914.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1991

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Public Administrationnot only publishes original articles but it also seeks to provide material which will be useful to teachers and students alike. In order to strengthen this facet of the journal, the editors are introducing an occasional series of articles which will review the current state of the literature in the various sub‐fields within the subject of Public Administration. This contribution by David Marsh reviews the ‘state of the art’ on privatization in Britain. The objective is to draw together the extensive literature in a systematic fashion by identifying key texts and the main research findings. His review examines the origins of privatization, the several meanings of this term, the objectives of government policy, and assesses the extent to which objectives have been realized. He also draws attention to lacunae in the literature and important areas requiring further research.The editors would welcome suggestions for future articles in this series. Any prospective author should contact the editors to discuss the proposed topic and, where feasible, we will provide assistance by obtaining books for r

ISSN:0033-3298    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9299.1991.tb00915.x

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年代:1991

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Operational research, having developed in Britain as a contribution by scientists and the scientific approach to Second World War military planning, became a significant element in the process of post‐war reconstruction. Cecil Gordon, a leading wartime operational researcher, headed the principal civilian government OR unit at the Board of Trade. He was also a key member of the Working Party of the Committee on Industrial Productivity, which attempted to promote the wider adoption of operational research. These enterprises were consistent with his socialist commitment, in many ways typical of a generation of Left scientists and of many pioneers of operational research. The article describes and analyses the defeat of these initiatives, and the virtual ejection of OR from government by 1950. In the immediate post‐war period, operational research attempted to develop operational methods for a rational alternative to economic coordination via market forces. Some lessons are drawn from the deflection of this radical thrust of OR, in the light of both contemporary factors and subsequent experie

ISSN:0033-3298    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9299.1991.tb00916.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1991

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The issue of quality of service is becoming increasingly important in the public service as a result of new approaches that are being adopted to management, notably the development of contract‐based management. The argument of this article is that the concept of quality is a particularly difficult one for the public services, because of problems of information asymmetries. The first sections of the article are concerned with the meaning of the concept of quality and the problems of managing quality in the service sector and the public service in particular. The central argument of the article is that there are important problems of information asymmetries between service providers and service consumers. Four different situations of differential information availability are distinguished. The article argues that the issue of quality in the public service is an inherently political on

ISSN:0033-3298    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9299.1991.tb00917.x

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年代:1991

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ISSN:0033-3298    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9299.1991.tb00918.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1991

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ISSN:0033-3298    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9299.1991.tb00919.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1991

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ADMINISTRATIVE ARGUMENT Christopher Hood and Michael Jackson.GOVERNMENT, EVALUATION AND CHANGE Mary Henkel.CHOICES FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT FOR THE 1990s AND BEYONQ Michael Clarke and John Stewart.HOLLOW PROMISES: RHETORIC AND REALITY IN THE INNER CITY M. Keith and A. Rogers (eds.)URBAN PLAMVLVG UNDER THATCHERISM Andy Thornley.THE POLITICS AND ECONOMICS OF THE POLL TAX: MRS THATCHER'S DOWNFALL John Gibson.DEVELOPMENTS IN FRENCH POLITICS Peter A. Hall, Jack Hayward and Howard Machin (eds.)GOVERNING FROM THE CENTRE: POLITICS AND POLICY MAKING IN THE NETHERLANDS Ken Gladdish.PARLIAMENT AND INDUSTRY David Judge.THE POLITICS OF AGRICULTURAL SUPPORT IN BRITAIN Martin J. Smith.BUSINESS AND POLITICS: A COMPARATIVE INTRODUCTION (2nd ed.) Graham K. Wilson.LEGISLATURES IN THE POLICY PROCESS THE DILEMMAS OF ECONOMIC POLICY David Olson Michael Mezey (eds.).SOCIAL SCIENCES AND MODERN STATES: NATIONAL EXPERIENCES AND THEORETICAL CROSSROADS Peter Wagner, Carol Hirschon Weiss, Bjorn Wittrock and Hellmut Wollman (eds.)PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION IN WORLD PERSPECTIVE O. P. Dwivedi and Keith M. Henderson (eds.)RESEARCH IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION VOLUME 1 1991 James L. Perry (ed.)FROM PROHIBITION TO REGULATION: BOOKMAKING, ANTIGAMBLING AND THE LAW David Dixon.THE ANGLO‐AMERICAN LEXICON OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES L. J. Sharp

ISSN:0033-3298    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9299.1991.tb00920.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1991

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