From ‘either or’ to ‘both and’

Organisational management in the aftermath of NPM

Authors

  • Niklas Wällstedt Stockholm Business School, Stockholm University
  • Roland Almqvist Stockholm Business School, Stockholm University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.58235/sjpa.v19i2.15604

Keywords:

New public management, Post-NPM, Managing contradictions, Local governments, Municipal management

Abstract

This article explores the next phase of public management: the era of paradox. As new public management (NPM) policies and practices were shown to be inadequate to solve the problems of public management, they began to be complemented – rather than re- placed – with new reforms and practices. These reforms and practices are often contradic- tory to existing ones, leaving managers in a difficult position. By extending the debate about contradictions and paradox from the policy level to the organisational level, we show how public sector managers work to resolve these contradictions in a situated man- ner, keeping the contradictions alive rather than resolving them permanently.

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Author Biographies

Niklas Wällstedt, Stockholm Business School, Stockholm University

Niklas Wällstedt is a doctoral candidate at the Institute for Local Government Economics, Stockholm University. His research interest is public sector management control, with an emphasis on how different conceptions of value are communicated in networks of humans and technologies.

Roland Almqvist, Stockholm Business School, Stockholm University

Roland Almqvist PhD, is an Associate Professor at the Stockholm Business School, Stockholm University and Director for the Institute of Local Government Economics. His current research is focused on the next phase of public sector management control.

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Published

2015-06-15

How to Cite

Wällstedt, N., & Almqvist, R. (2015). From ‘either or’ to ‘both and’: Organisational management in the aftermath of NPM. Scandinavian Journal of Public Administration, 19(2), 7–25. https://doi.org/10.58235/sjpa.v19i2.15604

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