Public Management Reforms in Australia and New Zealand: a pot-pourri overview of the past decade (journal article)
by Peter Steane
from Public Management Review, Vol 10, No 4 2008, pp. 453 - 465
The public management reforms in Australia and New Zealand have been proactive in engaging other organisations in developing partnerships and new governance structures, requiring heightened skills in the preparation stage of due diligence and effective regulatory processes to balance divergent interests. There are increasingly blurred boundaries across sectors with both private and charitable agencies providing services for the public good. Broader management skills are brought to policy formulation and implementation with lateral movement of employment across sectors, suggesting a new class of public administrator in the future.