Public Management ― Performance, Professionalism and Politics

This systematic introduction to Public Management provides the tools and theoretical understanding to improve Public Management practice, whilst integrating a focus throughout on the importance of interplay between performance, professionalism and politics for all public service providers.

Mirko Noordegraaf is Professor of Public Management at the Utrecht School of Governance (USG), Utrecht University, the Netherlands. His main research interests within public management are organizational reform, public managers, professionals, managing professions and (new) professionalism. He focuses on public domains like safety, health care, welfare and education. He has published articles in Organization Studies, Public Administration, Administration & Society, Public Management Review, Current Sociology, Comparative Sociology, Journal of Management Studies, International Journal of Public Sector Management. He is a member of the editorial boards of Public Administration Review (PAR) and the Journal of Professions and Organization (JPO).