Research project:

Re-organising public organisations: shifting theories and practices at meso and micro level

Content of the Research

This project aims at researching reform trends in the public sector at two levels: micro and meso. At meso level, the trend of specialisation (horizontal and vertical) on a governmental level, and related trends of co-ordination (HTM, MTM, NTM) is researched. At micro level the autonomy and guidance and control of individual organisations is investigated, as well as the micro and meso interactions (autonomy-specialisation, guidance-co-ordination) is researched. In general, the research project will address descriptive-empirical (patterns of association between variables), explanatory (causes for patterns, functionalities), theoretical (model and hypothesis building) and methodological (validation research methods) questions.

Timing

1th October 2004– 30the September 2008

Publication

Phd Eva Beuselinck (2008): Shifting public sector coordination and the underlying drivers of change: a neo-institutional perspective (pdf)

Research team

Promotor: Prof. dr Geert Bouckaert
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Researchers:

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