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Governing strategically: the New Zealand experience
Author(s) -
Matheson Alex
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
public administration and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.574
H-Index - 44
eISSN - 1099-162X
pISSN - 0271-2075
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-162x(1998100)18:4<349::aid-pad22>3.0.co;2-5
Subject(s) - cabinet (room) , public administration , agency (philosophy) , public management , adaptation (eye) , public service , political science , economics , sociology , geography , social science , physics , archaeology , optics
This article describes the evolution of New Zealand's approach to the strategic direction of its public service during a decade of reform. Problems of atomization and short‐termism which emerged from the first phase of reform were addressed through the adaptation of the Cabinet and central agency processes for policy, budget and management. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.