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Management of Policy Implementation within Australian Universities
Author(s) -
Brunetto Yvonne
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
asia pacific journal of human resources
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.825
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1744-7941
pISSN - 1038-4111
DOI - 10.1177/103841110003800104
Subject(s) - public sector , context (archaeology) , function (biology) , process (computing) , business , public relations , quality (philosophy) , public policy , new public management , public administration , process management , political science , economics , computer science , economic growth , epistemology , evolutionary biology , law , biology , operating system , paleontology , philosophy
This paper examines the role of leadership when implementing new policies within one type of public organization. The context for the study is an examination of how management implemented the quality initiative within the teaching and learning function of universities during the 1990s. The argument presented is that university managers use process management as a means of implementing new policies and thus manage in a manner similar to other public sector managers. As a consequence, the achievement of stated policy goals is often compromised. This finding challenges the belief that the introduction of new management practices in the 1990s has changed the way all public‐sector managers implement new policies.