SLYKE, David M. Van; HAMOONDS, Charles A
The privatization decision : do public managers make a difference? - Thousand Oaks : Sage Publications, June 2003
In this article, the political environment of privatization and its impacts on public management are examined in the context of the privatization of a state park in Georgia. The study specifically focuses on the actions of public managers in the privatization formulation and implementation stage.Public management capacity actually increased as a result of privatization. This is an outcome quite different from those reported by public management studies of other privatized services. Applyong a principal-agent framework, this study yelded several lessons that may strengthen public manager´s capacity to act as "smart buyers" of goods and services and to enforce accountability when managing contractual relationships. This study links theory to practice using a case study that allows a careful examination of the strategic responses of public managers confronted by largely political, as opposed to economic, pressures to privatize an already sucessful state park.
Public Management; Privatization: Agency Theory: Policy Implementation
The privatization decision : do public managers make a difference? - Thousand Oaks : Sage Publications, June 2003
In this article, the political environment of privatization and its impacts on public management are examined in the context of the privatization of a state park in Georgia. The study specifically focuses on the actions of public managers in the privatization formulation and implementation stage.Public management capacity actually increased as a result of privatization. This is an outcome quite different from those reported by public management studies of other privatized services. Applyong a principal-agent framework, this study yelded several lessons that may strengthen public manager´s capacity to act as "smart buyers" of goods and services and to enforce accountability when managing contractual relationships. This study links theory to practice using a case study that allows a careful examination of the strategic responses of public managers confronted by largely political, as opposed to economic, pressures to privatize an already sucessful state park.
Public Management; Privatization: Agency Theory: Policy Implementation
