[...]... policies and programs that gradually become major components of public management practices Researchers of public administration and policy have been actively involved in providing new concepts and ideas of public management to policymakers, debating about the values of reform proposals during the policy formulation stage, examining the effectiveness of official policies during the implementation and evaluation... areas of public management, such as human resource management, budgeting, and financial management, at all levels of government Similar reform ideas and policies for improving the management of government have been emphasized in many developed and developing countries One of the recent reforms that received worldwide attention is the New Zealand model, which is based on theoretical concepts of public. .. reform, practice, education, and professional development The book emphasizes the link between public management practice and reform ideas and experience It also identifies several new challenges and potential markets in public management The book especially recognizes the important contribution of public administration education to professional development and examines many issues related to changes in public. .. principal-agent theory, transaction-cost theory, and the new public management ideas of privatization, decentralization, deregulations, taxation reduction, performance-oriented management, and the streamlining of public business The policy components of the New Zealand model consist of reform of government commercial enterprises (to corporatize these public enterprises), reform of the core departments (to emphasize... field of public administration for many decades The interest in reforming the management of public organizations results from the emergence of new ideas and issues related to many changes and challenges in the political, social, economic, and technical environments of the public sector After being examined in the political process, these new reform ideas and issues will be implemented as of cial public. .. organizations and activities, the reorganization and adjustment of government structures, and the overhaul of banking and financial systems Government reform is one of the key factors and challenges for these countries to promote economic development (Liou, 2000) Recognizing the importance of reform policies, public administration researchers have been actively involved in the study of reform experience and lessons... social values and attitudes, and new managerial principles and strategies Based on different considerations, these reform commissions and committees had recommended many policy and managerial changes in the size of federal government and on the power of the Executive Of ce of the President and its control over administration agencies, regarding the management of human resources, budgeting and finance,... stages, and discussing the final experience and lessons (good and bad) of the reform policies The field of public administration in many ways represents a continuous cycle and process of ideas, reforms, I recognize that there may be conceptual problems associated with many terms used in this book For example, public management reform has also been related to other similar terms, such as administrative reform, ... Peters and Savoe, 1994; Rosenbloom, 1998) have emphasized a diagnostic reform model, which promotes the importance of a pragmatic approach, specific strategies and treatments for different situations, and a gradual and long-term commitment to the reform (Liou, 1999) The purpose of this book is to offer the latest and most comprehensive information on changes and issues related to public management reform, ... School of Public Administration, Florida Atlantic University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida Jay D White College of Public Affairs and Community Service, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, Nebraska Linda C Wilson Department of Political Science and Public Administration, Auburn University at Montgomery, Montgomery, Alabama Introduction Public management reform has been one of the major policy and research . the environment of public administration, the practices and functions of public management, the experience and issues of recent reform efforts, and the new ideas and directions in public administration,. Contents 16 Ethics and Public Management Donald C. Menzel 349 Part V. Policy Issues and Public Management 17 Win-Win Public Management Stuart S. Nagel 365 18 Privatization Policy and Public Management Van. Contributors Introduction Public management reform has been one of the major policy and research issues in the field of public administration for many decades. The interest in reforming the management of public