Principles for Public Management Practice: From ...

Principles for Public Management Practice: From Dichotomies to Interdependence MARTHA S. FELDMAN* AND ANNE M. KHADEMIAN**1. In this essay we explore the relationship between Management practices and a basic governance dilemma: how to manage flexibly and accountably. The challenge is both practical and theoretical. Managers must respond flexibly to the changing demands and expectations of the Public and the ever- changing nature of Public problems, yet they must do so in a manner that provides accountability to the Public and political overseers. A dichotomous approach to the study of leadership as Management action and the gover- nance structures within which managers operate has inhibited the search for a Public Management theory that reconciles the dilemma.

interested in reforming public administration looked toward the exercise of leadership in the private sphere (such as that of Peter Grace, head of the Grace Commission) to set the tone for government reform. Historians (e.g., McGraw) pointed to several public administrative leaders who broke the mold of conservative and compliance-oriented ...

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