Whatever happened to New Public Management?

Lapsley, Irvine

doi:10.1111/faam.12346

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“…The concepts of Hard and Soft NPM have been suggested as a means of understanding cities (Lapsley, 2024). This work builds on the idea of NPM as an act of mimicry of private sector practices (Lapsley, 2022). The Hard and Soft distinction recognises that much of the mimicry of private sector practice has focussed on Hard NPM (calculation and quantification).…”

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The significance of football in an urban mosaic

Lapsley

2023

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PurposeThis study aims to add to the understanding of the significance of football in cities, where most major football clubs are located. Specifically, this study offers a distinctive perspective on what might be regarded as “football cities” by the study's mobilisation of theories of the urban mosaic, the calculable city and identity. This study contributes to the emergent field of popular culture (Jeacle, 2012) and, within this field of popular culture, the significance of soccer. The particular setting of this study is the city. This paper is a contribution to the established accounting literature on city studies but within the neglected study of football in cities.Design/methodology/approachThis paper's focus is on the significance of football clubs in one city. The theoretical approach adopted is a blending of studies of the urban mosaic (Timms, 1975), the calculable city (Lapsley et al., 2010) and the established trend of identification studies in accounting. This investigation was undertaken in the city of Edinburgh by observation of football in city life. This research is a form of participant observation in which the author lived in the city in this study. The researcher undertook interviews with key actors in both football clubs and city management, made use of local media and scrutinised publicly available documents on both the clubs and the city administrations.FindingsThis research reveals the importance of the city mosaic in explaining the limited significance of football in this city. This approach underlines the merits of contextual studies. However, the evidence presented also reveals the presence of strong identity relationships between football clubs and the clubs' fans. These results reveal an internal perspective on city management and the activities of football clubs and the clubs' host city. The presence of multiple football clubs in a single city offers more diffuse identity relationships, with football clubs fostering stronger identification with the club than with the city. There is also evidence of single, dual and multiple identity relationships in this study which contrasts with the single identity perspectives of prior accounting research.Research limitations/implicationsThe focus of this paper is on the research question posed in the Call for Papers - Is there a Soccer Society? The findings of this study offer only limited evidence of a soccer society.Practical implicationsThere is a need to study other cities with football clubs to determine those which are mosaics and those which are dominated by football.Social implicationsThis a study which embraces the importance of social context in finding meaning in accounting research. This paper introduces the novel concept of the city mosaic which is a novel way of understanding different city contexts.Originality/valuePrior research on football has examined fans' behaviour, financial crises at football clubs and governance structures. This paper extends these earlier analyses by addressing the social context of football clubs in the city. Whilst most accounting research revealed rapid changes in identity during reforms, this study reveals a more complex relationship which aims to build continuity and commitment of fans' identity with the bigger football clubs in this city.

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“…McCrone (2022, p. 273) alludes to the way NPM practices have been rebadged as "modernisation"(Hyndman and Lapsley, 2016;Bergstrom and Lapsley, 2017;Lapsley, 2022).McCrone (2022, p. 273) comments on the New Labour Governments and successor governments being obsessed with audit and "NPM-style number games". He citesBergstrom and Lapsley (2017, p. 19):…”

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Lapsley

2023

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“…En un inicio la provisión de los servicios públicos estuvo al mando de un gobierno burocrático caracterizado por un Estado ineficiente, posteriormente se adoptó un modelo post -burocrático, centrado en la racionalización de la gestión pública a través de un manejo eficiente de los recursos, incorporando prácticas de la empresa privada en los asuntos públicos y de gobierno y, actualmente el nuevo modelo se sustenta en la evaluación del desempeño en los asuntos públicos y en los procesos de mejora continua (Lapsley, 2022;Loeber et al, 2023;Valdez, 2019:337).…”

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Gestión pública y desarrollo del sector educativo y de salud de la Región Amazonas, Perú

Cueva Vega,

Chauca Valqui,

Zumaeta Barrientos

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Hablar de gestión pública es atribuir al Estado la responsabilidad de crear las condiciones adecuadas de vida y bienestar para la población. En este sentido, el objetivo de este trabajo fue determinar el impacto de la Gestión Pública en el desarrollo del sector educativo y salud de la Región Amazonas, durante el período 2008 - 2021. Se realizó una investigación no experimental, correlacional y longitudinal de tipo cuantitativo. Se utilizó como muestra la base de datos anuales disponibles en el Instituto de Estadística e Informática y Ministerio de Economía y Finanzas, concernientes al período antes mencionado, con una muestra de 14 datos. Los resultados evidencian que el gasto per cápita en educación inicial, primaria y secundario, número de alumnos matriculados y devengado del presupuesto en educación están indirectamente relacionadas con la tasa de analfabetismo. Asimismo, la tasa de desnutrición está relacionada indirectamente con el devengado; número de enfermeras; población con enfermedades crónicas y población con Seguro de Salud. Se concluye que el avance de la ejecución presupuestaria en el sector educación y salud durante el período 2008 al 2021, fue en promedio 99.31% y 92% respectivamente. Sin embargo, aún siguen existiendo grandes brechas de analfabetismo y desnutrición, para el año 2021 los resultados muestran una tasa de 9.6% de analfabetismo y 18% de desnutrición crónica. Lo cual evidencia una deficiente gestión de los recursos económicos en el sector público.

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“…He sees this as contributing to a 'tick-box' society, with a focus on target setting. The expansion of audits and performance management requirements has not necessarily led to greater efficiencies, but rather to an increase in bureaucracy including form filling (Diefenbach, 2009;Lapsley, 2022). While Power (1997Power ( , 2003 sees the potential for auditing and accounting to bring about learning, he believes that accounting demands have been focused on cost-efficiency and effectiveness, and surveillance or control by the government.…”

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Reacting to the Rise in Accountability Requirements: A Case Study of Status of Women Canada’s Women’s Program

Hoogendam¹

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Nonprofit organizations working towards social progress on gender-based violence cannot effect systemic change alone; they depend on partnerships, networks, and funding to carry out their work. Many receive and even depend on government funding and support to move their missions forward. This work is a case study of the funds distributed for gender-based violence work through the Women's Program funding stream, administered by Status of Women Canada, between 1995 and 2015; it explores

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Whatever happened to New Public Management?

Cited by 5 publications

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The significance of football in an urban mosaic

The significance of football in an urban mosaic

Gestión pública y desarrollo del sector educativo y de salud de la Región Amazonas, Perú

Reacting to the Rise in Accountability Requirements: A Case Study of Status of Women Canada’s Women’s Program

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