Multirational Management in public administration
ISBN
978-1-137-44440-0
Type
book section
Date Issued
2014
Author(s)
Editor(s)
Abstract
Management in public administration is exposed to multiple rationalities per se: the tension alone between the rationality of politics and the rationality of the administration offers latent conflict potential but also development potential. We interview six public managers of a cantonal administration in order to understand how they perceive and deal with multiple rationalities. It appears that a) all interviewees perceive the different natures of the rationalities of politics and the administration, and b) the practices they apply when they deal with multiple rationalities are heterogeneous to a high degree and - so we assume - strongly depend on the public managers' functions and personalities.
Language
English
Keywords
public Management
institutional complexity
Rationality Model
Political Rationality
Administrative Rationality
HSG Classification
contribution to scientific community
Refereed
No
Book title
Multirational Management
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Publisher place
London
Start page
109
End page
121
Pages
13
Subject(s)
Eprints ID
235738