St. Gallen Conference
The New Public Management in International Perspective

St. Gallen, Switzerland
July 11-13, 1996

This past Summer the University of St. Gallen and the Institute of Public Finance and Fiscal Law hosted the first IPMN Conference. The topic of this Conference was The New Public Management in International Perspective. The conference was generously sponsored by the University of St. Gallen, the Institute of Public Finance and Fiscal Law, the Union Bank of Switzerland and the Naval Postgraduate School.

The following are the papers presented at this year's conference that you may download to your computer. All papers are in Microsoft Word 2.0 for Windows format (using North American page format) in order to preserve their style and format. Simply click on the title of the paper that you would like to download. If you would like to e-mail any questions or comments on any of the papers simply click on the name of the author or discussant and automatically your web browser will address e-mail to this person.

 
Opening Session: The Five "R's" of Public Management
Fred Thompson (USA)

 

 

Session 1: Definition of NPM
Discussant: Kuno Schedler

Marco Meneguzzo (Italy)

NPM - A Set of Management Techniques or a New Philosophy

Gil Reschenthaler
(Canada)

NPM as an Instrument to Transform Public Sector Organizations to Effective Learning Organizations

Session 2: Strategic Management and NPM
Discussant: Otto Brodtrick

June Pallot (New Zealand)

Strategic Management in Central Government

Roland Dumont du Voitel
(Germany)

Political Controlling Concepts and Outcome Controlling

Michael Barzelay (United Kingdom)

Strategic Management and Other Doctrinal Strands in the NPM

Session 3: Financial Management and NPM
Discussant: Nathalie Halgand

James Guthrie (Australia)

International Financial Management Reforms

George Bernhard De Graan (Netherlands)

NPM Accounting

Session 4: Cross-Cultural and International Aspects of NPM
Discussant: James L. Chan

Katsuaki Tesasawa (USA)

NPM in Japan

Walter J.M. Kickert (Netherlands)

Administration Reforms in the Netherlands

David G. Mathiasen (OECD, Paris)

The First Ministerial Level Meeting of the OECD on Public Management

Session 5: Political Implications and NPM
Discussant: Klaus Luder

James M. Ferris &
Elizabeth A. Graddy (USA)

Insight of Principal Agent and Transaction Cost Models to Our Understanding of Contracting for Public Services

Howard Frant (USA)

Implications of the New Economy of Organizations for the NPM

Session 6: Political Context of NPM
Discussant: David Mathiasen

Riccardo Mussari (Italy)

Autonomy, Responsibility, and NPM

Laurence E. Lynn (USA)

Public Authority and NPM

Kuno Schedler (Switzerland)

Direct Democracy and NPM

Session 7: Evaluating NPM
Discussant: Ernst Buschor

Sandford Borins (Canada)

Global Challenges - Local Solutions: What NPM is Achieving

Carol Johansen (USA)

Factors That Have Led to Innovation and Who is Leading the Charge

Helmut Klages &
Elke Loeffler (Germany)

Implementation of Public Sector Reforms

Session 8: Next Steps Towards an International
NPM Education and Research Design

Christoph Reichard (Germany)

Educating and Training NPM