Reforming Organizational Structures

Van de Walle, Steven

doi:10.2139/ssrn.2812218

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Reforming Organizational Structures

Van de Walle, S. (2016). Reforming organizational structures. In: S. Van de Walle, S. & S. Groeneveld, S.(eds) (2016). Theory and practice of public sector reform. (Critical Studies in Public Management series), London: Routledge, pp. 131-143

21 Pages Posted: 26 Jul 2016

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Steven Van de Walle

KU Leuven - Department of Political Science; Erasmus University Rotterdam - Department of Public Administration

Date Written: February 22, 2016

Abstract

Public sectors have undergone major transformations. Public sector reform touches upon the core building blocks of the public sector: organizational structures, people and finances. These are objects of reform. This chapter presents and discusses a set of major transformations with regard to organizational structures. It provides readers a fairly comprehensive overview of the key reforms that have taken place in Western public sectors. Structural reforms in the public sector show an alternation of structural disaggregation and reaggregation. This alternation is visible in trends towards outsourcing, agencification and privatization, and in the current attention to mergers, departmentalization, and public sector coordination.

Keywords: public sector reform, agencies, mergers, privatization

JEL Classification: D73

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Van de Walle, Steven and Van de Walle, Steven, Reforming Organizational Structures (February 22, 2016). Van de Walle, S. (2016). Reforming organizational structures. In: S. Van de Walle, S. & S. Groeneveld, S.(eds) (2016). Theory and practice of public sector reform. (Critical Studies in Public Management series), London: Routledge, pp. 131-143, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2812218 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2812218