Public Value

Rethinking Public Service Delivery: Managing with External Providers

by Janine O'Flynn

A new book co-authored with John Alford from the Australia and New Zealand School of Government and the University of Melbourne. To be released June 2012.

Public services are increasingly delivered through many forms of 'external' service-provision such as contracting,... more Public services are increasingly delivered through many forms of 'external' service-provision such as contracting, partnering and regulation. This new text assesses when and how public sector organizations might better draw on the work of these external parties and examines the wider implications for public leadership and management.

Adding Public Value: A New Era of Contractual Governance?

by Janine O'Flynn

Public Value: A Stocktake of a concept

by Janine O'Flynn

The Public Value Debate: Emerging Ethical Issues

by Janine O'Flynn

Making sense of public value: Concepts, critiques and emergent meanings

by Janine O'Flynn

published in International Journal of Public Administration

It has been two decades since the “public value” framework emerged, articulated initially at the Harvard Kennedy... more It has been two decades since the “public value” framework emerged, articulated initially at the Harvard Kennedy School. In this paper we set out the basics of the original approach, and then consider emerging critiques and meanings. Our aim is firstly to clarify the core concepts of Moore’s approach, and secondly to track the new meanings of public value which are developing. This allows us to engage with the growing debate about public value both inside and outside academia, and also to discuss its trajectory as a new idea in public sector management.

From new public management to public value: Paradigmatic change and managerial implications

by Janine O'Flynn