Management Reforms in International Organizations

Dr. Michael W. Bauer; Prof. Dr. Christoph Knill

doi:10.5771/9783845202273

Summary

In recent years, International Organizations have undergone substantive reforms in terms of their administrative structures and management. This development has so far not been subject to systematic or comparative investigations. With Management Reforms in International Organizations Michael W. Bauer and Christoph Knill present a first attempt to open this black box. How can we explain the speed, acceptance and scope of management reforms in International Organizations? How important are Secretary Generals and member states? Do International Organizations, often considered as crucial diffusion agents for public management reforms, actually live up to the standards they are promoting? Do management reforms have unintended consequences with regard to the policy output?

The book delivers a comprehensive analysis of management reforms in a broad range of different International Organizations. Leading scholars in the field analyze the respective reform processes inter alia in the European Commission, the Nordic Council of Ministers, the World Bank, the OECD, the European Central Bank, the European Parliament and the United Nations.

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Bibliographic data

Edition: 1/2007
Copyright Year: 2007
ISBN-Print: 978-3-8329-2572-7
ISBN-Online: 978-3-8452-0227-3
Publisher: Nomos, Baden-Baden
Series: Verwaltungsressourcen und Verwaltungsstrukturen
Volume: 6
Language: English
Pages: 226
Product Type: Edited Book

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages 2 - 4
Preface No access Pages 5 - 8
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List of Abbreviations No access Pages 9 - 10
Introduction: Management Reforms in International Organizations No access Pages 11 - 24
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1. Administrative Reform in the European Commission: From Rhetoric to Relegitimization No access Pages 25 - 37
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2. Senior Officials in a Reforming European Commission: Transforming the Top? No access Pages 37 - 51
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3. The Politics of Reforming the European Commission Administration No access Pages 51 - 71
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4. ‘Raising the Game’: Administrative Reform of the European Parliament General Secretariat No access Pages 71 - 85
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5. From Take-off to Cruising Altitude: Management Reform and Organizational Change of the European Central Bank No access Pages 85 - 96
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1. Between Managerial Reform and Search for Legitimacy: Strengthening United Nations Accountability No access Pages 97 - 117
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2. The Limits of Legitimacy Pressure as a Source of Organizational Change: The Reform of Human Resource Management in the OECD No access Pages 117 - 133
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3. Triggering World Bank Reform: When Member States, NGOs and Learning Get Important No access Pages 133 - 149
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4. Reorganization Processes in Small International Organizations: The Nordic Councils and the Council of the Baltic Sea States No access Pages 149 - 162
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1. Creating a Missing Link? Administrative Reforms as a Means of Improving the Legitimacy of International Organizations No access Pages 163 - 175
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2. Management in Change - The Reform Broker Concept No access Pages 175 - 191
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3. Theorizing Management Reforms in International Organizations No access Pages 191 - 200
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Bibliography No access Pages 201 - 220
Index No access Pages 221 - 224
List of Contributors No access Pages 225 - 226