Public management covers the design and operation of government and not-for-profit institutions, including strategic management and interrelationships between the public, private, and nonprofit sectors.
Research interests in the field of public management include:
- The political environment surrounding public organizations
- Public organizations’ relationships with citizens, organized interests, elected officials, legal institutions, private for-profit and not-for-profit organizations and other public organizations
- Government accountability and performance
- The structure and design of public organizations and public policy implementation regimes
- Organizational strategy, decision making and leadership in public organizations
- Public employee motivation, job satisfaction and other work-related attitudes
- Governmental reform and organizational change
- Administrative rule making, policy implementation and service delivery, administrative law, and government procurement and outsourcing
