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  • Are post-Soviet republics ready for the new public management? The case of educational modernization in Kazakhstan

    Author(s)
    Monobayeva, Agipa
    Howard, Cosmo
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Howard, Cosmo W.
    Year published
    2015
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    Abstract
    Purpose: – Since the collapse of the USSR, former Soviet republics have embarked on public service modernization, in most instances drawing on internationally dominant new public management (NPM) principles. Are post-Soviet republics ready for these administrative prescriptions? The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach: – This paper discusses Kazakhstan’s experience with the implementation of NPM through a qualitative case study of the country’s adoption of the European Bologna higher education reforms. Findings: – While implementation of the NPM-inspired Bologna program has produced significant ...
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    Purpose: – Since the collapse of the USSR, former Soviet republics have embarked on public service modernization, in most instances drawing on internationally dominant new public management (NPM) principles. Are post-Soviet republics ready for these administrative prescriptions? The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach: – This paper discusses Kazakhstan’s experience with the implementation of NPM through a qualitative case study of the country’s adoption of the European Bologna higher education reforms. Findings: – While implementation of the NPM-inspired Bologna program has produced significant achievements, there are also gaps and shortcomings. These are due to a remnant Soviet administrative practices including strong control by educational ministries, as well as incompatible organizational cultures and a tendency toward superficial formalism in the implementation process. Research limitations/implications: – NPM tends to be introduced in a top-down fashion as a taken-for-granted component of state transformation, without sufficient attention to the capacities, cultures and systems required for effective and accountable performance-driven administrative reform. Originality/value: – Kazakhstan’s experience provides crucial insights into the governance structures, professional cultures and managerial capacities required for successful implementation of NPM in post-Soviet states.
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    Journal Title
    International Journal of Public Sector Management
    Volume
    28
    Issue
    2
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1108/IJPSM-08-2014-0102
    Subject
    Accounting, auditing and accountability
    Business systems in context not elsewhere classified
    Policy and administration
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/125046
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