In this paper published by the Deutsches Forschungsinstitut für öffentliche Verwaltung Speyer, Marco Salm and Christian Schwab examine the role of HRM in public management reform in the Cities of Bilbao, Mannheim and Tampere – all three former EPSA winners, nominees or awarded best practices. This publication provides some insights on the correlation between change management and HRM reforms and their (presumed) effects. Thus, it contributes to compiling evidence on the effect of reforms and role of HRM at the local government level.
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A shorter version of this paper will be published in the forthcoming book “Local Public Sector Reforms in Times of Crisis: National Trajectories and International Comparisons” by Kuhlmann/Bouckaert, Palgrave, 2016.
This book aims to demonstrate that various creative and smart routes to excellent solutions are possible, by analysing success stories in different areas of local public management from seven European cities in the EPSA scheme – Bilbao (ES), Birmingham (UK), Mannheim (DE), Milan (IT), Tallinn (EE), Tampere (FI), and Trondheim (NO). It concludes by presenting seven steps leading to excellence. The only thing left to find out is: are other cities ready to take on the challenge?
What kind of ideas are behind the remodelling of the state and public sector, and how have these ideas materialized in practice? In this book the authors illustrate what are the driving forces behind the huge amount of public management reforms over the last three decades. Trends and ideas of public management reforms in practice are validated by data from European Public Sector Award cases (2009 and 2011).