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New Public Management and Finnish Public Sector Organisations: The Case of Universities

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The Higher Education Managerial Revolution?

Part of the book series: Higher Education Dynamics ((HEDY,volume 3))

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This chapter deals with the new public management (NPM) doctrine in Finnish public sector organisations with special emphasis on the higher education sector.

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  1. Center for Higher Education Policy Studies, Matosinhos, Portugal

    Alberto Amaral

  2. University of New England, Armidale, Australia

    V. Lynn Meek

  3. Norwegian Institute for Studies in Research in Higher Education, Oslo, Norway

    Ingvild M. Larsen

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Salminen, A. (2003). New Public Management and Finnish Public Sector Organisations: The Case of Universities. In: Amaral, A., Meek, V.L., Larsen, I.M. (eds) The Higher Education Managerial Revolution?. Higher Education Dynamics, vol 3. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0072-7_3

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