TY  - JOUR
AB  - Within discussions of the “new public management” (NPM) it is suggested that professionals increasingly face managerial initiatives that are designed to reduce their autonomy and monitor their work. This paper draws on study data from the local authority children’s homes sector to assess Power’s predictions regarding the “colonisation” and “decoupling” of management audits within professional state agencies. The findings suggest that the introduction of a managerial audit in children’s residential social work has involved a complex, negotiated and uneven process in which older patterns of autonomy have proved to be resilient. A key outcome has been the sometimes ritualistic and partial implementation of the audit process.
VL  - 12
IS  - 4
SN  - 0951-3558
DO  - 10.1108/09513559910282830
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/09513559910282830
AU  - Kitchener Martin
AU  - Kirkpatrick Ian
AU  - Whipp Richard
PY  - 1999
Y1  - 1999/01/01
TI  - Decoupling managerial audit: Evidence from the local authority children’s homes sector
T2  - International Journal of Public Sector Management
PB  - MCB UP Ltd
SP  - 338
EP  - 350
Y2  - 2024/09/21
ER  -