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Theorizing public organisation: An australian perspective

H. K. Colebatch (School of Social Science and Policy University of New South Wales Sydney 2052, Australia h.colebatch@unsw.edu.au Fax: 61-2-9385-1040)

International Journal of Organization Theory & Behavior

ISSN: 1093-4537

Article publication date: 1 March 1998

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Abstract

There is a widespread critique of government, in Australia and elsewhere, which raises questions about the conceptual frame mobilised by analysts and practitioners to make sense of public organisation. This article examines the practice and the analysis of public organisation in Australia, and identifies three distinct patterns of theorising it, which it labels "traditional", "modern" and "post-modern". The discussion of these alternative patterns raises questions about how public organisation is theorised, and about the relationship between the theorisation and the practice.

Citation

Colebatch, H.K. (1998), "Theorizing public organisation: An australian perspective", International Journal of Organization Theory & Behavior, Vol. 1 No. 3, pp. 279-320. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJOTB-01-03-1998-B003

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Emerald Publishing Limited

Copyright © 1998 by Marcel Dekker, Inc.

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