The government should run like a business mantra
By: Beckett, Julia.
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ArticlePublisher: 2000Description: p.185-204.Subject(s): Public administration
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American Review of Public AdministrationSummary: The common phrase, government should run like a business evokes powerful ideas: It is a mantra. This article considers the layers of connotation contained in this mantra, noting first that comparisons between government and business is a classic and constant theme in public administration. In recent literature, the theme and focus of business-government comparisons has shifted to modeling government after the market ideas of business. This article adds to this discussion by considering formal constitutive factors present in three basic business forms - the sole proprietor, the partnership, and the corporation. The article further asks whether any of these business forms provides useful models for government. A fundamental concern is conceptualizing government within the context of America's business mythology that echoes in the mantra, "government should run like a business." - Reproduced
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Indian Institute of Public Administration | Volume no: 30, Issue no: 2 | Available | AR47387 |
The common phrase, government should run like a business evokes powerful ideas: It is a mantra. This article considers the layers of connotation contained in this mantra, noting first that comparisons between government and business is a classic and constant theme in public administration. In recent literature, the theme and focus of business-government comparisons has shifted to modeling government after the market ideas of business. This article adds to this discussion by considering formal constitutive factors present in three basic business forms - the sole proprietor, the partnership, and the corporation. The article further asks whether any of these business forms provides useful models for government. A fundamental concern is conceptualizing government within the context of America's business mythology that echoes in the mantra, "government should run like a business." - Reproduced
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