01054pab a2200133 454500008004000000100002500040245008900065260000900154300001500163362001200178520065300190650002600843773005100869180718b1998   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aDilulio, John D. Jr.  aRecovering the public management variable: lessons from schools, prisons, and armies  c1998  ap.1147-168  aJun-Aug  aDoes public management matter? Under what, if any, conditions does how public organizations are led, structured, and coordinated affect the quality of citizens' lives? This exploratory essay recommends an approach to public management studies that is directed at answering these questions and "recovering" the public management variable. Using examples from the recent literature on schools, prisons, and armies, and drawing on various theoretical literatures, it is argued that the future of public management studies should lie in efforts to specify what ends given public organizations ought to achieve and how best to achieve them. - Reproduced  aPublic administration  aInternational Journal of Public Administration