01376pab a2200145 454500008004000000100001600040245010000056260000900156300001200165362000800177520094100185650002601126650002601152773005201178180718b2005   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aHernes, Tor  aFour ideal-type organizational responses to new public management reforms and some consequences  c2005  ap.5-17.  aMar  aWith its dual focus on service and accountability, New Public Management (NPM) accentuates the inherent tension between the logics of service and accountability respectively in local public administration. The present article explores, from an organization theory perspective, possible organizational responses to tensions created by the introduction of NPM. The article identifies four possible ideal-type organizational responses to NPM. First, paralysis, whereby unresolved conflict leads to stand-off situation between management and staff. Second, ritualistic decoupling, in the sense of decoupling between espoused and enacted practices. Third, loose coupling between functions and individuals. Fourth, organic adaptation, whereby the tension is handled constructively through internal structural and cultural differentiation. Possible causes and consequences of each of these responses for management are discussed. - Reproduced.  aPublic administration  aAdministrative reform  aInternational Review of Administrative Sciences