01494pab a2200169 454500008004000000100001800040245011400058260000900172300001300181362000800194520096900202650003801171650003001209650001801239700001901257773004801276180718b2006   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aBradley, Lisa  aDo Australian public sector employees have the type of culture they want in the era of new public management?  c2006  ap.89-99.  aMar  aNew public management theory proposes that public sector organisations should be managed more like private sector organisations. It is therefore expected that public sector managers will have preferences for an organisational culture that will reflect the culture of private sector organisations, with an external rather than internal orientation. The current research investigated the idea that managers' perceptions of ideal organisational culture would be different to the bureaucratic model of culture (internally oriented), which has traditionally been associated with public sector organisations. Responses to competing values culture inventory were received from 925 public sector employees. Results indicated that the bureaucratic model is still pervasive; however managers prefer a culture that is more external, and less control focussed, as expected. Lower employees expressed a desire for a culture that emphasised human relations values. - Reproduced.  aPublic administration - Australia  aCivil service - Australia  aCivil service  aParker, Rachel  aAustralian Journal of Public Administration