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008			180718b1997 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d
100			_aPfiffner, James P.
245			_aThe national performance review in perspective
260			_c1997
300			_ap.41-70
362			_aJan
520			_aThe National Performance Review was one of the most ambitious, far-reaching and thoroughly prepared management reform efforts of the twentieth century. This article examines some of the main themes and principles of the NPR. It begins with the Clinton administration's marketing of the effort and goes on to analyze the arguments of its major scholarly critics. It then presents the more practical public management critiques of the NPR implementation. The article concludes with a comparison of the most important contributions and drawbacks of the total effort and delineates the public management dilemmas that the NPR presents to federal managers. - Reproduced
650			_aAdministrative reform - United States
650			_aPublic administration - United States
650			_aAdministrative reform
773			_aInternational Journal of Public Administration
909			_a34284
999			_c34284 _d34284