Lean in a cold fiscal climate: The public sector in an age of reduced resources

Martin, Douglas orcid iconORCID: 0000-0003-4056-5869 (2017) Lean in a cold fiscal climate: The public sector in an age of reduced resources. Public Money & Management . pp. 29-36. ISSN 0954-0962

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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/09540962.2018.1389501

Abstract

Reflecting on recent public sector reform, this article examines the use of lean during a period of financial austerity. The article outlines several challenges for public sector organisations as they manage performance targets, and engage in service re-design. The author challenges the current use of lean working arguing for a re-evaluation of the traditional public sector model of work and for a collective approach to co-production of service redesign.


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