Public Sector Reform from the Post-New Public Management Perspective: Review and Bibliometric Analysis

The aim of this article is to evaluate the impact of public sector reform on academic literature from the post-NPM perspective. There have been several investigations into post-NPM public governance models and their impact on public sector reform. Yet, the research problem faced when analysing post-NPM literature is the lack of studies examining the multitude of possible public governance models (PGM) with sufficient comprehensiveness, especially in Central and Eastern European (CEE) states. In order to effectively address the research problem, a bibliometric analysis was performed, following three objectives: (i) an investigation into the evolution of PGM literature, (ii) identification of the core publications and authors based on publication frequency, and (iii) a citation network analysis (a historiograph), indicating the relations among the most-cited publications. It involved the identification of 16,374 publications in the Web of Science database, narrowed down to the 100 most cited between 1994 and 2017, and the application of the HistCite bibliometric analysis software, covering descriptive statistics, bibliometric indicators, and historiographic citation analysis. The research results reveal a growing research interest in the topic, as supported by bibliometric indicators. In addition, important differences as regards coverage and diffusion of individual post-NPM models are indicated. Namely, most publications focus on the ‘governance’ paradigm and subsequent critical rethinking, as indicated by several post-NPM modernisation proposals. Furthermore, we have shown that such evaluation of governance and related doctrines may be biased in favour of subjective, pluralistic Western ideas about governance, presumably limiting their impact within the CEE and several other regions. Hence, the regions’ particularities in terms of governance (post-socialism, Rechtsstaat culture, EU membership, small states, etc.) must be further taken into account in the post-NPM literature

Značilnost in usmerjanje razvoja gospodarjenje na drobni zasebni posesti na primeru GE Cerklje

V Gozdno gospodarski enoti Cerklje (GGO Kranj) je 98,5 % gozdov v zasebni lasti. Z raziskavo analiziramo dejavnike, ki vplivajo na značilnosti gospodarjenja z gozdovi in oblikujejo lastnikov odnos do gozda. Lastnikove odločitve o gospodarjenju s svojim gozdom so pomembne za usmerjanje razvoja gospodarjenja. Lastnike gozdov v GGE smo razdelili v pet velikostnih razredov glede na velikost gozdne posesti. V prvem velikostnem razredu so posesti do 0,99 hektarja, v drugem od 1 do 4,99, v tretjem od 5 do 9,99, v četrtem od 10 do 29,99 in v petem nad 30 hektarjev. V vzorec smo zajeli 65 lastnikov gozdov in podatke pridobili s pomočjo anketiranja. Izziv gozdarske stroke je povezatilastnike ter s tem razdrobljene in majhne načrtovalne enote spremenitiv gozdove z učinkovitejšim gospodarjenjem. Različne oblike organiziranega povezovanja lastnikov gozdov predstavljajo možnost za še uspešnejše gospodarjenje ter izkoriščanje proizvodnih potencialov. Interes povezovanja pri lastnikih, ki imajo do 5 ha gozda, je v GGE še vedno majhen. Terenske možnosti za posodobitev procesa pridobivanja lesa so ugodne, zato bi veljalo tudi na ta način pritegniti lastnike k intenzivnejšem sodelovanju pri gospodarjenju. Lastniki so najbolj zadovoljni z delovanjem ZGS, veliko pa lahko k usmerjanju razvoja gospodarjenja pripomore še KGZS.98.5% of forests in Forest Management unit Cerklje (GGO Kranj) are private property. With this research we are analyzing the factors, which are influencing on the characteristics of forest management and creating the attitude of the forest owners to the forest. The forest owners in Forest Management unit Cerklje are divided in five size classes by the size of forestproperty. There are properties till 0,99 ha in the first size class, 1-4,99 ha in the second, 5-9,99 ha in the third, 10-29,99 ha in the forth and over 30 ha in the fifth size class. The sample included 65 owners of the forest property. Face-to-face surveys method has been used for the collection of the data. A big challenge of Forestry is to link up owners of the forest properties and thus smaller forest properties change into forests with more effective management. Different shapes of co-operation represent the possibility of even more effective management and exploitation of the production potentials. The analysis has shown that the interest for co-operation of the owners, who own less than 5ha of the forest, is small. Since the possibilities for the modernization of wood production are rewarding, it would be wise to attract the forest owner in more intensive co-operation. The owners are the most pleased with the activities of Slovenia Forest Service, a great deal to the guidance of further management developmentcan be contributed by the Chamber of Agriculture and Forestry of Slovenia