The rise of new public management at the institutional level:an analysis of a Dutch university and the role of administrators in initiating organizational change, 1980s to 2010s

New Public Management (NPM) is a remarkable development in the history of the management of public and semi-public organizations and one that requires more attention from historians working on the history of management and organizations. This article examines the rise of NPM at the institutional level through an in-depth analysis of a Dutch university in the 1980s to 2010s. By combining a social-science-based analytical framework for NPM in higher education with a variety of sources, including organizational archives and oral history, the article sheds light on how NPM ideas, techniques, and c... Mehr ...