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New Development: What are the Challenges in Transferring Lean Thinking to Government?

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  • Eric A. Scorsone

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Lean government is part of a growing trend of management tools designed to lower costs and improve the efficiency of government operations. However, the transference of lean techniques from the private sector to the public sector requires a careful balancing of administrative law, management-labour relations in order to realize these efficiency and cost improvements.

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  • Eric A. Scorsone, 2008. "New Development: What are the Challenges in Transferring Lean Thinking to Government?," Public Money & Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 28(1), pages 61-64, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:pubmmg:v:28:y:2008:i:1:p:61-64
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9302.2008.00621.x
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    2. Rebekah Schulz & Andrew Sense & Matthew Pepper, 2021. "Apprehending and Embedding Customer Expectations in the Collaborative Development of Performance Indicators," Systemic Practice and Action Research, Springer, vol. 34(1), pages 71-90, February.
    3. Roshayati Abdul Hamid Author_Email:, 2011. "Factors Influencing The Success Of Lean Services Implementation: Conceptual Framework," 2nd International Conference on Business and Economic Research (2nd ICBER 2011) Proceeding 2011-272, Conference Master Resources.
    4. Dag Øivind Madsen & Stig Risvik & Tonny Stenheim, 2017. "The diffusion of Lean in the Norwegian municipality sector: An exploratory survey," Cogent Business & Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 4(1), pages 1411067-141, January.

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