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NPM may be considered as a label for a general approach to public management which embraces, as a minimum, the market mechanism, the widespread use of contracts and privatisation of public assets. Recent analysis has been particularly critical of NPM's overemphasis of market competition and the dominant role of self-interest and accused NPM of fostering a fragmented and commercialized society which alienates individuals and groups from the collective and reduces social capital. A possible post-NPM paradigm which strikes a better balance between the domains of State, economy and society has variously been called "joined-up government", policy networks, inter-organisational networks, integrated governance and inter-sectoral administration. The broad principles around these approaches include cooperation, coordination, partnerships, networking and collaboration within government and between government and the private and non-profit sectors. This paper examines the emerging characteristics of integrated governance.

Stream: Change

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Biography Dr Jim Tangas B.SC., Dip.Ed., B.Ed., M.Ed, D.Ed. (University of Melbourne); Grad. Cert. Professional Development (Monash University). Department of Education and Training, Victoria. Jim has substantial experience as a secondary school teacher in government schools, where he held a range of teacher leadership positions, and as a lecturer in universities where he has taught in the areas of strategic management, human resource management, business-government relations and organisational behaviour. Jim also has experience in the private sector, having worked for the ANZ Banking Corporation in the corporate human resources strategy, policy and review unit. He is currently employed by the Department of Education and Training in the School System Development Division. Jim has recently completed his doctorate which focused on the New Public Management and its manifestation in the state of Victoria in the 1990s. He has written a number of papers on free trade agreements and their implications for the education industry and on public private partnerships. His current research interests are in integrated governance arrangements for public organisations, public private partnerships and strategic management in the education sector.