MGT330H5 Study Guide - Final Guide: Edward Glaeser, Metrolinx, New Public Management
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Mayor (sets the cities goals) -> city council (does the executives functions) Mayor is the strong political head, the person we look to for budgets and the running of the. Mayor- council (weak) (the canadian system has a weak mayor in terms of federal power, city. Has a lot of in uence nation wide dissimilar to the u. s. Governance, part of governance is public/private partnerships. Three stages of urban institutional design and change: Weber"s model: hierarchichal organizations and clear separation between private and public. New public management (1980s) (implimented by ronald reagan and margret thatcher: spheres. government should be run like a business use the principles of the public sector principles in government, standards and measures, ef ciency,competition decentralization. New governance (1990s onwards) - govern thru networks and the blurring of private and public boundaries. Living in a complex world we need complex government strategies with new methods of governance, using partnerships between different actors to create a better environment.
