public management

The article analyzes the features of the modern paradigm of public management. Attention is drawn to the fact that today there are different models of public management in the world: the traditional (bureaucratic) model of management, the model of new public management, the model of policy network, the model of good governance, synergetic model, etc. It was found that among the most famous models of management, which took their place among the theories and practices of management, there are three: “Old Public Management”, “New Public Management”, “Good Governance”.

Nowadays co-production is seen as a valuable route to public service reform and to the planning and delivery of effective public services, which is gaining increasing attention. Despite this our understanding of co-production is limited and we still have a lot to learn about how and why coproduction works (and does not). Therefore there is a need to improve knowledge and ability to use co-production successfully. One of the unclear issues are the conditions under which co-production will most likely be effective and how important is trust in this context.

Concern about people with disabilities is now becoming one of the areas of interest within the European Union, which is seeking a cost-effective and socially acceptable solutions aimed at supporting a worthy life of this group of society. Specific areas of action aimed at improving conditions for social inclusion, well-being and the full exercise of the rights of people with disabilities are set out in the “European Disability Strategy 2010-2020: A renewed commitment to a Barrier-Free Europe” (European Disability Strategy 2010-2020: COM (2010) 636). Employment is one of those areas.