The theoretical underpinnings of public sector restructuring in New Zealand / Jonathan Boston -- State-owned enterprises / R. C. Mascarenhas -- The state sector act 1988 / Pat Walsh -- Chief executives and the senior executive service / Jonathan Boston -- Industrial relations and personnel policies under the state sector act / Pat Walsh -- The changing structure of public expenditure / Chris Rudd -- Financial management reform / June Pallot -- Accounting, auditing, and accountability / June Pallot -- Reorganizing the machinery of government : objectives and outcomes / Jonathan Boston -- Devolution and decentralization / John Martin -- The management of change : the social and personnel perspective / Paul Lister, Mary-Jane Rivers, and Alastair Wilkinson -- Biculturalism and the public sector / Tom O'Reilly and David Wood -- Equal employment opportunity and state sector reform / Marianne Tremaine -- Ethos and ethics / John Martin