Reinventing excellence: or how bestsellers thwart the search for lessons to transform the public sector

Government practitioners are often attracted to bestselling management literature which actually contain inadequate theories, methods and evidence. They fail to search for other literature which may not be as strong in the market but which do offer sound management theories. Such literature fail to be bestsellers due to several factors such as the marketing capability of publishers, use of jargon, cultural barriers and literature trends.