Shaw RH1/05/20132013-05PUBLIC MANAGEMENT REVIEW, 2013, 15 (4), pp. 477 - 5001471-9037https://hdl.handle.net/10179/5682The talk is of a new public value paradigm that is challenging the dominance of the new public management. In some quarters, however, public value is criticized as a reheated version of other public administration narratives. This article supplements the debate with an assessment of the ramifications of public value for institutional design in the public sector. It scans the literature for premises that might inform the structuring of public agencies. An institutional prescription is advanced and appraised. The article concludes that, while promising, public value's institutional project remains incomplete.477 - 500public valuepublic value managementnew public managementpublic sectorpublic serviceJournal article10.1080/14719037.2012.6640171956461471-90451501 Accounting, Auditing and Accountability1503 Business and Management1605 Policy and Administration