Learning in public organizations in 2010

The theme of this article is the future of learning in public organizations . It outlines a way of thinking that might underpin learning, and argues th at by the year 2010, public organizations could develop a radical approach to organizational learning that would make the concept more meaningful in t heir everyday practice. This approach, is based on various shifts in the wa ys in which management is thought about and enacted. These changes are a mo vement away from. the idea of 'the public manager' to a more relational not ion: 'management in public'. The author explains what 'management in public ' means, and discusses how it can be put into practice in order to transfor m learning in public organizations.