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New Public Management
New Public Management
UNIT:2
LECTURE -12
NEW PUBLIC MANAGEMENT
Lecture objectives
■ The term New Public Management was coined by Christopher Hood in 1991
he used it in article: A Public Management for all Seasons (1991)
Main theme of NPM
■ It represents a synthesis of the public administration and private administration (business management).
■ Aims at 3Es:
Economy
Efficiency
Effectiveness
Continued…
■ It assumed that private sector management practices are
better than management practices in public sector.
■ for example:
– The adoption of market mechanism,
– Compulsory Competitive Tendering Contract,
– Privatisation of public corporations
Continued…
David Osborn and Ted Gaebler
We don’t need more government; we need better government. To be more
precise, we need better governance. Governance is the act of collective
solving our problems. Government is the instrument we use. The instrument
is outdated, it is time to remake it.
Continued…
■ Managerialism,
■ New Public Management,
■ Market-Based Public Administration,
■ Post-Bureaucratic Paradigm,
■ Entrepreneurial Government
The Goal of NPM (by Christopher Hood)
■ https://www.unrisd.org/80256B3C005BCCF9/(httpPublications)/5F280B19C6125F438
0256B6600448FDB
■ https://www.atlas101.ca/pm/concepts/new-public-management/
■ https://www.owlgen.in/explain-the-concept-of-the-new-public-management/
Critically analyze the theme of New Public
Management.
Discuss the goals and anti-goals of New
Public Management