New Public Management

New Public Management and Issues with it.

Even though above section highlights the core fundamental of the new public management, and how it intends to change the landscape of the public administration when applied in a structured and planned way. Though there are several success stories around new public management inspired reforms of organizations associated with public administration, but what one notices first when looking at the public management and public administration framework is the difference, not the similarities between the two (Barzelay, 2001).

It is interesting to observe that the public administration is underlined by its concentration of power, force and several level of inefficiencies on one side, whereas on other side it has orientation towards public good. With new public management, which follows the principles of the private business environment focus is more towards profit maximization. Unlike public administration where the underlying theme is of public good, new public management focuses more on quality of services, cost optimization and ultimately how much profit is being generated out of the services being offered. In other words it can be said that new public management views public as a more of a “harvests”; it does not differentiates between public and private interest. Usage of business fundamentals and techniques within the public domain thus confuses the most fundamental requirement of any state. Especially of a democracy, with a liability: low costs and speed can’t be equal importance when compared with critical aspects like regularity, transparency and due process.

Low cost and speed which is touted as one important aspect of new public management and it ultimately boosts the critical fundame...

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