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COMPARATIVE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION MPA503

COMPARATIVE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION MPA503. NEW PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION/MANAGEMENT. SUMMARY/RECAP. DIFFERENCES POLITICAL DIRECTION BREADTH OF SCOPE,IMPACT AND CONSIDERATION PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY PRINCIPLE OF UNIFORMITY SIMILARITIES (ORGANISATIONAL) ROLE OF STATE:BALANCED VIEW.

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COMPARATIVE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION MPA503

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  1. COMPARATIVE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION MPA503 NEW PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION/MANAGEMENT

  2. SUMMARY/RECAP DIFFERENCES • POLITICAL DIRECTION • BREADTH OF SCOPE,IMPACT AND CONSIDERATION • PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY • PRINCIPLE OF UNIFORMITY SIMILARITIES (ORGANISATIONAL) ROLE OF STATE:BALANCED VIEW

  3. FIRST MINNOWBROOK CONFERENCE (1968) NEW PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION THEMES • SOCIAL EQUITY • ETHICS • HUMAN RELATIONS,ACCOUNTABILITY • ADMINISTRATIVE LEADERSHIP • RECONCILING PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION WITH DEMOCRACY LED BY DWIGHT WALDO

  4. GOALS • RELEVANCE (TO ADDRESS PEOPLES ISSUES RATHER THAN EFFICIENCY) • VALUES (VALUE NUETRAL STAND WAS FALSE.OPENNESS ABOUT VALUES BEING SERVED) • SOCIAL EQUITY (SHOULD BE THE OBJECTIVE AND IT SHOULD CHAMPION THE POOR AND UNDER-PRIVELEGED

  5. Client focus • MERE EMPHASIS ON ORGANISATIONAL PERFORMANCE NOT SUFFICIENT • CLIENT S TO HAVE A VOICE IN PROVISION OF GOODS AND SERVICES (WHAT,HOW AND WHEN) • POSITIVE,PROACTIVE AND RESPONSIVE ADMINISTRATORS

  6. PERSPECTIVES • MOVEMENT TOWARDS NORMATIVE THEORY,SOCIAL CONCERN AND ACTIVISM • MOVES AWAY FROM POSITIVISM AND SCIENTICISM • LESS GENERIC AND MORE PRESCRIPTIVE • REPRESENTATIVE BUREAUCRACY • PEOPLES PARTICIPATION IN ADMINISTRATION

  7. CRITICISM • ANTI-POSITIVIST • ANTI-THEORETIC • ANTI-MANAGEMENT • SOCIAL EQUITY ACTUALLY BEING RECOGNISED AS AN OBJECTIVE OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION? • ONLY AN ILLUSION OF A PARADIGM SHIFT

  8. SIGNIFICANCE • STRENGTHENED POLICY SCIENCE PERSPECTIVE • CHALLENGED POLITICS – ADMINISTRATION DICHOTOMY • INTENSIFIED ECOLOGICAL ORIENTATION,ACTIVISM AND COMMITMENT OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION COMMUNITY • PUSHED DISCIPLINE TOWARDS GREATER RELEVANCE

  9. SIGNIFICANCE • BROUGHT ACADEMICS AND PRACTITIONERS OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION CLOSER • STRENGTHENED CLIENT-ORIENTATION IN ADMINISTRATION • SUPPORTED MOVEMENT OF DEMOCRATIC HUMANISM • PROMOTED AWARENESS OF INTERNAL DEMOCRACY THROUGH GENUINE PARTICIPATION IN PUBLIC SYSTEMS

  10. MINNOWBROOK II (1988) EMPHASISED • LEADERSHIP • CONSTITUTIONAL/LEGAL PERSPECTIVE • TECHNOLOGY • POLICY • ECONOMIC

  11. NEW PUBLIC MANAGEMENT 1990s • REINVENTING GOVERNMENT by DAVID OSBORNE & TED GAEBLER (1992) • INTRODUCED THE SECOND PARADIGM SHIFT AFTER THE NEW PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION OF 1960s • TERM COINED BY CHRISTOPHER HOOD IN AN ARTICLE IN 1991 • THATCHERISM & REAGANISM

  12. CONCEPT • MARKET NOT STATE TO BE THE KEY REGULATOR OF ECONOMY • SHIFT FROM DIRECT PROVISION OF SERVICES TO INDIRECT METHODS LIKE POLICY MAKING ,FACILITATING,CONTRACTING,PROVIDING INFORMATION AND COORDINATING OTHER ACTORS

  13. BASIC THEMES THREE E s • ECONOMY (THE ERADICATION OF WASTE) • EFFICIENCY (THE STREAMLINING OF SERVICES) • EFFECTIVENESS (THE SPECIFICATION OF OBJECTIVES TO ENSURE THAT RESOURCES ARE TARGETED ON PROBLEMS

  14. EMPHASIS • PERFORMANCE-APPRAISAL • MANAGERIAL AUTONOMY • COST CUTTING • FINANCIAL INCENTIVES • OUTPUT TARGETS • INNOVATION • RESPONSIVENESS

  15. EMPHASIS • COMPETENCE • ACCOUNTABILITY • MARKET ORIENTATION • QUALITY IMPROVEMENT • CONTRACTING OUT • FLEXIBILITY

  16. EMPHASIS • COMPETITION • CHOICE • INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY • DECENTRALISATION • DOWNSIZING • DEBUREAUCRATISATION • ENTREPRENUERIALISM

  17. PUBLIC CHOICE APPROACH USE A VARIETY OF ORGANISATIONS CAN PROVIDE DIFFERENT PUBLIC GOODS AND SERVICES AND SUCH ORGANISATIONS CAN BE COORDINATED IT EMPHASISES AN ANTI-BUREAUCRATIC APPROACH,DIVERSE DEMOCRATIC DECISION MAKING CENTERS,INSTITUTIONAL PLURALISM,ECONOMIC LOGIC,DECENTRALISATION,POPULAR PARTICIPATION NEO-TAYLORISM : FOLLOW PRIVATE SECTOR PRACTICES

  18. GOALS • CATALYTIC GOVERNMENT • COMMUNITY-OWNED GOVERNMENT • COMPETETIVE GOVERNMENT • MISSION DRIVEN GOVERNMENT • RESULTS-ORIENTED GOVERNMENT

  19. GOALS • CUSTOMER DRIVEN GOVERNMENT • ENTERPRISING GOVERNMENT • ANTICIPATORY GOVERNMENT • DECENTRALISED GOVERNMENT • MARKET-ORIENTED GOVERNMENT

  20. IMPACT • CREATION OF AUTONOMOUS PUBLIC ORGANISATIONS • REDUCING THE SIZE OF GOVERNMENT • CORPORATISATION IOF GOVERNMENT ORGANISATIONS • REDUCING BUDGET AND WELFARE EXPENDITURE

  21. IMPACT • REFORMING CIVIL SERVICE STRUCTURES • PERFORMANCE EVALUATION AND MEASUREMENT • PRIVITASATION OF PUBLIC UNDERTAKINGS • DECENTRALISATION OF AUTHORITY TO LOWER LEVELS

  22. IMPACT • CONTRACTING OUT SERVICES TO PRIVATE AGENCIES • PROMOTINGOPENNESS AND TRANSPARENCY IN ADMINISTRATION • ENCOURAGING CITIZENS PARTICIPATION IN ADMINISTRATION • DECLARATION OF CITIZENS CHARTERS ETC

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