Thus it involved reasserting Wilsonian separation of administration from politics with a vengeance.Įxplore problem from many different disciplinary bases ![]() All other matters delegated to professional bureaucrats who would be deciding on the basis of economic rationality. Political leadership concerned only with macro policies and goals. ![]() More personal accountability for actions of their agenciesĭictated by political leadership for macro and micro aspects However, in NPM, rules are considered a means to an end.Įmphasizes role of results accountability ![]() In the traditional public administration, rules are ends in themselves resulting into red-tapism and associated evils. Traditional public administration is inward looking focusing primarily on its own organization however NPM is more outward looking. This is clearly a significant departure from the concept of “anonymous” bureaucracy in traditional public administration. NPM stipulates that public servants should have to accept more personal accountability for the actions of their agencies in return for enhanced autonomy and flexibility to them. Under traditional public administration, it was “Administration’, in NPM, it is “Management”. This was not so in traditional public administration. Under the NPM, public sector decision making structures are so designed as to let managers manage. NPM AND TRADITIONAL PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
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