This document discusses New Public Administration. It provides background information on key figures like Dwight Waldo and summarizes some of the major areas, themes, and features of New Public Administration. Specifically, it notes that New Public Administration is an anti-positivist reaction to traditional public administration that focuses on how institutions can provide services to citizens as part of the public interest through public policy. It also lists some of the major areas, themes, and features of New Public Administration such as its emphasis on responsiveness, client-centricity, and bringing together managerial and political values.
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2. New public administration
assignment submitted to sir Adeel Saqib
1 .Zakia Naz
2.Maria Tariq
3.Maj.Muhammad Sohaib Arif
4.Zafar Ishaq
5.Rana Umer Khalid
3. New public administration
New Public Administrationis ananti-positivist, anti-
technical, and anti-hierarchical reaction
againsttraditional public administration
A practiced theory in response to the ever changing
needs of the public and how institutions and
administrations go about solving them.
Focus is on the role of government and how they can
provide these services to citizens in which are a part
of public interest, by means, but not limited to public
policy.
4. Dr Dwight waldo (1913 2000)
Father of new public administration
9. New public adminstration
main points
1. No dichotomy
2. Try to bring managerial and political values TOGGETHER
3. Two branches PUBLIC POLICY
4. Looked at politics in policy but not in administration
5. PA moved to business school
6. Political management the governess function of PA defines the role of
PUBLIC MANAGER in political system
7. Public choice
8. Criticised bureaucracy
9.
10. Issues in new public administration
1 democratic citizenship COMMAN MAN citizen aware knowledgable and
active
2 Public interest collective comman goods within society
3 public policy defination ncourses of actions /regulatory
measures/laws/funding priorties concerning a given topic promulgated by
governmental entity
Not limited in participation
4 sevices to citizens
Needs of citizens through institutions and bureaucracy
11. Features of new public
adminstration
1 responsiveness more relevant to social ,economic, political and technological
environment
2 client centricity improve the quality of life of citizen
3 structural changes in administration small flexible ,
hierchial structures
4 multidisciplinary nature of p a knowledge of many subjects and fields
5 politics admst dichotomy policy formulation and implantation
6 awareness jobs of administrators affects communities and large no people
7 case studies what to do and what not to do lessons from mistakes and good policies
8 structure change moving in many directions public mangement
9 Jack of all trades knowledge of politics , law and social work
10 change public manager and public advisor
12. Themes of new P A
1 relevance relationship of the people also important in the process of policy
formulation
2 values Transparency and availability of information
3 social equity Realization of social equity
4 change Operational flexibility and organizational adaptability
5 client focus Positive proactive and responsive administration
6 Mgt worker relations Equal emphasis on efficiency and human
considerations.
13. 4 D,s in new public adminstrationS
Decentralization
Debureaucratization
Delegation
democratization