scholarly journals A Bibliometrics Approach to Understanding Conceptual Breadth, Depth and Development: The Case of New Public Management

2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 113-124 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dion Curry ◽  
Steven Van de Walle
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Bibliometric Analysis ◽  
Public Management ◽  
Research Agenda ◽  
New Public Management ◽  
Academic Disciplines ◽  
New Public ◽  
The Subject ◽  
New Research ◽  
Over Time

This article uses bibliometric analysis to track the breadth and depth of the concept of New Public Management as it has developed in the 25 years since the coining of the term, in order to provide a deeper understanding of how academics have engaged with the subject. The article uses bibliometric and qualitative analysis to map the use of the concept as a whole and over time, and the use of bibliometrics provides an original, methodical and quantitative way of analysing the usage and movement of New Public Management as a concept. It looks at the breadth of the literature in terms of whether it has spread to new journals or academic disciplines and depth in terms of whether articles on New Public Management engage with new research on the subject. It is shown that the breadth of the literature has increased, but there has been no significant deepening. By providing an overarching view of New Public Management as a concept, this article allows for more systematic academic engagement with the concept, leading to a deeper research agenda that goes beyond its current somewhat limited usage.

Administrative convergence in the United Nations system? Patterns of administrative reform in four United Nations organizations over time

2021 ◽  
pp. 002085232110187
Author(s):  
Stephan Grohs ◽  
Daniel Rasch
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Public Management ◽  
New Public Management ◽  
Decisive Role ◽  
Food And Agriculture ◽  
New Public ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
United Nations System ◽  
Nations System ◽  
Over Time

This article asks how and why United Nations organizations reform their administrative structure and processes over time. It explores whether we can observe a convergence towards a coherent administrative model in the United Nations system. Like in most nation states, reform discussions according to models like New Public Management or post-New Public Management have permeated international public administrations. Against this background, the question of administrative convergence discussed for national administrative systems also arises for United Nations international public administrations. On the one hand, similar challenges, common reform ‘fashions’ and an increasing exchange within the United Nations system make convergence likely. Yet, on the other hand, distinct tasks, administrative styles and path dependencies might support divergent reform trajectories. This question of convergence is addressed by measuring the frequency, direction and rationales for reforms, using a sample of four international public administrations from the United Nations’ specialized agencies (the Food and Agriculture Organization, International Labour Organization, International Monetary Fund and World Bank). We find that convergence depends on the area of reform (human resources or organizational matters are more harmonized than others) and time (some international public administrations are faster or earlier than others). Points for practitioners This article identifies different drivers of reforms, as well as several supporting conditions, and obstacles to reform in international public administration, which is useful for understanding and planning change management. It highlights the issues policymakers should consider when implementing reform measures, especially institutional context, administrative styles and relevant actor constellations. Among other things, it shows that: the establishment of coordination bodies clearly leads to more homogeneous administrative practices; executive heads have a decisive role in the shaping of administrative reforms and have a specific interest to foster coordination and control in public organizations; and autonomy enables organizations to pursue reform policies apt to their individual challenges.

scholarly journals Working Environment Activities in Hospitals: Expansion of Scope and Decentralization of Responsibility

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Per-Christian Borgen ◽  
Bente Vibecke Lunde
Keyword(s):  
Internal Control ◽  
Public Management ◽  
Final Section ◽  
New Public Management ◽  
Health Science ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Regulatory Requirements ◽  
Science Theory ◽  
New Public ◽  
Over Time

This article analyzes how two development traits in the regulatory requirements for Working Environment (WE) activities – an expansion of scope and a decentralization of responsibility – are understood and handled over time by actors responsible for WE activities in Norwegian hospitals. The expanded scope of WE activities is studied based on the requirements outlined in The Working Environment Act, public health science theory, and the WE challenges in hospitals. The decentralized responsibility for WE activities is studied based on Internal Control (IC) reform and other hospital reforms inspired by New Public Management (NPM). The final section of the article discusses the effects of the two development traits, and how these enlarge the line manager’s area of responsibility. The article is based on a qualitative, longitudinal study conducted in three Norwegian hospitals in 1998-1999 and 2013.

The Politics of Commodification

2021 ◽  
pp. 40-61
Author(s):  
Christoph Hermann
Keyword(s):  
Welfare State ◽  
Public Management ◽  
New Public Management ◽  
Private Economy ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Market Values ◽  
Neoliberal Reforms ◽  
New Public ◽  
Natural Tendency ◽  
Over Time

Even though commodification is a quasi-natural tendency of capitalist economies, the extent of commodification can vary over time, depending, among other things, on government intervention. In the last three decades, neoliberal reforms have fueled (re-)commodification. This chapter looks at six major policies: privatization, liberalization, deregulation, marketization, New Public Management, and austerity. Privatization promotes commodification by abolishing non-commodified alternatives to the sale of goods and services. Liberalization fuels commodification by exposing producers to competition and by forcing them to make profits. Deregulation eliminates restrictions that in one way or another limit commodification. Marketization creates markets in economic and social spheres where no markets have existed before, while New Public Management promotes metric output measurements that closely resemble what, in the private economy, are market values. Austerity and related cuts in welfare expenditure drive re-commodification by making citizens more dependent on markets and on private alternatives to the welfare state.

Public Management Reforms: One-Stop Shops to Digital Government

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Colin Knox ◽  
Saltanat Janenova
Keyword(s):  
Public Management ◽  
New Public Management ◽  
Digital Government ◽  
Citizen Satisfaction ◽  
Sector Model ◽  
New Public ◽  
One Stop ◽  
The Impact ◽  
New Phase ◽  
Over Time

The concept of one-stop shops started as a relatively modest idea of providing information to public service users under one roof and helping citizens to navigate the complexities of multiple providers. Over time a business sector model accelerated the development of one-stop shops into a new phase of digitization influenced by the emergence of New Public Management with its emphasis on putting users at the center of public services provision. Technological progress afforded citizens access to the state and, in turn, promoted state-to-citizens interactions through multiple channels, both digital and physical. One-shop shops became inextricably linked to e-government which impacted both the developed and developing world, including authoritarian states. Although evidence of the impact of one-shop shops is still limited, not least because the concept has morphed over time, key improvements are listed as increased citizen satisfaction, reduced corruption, and greater efficiency. The pace of development has been such that the future suggests a move from one-stop shops to “no-stop shops.”

THE SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SYSTEM IN POLAND IN THE LIGHT OF THE NEW CONCEPT OF PUBLIC MANAGEMENT

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 177-198
Author(s):  
Leszek Zelek
Keyword(s):  
Social Welfare ◽  
Public Management ◽  
New Public Management ◽  
Social Assistance ◽  
New Concepts ◽  
New Public ◽  
The Social ◽  
Management Concepts ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Welfare Model

The aim of the article is to present the social assistance model in Poland in the light of new concepts of public management in this area. As a result of the review of the available literature on the subject, the genesis, evolution and directions of development of social assistance in Poland are shown. New directions of management in the context of social policy were discussed. The description of the social welfare model presented in the article is systematising knowledge in the scope of the discussed problem and by comparing new management concepts, assessing the possibilities of their implementation on the ground of social assistance. The first part of the article describes the genesis and evolution of social welfare in Poland and discusses its structure. In the second part, through comparative analysis, an attempt was made to characterize new management concepts, New Public Management and governance, in the light of the social welfare model in Poland

scholarly journals New tendencies in public administration: from the new public management (NPM) and new governance (NG) to e-government

2021 ◽  
Vol 342 ◽  
pp. 08002
Author(s):  
Dorina Ţicu
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Analysis ◽  
Public Administration ◽  
Public Management ◽  
New Public Management ◽  
New Governance ◽  
Administrative System ◽  
New Public

This article aims to realize an analysis on the current public administration through the prism of new explanatory theories: The New Governance (NG) and the New Public Management (NPM), beyond the classical bureaucratic theories, the sociological theories, etc. The article is based on a qualitative analysis of the local public administrative system: trying to identify whether the elements of e-government are present at this level, as well as what their role and their necessity are at the publicadministrative level by correspondence with the new theories applied, presented above: NG and NPM.

scholarly journals La Nueva Gestión Pública en Sabaneta-Antioquia (2003-2013) / The New Public Management in Sabaneta, Antioquia 2003-2013

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-52
Author(s):  
Ángel Emilio Muñoz Cardona
Keyword(s):  
Social Order ◽  
Public Management ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
New Public Management ◽  
Economic Security ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Berlin Wall ◽  
New Public ◽  
The Subject ◽  
International Events

ABSTRACTDuring the decades of the 80s and 90s three international events that marked the history political, social and economic at the beginning of XXI century took place: the fall of the Berlin Wall and Perestroika; Environmental Summit in Rio de Janeiro and the European Union. These historical events deepened new forms of public administration within the developed and developing countries. International events that were and are answer to the demands of citizens by governments more responsive in the management of their needs of participation are: political decisions, environmental protection and economic security. But, how did these three events alter the economic, political and social order in Colombia, and how have these new trends in public management been incorporated into the municipality of Sabaneta, Antioquia? Visualizing the changes of governance since the late 80s and 90s in Colombia, illustrative of the good performance achieved by the municipality of Sabaneta in the period from 2003 to 2013, is the subject of this research essayRESUMENDurante las décadas de los años 80s y 90s tuvieron lugar tres acontecimientos internacionales que marcarían la historia política, social y económica de principios de siglo XXI: la Caída del Muro de Berlín y la Perestroika; la Cumbre Ambiental en Rio de Janeiro y la Unión Europea. Acontecimientos históricos que profundizaron nuevas formas de administración pública en el seno de las naciones desarrolladas y en vías de desarrollo. Sucesos internacionales que fueron y son respuesta a las demandas de ciudadanos por gobiernos más responsables con la gestión de sus necesidades de participación en: decisiones políticas, preservación del medio ambiente y seguridad económica. Pero, ¿de qué manera estos tres acontecimientos alteraron el orden económico, político y social en Colombia, y cómo esas nuevas tendencias de gestión pública han sido incorporadas en el municipio de Sabaneta-Antioquia? Visibilizar dichos cambios de gobernanza desde finales de los años 80s y 90s en Colombia capaces de explicar el buen desempeño alcanzado por el municipio de Sabaneta durante el periodo 2003-2013, es el objeto del presente ensayo de investigación.

New Public Management

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Per Lægreid
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Public Management ◽  
New Public Management ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
The Past ◽  
New Public ◽  
External Pressures ◽  
Institutional Contexts ◽  
Expanded Concept ◽  
Over Time

New Public Management (NPM) reforms have been around in many countries for over the past 30 years. NPM is an ambiguous, multifaceted, and expanded concept. There is not a single driving force behind it, but rather a mixture of structural and polity features, national historical-institutional contexts, external pressures, and deliberate choices from political and administrative executives. NPM is not the only show in town, and contextual features matter. There is no convergence toward one common NPM model, but significant variations exist between countries, government levels, policy areas, tasks, and over time. Its effects have been found to be ambiguous, inconclusive, and contested. Generally, there is a lack of reliable data on results and implications, and there is some way to go before one can claim evidence-based policymaking in this field. There is more knowledge regarding NPM’s effects on processes and activities than on outcome, and reliable comparative data on variations over time and across countries are missing. NPM has enhanced managerial accountability and accountability to users and customers, but has this success been at the expense of political accountability? New trends in reforms, such as whole-of-government, have been added to NPM, thereby making public administration more complex and hybrid.

scholarly journals Gavin Drewry, Louis Blom-Cooper, Charles Blake, The Court of Appeal

2008 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 212
Author(s):  
Charles James
Keyword(s):  
Public Management ◽  
New Public Management ◽  
Recent History ◽  
Access To Justice ◽  
English Court ◽  
Significant Events ◽  
New Public ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Court Of Appeal

This study is an important contribution to access to justice scholarship and research. The subject is the English Court of Appeal as the authors found it in 2000–2001 responding to the deep and comprehensive agenda of change resulting from the “new public management” initiatives of the Tory and Labour governments in power during the 1980’s and 90’s. Although the study is concerned primarily with the present day operation and recent history of the Court of Appeal, significant events in the life of the court from its beginnings in the court restructuring legislation of the 1870’s are recounted and analyzed at appropriate junctures in the text. An important body of data was collected by the authors during 2000-2001 from which they describe and analyze the subjects, types and origins of cases, the throughput of applications and appeals and their outcomes, and in particular, the new requirement for permission to appeal.

scholarly journals Management discourse in university administrative documents in Sweden

Pragmatics ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 653-674 ◽  
Author(s):  
Per Ledin ◽  
David Machin
Keyword(s):  
Public Management ◽  
New Public Management ◽  
Public Institutions ◽  
Technical Management ◽  
Vision Statements ◽  
Everyday Practices ◽  
New Public ◽  
The Subject ◽  
A Chain ◽  
The University

Studies in CDA have revealed the nature of the marketized language that now infuses universities and other public institutions, but there is no comprehensive study as to how this language enters the everyday practices of the university through different levels of steering documents and meetings. In this paper, taking one example from a corpus of data from a larger project on New Public Management in Sweden, we show how successively more detailed documents are created by professional administrators in order to present vision statements, that are first operationalized into strategies and then into more concrete ‘activities’ for the subject level that are related to bundles of performance indicators. These documents re-contextualize practices of teaching and research in line with marketized goals, yet do so through consistent lack of clear agency, causality and process. A number of linguistic and multimodal resources are deployed in a chain of interrelated documents legitimizing this process as one made by careful, technical, management expertise, although the result is a fragmentation of the actual interconnected processes that comprise university work.

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