What are the differences between new public management and traditional public management?

1, a brand-new value concept of customer-oriented and customer first. The new public management has completely changed the relationship between the government and the public under the traditional mode. The government is no longer an authoritative bureaucrat who gives orders, but a people-oriented server. The public administration of the government is no longer "governance administration", but "service administration".

2. Governance reform, the government function changed from "rowing" to "steering". The new public management advocates that the government only formulates policies but does not implement them in public management, and the government should separate management from specific operations;

3. Introducing competition mechanism into public management. Traditional public administration tries to establish a strong government with strict hierarchy and emphasizes expanding the administrative intervention of the government;

4. Pay attention to the pursuit of efficiency. Pursuing efficiency is the starting point and destination of public administration; Reform the civil service system. The new public management advocates the disintegration of some important principles and core characteristics of the civil service system;

5. Create an enterprising and farsighted government. The management of the new employee believes that "the government must raise funds by collecting fees and ensure future income by creating new sources of income".

Extended data

The Theory of New Public Management is a book written by Jane Lane in 1980s. Based on the analysis of the new public management theory and other existing research methods, the book constructs a comprehensive analysis framework of new public management to objectively reflect the reality of public management.

The two specific objectives of this book are: first, to investigate and analyze various theoretical models of public administration and public management, and strive to integrate with new public management, so as to seek the possibility of integrating disciplines and creating a new theoretical framework of public management. The second is to explore the sustainable applicability of the public sector under the influence of the new public management reform.

Baidu Encyclopedia-New Public Management Theory