The Rise and Fall of Public Administration Theory Has Shaped Public Management in South Africa. Critically Explore the Role of New Public Management in the Functioning of the South African Public Service.
Introduction to Public Management Assignment
Student no: 210516235
Name: Nkosinathi
Surname: Manyathi
Topic
The rise and fall of public administration theory has shaped public management in South Africa. Critically explore the role of New Public Management in the functioning of the South African public service.
Introduction
Ever since 1980’s The Bureaucratic Public Administration model of Max Weber and Woodrow Wilson the organisational theorist had used rules to accomplish the organisational goals. Kelman (1990:260) in his contrast statement he argued that the problems with general rule is that they may be inappropriate in some situation. The existing rules may be inappropriate if the environment had change. Therefore in such cases mangers shall be given the right for decision making otherwise the organisation will pay the price. These administration theories were challenged by Anglophonic countries by the establishment of the new model of public sector management The New Public Management (NPM) which had emerged even in South Africa but not the way as it is in Anglophonic countries.
Definition by Public Sector Management Reforms in Africa, (2004:6).New Public Management (NPM) emphasizes the shift of the state from Traditional Public Administration towards ‘managerialism’.The traditional model of organization is based on the principles of bureaucratic hierarchy to deliver the service which includes planning and centralization, direct control and autonomy, had been replaced by the enterprise culture. NPM has provided faster-moving service delivery organizations that would be kept lean by the pressures of competition, and need to be user-responsive in order to survive. It supposes to devolve the organizational structure from manager’s perspective. With a downsized number of staff, many services would be ‘contracted out’ instead of assuming that in-house provision is best.
New Public Management
New Public Management is not a coherent theory but
Student no: 210516235
Name: Nkosinathi
Surname: Manyathi
Topic
The rise and fall of public administration theory has shaped public management in South Africa. Critically explore the role of New Public Management in the functioning of the South African public service.
Introduction
Ever since 1980’s The Bureaucratic Public Administration model of Max Weber and Woodrow Wilson the organisational theorist had used rules to accomplish the organisational goals. Kelman (1990:260) in his contrast statement he argued that the problems with general rule is that they may be inappropriate in some situation. The existing rules may be inappropriate if the environment had change. Therefore in such cases mangers shall be given the right for decision making otherwise the organisation will pay the price. These administration theories were challenged by Anglophonic countries by the establishment of the new model of public sector management The New Public Management (NPM) which had emerged even in South Africa but not the way as it is in Anglophonic countries.
Definition by Public Sector Management Reforms in Africa, (2004:6).New Public Management (NPM) emphasizes the shift of the state from Traditional Public Administration towards ‘managerialism’.The traditional model of organization is based on the principles of bureaucratic hierarchy to deliver the service which includes planning and centralization, direct control and autonomy, had been replaced by the enterprise culture. NPM has provided faster-moving service delivery organizations that would be kept lean by the pressures of competition, and need to be user-responsive in order to survive. It supposes to devolve the organizational structure from manager’s perspective. With a downsized number of staff, many services would be ‘contracted out’ instead of assuming that in-house provision is best.
New Public Management
New Public Management is not a coherent theory but