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

Dorina Ţicu

doi:10.1051/matecconf/202134208002

Abstract

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.

Highlights

The Public Administration – starting from the classical theoriesThe Public Administration is a well-known concept, quite old, subjected to numerous analyses, starting from the bureaucratic theories
The New Public Management has the following characteristics: the introduction of the principle of budgeting based on null-sum games, the objective-based management, the measurement of the performance through different techniques and technologies, the measurement of the organization's leader's form, the imposition of the rational management, and the individualism as a competition beat, as well as a clear formula for ranking of any roles identified at administrative level (Maesschalck, 2004: 471)
The current public administration has naturally undergone a number of changes that have occurred over time from various sources

Summary

Introduction

The Public Administration is a well-known concept, quite old, subjected to numerous analyses, starting from the bureaucratic theories. The key elements of the traditional PA can be defined as: “the dominance of the “rule of law”; a focus on administering set rules and guidelines; a central role for the bureaucracy in policy making and implementation; the politics – administration split within public organizations; a commitment to incremental budgeting; and the hegemony of the professional in the service delivery system” (Osborne, 2006: 378) From this point of view, the Traditional Public Administration would acquire more or, above all, less favourable images over time because of the fact that the provision of public goods and services, of social services, at the level of a community, without fail, both in terms.

New Perspectives at Administrative Level

New Government and E-government in Public Administration

Conclusions