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Public Management of the UK & Japan

An Assessment of New Public Management and Japanese Public

This qualitative research study compares and contrasts New Public Management (NPM) of the United Kingdom (UK) with Japan, where NPM and the British Next Steps Initiatives (NSI) targeting public administration reform have been implemented. The research reveals that the UK has enjoyed greater though not universal success with NPM and that reform in Japan has been both less extensive and more difficult to achieve due to the unique cultural, economic and political structures of the nation. The literature suggests that NPM, though portable from one jurisdiction to another, must be modified to meet the needs of the local unit of governance.

The research reveals that Japan is continuing to struggle to achieve meaningful NPM transitions. The UK case is identified as also having failed to have achieved full realization of the NPM goals and objectives. Yet, the study does serve to demonstrate that NPM has the potential to move a public administration sector toward greater accountability, efficiency and transparency while also achieving a market orientation.

Overview of Public Administration and Its Governance Role

"Public Administration (PA)" is that assortment of activities undertaken by an established government via the public sector to ensure the delivery of public services, the making and enforcement of law, the collection and allocation of revenues and resources, the implementation of public policies in such diverse fields as economics, social welfare, education and health, and all other related programs and policies that represent government at work in overseeing the social contract (Chandler, pp. 1 -- 2). At the heart of public administration (including both policy formation and the processes of policy implementation within government) are permanent bureaucracies attached to central government departments. It is in and through these government bureaucracies, depa...

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Public Management of the UK & Japan. (1969, December 31). In LotsofEssays.com. Retrieved 09:56, March 28, 2024, from https://www.lotsofessays.com/viewpaper/1694340.html