New Public Management: Comparative Analysis of British and Japanese Public Administration Reforms
Brief Overview of Public Administration and its
Description of New Public Management (NPM) in practice and Britain's Next Step initiative
Purpose of Study: Comparison of NPM in two cases
(Britain and Japan), and determination of degree to which Britain's Next Step model has or will influence Japanese reform efforts
Significance of Study: Identification of need for public administration reform and evaluation of viability of NPN via a qualitative case study of two countries, leading to determination of efficacy of NPM as strategy for improving public administration in diverse environments