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
Definition of key terms: Public Administration, NPM,
Stakeholders, Britain's Next Step Initiative.
Dunlevy's Bureau-Shaping Model, Core-Executive
F. Research Methodology: A qualitative case study
analysis based on an extensive review of relevant literature employing a narrative assessment of
previously published theoretical and empirical literature.
Limitations of Study: Study confined to existing
Theoretical background of Study: Public administration includes policies and programs as well as governance systems focused on meeting public service needs as defined in policy; section will describe theories of how Next Steps and NPM work
and Dunlevy's Bureau-Shaping Model, Core-Executive Model, and Hood's Cultural Theory
Research Questions: 1) What is NPM; 2) What is Britain's Next Step Model and its is it implemented and how successful is it in Britain; 3) What motivated reform in Japan; 4) What specific reform efforts were made in Japan and how did Japan use Next Steps; 5) Does Next Step transfer from one governance/cultural setting to another; 6) To what degree does Next Step provide "best practices" for public administration re
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