New Public Management stands for shift from conventional public pol

New Public Management stands for

  • shift from conventional public policy to cost effectiveness
  • cluster rather than pyramids of organization in structural frameworks
  • flexible and adaptive operational systems
  • rigid planning and conventional bureaucratic hierarchy

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

[amp_mcq option1=”1, 2, 3 and 4″ option2=”1 and 2 only” option3=”1, 2 and 3 only” option4=”3 and 4 only” correct=”option3″]

This question was previously asked in
UPSC CAPF – 2012
Statements 1, 2, and 3 are correct descriptions of New Public Management (NPM), while statement 4 is incorrect.
New Public Management (NPM) is an approach to running public services that is influenced by ideas from the private sector. It emphasizes efficiency, performance, cost-effectiveness, flexibility, decentralization, market-like mechanisms, and a focus on outcomes and citizen/customer needs. It seeks to move away from traditional, rigid, hierarchical, input-focused bureaucracies.
Statement 1 aligns with the NPM emphasis on efficiency and value for money. Statement 2 reflects the move towards flatter, more networked, and decentralized organizational structures (“clusters rather than pyramids”). Statement 3 highlights the NPM goal of creating more flexible and responsive operational systems. Statement 4 describes characteristics of traditional public administration, which NPM sought to reform, rather than NPM itself.
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