New Public Management In Malaysia

This article presents an analysis of literatures on the extent of the new public management npm ideology which has been implemented in the malaysian public sector.

New public management in malaysia. Malaysia received the npm philosophy since the 1980 s with the implementation of the privatization policy and administrative improvement programs. The empirical part consists of. In line with npm s underlying principles various contemporary management practices and philosophy were implemented in the malaysian since. Since the philosophy and techniques of new public management npm have been implemented in malaysia the public sector has emerged from being just an engine of economic growth to become a facilitator to the private sector and the public service provider.

The malaysian public sector has undergone various transformations since the independence. However since 1980s onwards the philosophy and techniques of new public management npm have been implemented in malaysia this again transformed the public sector from being an engine of economic growth to become a facilitator to the private sector. From 2000 there was a discernible trend towards an emerging model variously termed the new public service the new public governance or the post new public management dunleavy and hood 1994. The former is derived from commercial operations and is meant to bring about a new mind set a new vocabulary and a proliferation of management techniques.

The transition from the old public administration to the new public management that occurred in the 1980s and 1990s. It is also meant to debureaucratize government operations and to reduce red tape substantially. Privatization policy which falls within the new public management npm framework. The basic concept of npm is the belief that the public sector should use the same practice with the private sector hood 1995.

Otherwise known as managerialism the npm has not only questioned the philosophical institutional and operational aspects of the conventional public administration but also proposed radical changes in different areas of the public sector. As a new paradigm of public administration new public management npm points to the failures and inadequacies of public sector performance over time and the problems lying squarely in the nature and processes of public sector activity and traditional public administration. The government adopted the privatization masterplan encompassing sectors such as telecommunications airlines railway electricity port and postal services to reduce public spending relieve the state s fiscal burden and strengthen market forces. Conclusion according to the writer the techniques and philosophies underlying the new public management npm has been accepted and implemented in the developed and developing countries.

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