Beyond New Public Management Paradigm: The Public Value Paradigm and Its Implications for Public Sector Managers

Abstract

It has been well over two decades now when new public management emerged as a management paradigm. As a management doctrine, new public management is centered on private sector practices implemented in the public sector. Although it has registered some success stories but most of the intended objectives were not met. The public value concept emerges as a response to the weaknesses of new public management and to better equip public sector managers to create public value for the society. The purpose of this study is to explore and evaluate public administration paradigms beyond new public management and to assess public value implications for public sector managers. This study employed cross-sectoral scope review of the extant literature and adopted a narrative approach. In-depth data was collected from top database searches of American and Australian Administrative journals.