A Cultural Ecology of New Public Management in Indonesia
In 1980s, new public management (NPM) gained popularity as a universal model of reform in public sector management. However, in South East Asia, there have been significant differences between countries that have been successful in NPM reform. Drawing on frameworks of national culture, this article...
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Faculty of Administrative Science and Policy Studies, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Malaysia
2011
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/3883/1/chapter%202.pdf http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/3883/ http://rmi.uitm.edu.my/journal-of-administrative-science/305-jas-volume-8-no-1-june-2011.html |
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| Summary: | In 1980s, new public management (NPM) gained popularity as a
universal model of reform in public sector management. However, in South East Asia, there have been significant differences between countries that have been successful in NPM reform. Drawing on frameworks of national culture, this article is aimed at exploring the applicability of NPM in the developing country of Indonesia.Using Hofstede ’s const ruct of national culture , social units in Indonesia are explained with NPM proposed as a culturally
dependent strategy. It is suggested that the successful implementation of NPM requires compliance between the reform strategies that are adopted and the country’s cultural characteristics. Prior failure in the implementation of NPM has rekindled the interest in the “old” bureaucratic paradigm which was then an indispensable foundation in the field |
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