POLS 2250 Quiz: NPM Savoie-Borins Debate Notes

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 2250
• Professor: Tim Mau

Document Summary

Npm philosophy is rooted in the idea that private management is superior to public management. Osbourne and gabler: move government management away from bureaucratic model and towards entrepreneurial model. Popular option for politicians who do not want to face fiscal challenges. Private management operations rarely lend themselves to the world of government: (cid:862)fu(cid:374)da(cid:373)e(cid:374)tall(cid:455) alike i(cid:374) all u(cid:374)i(cid:373)porta(cid:374)t (cid:449)a(cid:455)s(cid:863) The real problem is not the bureaucratic model but the politicians and parliament behind it. Public service is more concerned about doing things by the book than being (cid:862)e(cid:373)po(cid:449)ered(cid:863) as a(cid:374)(cid:455) (cid:373)istakes (cid:373)ade (cid:449)ill (cid:271)e highly focused on by the opposition and media. In private business in contrast, mistakes are more tolerated if a profit is turned or there is success on the whole. (90%-10% idea: borins speaks of empowerment. Civil service must remain impartial and have a hierarchal nature to ensure the continuation of ministerial impartiality and non-criticism/politicization: (cid:862)o(cid:374)l(cid:455) the mi(cid:374)ister has (cid:448)ie(cid:449)s a(cid:374)d opi(cid:374)io(cid:374)s(cid:863)