1. Unit 9 Administrative Doctrines
English for Public Administration IV
Snježana Husinec, PhD;

2. Revision …
What is the commonly accepted definition of administrative law?
Which main administrative law principles can you remember?
What do you understand by each of them?

3. Administrative doctrines
The primary administrative doctrines that modern administrative development is characterised by are:
The new public management and
Good governance

4. The new public management
What have you learned about it so far?
What are its main features?
Read the second paragraph of the text and find the main features:
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5. The new public management
It is characterised by
orientation towards economy, efficiency and effectiveness
efforts to subject the state administration and the public sector organizations to the market principles by methods which develop entrepreneurial behaviour
an effort to „impose most of the values and techniques of private sector management into the public”
What type of measures and effects are produced by the managerial reforms of public administration?
Find the answer in the text.

6. Measures and effects Structural Functional Personnel oriented
Financial
Political
Social …

7. The new public management
Read paragraph three and find in which states the managerial approach has been accepted? Has it spread everywhere at the same speed and degree? Who are the most important advocates of managerial approach among international organizations?

8. The new public management
What are the unfavourable effects of this market-oriented public administration reforms?
Find them in paragraph 4.
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9. The new public management
The unfavourable effects of this market-oriented public administration reforms:
muddled lines of political accountability
poor contacts with the public
decreased transparency
corruption
additional expenses
re-strenghtening of regulation
neglected citizen rights
What has emerged as an alternative to the new public management doctrine?

10. Good governance
GOVERNANCE = the process of decision-making and the process of implementation of decisions
GOOD GOVERNANCE = the choice of best possible processes for making and implementing decisions.
Which principles of GOOD GOVERNANCE can you remember?
Watch the video at the following link and learn more about good governance at local level.
Take notes on the 12 principles presented in the video.

11. Principles of GOOD GOVERNANCE
Participation  All men and women should have a voice in decision-making, either directly or through legitimate intermediate institutions that represent their interests.
Rule of law Legal frameworks should be fair and enforced impartially, particularly the laws on human rights.
Transparency Transparency is built on the free flow of information. Decisions made according to the rules and regulations. Processes, institutions and information are directly accessible to those concerned with them. Information provided in easily understandable forms.
Responsiveness Institutions and processes try to serve all stakeholders within a reasonable timeframe.
Consensus orientation Good governance mediates differing interests to reach a broad consensus on what is in the best interests of the group and.
Equity All men and women have opportunities to improve or maintain their well-being.
Effectiveness and efficiency Processes and institutions produce results that meet needs while making the best use of resources.
Accountability Decision-makers in government, the private sector and civil society organisations are accountable to the public, as well as to institutional stakeholders.
Strategic vision Leaders and the public have a broad and long-term perspective on good governance and human development, along with a sense of what is needed for such development.
Etc.
Which priciples of Good govenance are emphasized by the EU. Find it in the text.

12. Principles of Good Governance
Emphasized by the EU
OPENNESS
PARTICIPATION
RESPONSIBILITY
EFFECTIVENESS
COHERENCY

13. Citizens What is the role of citizens in public administration?
act as partners who significantly contribute to the final results of the activities of public administratin
need to be informed and consulted
have to participate in the creation of public politcies and in administrative and other public processes

14. Abbreviations What do the following abbreviations stand for?
UN _________________________ EU _________________________ OECD _______________________
IMF ________________________
WB _________________________

15. Vocabulary practice
Match a word from column A with a word from column B to form a collocation. Tranlate the collocations into Croatian. A B
market
behaviour
good
principles
managerial
reforms
entrepreneurial
society
unfavourable
resources
administration
governance
decreased
transparency
civil
technologies
public
approach
communication
services
human
effects