The development of the public administration model dating from the mid-1800s to the early 1900s was influenced primarily by Weber's theory of bureaucracy, Northcote and Trevelyan's recommendations relating to the establishment of a professional civil service in Britain, and Woodrow Wilson's ideas in the United States for the separation of policy from administration (Hughes, 1994).And the Other managerial theories and concepts over the years have been relevant including Taylor's scientific management and Simon's rational decision-making.
This contribution will first examine the traditional model of public administration including the conceptual and theoretical bases and how this affected organizational aspects.
New governments, formal review processes, focused research, and events have often stimulated notable change.
This is the raison d'être of the institution, the source of motivation and pride of all those who choose to make it their life, whether for a season or for an entire career.
These are: NPA provides solutions for achieving these goals, popularly called the 4 Ds: decentralization, debureaucratization, delegation and democratization.
As said in A New Synthesis of Public Administration, governments have always been called upon to make difficult decisions, undertake complicated initiatives and face complex problems characteristical of the period.
It requires reconciling future needs with what could garner a sufficient degree of public support in the short term to move forward.
[5] Felix and Lloyd Nigro observe that New Public Administration has seriously jolted the traditional concepts and outlook of the discipline and enriched the subject by imparting a wider perspective by linking it closely to the society.
[6] The overall focus in NPA movement seems to be to make administration less "generic" and more "public", less "descriptive" and more "prescriptive", less "institution-oriented" and more "client-oriented", less "neutral" and more "normative" but should be no less scientific all the same.