MG214 ASSIGNMENT 1
Assignment Question:
Discuss the criticisms of the NPM model and what the new developments in the NPM model are

The New Public Management (NPM) was formed in early 1980s and 1990s as a result of reforms or change public management styles that includes its structures and processes with the objectives of running them better. Before this new public management came into exist in management sector the early administrations were personal meaning that opportunity to have jobs or other positions was based on loyalty to a particular person such as a King. Hence innovations of ideas or theories came up to change traditional model of administration (old management) and developed what is known to us new public management (NPM). However, the formation of NPM or the use of NPM system creates criticisms from the traditional practitioners of public administration. Such as lack of specificity as to what is actually involved in NPM, there is no agreement as to what NPM actually is and different theorists put forward quite different lists of NPM characteristics( (Hughes, 2012). Now let’s go on by looking at four criticisms when developing New Public Management today.
The first criticism of the NPM is the merit-base pay for all employees which means that payment will be paid according to qualification for job satisfaction (Whitford, 2013). Academics develop new ways of managing human resource development in organisation which were administered by the lines of managers. For example, when recruiting and selections of new employees into an organization the managers have selection criteria to look at the each applicant’s qualification and work experience. However, the practitioners of the traditional model of management look at it as time consuming and more expensive for the organization to recruit and train these new employees. They think seniority-base pay and