Specifics of new public management and application in the Republic of Croatia

Prema mišljenju mnogih autora, novi javni menadžment je pristup upravljanju organizacijama koje pružaju javne usluge, odnosno koji se koristi u javnim službama (ministarstvima, državnim agencijama, regionalnim i lokalnim samoupravama) u svijetu i Hrvatskoj. Primjena koncepata i modela novog javnog menadžmenta omogućuje organizacijama u javnoj upravi bolje organiziranje poslovanja, generalno racionalnije poslovanje odnosno upravljanje svim oblicima oskudnih resursa, povećanje kvalitete izvršenja usluga prema krajnjim korisnicima i provedbunužnih reformi javne uprave. Jezgra ideologije koja se može smatrati utjecajnom u razvoju programa reforme javnog sektora u 1980-ima i 1990-ima imala je glavnu premisu kako je javni sektor bio neučinkovit i često neefikasan. Upravljanje istog nije vodilo smanjenju troškova niti poboljšanju kvalitete pa se tražio način kako bi se to promijenilo. Slični problemi danas postoje i u Hrvatskoj. Reformu upravnog sustava Hrvatske treba prvenstveno promatrati kroz iskustva zapadnoeuropskih zemalja temeljenima na dugotrajnoj tradiciji njihove javne uprave i prilagoditi je po načelima modela usklađenih s hrvatskim uvjetima. Hrvatska se sastoji od dvadeset županija uz Grad Zagreb, te čak 555 jedinica lokalne samouprave. U javnom prostoru, uvelike je prisutna rasprava o smanjenju broja jedinica lokalne samouprave te smanjenju regionalne kako bi se poboljšala efikasnost same države i državne uprave. Javne usluge svakako trebaju i drugačiji model, poput javno privatnog partnerstva, a razina kompetencija, s obzirom na brzinu mijenjanja potreba društva, ali i tehnološke i IT inovacije, svakako trebaju ići na više i bolje. Glede svega navedenoga, metode novog javnog menadžmenta, trebale bi omogućiti poslovniju javnu administraciju, bolju organizaciju te reformski pomak prema naprijed u Hrvatskoj na više razina upravljanjaAccording to many authors, the New Public Management is an approach to the management of organizations that provide public services, i.e. used in public services (ministries, state agencies, regional and local governments) in the world and in Croatia. The application of concepts and models of new public management enables public administration organizations to better organize their business, generally being more rational in their business or in management of all forms of scarce resources, increase the quality of service delivery to end users and implement necessary public administration reforms. The core of the ideology that can be considered influential in the development of public sector reform programs in the 1980s and 1990s had the main premise that the public sector was inefficient. Managing it did not lead to cost reduction or quality improvement, so a way was sought to change that. Similar problems exist in Croatia today. The reform of the Croatian administrative system should primarily be viewed through the experiences of countries from Western European based on the long tradition of their public administration and adjusted according to the principles of models harmonized with Croatian conditions. Croatia consists of twenty counties with the City of Zagreb, and as many as 555 local self-government units. In the public space, there is a great deal of discussion about reducing the number of local self-government units and reducing the regional ones in order to improve the efficiency of the state and state administration itself. Public services certainly need a different model, such as public-private partnership, and the level of competencies, given the speed of changing needs of society, but also technological and IT innovations, should certainly go higher and better. In view of all the above, the methods of the New Public Management should enable more business-like public administration, better organization and a reform move forward in Croatia to higher levels of government