Danish Model of The New Public Management – Can It Serve as a Role Model to Croatia

Nakon kratkog prikaza temeljnih teorijskih postavki i razvoja doktrine novog javnog menadžmenta analizira se reforma danske javne uprave počevši od 1983. Tada se Danska nalazila u dubokoj ekonomskoj krizi, a nova vlada je program reforme javnog sektora koncipirala u skladu s postavkama novog javnog menadžmenta. Danas se Danska kao ekonomski stabilna zemlja okrenula doktrini dobre uprave. Detaljnije se analiziraju pojedine mjere novog javnog menadž menta (ugovori o učinku, privatizacija, contracting-out, deregulacija) u Danskoj te njihovi učinci. Posebno se analiziraju vrijednosti koje karakteriziraju dansku javnu upravu te pitanje je li ih primjena novog javnog menadžmenta promijenila. Identificiraju se temeljne karakteristike danskog modela novog javnog menadžmenta te razlike od najpoznatijeg, britanskog modela. Ističu se lekcije danskog iskustva za Hrvatsku.After a short overview of the basic theoretical issues and development of the new public management doctrine, the author proceeds with an analysis of the Danish public administration reform. In 1983, Denmark faced a deep economic crisis and the then new Government based its programme of public sector reform on the principles of the new public management. Nowadays, as a country with a stable economy, Denmark has turned to the doctrine of good governance. The paper contains a detailed analysis of individual new public management measures (performance contracts, privatisation, contracting-out, deregulation) used in Denmark as well as of the effects they produced. There is a separate analysis of the values characterising Danish public administration and a debate whether the implementation of the new public management has changed them. Basic characteristics of the Danish new public management model are identified together with the differences form the best-known British model. The author elaborates the lessons Croatia may learn from Danish experienc