Quiz on New Public Management in Local Governance

What is the main criticism of the traditional model of public management associated with the Welfare State?

• Too slow to react to citizens' needs

• Too efficient in service delivery

• Too fast to react to citizens' needs

• Too flexible in adapting to changes

What is one of the key strategies of New Public Management?

• Encourage wasteful spending

• Reduce transparency

• Promote competition among public service providers

• Increase bureaucracy

What is the main focus of the New Public Management approach towards public service quality?

• Emphasize quality of service delivery

• Reduce accountability

• Ignore citizen needs

• Increase bureaucracy

What is one of the dimensions of New Public Management according to various authors?

• Less emphasis on performance measurement

• Reduced accountability

• Decreased transparency in cost-benefit analysis

• Increased competition among agencies

What is a characteristic of the New Steering Model (NSM) in Germany?

• Decreased autonomy for local governments

• Centralized decision-making

• Limited flexibility in resource management

• Increased decentralization of functions

What was the purpose of the Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) program in the Anglo-Saxon model?

• Increase direct management by local governments

• Promote competition among service providers

• Reduce citizen involvement in decision-making

• Limit the role of the private sector

What is a key difference between a concession and an municipal company in the context of public service provision?

• Municipal companies involve trust-based relationships

• Concessions have more flexible contracts

• Municipal companies have rigid contracts

• Concessions involve direct transactions

What is a common feature of the reform of local governments in France?

• Increased centralization of power

• Limited transfer of powers to local governments

• Decreased autonomy for local governments

• Greater flexibility in regulations

According to the text, what is one of the main objectives of the New Public Management?

• Increase bureaucracy

• Enhance quality and efficiency

• Reduce transparency

• Promote inefficiency

What is a key motivation for municipalities to opt for external entities according to the text?

• To complicate financial matters

• To increase political pressure

• To improve efficiency and flexibility

• To decrease efficiency