5) In 1998, the British government launched the Modernizing
Government Reform Programme, having the organizations in the public sector
consider their performance in meeting the customers’ requirements as their priority.
This was in order to help the customers gain the services the public sector provided
more easily, and also to improve the services and develop the service quality, via E-
Government, development of performance and joined-up service provision across the
boundaries between organizations or departments, and sharing best practice.
In brief, the public Sector reforms carried out according to the Modernizing
Government Reform Programme led to the following changes (Best Practices: Public
Administration Reform, 2013)
1) Service-led organizations turned into customer-led organizations.
2) The focus on inputs was shifted to outputs and results.
3) The traditional professional bureaucratic culture was changed into
a more corporate culture.
4) The role of providing services turned into facilitating and enabling
services.
5) The performance focus on the minimum standard was shifted to the
efficiency and effectiveness of service costs.
6) The working culture with no competition became more
competitive.