1.3 Conclusion
The examples of public sector reforms above reveal a variety of formats and
methods in public sector reforms, which were summarized by Pollitt and Bouckaert
(2000 quoted Best Practices: Public Administration Reform, 2013) into four common
principles:
1) To tighten up the existing controls by cutting the budget, limiting
the number of officials in the public sector or reducing the amount of waste.
2) To modernize the government system by applying the administration
of the private sector or using organizational design which is flexible and suitable for
change.
3) To introduce the concept of the market mechanism in order to
stimulate competition between the public and the private sectors or within the public
sector.
4) To streamline the public sector’s roles by increasing the private
sector’s role through contracting out.