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The “Efficient” Public Administrator: Pareto and a Well‐Rounded Approach to Public Administration
Author(s) -
Grandy Christopher
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
public administration review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.721
H-Index - 139
eISSN - 1540-6210
pISSN - 0033-3352
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-6210.2009.02069.x
Subject(s) - conversation , democracy , equity (law) , pareto optimal , perspective (graphical) , pareto principle , public management , economic efficiency , public administration , pareto efficiency , public relations , business , economics , political science , sociology , microeconomics , law , politics , computer science , operations management , multi objective optimization , artificial intelligence , communication , machine learning
The New Public Management movement was only the latest demand that public organizations promote efficiency by adopting business methods. There again followed reactions from those arguing that other values, such as equity, citizen participation, and democracy, are as important as efficiency. This article suggests that an economic rather than business perspective on efficiency may usefully contribute to the scholarly conversation. It also suggests that it is “efficient” to identify the public values in play within any given situation.