New Public Management in Africa

lt;p>Professor Robert E Hinson has fourteen edited/authored books to his credit, one hundred and seven journal articles, and won numerous journal/conference awards. He is Head of the Department of Marketing and Entrepreneurship at the University of Ghana Business School, and Acting Director of Institutional Advancement in the same University.

Nnamdi O. Madichie, is currently a Research Fellow at the Bloomsbury Institute, London. He is a Professor of Marketing & Entrepreneurship at the Unizik Business School, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria, as well as Visiting Professor at the Coal City University, Enugu, Nigeria. Professor Madichie is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing (FCIM), Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute (FCMI), and Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA).

Ogechi Adeola is an Associate Professor of Marketing and Head of Department of Operations, Marketing and Information Systems at the Lagos Business School, Pan-Atlantic University, Nigeria. Her research interests include tourism and hospitality,marketing communications, strategic marketing, and digital marketing strategies in sub-Saharan Africa. Her co-authored papers won Best Paper Awards at international academic conferences in 2016-2019, consecutively.

Justice Nyigmah Bawole is a Professor of Public Administration and Management and current Dean of the University of Ghana Business School. He previously served as Head of Department for Public Administration and Health Services Management. He obtained a PhD in development policy and management from the Global Development Institute at the University of Manchester, UK.

Isaiah Adisa is a management researcher and consultant based in Nigeria. He has co-edited books on green marketing and green people management. His co-authored article won the Best Paper award at the 13th MBAcademy International Conference in 2019. His research interest cut across human resource management, marketing and gender studies.

Chapter 1 Characterizing the New Public Management.- Chapter 2 Market Orientation and the Public Sector.- Chapter 3 Defining Customers and Stakeholders in New Public Management.- Chapter 4 Leadership and Human Capital Management in New Public Management.- Chapter 5 Public Finance and Accountability Mechanism in New Public Management.- Chapter 6 Digitalization and New Public Management.- Chapter 7 Building Trust in Public Sector Management.- Chapter 8 Contractualism in the Public Sector.- Chapter 9 Public Sector Restructuring and Public Private Partnerships.- Chapter 10 Managing Complexity in the Public Sector.- Chapter 11 Productivity Enhancements of African Public Administration Systems.- Chapter 12 NPM in Africa: Delineating a Way Forward.

"The Chapters furnish valuable theoretical perspectives with empirical evidences from across developing countries of African extraction. ... The logical flow and clarity, coupled with contributors' attention to explicating issues in detail makes reading comprehensible - even to laymen. Given its in-depth analysis of a diversity of public sectors, it undoubtedly makes valuable contributions to theory and practice, and as such remains relevant a reference for academics, policy makers, civil society and stakeholders, policy makers and students ... ." (Vincent Ekow Arkorful, International Journal of Public Administration, June 7, 2022)

“The Chapters furnish valuable theoretical perspectives with empirical evidences from across developing countries of African extraction. … The logical flow and clarity, coupled with contributors’ attention to explicating issues in detail makes reading comprehensible – even to laymen. Given its in-depth analysis of a diversity of public sectors, it undoubtedly makes valuable contributions to theory and practice, and as such remains relevant a reference for academics, policy makers, civil society and stakeholders, policy makers and students … .” (Vincent Ekow Arkorful, International Journal of Public Administration, June 7, 2022)