INTRODUCTIONThis essay discusses the radical transformation of the principles and foundations of public administration from traditional to new public management. First of all, the essay will attempt to define the key terms of traditional public administration and the doctrine of new public management. Rabin J. (2003) explains that new public management embodies "a process in public administration that uses information and experiences acquired in business management and other disciplines to improve efficiency, utility and the general functioning of public services in contemporary bureaucracies”. government contributions, with services collected by the bureaucracy. According to Sapru RK (2008) p370-371, the traditional ideal of public administration, which tended to be firm and bureaucratic, was based on processes rather than results and on establishing procedures to be followed instead of to focus. on the results. This paradigm can be seen as an administration under the formal control of political control, built on a firmly hierarchical model of bureaucracy, led by permanent, neutral civil servants, motivated solely by public concerns. In emerging countries, the administration was a real bureaucracy, that is to say a government by officers. In this perspective, Smith (1996) p235-6 perceived that “the bureaucracy controls and manages the means of production through the government”. It increases the chances of bureaucratic careers through the creation of public figures, demanding public managers and marketing boards. Sapru RK (2008) P370 argues that New Public Management (NPM) is a new model of public sector management that emerged in the early 1990s. in response to the challenges of globalization, global competitiveness...... middle of the document ......glow and virtue in public administration: a comparative perspective. United Kingdom: Palgrave Macmillan. Denhardt, J. V. (2011). A new public service serving, not piloting. New York: M. E. SharpeHoods, C. (1991). Public management for all reasons? Public administration. Spring. Lane, J. (2006). Public administration and public management: the principal agent's point of view. London: Routledge. Sapru, (2008). Administrative theories and management thinking. PHL Learning Pvt. Ltd. Smith, R. K. (1996). Understanding Third World Politics: Theories of Political Change and Development. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. Rabin, J. (2003). Encyclopedia of public administration and public policy: KZ. United States: CRC press. United Nations, (2006). Unlocking human potential for the world of public sector performance; public sector report 2005. United Nations: Academic Foundation