Multiple choice

The term new public management was coined by_________

  1. Christopher Hood

  2. William Niskaner

  3. David Osborne

  4. Ted Gaebler

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Explanation

Christopher Hood, a British political scientist, coined and extensively defined the term 'New Public Management' in his seminal work during the 1990s. NPM represents a paradigm shift from traditional public administration to managerial approaches emphasizing efficiency, performance measurement, and privatization. Osborne and Gaebler wrote 'Reinventing Government' but didn't coin the term.