ABSTRACT
The importance of public management to national development is less generally appreciated than some other developmental prerequisites. Public management is concerned with the way in which government is organized, staffed, equipped, and supplied; the manner in which programs are planned, financed, executed, and reviewed; and with the procedures, systems, and methods employed in accomplishing work. An approach to public management improvement in a developing country should be tailored to fit the prevailing situation. Good public management would be characterized by a governmental establishment in which appropriate functions of government were fully represented and systematically arranged in the structure of government. Operating agencies might occasionally or frequently need technical assistance in matters associated with their operational programs. Some priority in the management improvement program should attach to developing staff and facilitative service functions within the government.
