ABSTRACT
This chapter begins with a discussion of public management models with a review of functions that each of them attributes to public administration. It offers a distinct analytical perspective on the neo-Weberian public management model is the form of public service provision, which depends, among other things, on the legal status of the provider, payment type and schedule, or the kind of service. The neo-Weberian public management model focuses on administrative law and the procedures rooted in it as the main source of legitimacy for officials, which mean that particular attention should be paid to optimising such procedures and tools as quality management systems or analyses and evaluations of public programmes. The features of the individual public management models presented so far also affect what decision-makers actually do, which, in turn, translates into the operation of the entire public administration.
