Paper/Speech Details of Conference Program for the 14th NISPAcee Annual Conference Program Overview III. Working Group on Strategic Leadership in Central Gov... Author(s) William †Dunn University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh United States David Y. Miller, Associate Dean and Professor, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh Title A comparison and assessment of "New Management"(NPM) and "New European PA"(NEPA) as approaches to administrative reform File Paper files are available only for conference participants, please login first. Presenter Abstract This paper will attempt to show how and why NPM and NEPA are ineffective and often inappropriate approaches to public administration reform in post-socialist societies in CEE. Instead, a "contingency strategy" is called for. This strategy will be elaborated and tested against cases of administrative reform in CEE.