THE ROLE OF LEADERSHIP IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION: EMERGING CHALLENGES OF THE NEW PUBLIC MANAGEMENT

The Public Administration is constantly changing in order to provide the best response to the interests of citizens. Along with this phenomenon, there are several theories that seek to extract the best from the Public Administration. The new public management theory is one of them, and it appears here with the purpose of being better studied and understood in what concerns the role of leadership. With this article we will be able to better understand the role that a leader has in coordinating the Public Administration, something that sometimes escapes the lens of the readers. In theoretical terms it will be relevant to understand the relationship between leadership and the new public management phenomenon, something little studied. To achieve this objective a literature review was carried out in order to reach the intended results. In conclusion, it is understood that the increasing complexity of the problems that arise in the public sector are placing on the leader challenges and pressures never before seen.