01017pab a2200145 454500008004000000100001900040245009100059260000900150300001200159362000800171520059600179650002600775700001800801773005200819180718b1998   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aKlages, Helmut  aNew public management in Germany: the implementation process of the new steering model  c1998  ap.41-54  aMar  aThe aim of this article is to discuss critically but constructively the present stage of NPM from a German perspective. The article starts out by pointing out the theoretical deficits of NPM. It also describes methodological concepts for future theory-building. The next part of the article focuses on implementation issues, which as the authors will show, necessarily requires a country-specific perspective. After a critical examination of the problems at stake the authors will suggest a series of implementation strategies as a solution to a self-sustaining development of NPM in Germany  aPublic administration  aLoffler, Elke  aInternational Review of Administrative Sciences