Administrative reforms are more demanding and extensive changes that are being implemented in the public administration system. Therefore, their implementation is considered a long- term and demanding process. Each of the aforementioned doctrines were trying to improve the system of public administration through various reforms. The new public management is an administrative doctrine that prioritizes economic values and subjects public administration to market principles derived from the private sector. It represents a group of reforms that began to be implemented in the 1980s in public administration around the world. The main goal was to limit and reduce the welfare state by privatizing as many state areas as possible. As a response to numerous negative consequences produced by the doctrine of new public management, the neo-Weberian state was formed. The aforementioned doctrine consists of a hybrid model of classical and modern values, which are oriented towards the strong role of the state, the rule of law and the reaffirmation of values on the one hand, and the efficiency, focus on citizens and the professionalism of officials on the other. Good governance appears as a combination of effective and democratic administration. The primary focus is on the principles highlighted in the "White Book" of the European Commission, which relate to the openness and transparency of the administration, the rights of citizens, the role of civil society and higher quality of service provision. The public administration of the Republic of Croatia has gone through numerous reforms that propagated the aforementioned doctrines. The concrete consequences and measures made to improve the current situation will be described in this paper.