2024 Volume 21 Issue 1 Pages 46-54
The designated manager system was introduced in 2003. However, the number of facilities implementing this system has not increased steadily since 2015. To begin with, the implementation of the designated manager system requires privatizing the management and operation of public facilities based on the principles of the New Public Management. As of the latest survey in 2021, the number of joint-stock companies serving as designated managers has been gradually increasing; therefore, we can say that privatization is in progress. On the other hand, there has also been a slight rise in the number of facilities discontinuing the use of the designated manager system. Reasons for discontinuation include suspension or closure of the facility or transfer to the private sector, and, notably, a lack of applications from public sector entities has doubled in the 2021 survey compared to the 2018 survey. This trend may help explainthe slowdown in the adoption of the designated manager system.
