This paper will cover the topic of administrative doctrines from cameralism to the new public management, the way in which they are developing and what is the suitable soil for their emergence and development. The advantages and disadvantages of the doctrines will be highlighted, as well as the combination of which two administrative doctrines has, so far, been shown as the best. This final paper describes cameralism and the main areas of interest of cameralists - police, market and public finance. The doctrine of good governance emphasizes openness, transparency, legitimacy, human rights, rule of law, efficiency, quality and better resource management. The paper emphasizes the doctrine of new public management, its doctrinal components and its measures and effects. Examples are the British and Danish models of applying this doctrine. At the very end, I will take a look at the new public management in the Republic of Croatia. The aim of this paper is to analyze the most important administrative doctrines and highlight their advantages and disadvantages and how to incorporate them into the public administration system of the Republic of Croatia, whose development path is still long and a lot needs to be done to bring public administration closer to European standards. Special emphasis was placed on the digitalization of public administration and its importance, presenting it as one of the most important goals of the national reform programs, especially for 2018 and 2020