Public Management and Performance

by Richard M. Walker

Author	: Richard M. Walker
Publisher	: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages	: 0
Release	: 2012-11-29
Genre	: Business & Economics
ISBN	: 9781107411678

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Public services touch the majority of people in advanced and developing economies on a daily basis: children require schooling, the elderly need personal care and assistance, rubbish needs collecting, water must be safe to drink and the streets need policing. In short, there is practically no area of our lives that isn't touched in some way by public services. As such, knowledge about strategies to improve their performance is central to the good of society. In this book, a group of leading scholars examine some of the most pressing issues in public administration, political science and public policy by undertaking a systematic review of the research literature on public management and the performance of public agencies. It is an important resource for public management researchers, policy-makers and practitioners who wish to understand the current state of the field and the challenges that lie ahead.

Public Management

by Laurence J. O'Toole, Jr

Author	: Laurence J. O'Toole, Jr
Publisher	: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages	: 333
Release	: 2011-04-14
Genre	: Business & Economics
ISBN	: 1139502875

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How effective are public managers as they seek to influence how public organizations deliver policy results? How, and how much, is management related to the performance of public programs? What aspects of management can be distinguished? Can their separable contributions to performance be estimated? The fate of public policies in today's world lies in the hands of public organizations, which in turn are often intertwined with others in latticed patterns of governance. Collectively, these organizations are expected to generate performance in terms of policy outputs and outcomes. In this book, two award-winning researchers investigate the effectiveness of management in the public sector. Firstly, they develop a systematic theory on how effective public managers are in shaping policy results. The rest of the book then tests this theory against a wide range of evidence, including a data set of 1,000 public organizations.

Performance Management in the Public Sector

by Wouter Van Dooren

Author	: Wouter Van Dooren
Publisher	: Routledge
Total Pages	: 317
Release	: 2010-06-10
Genre	: Business & Economics
ISBN	: 1134197012

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Tackling the key topics of reform and modernization, this important new book systematically examines performance in public management systems. The authors present this seminal subject in an informative and accessible manner, tackling some of the most important themes. Performance Management in the Public Sector takes as its point of departure a broad definition of performance to redefine major and basic mechanisms in public administration, both theoretically and in practice. The book: situates performance in some of the current public management debates; discusses the many definitions of ‘performance’ and how it has become one of the contested agendas of public management; examines measurement, incorporation and use of performance information; and explores the challenges and future directions of performance management. A must-read for any student or practitioner of public management, this core text will prove invaluable to anyone wanting to improve their understanding of performance management in the public sector.

Strategic Management and Public Service Performance

by R. Andrews

Author	: R. Andrews
Publisher	: Springer
Total Pages	: 227
Release	: 2011-11-08
Genre	: Business & Economics
ISBN	: 0230349439

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Strategic management makes a difference to the performance of public organizations. This book demonstrates that the most appropriate response is 'it all depends': on which aspects of strategy content and processes are pursued together, and how these are combined with organizational structure and the technical and institutional environment

Public Service Performance

by George A. Boyne

Author	: George A. Boyne
Publisher	: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages	: 312
Release	: 2006-11-23
Genre	: Business & Economics
ISBN	: 1139460455

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The performance of governments around the globe is constantly in the spotlight, whether as a celebration or indictment of their activities. Providing evidence on strategies to improve the performance of public agencies is therefore essential to the practice of public management. Originally published in 2006, this important contribution to the debate explores issues of measurement, research methodology, and management influences on performance. It focuses on three key questions: what approaches should be adopted to measure the performance of public agencies? What aspects of management influence the performance of public agencies? As the world globalizes, what are the key international issues in performance measurement and management? In examining these questions, the contributors debate both methodological and technical issues regarding the measurement of performance in public organizations, and provide empirical analyses of the determinants of performance. The book concludes with groundbreaking work on the international dimensions of these issues.

Government Performance

by Patricia W. Ingraham

Author	: Patricia W. Ingraham
Publisher	: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages	: 220
Release	: 2003-09-19
Genre	: Political Science
ISBN	: 9780801872280

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Based on five years of extensive research by the Government Performance Project, this volume offers a comprehensive analysis of how government managers and elected officials use management and management systems to improve performance. Drawing on data from across the nation, it examines the performance of state, county, and city governments between 1997 and 2002 within the framework of basic management systems: financial information, human resources, capital and infrastructure, and results evaluation. Key issues addressed: • How governments strategically select elements of management to emphasize the role of leadership • How those governments that aim to improve performance differ from those that do not • What “effective management” looks like Through this careful, in-depth investigation, the contributors conclude that the most effective governments are not those with the most resources, but those that use the resources available to them most carefully and strategically. In Pursuit of Performance is an invaluable tool for government leaders and the scholars who study them.

Performance Goals in Public Management and Policy

by Chan Su Jung

Author	: Chan Su Jung
Publisher	: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages	: 374
Release	: 2018-07-27
Genre	: Political Science
ISBN	: 178897185X

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Chan Su Jung provides a thorough review of goal ambiguity in the public sector, exploring the general assertions, arguments and empirical evidence regarding performance goal ambiguity, particularly highlighting its causes, consequences, and mediation effects. The author proposes a new conceptual framework for successful analysis of goal ambiguity that can effectively relate to diverse organizational and program characteristics.

Handbook on Performance Management in the Public Sector

by Deborah Blackman

Author	: Deborah Blackman
Publisher	: Edward Elgar Publishing
Total Pages	: 352
Release	: 2021-05-28
Genre	: Political Science
ISBN	: 1789901200

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This timely Handbook examines performance management research specific to the public sector and its contexts, and provides suggestions for future developments in the field. It demonstrates the need for performance management to be reconceptualized as a core component of business both within and across organizations, and how it must be embedded in both strategic decision-making and as a day-to-day leadership and management practice in order to be effective.

Public Management

by Mirko Noordegraaf

Author	: Mirko Noordegraaf
Publisher	: Bloomsbury Academic
Total Pages	: 0
Release	: 2015-05-15
Genre	: Political Science
ISBN	: 9780230242708

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This major new text on the theory and practice of public management moves away from descriptive accounts of its evolution to provide a systematic treatment of the key paradigms of public management today. It examines their competing outlooks, values, tools and assumptions and – using a wide range of examples from different areas of management around the world – their implications for practice. The text sets out three contrasting 'logics' for management – performance, professionalism and politics – and shows how public managers act on the interplay between these for effective results. Relating all three logics to a wide range of diverse contexts – from police services to healthcare, social services to educational providers – the text shows how managers can simultaneously perform to a high standard, act professionally through their work, and cope with internal and external politics. Incorporating the latest theories and practices, this comprehensive book will appeal to readers around the world wanting to understand, and contribute to, public management today.