[BOOK][B] Performance management in the public sector
In times of rising expectations and decreasing resources for the public sector, performance
management is high on the agenda. Increasingly, the value of the performance …
management is high on the agenda. Increasingly, the value of the performance …
The big question for performance management: Why do managers use performance information?
This article proposes that understanding public employee use of performance information is
perhaps the most pressing challenge for scholarship on performance management …
perhaps the most pressing challenge for scholarship on performance management …
The role of evidence in politics: Motivated reasoning and persuasion among politicians
Does evidence help politicians make informed decisions even if it is at odds with their prior
beliefs? And does providing more evidence increase the likelihood that politicians will be …
beliefs? And does providing more evidence increase the likelihood that politicians will be …
Evaluating impacts of performance funding policies on student outcomes in higher education
Concerns about performance and cost efficiency have taken center stage in discussions
about the funding and oversight of public universities in recent years. One of the primary …
about the funding and oversight of public universities in recent years. One of the primary …
Interpreting performance information: Motivated reasoning or unbiased comprehension
A main rationale of performance information is to empower citizens to make informed
decisions by presenting them with unambiguous information about the performance of …
decisions by presenting them with unambiguous information about the performance of …
[BOOK][B] Public value and public administration
JM Bryson, BC Crosby, L Bloomberg - 2015 - books.google.com
Governments and nonprofits exist to create public value. Yet what does that mean in theory
and practice? This new volume brings together key experts in the field to offer unique, wide …
and practice? This new volume brings together key experts in the field to offer unique, wide …
Prosocial values and performance management theory: Linking perceived social impact and performance information use
Performance management techniques are presented as control mechanisms to save money
and hold bureaucrats accountable, consistent with negative agency theory assumptions of …
and hold bureaucrats accountable, consistent with negative agency theory assumptions of …
Performance information use by politicians and public managers for internal control and external accountability purposes
Governance structures have changed fundamentally since the beginning of New Public
Management inspired reforms. Particularly local public service delivery nowadays can be …
Management inspired reforms. Particularly local public service delivery nowadays can be …
How do elected officials evaluate performance? Goal preferences, governance preferences, and the process of goal reprioritization
J Christensen, CM Dahlmann… - Journal of Public …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Performance data allows politicians to exert accountability over public organizations, even
as ideological biases can affect how they interpret such data. However, we know little about …
as ideological biases can affect how they interpret such data. However, we know little about …
Internal and external use of performance information in public organizations: results from an international survey
This paper analyses how public managers use performance information. A sample of over
3,100 high-level public sector executives from six European countries, provided evidence of …
3,100 high-level public sector executives from six European countries, provided evidence of …