Performance Management in the Public Sector by Wouter Van Dooren

Performance Management in the Public Sector by Wouter Van Dooren

Tackling the topics of reform and modernization, this book examines performance in public management systems. It discusses the many definitions of 'performance' and how it has become one of the contested agendas of public management, and also examines measurement, incorporation and use of performance information.

"This book offers an approachable and intelligent guide to a complex subjectIt skillfully uses examples and insights from across the globe to illustrate and enliven our understanding of performance management. Practitioners will welcome the clearly-established learning directives and key points that frame each chapter. For scholars, the book forcefully directs attention to key research issues, most pressingly the use of performance data." - Donald Moynihan, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA

"This book provides distilled wisdom for public managers on how to frame, understand, and act on a performance management strategy for their organizations. I’ve seen in real life some of the dilemmas they raise in their book. The context and solutions they offer are practical and useful." - John M. Kamensky, senior fellow, IBM Center for The Business of Government and former deputy director of the U.S. National Partnership for Reinventing Government

Wouter Van Dooren is Assistant Professor of Public Administration at the Department of Political Science, University of Antwerp, Belgium, and Research Fellow at the Public Management Institute at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium. He researches performance measurement and management. Geert Bouckaert is Director and Professor of Public Management at the Public Management Institute at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium. He is President of the European Group for Public Administration and he researches performance management, financial management and public sector reform. John Halligan is Research Professor of Government and Public Administration at the University of Canberra, Australia. His research interests are comparative public governance and management, performance management and public sector reform.

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ISBN 13	9780415371056
ISBN 10	0415371058
Title	Performance Management in the Public Sector
Author	Wouter Van Dooren
Series	Routledge Masters In Public Management
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Taylor & Francis Ltd
Year published	2010-05-26
Number of pages	202
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