Managing Performance in the Public Sector

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Edition: 1st
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2002-11-27
Publisher(s): Routledge
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Summary

This title responds to the growing importance of performance measurement within political and administrative agendas. It looks at the effects of performance measurement on organizations, its risks and limitations and proposes new and positive ways in which measuring performance can be used. This is an excellent addition to the subject area, which is becoming more and more widely taught on management and administration courses worldwide.

Author Biography

Hans de Bruijn is Professor of Organization and Management at the Department of Policy, Organization and Management, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands.

Table of Contents

List of illustrations
vii
Acknowledgement ix
PART I 1(52)
An introduction to performance measurement: the beneficial effect of performance measurement
3(18)
The perverse effects of performance measurement
21(20)
The resistance of perverted performance measurement
41(12)
PART II 53(60)
Design principles for performance measurement
55(10)
Trust and interaction
65(16)
Content and variety
81(14)
Dynamic: towards lively performance measurement
95(18)
PART III 113(8)
The paradoxes of performance measurement
115(6)
Notes 121(6)
Index 127

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