The dynamics of performance management : constructing information and reform / / Donald P. Moynihan

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910810093103321
• Autore: Moynihan Donald P
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C., : Georgetown University Press, 2008
• ISBN: 1-58901-435-9; 1-4356-4871-4
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (265 p.)
• Collana: Public management and change
• Disciplina: 352.6/6
• Soggetti: Performance - Management; Organizational effectiveness; Administrative agencies - United States - Management
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: An era of governance by performance management -- Performance management as doctrine -- The partial adoption of performance management reforms in state governments -- Explaining the partial adoption of performance management reforms -- Explaining the implementation of performance management reforms -- The interactive dialogue model of performance information use -- Performance management under George W. Bush -- PART and the interactive dialogue model -- Dialogue routines and learning forums -- Rethinking performance management.
• Sommario/riassunto: Efficiency. Innovation. Results. Accountability. These, advocates claim, are the fruits of performance management. In recent decades government organizations have eagerly embraced the performance modelùbut the rush to reform has not delivered as promised. Drawing on research from state and federal levels, Moynihan illustrates how governments have emphasized some aspects of performance managementùsuch as building measurement systems to acquire more performance dataùbut have neglected wider organizational change that would facilitate the use of such information. In his analysis of why and how go