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Record Nr.

UNISA996199865203316

Autore

Carter Neil <1958, >

Titolo

How organisations measure success : the use of performance indicators in government / / Neil Carter, Rudolf Klein and Patricia Day

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1995, c1992

ISBN

1-134-81364-3

1-134-81365-1

1-282-77811-0

9786612778117

0-203-20866-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (202 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

KleinRudolf

DayPatricia <1940->

Disciplina

354.4107/6

Soggetti

Administrative agencies - Great Britain - Evaluation

Executive departments - Great Britain - Evaluation

Government productivity - Great Britain

Industrial productivity - Great Britain

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 (p. [184]-191) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of tables; List of abbreviations; Introduction; Revolution or resurrection? The history of a concept; Models, measures, and muddles: organisational and conceptual dimensions of performance indicators; The criminal justice system: police, courts, and prisons; The welfare system: Social Security and the National Health Service; The private sector: banks, building societies, and retail stores; Managing monopolies: railways, water, and airports; Performance indicators in the 1990's: tools for managing political and administrative change; References; Name index

Subject index

Sommario/riassunto

Throughout the 1980's the British Civil Service devoted much time and energy developing indicators to measure the performance of government. Never before had so much stress been placed on accountability and performance; a trend which will be reinforced as



government continues to devolve activities to agencies and looks for methods to assess their performance. How Organisations Measure Success analyses existing methods from their origins in the 1960's to their revival in the 1980's as part of the Financial Management Initiative and its apotheosis in the 1990's Next Steps Initiative.