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2. Performance Management in the Public Sector: The State of Art

Author : Shlomo Mizrahi

Published in: Public Policy and Performance Management in Democratic Systems

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

This chapter explains the core characteristics of performance management and how it came to be part of the New Public Management movement. We explain the broad range of applications both at the macro and micro levels, and the advantages and disadvantages of such mechanisms. We also present a principal-agent framework of the nested relations in the public domain as the basis for further exploration to be carried out in the next chapters. The chapter then discusses the literature related to the ways in which public organizations can manage the core pathologies of performance management systems. The chapter also distinguishes between macro-level governance and policy making, and micro-level organizational management. Throughout the chapter we elaborate the research questions to be explored in the next chapters.

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Metadata
Title
Performance Management in the Public Sector: The State of Art
Author
Shlomo Mizrahi
Copyright Year
2017
Book
Public Policy and Performance Management in Democratic Systems

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-52349-1

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-52350-7

Copyright Year: 2017

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-52350-7_2

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