Challenging the performance movement : accountability, complexity, and democratic values /

Accountability is a watchword of our era. Dissatisfaction with a range of public and private institutions is widespread and often expressed in strong critical rhetoric. The reasons for these views are varied and difficult to translate into concrete action, but this hasn't deterred governments a...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Radin, Beryl A., 1936-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, ©2006.
Colección:Public management and change.
Temas:
Organizational effectiveness > Measurement.
Administrative agencies > Management > Evaluation.
Performance.
Performance technology > Political aspects > United States.
Task Performance and Analysis
Efficacité organisationnelle > Mesure.
Administration publique > Gestion > Évaluation.
Rendement au travail.
Productivité > Aspect politique > États-Unis.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Quality Control.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Total Quality Management.
United States.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The ubiquitous nature of performance
  • The performance mindset
  • One size fits all
  • Demeaning professionals : throwing out the baby with the bathwater?
  • Competing values : can the performance movement deal with equity?
  • The reality of fragmentation : power and authority in the U.S. political system
  • Intergovernmental relationships : power and authority in the U.S. political system
  • Information, interests, and ideology
  • Competing values in a global context : performance activities in the World Bank
  • Conflicting patterns of assumptions : where do we go from here?

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