The Dynamics of Performance Management: Constructing Information and Reform

by Donald P. Moynihan

Book Overview

Efficiency. Innovation. Results. Accountability. These, advocates claim, are the fruits of performance management. In recent decades government organizations have eagerly embraced the performance model-but 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 management-such as building measurement systems to acquire...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1589011945
• ISBN13: 9781589011946
• Release Date: March 2008
• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Length: 266 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 8.9"