Measurement, incorporation and use of performance information in the budget

2015 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 331-355
Author(s):  
Pieter Bleyen ◽  
Stijn Lombaert ◽  
Geert Bouckaert
Keyword(s):  
Local Governments ◽  
Public Management ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Fiscal Sustainability ◽  
Performance Information ◽  
The Public ◽  
Performance Budgeting ◽  
Logical Sequence ◽  
Analytical Point ◽  
The Way

In search for efficiency, effectiveness and fiscal sustainability, governments gather more performance information than ever before. As many of them have sought to incorporate and use this kind of information in budgeting and planning documents, the main goal of this article is to discover how local government performance budgeting practices can be mapped by a survey in a way that enables international comparison. Three previous mapping endeavors served as preliminary guidelines to develop a refined index based on the dimensions measurement, incorporation and use of performance information which form a generally accepted logical sequence in the public management literature. Results for the case of 304 Flemish local governments show a huge variation in the way performance budgeting is practiced, as index scores vary from nearly zero to more than 76 percent. Although it seems that available performance information is incorporated fairly well, measurement and use are lacking. It can be concluded that measuring performance budgeting offers interesting insights in the way this kind of budgeting is practiced in local governments. Although, from an analytical point of view, it is not sufficient to fully grasp performance budgeting and this for several reasons discussed in the article.

Indicators and Measures of E-Government

2011 ◽  
pp. 1923-1929 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesco Amoretti ◽  
Fortunato Musella
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Information And Communication Technologies ◽  
Public Services ◽  
New Public Management ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
The Public ◽  
Analytical Point ◽  
Definition Of ◽  
The Way

Although the question of measurement is crucial when defining any concept, little attention has been devoted to a comprehensive view of information and communication technologies (ICTs) applications, spanning qualitative and quantitative assessments. Due to the lack of a clear definition of e-government, many differences can be noted in the way in which digital policies have been interpreted by academics and practitioners. Coined by the U.S. programme for reinventing government under the Clinton administration (National Performance Review), the term e-government refers to a public sector reorganisation which aims at increasing the efficiency of the public administration and reducing its budget through the use of new technologies. In the words of Douglas Holmes (2001), e-government is “the use of information technology, in particular the Internet, to deliver public services in a much more convenient, customer oriented, cost effective and altogether different and better way. It affects an agency’s dealing with citizens, business and other public agencies as well as its internal business processes and employees” (p. 2). Yet many definitions go beyond the role of e-government in improving the provision of public services. Indeed, the label e-government supports other definitions, not necessarily limited to the computerisation of the public administration (Osborne & Gaebler, 1992). The concept of e-government seems to contain both the redesigning of public services system and a wider transformation of the relationship between private and public actors, so that the restructuring of public administration–influenced by the ideal of a new public management–is combined with the renewal of the democratic decision-making process. Digital policies are presumed to be a key element in improving online service quality and other factors, casting a new role for the citizen-costumer. At the same time, although e-government is becoming a catch-all concept, from an analytical point of view, official reports produced by international actors show a significant convergence in the way in which this is evaluated and measured. Diffusion of e-government practices are often closely related, and limited, to features of public administration Web sites, with reference to dimensions of openness and interactivity (La Porte, Demchak, & De Jong, 2002). Other studies focus exclusively on how citizens and businesses perceive the quality of public e-service, with reference to customer satisfaction, benefits conceived in terms of value and utility of services offered and opportunity of use as strategic factors for performance efficacy and efficiency (Graafland-Essers & Ettedgui, 2003; Stowers, 2004). Only recently a new approach has taken shape, which concentrates more attention on socio-political aspects of the intensive use of new technologies.

scholarly journals Inversión Pública y sus implicancias en el desarrollo socioeconómico en el Departamento de Puno Perú.

2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Alcides Huamaní Peralta
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Public Management ◽  
Econometric Model ◽  
Public Investment ◽  
Private Investment ◽  
Regional Government ◽  
The Public ◽  
Socio Economic Development ◽  
National Governments

<p>Se pretende explicar y analizar las implicancias que ha tenido la inversión pública de los gobiernos locales y el gobierno regional en el Departamento de Puno sobre el desarrollo socioeconómico; en los últimos años<a href="file:///C:/Users/FORTUNATO/Desktop/aptos%20ria%2018n3/8-%20INVERSI%C3%92N%20P%C3%99BLICA%20alcides%20huamani%20peralta.doc#_msocom_1">]</a> , la gestión pública es cuestionado principalmente porque éstas no han mostrado mejoras significativas en el desarrollo socioeconómico a pesar del incremento de recursos. Se ha considerado información anual del 2007 al 2014, referida a gobiernos subnacionales; para el primer objetivo se ha realizado la caracterización de gobiernos locales y gobierno regional; para el segundo objetivo, se analiza las implicancias que tiene la inversión pública sobre el desarrollo socioeconómico, mediante un modelo econométrico. Se ha caracterizado a la gestión de los gobiernos locales y el gobierno regional, encontrando problemas en la ejecución de inversiones, como la falta de calidad en proyectos de inversión, hechos de corrupción, limitadas capacidades de autoridades y funcionarios, y problemas de transparencia y procesos participativos; se ha evidenciado que las inversiones públicas tienen efectos muy limitados o marginales sobre el desarrollo socioeconómico en nuestro departamento, esto se infiere de los resultados del modelo econométrico aplicado. Conforme a la evidencia empírica, los gobiernos subnacionales no han generado mejoras significativas en las condiciones de vida de la población y condiciones favorables para el sector privado.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p align="center"><strong>ABSTRACT.</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>We  try to explain and analyze the implications that had the public investment of local governments and the regional government in the Department of Puno about the socio-economic development; in recent years, was questioned mainly because they have not shown significant improvements in the socio-economic development despite the increase of resources. It has been considered annual information from 2007 to 2014, referring about sub-national governments; for the first objective it has been taken characterization of local government and regional government; for the second objective, it has been analized the implications that has the public investment on the socio-economic development, using an econometric model. It has been characterized the management local governments and regional government, finding problems in the execution of investments, such as the lack of quality in investment projects, acts of corruption, limited capacities of authorities and civil servants, and problems of transparency and participatory processes;  this shows that public investments have very limited or marginal effects on the socio-economic development in our department, this is the conclussion  from the results of the applied econometric model. According to the empiric evidence, sub-national governments have not generated significant improvements in population’s  living conditions and favourable conditions for the private sector.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Key words: public management, private investment, standard of living.<strong></strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p>

THE COMPLEXITY OF SOCIAL ECONOMY AS A SOCIO-ECONOMIC PHENOMENON

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (1 (ang)) ◽  
pp. 2-10
Author(s):  
Andrzej Zybała
Keyword(s):  
Local Governments ◽  
Public Management ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Institutional Environment ◽  
Social Economy ◽  
Anglo Saxon ◽  
Endogenous Factors ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Social ◽  
Economy System

This paper presents the complexity of the contemporary social economy system – its definitions, points of reference, role played in socio-economic development. Furthermore the paper presents a review of selected approaches to social economy, including definitional approaches, e.g. those specific to Anglo-Saxon and continental traditions. It discusses the context in which it emerged and developed as a phenomenon in the public policy and economic areas. It analyses the dynamics of social economy development in Poland, including institutional environment and selected mechanisms of public management. It stresses that top-down initiatives – including those of the central government and the EU institutions – are a key element in making the social economy dynamic in developing the forms of activity (in view of the weakness of endogenous factors). The central and local governments place social economy at the heart of their strategies in many public policies.

Two Attic Masons of the late 4th century B.C.

1989 ◽  
Vol 84 ◽  
pp. 395-405 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael B. Walbank
Keyword(s):  
Point Of View ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Way

Discussed here, are the public inscriptions produced by two Attic masons of the late 4th century B.C., from the point of view of identifying and describing epigraphic ‘hands.’ The identification of their work rests upon the way in which certain key letter-shapes are used, and the consistency with which they are employed. Private documents have not been examined in this study. The first of these masons, the ‘Mason of IG ii2. 1195’ (to which is added IG ii2. 620), was active between c. 330 and 318 B.C. I identify seventeen inscriptions by this man, nearly all of them decrees of the Athenian State; four are, as yet, unpublished and are not discussed here. The second mason discussed here, the ‘Mason of IG ii2. 497’, seems to have begun work in the late 320s B.C., and was still active c. 299/8 B.C. I attribute thirty-two inscriptions to this man, again most of them decrees of the Athenian State. Six are, as yet, unpublished and are not discussed. The work of these masons is distinctive, but not distinguished: there are sufficient similarities between them to suggest that they may have been master and pupil.

scholarly journals When a Market Runs a Hierarchy: Retrenchment of Bureaucratic Practices in Lithuanian Uniformed Services

2018 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-24
Author(s):  
Svajūnė Ungurytė-Ragauskienė ◽  
Mantas Bileišis
Keyword(s):  
Public Administration ◽  
Public Management ◽  
New Public Management ◽  
Practical Implication ◽  
Large Degree ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
New Governance ◽  
The Public ◽  
Eu Member States ◽  
Public Administration Reform

Some public administration literature that focuses on public administration reform indulges in constructing grand narrative theories such as New Public Management (NPM), or New Governance (NG). The most recent such theory that has been gaining attention over the past decade is the Neo Weberian State (NWS). The content of the theory with regard to its practical implication when it comes to reform is still unsettled. However, one key assumption behind the NWS is that reforms should be handled with care, as they may undermine the very institutions that have brought Western societies to the levels of their development they are in now. NPM’s drive to increase efficiency, and NG’s – democracy from the point of view of NWS is impossible if reforms deconstruct institutions that ensure the protection of the public interest and rule of law. NWS’s critique of post-communist reform efforts in the new eastern EU member-states is a case in point suggesting that leapfrogging the construction of a professional bureaucracy is ill-advised and does not lead to politically desired outcomes. In this paper we aim to evaluate which path of reform may lead to the best outcomes in a particular area of the public service – two non-military uniformed services of Lithuania – customs and penitentiary. These services have to a large degree avoided sweeping reforms throughout the independence period, in both cases – a soviet institutional legacy is also a factor. Both Customs and the Penitentiary service are suffering from multiple corruption scandals and very low public trust levels. These services are continuously in the crosshairs of reform, but few have been clearly articulated, even less so – implemented. Applying NPM to uniformed services, due to the nature of their functions was complicated, so as reforms in the 1990s and 2000s went along in the other sectors, policy-makers have largely left uniformed to their own devices, and this has led to retrenchment of the bureaucratic principles as would historical institutionalisms theory predict. We suggest that NPM-oriented governance avoids intervention in areas where NPM principles are hard to apply, leaving such areas without proper attention to continue down undesirable development paths. When the deconstruction of a hierarchy appears impossible, higher order governance needs to remain modelled as hierarchy as well. NWS in this case does offer a management modernization agenda, which could keep state institutions in step with social, technological, and economic developments.

Accountability Practices and Their Importance for the Management of Public Sector Entities

2020 ◽  
pp. 151-168
Author(s):  
Maria Cristina Ribeiro da Silva Rib Couto ◽  
Augusta da Conceição Santos Ferreira
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Public Management ◽  
New Public Management ◽  
Public Officials ◽  
The Public ◽  
New Public ◽  
New Type ◽  
The One ◽  
Accountability Practices ◽  
The Way

New public management reflects a paradigm and orientation shift regarding the cornerstone of management in the public sector. With this new type of management, emphasis was given to accountability in order to, on the one hand, instill the need to render accounts when talking about the way decisions are taken (responsibility) and the way public resources are used (clarity) and, on the other hand, the citizens having the possibility of getting information which will allow them to make the public officials responsible. Considering the importance of accountability, this chapter was an attempt to carry out a bibliographic review, as a way of getting to know the different approaches to the concept, as well as getting to know the mechanisms that have been created in order to give explanations whether for the performance or accomplishment of a responsibility and if this is inherent to the responsibilities of the public officials.

Patient Advocacy and the Policy Making Process

2020 ◽  
pp. 24-44
Keyword(s):  
Public Management ◽  
Policy Making ◽  
Patient Advocacy ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Background Information ◽  
Feedback Analysis ◽  
The Public ◽  
Patient Organizations ◽  
Recent Developments

Recent developments in the policy-making literature and practice have highlighted the growing role of patient advocacy, that is, the participation of patients in policy making through the presence of their representatives at institutional working tables. This chapter has a twofold aim: (1) to frame the activity of patient organizations' advocacy into the public management and administration theory and (2) to describe how patients' organizations can participate to the public policy making from an operational point of view. The chapter starts by providing background information about patient advocacy. Then it introduces the core literature streams of public management and administration. Finally, a feedback analysis shows possible policy cycles linking patient-aided steps of interactive policy making.

A “New” Public Sector in the Modern Age

2021 ◽  
pp. 36-51
Author(s):  
Davide de Gennaro
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Public Management ◽  
New Public Management ◽  
Important Process ◽  
Comprehensive Overview ◽  
The Public ◽  
Modern Age ◽  
New Public ◽  
Reform Processes ◽  
The Way

Public administrations have followed an important process of change over the past few years. Starting from the new public management (NPM) movement, the way of working, the way of interpreting work, the concept of performance, efficiency, and economy, the managerial style have changed. The objective of this chapter is to provide a comprehensive overview of the public sector reform processes of recent years and, consequently, to identify something “new” concerning the public sector. By analysing the bureaucratic model and its fall, the NPM and post-NPM reforms, and by comparing the different perspectives, the aim is to propose new challenges and a new approach for public sector.

Reasons to Criminalize

2018 ◽  
pp. 143-181
Author(s):  
Vincent Chiao
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Law ◽  
Subject Matter ◽  
Public Law ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Harm Principle ◽  
The Political ◽  
Legal Moralism ◽  
The Public ◽  
Political Ideal ◽  
The Way

This chapter extends the public law conception to the theory of criminalization. The first half of the chapter is devoted to considering whether the criminal law has a privileged subject matter or “core,” focusing especially on Feinberg’s influential account of the criminal law as a system of direct prohibitions. The chapter argues that a subject-matter-based approach has difficulty coming to grips with actual criminal law systems in modern administrative states, in which so-called mala prohibita offenses predominate. The second half of the chapter turns to sketching how we might approach the question of criminalization from a public law point of view, both in general and with reference to the political ideal of anti-deference (sketched in Chapter 3) in particular. Along the way, the chapter argues that the (very popular) wrongfulness principle turns out to be either empty or implausible, and hence that we should reject any version of the harm principle, or of legal moralism, that presupposes it.

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