scholarly journals Mål eller kaos? - Muligheder og begrænsning i at indføre "performance management" i danske idrætsfaciliteter

2014 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Evald Bundgaard Iversen ◽  
Peter Forsberg
Keyword(s):  
Performance Management ◽  
Performance Information ◽  
Policy Area ◽  
The Public ◽  
City Councils ◽  
Sport Facility ◽  
User Groups ◽  
Pros And Cons ◽  
Sport Facilities ◽  
Output Indicators

Mål eller kaos? Muligheder og begrænsninger i at indføre ‘performance management’ i danske idrætsfaciliteter (Pros and cons of implementing performance management in Danish sport facilities)Many sport facilities in Denmark are heavily subsidised by city councils. But even though they drain the public purse, there has been little focus on performance management within this policy area. This article discusses the drawbacks and advantages of using different output indicators to measure how much sport facilities are used and how active the different user groups are. The analysis is primarily based on data collected in 56 multifunctional sport halls (800m2) in five Danish City Councils in the period from 2012-2014. The data indicates that different sports utilise the sport hall differently. For example, tennis has fewer users than dance and on average soccer use more of the ‘field of play’ than badminton. How such performance information is used depend on what the political aim of the sport facility is. On one side it makes it possible to prioritise between different user groups in order to increase how much of the facility is used and by how many. However, perverse effects are a risk and increased focus on for example number of users might decrease the level of physical activity. The analysis of this data is a first example of how indicators can be used to discuss the consequences of introducing performance management in the policy area of sport facilities.

scholarly journals Legal Perspective: Is Best Value Procurement achievable within the framework of the ARW 2005?

2011 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ramona Apostol
Keyword(s):  
The Netherlands ◽  
Public Works ◽  
Test Case ◽  
Performance Information ◽  
The Public ◽  
Best Value ◽  
Legal Implications ◽  
Legal Perspective ◽  
Pros And Cons ◽  
Procurement System

This paper discusses the legal implications of using the elements of the Performance Information Procurement System (PIPS) procedure in the Netherlands. The article proposes the pros and cons of the potential compliance of these elements, in the form adopted in a test case with the municipality of ‘s-Hertogenbosch who attempted to meet the requirements of Aanbestedingsreglement Werken1 (hereafter: ARW) 2005. The author proposes that the national restricted procurement with pre-selection prescribed by the ARW 2005 may raise potential issues of interpretation and may therefore be too strict for the efficient application of the elements of the American methodology. Based on the legal discussion of the test case, the author is proposing to choose a more flexible policy for the public works contracts, which can benefit from the application of the American methodology.

scholarly journals Driftsformer og idrætsfaciliteter – hvordan åbnes den “sorte boks”?

2013 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Evald Bundgaard Iversen
Keyword(s):  
City Council ◽  
Institutional Perspective ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
Welfare Institutions ◽  
Behavioural Patterns ◽  
Sport Facility ◽  
User Groups ◽  
Sport Facilities ◽  
The City ◽  
Steering Methods

Organizational behavioural patterns of Sport FacilitiesThis article develops hypotheses on how different steering methods influence patterns of action in Sport Facilities. It is firstly argued that the sport facility run by the City Council seen from a normative institutional perspective will focus on other user groups than those who use the facility today. This is due to an increased focus from the City Council on Sport for All. Secondly, from a rational institutional perspective, the sport facility run by the City Council will keep focus on existing users and public welfare institutions due the transaction costs of focusing on new users. Thirdly, private nonprofit sport facilities seen from a normative institutional approach might focus on existing users due to a ‘logic of appropriateness’ established between the users and the sport facility. Finally, seen from a rational institutional perspective on non-profit private sport facilities, the hypothesis is that they will have an increased focus on attracting more activity to the sport facility as they will benefit economically. Which of these hypotheses that is most valid is an empirical question that needs to be tested in additional studies.

scholarly journals Why is dialogue on performance challenging in the public sector?

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 117-129 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomi Rajala ◽  
Harri Laihonen ◽  
Petra Haapala
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Performance Management ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Information Use ◽  
Social Phenomenon ◽  
Performance Information ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Managers ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose This paper aims to understand performance management as a social phenomenon by investigating the challenges of performance dialogue, a phenomenon where participants jointly interpret performance information and discuss it while identifying the actions needed to manage the performance according to this information. Design/methodology/approach The research aim is achieved by conducting an interview study. Empirical data were collected by interviewing 30 public managers in three Finnish municipalities and subjecting it to content analysis using inductive category development. Findings The research provides empirical evidence from challenges in engaging in performance dialogue. It moreover derives a comprehensive conceptual model categorizing factors inhibiting performance dialogue. Practical implications Difficulties in conducting organizational performance dialogues are better explained. The findings support the management of performance dialogue by helping practitioners to identify challenges associated to these dialogues. Originality/value This study contributes to current conversations on performance management by showing that performance dialogues are no miracle cure for problems in performance information use. Moreover, the authors demonstrate that complications in performance information use are intertwined in many ways.

PENGARUH SISTEM INFORMASI AKUNTANSI DAN TEKNOLOGI INFORMASI TERHADAP KINERJA PELAYANAN DI SEKTOR PUBLIK

2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hari Wahyudi
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Public Sector ◽  
Service Sector ◽  
Accounting Information ◽  
Service Performance ◽  
Test Reliability ◽  
Test Results ◽  
Performance Information ◽  
Accounting Information Systems ◽  
The Public

This study aimed to investigate the influence of accounting information systems and technology to service performance information on the public sector. Samples in this study were RS. M. Djamil in Padang, PLN, PDAM in Padang and taken at random (purposive sampling). Of the 122 questionnaires had been distributed only 85 questionnaires could be processed. Test Equipment used to test the validity of this study is the test, Test Reliability, Test for multicollinearity, coefficient Determination Test, and the t test, results of this study are: (a) The first hypothesis tests can be concluded that the accounting information systems has significant influence on performance in service sector public. (2) Information technology does not significantly influence the performance of services in the public sector.

Provincial Governance of Education—The Western Cape Experience

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cameron Robert ◽  
Brian Levy
Keyword(s):  
Public Education ◽  
Performance Management ◽  
Political Party ◽  
School Level ◽  
Western Cape ◽  
Education Department ◽  
Top Down ◽  
Public Education System ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Bureaucracy

The focus of this chapter is the management and governance of education at provincial level—specifically on efforts to introduce performance management into education by the Western Cape Education Department (WCED), and their impact. Post-1994 the WCED inherited a bureaucracy that was well placed to manage the province’s large public education system. Subsequently, irrespective of which political party has been in power, the WCED consistently has sought to implement performance management. This chapter explores to what extent determined, top-down efforts, led by the public sector, can improve dismal educational performance. It concludes that the WCED is a relatively well-run public bureaucracy. However, efforts to strengthen the operation of the WCED’s bureaucracy have not translated into systematic improvements in schools in poorer areas. One possible implication is that efforts to strengthen hierarchy might usefully be complemented with additional effort to support more horizontal, peer-to-peer governance at the school level.

Performance management in the public sector

2009 ◽  
Vol 22 (6) ◽  
pp. 478-498 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen Fryer ◽  
Jiju Antony ◽  
Susan Ogden
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Performance Management ◽  
The Public

Does Managerial Use of Performance Information Matter to Organizational Outcomes?

2021 ◽  
pp. 027507402110488
Author(s):  
Xu Han ◽  
Donald Moynihan
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Performance ◽  
Performance Management ◽  
School Performance ◽  
Public Management ◽  
School Principals ◽  
Organizational Outcomes ◽  
Performance Information ◽  
High Stake ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Objective Indicators

Public management scholars have made impressive strides in explaining managerial usage of performance information (PI). Does such PI use matter to performance? If so, what types of use make a difference? To answer these questions, we connect managerial self-reported behavior with objective organizational outcomes in Texas schools. We control for lagged comparative school performance and employ inverse probability weighting to mitigate endogeneity concerns. The results show that managerial use of PI is associated with objective indicators of performance, and that the type of use matters. In particular, school principals’ use of PI for strategic planning is positively associated with better high-stake test scores. The findings suggest that maturity of performance management system can shape the relationship between managerial PI use and organizational performance, thereby contributing to a contingency-based understanding of the relationship between performance management and organizational performance.

Performance Management in the Public Sector

2015 ◽  
Vol 74 (1) ◽  
pp. 73-81 ◽  
Author(s):  
Damian West ◽  
Deborah Blackman
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Performance Management ◽  
The Public
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