Performance information in the public sector : how it is used / edited by Wouter Van Dooren Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Antwerp, Belgium and Steven Van de Walle, Professor of Public Administration, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands

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Series: IIAS governance and public managvement seriesPublisher: London : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011Description: xi, 281 pages ; 23 cmContent type:

text

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unmediated

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volume

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9780230309128 paperback
9780230551978 hardback

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352.439 .P438

Summary: "Performance information has long permeated the public sector. The actual use of performance information however has long been taken for granted. This book is one of the first to bring together and international team of acclaimed academics focusing on how and whether politicians, public officials and citizens use public sector performance information. Combining practical experience with academic analysis this book explores the social and organizational dynamics of performance indicators. It moves beyond the technicalities of measurement and indicators and looks at how performance information is changing the public sector." - Provided by the publisher

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Print Materials	Graduate School Library Master in Public Administration	352.439 .P438 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		0113584

Includes bibliography and index.

"Performance information has long permeated the public sector. The actual use of performance information however has long been taken for granted. This book is one of the first to bring together and international team of acclaimed academics focusing on how and whether politicians, public officials and citizens use public sector performance information. Combining practical experience with academic analysis this book explores the social and organizational dynamics of performance indicators. It moves beyond the technicalities of measurement and indicators and looks at how performance information is changing the public sector." - Provided by the publisher

Text in English.

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