Abstract
Performance has been a leitmotif of the reform era and the centrepiece
of managerialism in Anglophone countries. Its pervasive influence
has dictated the operations of government departments (Bouckaert
and Halligan 2008; Radin 2006). It is impossible to envisage
public management without regard to results, targets and performance
measurement. However, a paradox of performance has been that the
information generated for management frameworks has been often
unused. The tension between the managerial and the political purposes of
performance management has been a continuing dynamic of the reform
era, which is one reason why the design of performance systems remained
unresolved (Halligan 2020).
of managerialism in Anglophone countries. Its pervasive influence
has dictated the operations of government departments (Bouckaert
and Halligan 2008; Radin 2006). It is impossible to envisage
public management without regard to results, targets and performance
measurement. However, a paradox of performance has been that the
information generated for management frameworks has been often
unused. The tension between the managerial and the political purposes of
performance management has been a continuing dynamic of the reform
era, which is one reason why the design of performance systems remained
unresolved (Halligan 2020).
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Politics, Policy and Public Administration in Theory and Practice |
| Subtitle of host publication | Essays in Honour of Professor John Wanna |
| Editors | Andrew Podger, Michael De Percy, Sam Vincent |
| Publisher | ANU E Press |
| Pages | 105-132 |
| Number of pages | 29 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781760464370 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781760464363 |
| Publication status | Published - 2021 |