Managing Performance
Managing Performance

Author: Geert Bouckaert

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2007-12-20

Total Pages: 537

ISBN-13: 1134097263

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In recent years, concerns over the effectiveness of public administration have encouraged the widespread measurement and management of ‘performance’. But is performance management an appropriate model for public sector organizations, and has it proved successful? Moreover, how do the principles of performance management affect how public bodies operate, and the way they relate to the wider community? In this important text, the viability of performance management in public sector organizations is systematically assessed across a number of international case studies. The book provides a framework through which models of performance management can be understood in terms of both their impact within a public sector organization, and the effects that have been seen in countries with contrasting administrational contexts. Managing Performance – International Comparisons critically examines the effects of performance management models in the public sector, and assesses their future evolution. It is an important book for all students and researchers with an interest in management, public administration and public policy.

FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION IN INDIA, Second Edition
FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION IN INDIA, Second Edition

Author: Mahajan, Sanjeev Kumar

Publisher: PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd.

Published: 2021-01-01

Total Pages: 476

ISBN-13: 819468515X

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The second edition of the book comprehensively covers the vast subject of Financial Administration in a coherent and simple language. Providing vivid explanation with suitable examples of the topics prescribed in the core paper offered to undergraduate and postgraduate students of public administration, it thoroughly discusses all the key topics as per the UPSC syllabus. The book deals with the major types and the process of budgeting, committees, commissions and tax administration in India. Creating foundation of the concepts laid by Kautilya, the book gives a clear understanding and view how they have evolved into modern concepts in India. KEY FEATURES • Blend of theoretical and practical aspects • Evolution of the concepts in Financial Administration • Across-the-board study of original government reports • Includes topics like NITI Aayog; XIV and XV Finance Commission TARGET AUDIENCE • B.A. Hons. Public Administration • B.A. Public Administration • UPSC–Civil Services Exam

Handbook of Public Administration
Handbook of Public Administration

Author: W. Bartley Hildreth

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2021-04-26

Total Pages: 349

ISBN-13: 1498750044

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Public administration as a field of study finds itself in the middle of a fluid environment. The very reach and complexity of public administration has been easy to take for granted, easy to attack, and difficult to explain, particularly in the soundbite and Twitter-snipe media environment. Not only has the context for the discipline changed, but the institutions of public administration have adapted and innovated to deliver services to the public and serve those in power while becoming increasingly complex themselves. Has public administration evolved? And what new lines of research are critical for effective policy and delivery of programs and public services while preserving foundational principles such as the rule of law and expert institutions? This Handbook of Public Administration sheds light for new researchers, doctoral students, scholars, and practitioners interested in probing modern public administration’s role in solving major challenges facing nations and the world. This fourth edition recognizes that the scholarship of public administration must reflect the diverse influence of an international orientation, embracing public administration issues and practices in governance systems around the world, and illustrating just how practice can vary across jurisdictions. Every section identifies foundational principles and issues, shows variation in practice across selected jurisdictions, and identifies promising avenues for research. Each chapter revisits enduring themes and tensions, showing how they persist, along with new challenges and opportunities presented by digital technology and contemporary political realities. The Handbook of Public Administration, Fourth Edition provides a compelling introduction to and depiction of the contemporary realities of public administration, and it will inspire new avenues of inquiry for the next generation of public administration researchers.