Strategic program management: Performance accountability driving use in national governments

IF 6.1 1区管理学 Q1 PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

Public Administration Review Pub Date : 2024-11-05 DOI:10.1111/puar.13892

Evan M. Berman, Eko Prasojo, Reza Fathurrahman, André Samartini, Geoff Plimmer, Meghna Sabharwal, Vinicius Neiva, Muhamad Imam Alfie Syarien, Desy Hariyati, Debie Puspasari, Fajar Wardani Wijayanti, Julyan Ferdiansyah

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Abstract

Strategic program management (SPM) is an approach for advancing the aspirations of programs and their impact. While programs are omnipresent in government, concerns exist that they are not always strategically managed. Studies that examine SPM are lacking. This study defines and conceptualizes SPM, examines it in two national governments (Brazil and Indonesia), and focuses on felt performance accountability as a driver of SPM use. SPM use is highly uneven, and despite concerns about the effectiveness of performance accountability in the public sector, a key finding is that program managers' felt performance accountability is associated with increased SPM use by program officials. Managers' performance accountability also increases political appointees' support for programs and decreases their interference with program priorities. These findings are important because they provide a means for program officials, typically civil servants, to strengthen the strategic direction of public programs. Recommendations are made for strengthening the performance accountability of managers.

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战略计划管理：绩效问责推动国家政府的使用

战略性计划管理（SPM）是一种推进计划目标及其影响的方法。虽然计划在政府中无处不在，但人们担心它们并不总是得到战略性管理。目前还缺乏对战略性计划管理的研究。本研究对 SPM 进行了定义和概念化，考察了两个国家政府（巴西和印度尼西亚）中的 SPM，并重点关注了作为 SPM 使用驱动力的绩效问责制。SPM 的使用情况很不均衡，尽管人们对公共部门绩效问责的有效性表示担忧，但研究的一个重要发现是，项目管理人员感受到的绩效问责与项目官员更多地使用 SPM 有关。管理者的绩效问责也会增加政治任命者对计划的支持，减少他们对计划优先事项的干扰。这些发现非常重要，因为它们为项目官员（通常是公务员）提供了加强公共项目战略方向的手段。本文就如何加强管理人员的绩效问责制提出了建议。

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Public Administration Review PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION-

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15.10

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10.80%

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130

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