{"title":"Performance in Complex, Hierarchical Government Organizations: What Can We Learn from a Comparative Study of Defense Organizations?","authors":"A. Suppa, Natalie J. Webb","doi":"10.2139/SSRN.2695237","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/SSRN.2695237","url":null,"abstract":"Performance management, a management model with a long history (Van Dooren, 2008), has been used internationally to promote better government (OECD, 1996) and has been shown to be difficult to adopt (Laegreid et al., 2006) and more difficult to implement. Adoption of performance-based management systems (PBMSs) has been more successful than implementation (De Lancer Julnes and Holzer, 2001). Over the last thirty years, government practice has at its foundation New Public Management (NPM), which promotes managing for results in public sectors worldwide (OECD, 2005). The U.S. and Italian governments embraced this NPM tenet and introduced PBMSs in parts of or entire organizations. We assess the adoption and use of performance management practices in these hierarchical and complex public organizations, in particular how and to what extent the Italian Army (IA) and the U.S. Navy Surface Warfare Enterprise (SWE) implemented PBMSs. By analyzing the cases, we find that both organizations have encountered some benefits and difficulties in implementation. We address these critical factors and contribute to the literature and to practical use of performance management in government organizations by demonstrating some key factors of hierarchical, complex government organizations that enable or hamper successful implementation and use of a PBMS.","PeriodicalId":448294,"journal":{"name":"International Public Management Review","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-11-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126860732","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"ANTI-CORRUPTION AGENCIES IN FOUR ASIAN COUNTRIES: A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS","authors":"Jon T. S. Quah","doi":"10.1016/S0732-1317(08)17006-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S0732-1317(08)17006-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":448294,"journal":{"name":"International Public Management Review","volume":"40 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-08-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116681318","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Assessing Government Efforts to (Re)Build Trust in Government: Challenges and Lessons Learned from Japanese Experiences","authors":"M. Kikuchi","doi":"10.1016/S0732-1317(08)17011-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S0732-1317(08)17011-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":448294,"journal":{"name":"International Public Management Review","volume":"16 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-08-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116213434","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Corruption and Government Trust: A Survey of Urban and Rural Inhabitants in the North and Northeast of Thailand","authors":"Suchitra Punyaratabandhu","doi":"10.1016/S0732-1317(08)17010-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S0732-1317(08)17010-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":448294,"journal":{"name":"International Public Management Review","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-08-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126335058","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Importing governance into the Thai polity: competing hybrids and reform consequences","authors":"B. Bowornwathana","doi":"10.1016/S0732-1317(08)17002-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S0732-1317(08)17002-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":448294,"journal":{"name":"International Public Management Review","volume":"46 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-08-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124855264","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A preliminary assessment of public management reform in Taiwan's local government","authors":"Milan Tung-Wen Sun","doi":"10.1016/S0732-1317(08)17008-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S0732-1317(08)17008-7","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":448294,"journal":{"name":"International Public Management Review","volume":"136 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-08-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133888686","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Building national integrity through corruption eradication in South Korea","authors":"P. Kim","doi":"10.1016/S0732-1317(08)17009-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S0732-1317(08)17009-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":448294,"journal":{"name":"International Public Management Review","volume":"43 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-08-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133037594","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"linking Accountability, corruption, and government effectiveness in Asia: an examination of World Bank Governance Indicators","authors":"Gene A. Brewer, Yujin Choi, R. Walker","doi":"10.1016/S0732-1317(08)17012-9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S0732-1317(08)17012-9","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":448294,"journal":{"name":"International Public Management Review","volume":"45 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-08-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126640944","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Administrative Reform in Hong Kong: An Institutional Analysis of Food Safety","authors":"J. P. Burns","doi":"10.1016/S0732-1317(08)17003-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S0732-1317(08)17003-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":448294,"journal":{"name":"International Public Management Review","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-08-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126745279","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Regulatory reform and bureaucracy in Southeast Asia: variations and consequences","authors":"D. Jones","doi":"10.1016/S0732-1317(08)17007-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/S0732-1317(08)17007-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":448294,"journal":{"name":"International Public Management Review","volume":"36 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2008-08-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114830338","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}