TY - GEN AU - Geert Bouckaert and John Halligan AU - Halligan,J. TI - Managing performance (E-Book): international comparisons SN - 0203935950 (ebk) U1 - 352.439 PY - 2008/// CY - London, New York PB - Routledge KW - Benchmarking (Management) KW - Government productivity KW - Measurement KW - Organizational effectiveness KW - Total quality management in government KW - (E-Book) N1 - Acknowledgements Introduction Part I Concepts, Approaches and Explanations 1. What is managing performance? 2. Performance and management: approaches to analysis 3. Managing performance: contexts and explanations Part II Performance Types 4. Performance administration 5. Managements of performances 6. Performance management Part III Comparative Performance and Evaluation 7. Managing performance: comparing country models and practice 8. Paradoxes and disconnects in managing performance 9. Towards performance governance: a new agenda? 10. Conclusion and next steps Part IV Appendices i. Methodological introduction to the country models ii. Ideal types of managing performance: synthetic overview iii. OECD checklists iv. List of glossaries v. Country models Bibliography Index UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0719/2007022542.html ER -