tailieunhanh - Elements of Effective Governance Measurement, Accountability and Participation

As an academic who teaches courses on performance measurement and public sector accountability, I continually ask myself, and my students, questions about government performance. What can be done to strengthen performance measurement systems so that the information collected informs decision making and ultimately contributes to improved government performance? How can we develop indicators of performance that are meaningful to citizens and public administrators? How do we effectively communicate these measures to the public so that citizens can hold government accountable for results that really matter? How can we develop appropriate participation techniques to foster and sustain meaningful citizen involvement? This book provides students and practitioners with the opportunity to wrestle with. | Public Administration and Public Policy 126 of Effective Governance Elements of Effective Governance Measurement Accountability and Participation PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION AND PUBLIC POLICY A Comprehensive Publication Program Executive Editor JACK RABIN Professor of Public Administration and Public Policy School of Public Affairs The Capital College The Pennsylvania State University Harrisburg Middletown Pennsylvania Assistant to the Executive Editor T. Aaron Wachhaus Jr. 1. Public Administration as a Developing Discipline Robert T. Golembiewski 2. Comparative National Policies on Health Care Milton I. Roemer . 3. Exclusionary Injustice The Problem of Illegally Obtained Evidence Steven R. Schlesinger 5. Organization Development in Public Administration edited by Robert T. Golembiewski and William B. Eddy 7. Approaches to Planned Change Robert T. Golembiewski 8. Program Evaluation at HEW edited by James G. Abert 9. The States and the Metropolis Patricia S. Florestano and Vincent L. Marando 11. Changing Bureaucracies Understanding the Organization before Selecting the Approach William A. Medina 12. Handbook on Public Budgeting and Financial Management edited by Jack Rabin and Thomas D. Lynch 15. Handbook on Public Personnel Administration and Labor Relations edited by Jack Rabin Thomas Vocino W. Bartley Hildreth and Gerald J. Miller 19. Handbook of Organization Management edited by William B. Eddy 22. Politics and Administration Woodrow Wilson and American Public Administration edited by Jack Rabin and James S. Bowman 23. Making and Managing Policy Formulation Analysis Evaluation edited by G. Ronald Gilbert 25. Decision Making in the Public Sector edited by Lloyd G. Nigro 26. Managing Administration edited by Jack Rabin Samuel Humes and Brian S. .