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Explaining the Dyna...
Explaining the Dynamics of Management by Objectives and Results Post-NPM : The Case of the Swedish National Executive
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- Wockelberg, Helena, 1970- (author)
- Uppsala universitet,Statsvetenskapliga institutionen
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- Ahlbäck Öberg, Shirin, Professor, 1964- (author)
- Uppsala universitet,Statsvetenskapliga institutionen
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- Göteborg : School of Public Administration, 2021
- 2021
- English.
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In: Scandinavian Journal of Public Administration. - Göteborg : School of Public Administration. - 2001-7405 .- 2001-7413. ; 25:2, s. 43-72
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- This research concludes that the Swedish institution of Management by Objectives and Results (MBOR) has changed as a result of a top-down reform. The aim of the reform,which was to reduce the number of requests for performance information that thegovernment makes to the central government agencies, has been successfully implemented. In analysing the national government’s requests for performance information from 182 central government agencies (N=1752), this study confirms earlier claims of MBOR de-escalation. De-escalation is explained by stakeholder learning andthe new policy that re-interprets performance management in terms that fit the ideals of New Public Governance. This research concludes that the size of an agency’s budget hasa positive effect on the total number of requests and the government’s interest inquantitative performance indicators. Agency tasks that are relatively easy to measure andcount have a significant positive effect on the number of government requests. Task ismore important than budget size when governments decide what mix of indicators torequest from a specific agency. In this respect, the Swedish government adjusts its requests for information to the agencies’ tasks. The results from this study contribute to the ongoing debate on the application of performance management in a post-New Public Management setting.
Subject headings
- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Statsvetenskap -- Studier av offentlig förvaltning (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Political Science -- Public Administration Studies (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- NPM
- NPG
- MBOR evolution
- central government agencies
- agency task
- agency budgets
- Statskunskap
- Political Science
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- ref (subject category)
- art (subject category)
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