Rules and the Doctrine of Performance Management

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Jakobsen, Mads L. F.; Mortensen, Peter B.
• 署名单位: Aarhus University; Aarhus University; Aarhus University
• 刊物名称: PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REVIEW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0033-3352
• DOI: 10.1111/puar.12409
• 发表日期: 2016
• 页码: 302-+
• 关键词: Public management; improvement; ACCOUNTABILITY; EVOLUTION; ecology; english; REFORM; state

摘要

The doctrine of performance management has been promoted as an alternative to rule-based governance. Analyzing performance management as a system of rules, this article examines how performance management is adopted through rules. The question is examined based on a systematic counting and content coding of national rules within the domain of primary education in Denmark from 1989 to 2010. Contrary to the prescriptions of the performance management doctrine, the analysis shows a clear increase in the number of rules. This reflects the creation of many new rules about performance measurement without a proportionate repeal of production rules constraining the autonomy of public service providers and their managers. The result is congruent with the expectations derived from the literature on rule dynamics, which emphasizes rules as the carriers of learning and interests. The article thereby demonstrates the utility of analyzing performance management as a system of rules.