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作者：Melkers, J; Willoughby, K
作者单位：University System of Georgia; Georgia State University
摘要：While attention has been paid to a few cities and counties exhibiting effective performance-measurement systems, most U.S. local governments have been active in the development and use of performance measurement for several decades. This research examines the effects of performance-measurement information on budgetary decision making, communication, and other operations of U.S. local governments. Data are drawn from a national survey of city and county administrators and budgeters that include...
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作者：Moynihan, DR
作者单位：Texas A&M University System; Texas A&M University College Station; Bush School of Government & Public Service
摘要：All levels of government have begun to pursue results-based reforms, which assume that managers will use performance information to make better decisions. However, reforms have neglected the insights of a large and relevant literature on organizational learning. This article revisits this literature, treating results-based reform as an organizational learning mechanism and a deliberate structural effort to induce learning. From an organizational learning perspective, most results-based reforms...
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作者：Rethemeyer, RK
作者单位：State University of New York (SUNY) System; University at Albany, SUNY
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作者：Lidman, R; Sommers, P
作者单位：Seattle University; Seattle University
摘要：In this article, the authors provide a list of the top 10 ways to become a compleat' policy analyst, drawing on lessons from their own experience as policy analysts. The authors make no claims that their list is unique. However, they suggest the items included within it are supported in the academic and practitioner-oriented literature. Counting down from number 10-''The compleat policy analyst knows how to skip steps''-the authors present and comment on the items in turn. The authors suggest ...
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作者：Swiss, JE
作者单位：North Carolina State University
摘要：Many governmental results-based management systems have not produced the expected positive effects. This article analyzes the reasons for this common disappointment by looking at three components of results-based management-results-specific information, capacities, and incentives-and concludes that incentives are often the least developed. it then synthesizes a simple framework for evaluating the efficacy of results-oriented incentives. To be successful, results-specific incentives must be tai...
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作者：De Vita, CJ; Twombly, EC
摘要：The Bush administration and some states have promoted charitable tax credits as a way to increase private charitable giving, to support antipoverty programs, and to allow taxpayers to directly determine the utility and effectiveness of nonprofit services. Looking at Arizona's charitable tax credit program, this study assesses the strengths and limitations of this policy approach. Although charitable giving increased during the first two years of the program (1998 and 1999), tax returns from 20...
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作者：Schachter, HL
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作者：Berry, JM
作者单位：Tufts University
摘要：There are approximately 800,000 501 (c)(3) nonprofits large enough to register with the federal government. Add churches, foundations, and nonprofits too small to register, and the number is far higher than that. The potential for nonprofits to engage their clients and members in community affairs and public policy making is, in theory, enormous. Yet, perversely, nonprofits are regulated by the federal government in such a way that discourages the involvement of their followers in the public p...
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作者：Handley, DM
作者单位：University of Alabama System; University of Alabama Birmingham
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作者：Rethemeyer, RK
作者单位：State University of New York (SUNY) System; University at Albany, SUNY
