Program

• Provisional Program
• Programme workshops (provisional). All papers will be available from May 15, 2006 onwards. They will be made available in Acrobat 6.0. This software can be downloaded for free.
  • Workshop 1: The performance of performance budgeting
  • Workshop 2: Performance of regulation and regulation of performance
  • Workshop 3: Performance in multi-sector/organization collaborations
  • Workshop 4: Performance, the politician and the citizen
  • Workshop 5: Emerging and other strategies for productivity and performance
• Registration

1. PROVISIONAL PROGRAM

2. WORKSHOP THEMES

WORKSHOP 1: The performance of performance budgeting

American co-chair: Gerald J. Miller, State University of New Jersey Rutgers, Graduate Department of Public Administration, USA
European co-chair: Geert Bouckaert, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Public Management Institute, Belgium

What are the possibilities and limitations of the use of performance information in budgeting and resource allocation and re-allocation? What are the purposes and results of performance budgeting initiatives? What is the utility of performance budgets under difficult circumstances such as budget cuts and downsizing? How does performance information affect budget discussions? What are the consequences for the functioning of Parliament and its commissions (discourse, transparency, strategic level of discussions)?How does performance affect the dynamics of budgeting?

Extended Call for Papers

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WORKSHOP 2: Performance of regulation and regulation of performance

American co-chair: Donald Moynihan, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Lafollette School of Public Affairs, USA
European co-chair: Per Laegreid, University of Bergen, Department of Administration and Organization Theory, Norway

Regulation is normally considered to be regultaion by the state, but there is a growing focus on regulation inside government. Increasing autonomy of agencies leads to an expansion of oversight from ex ante authorization to ex post audit, management by results and performance assessment. Is performance measurement and management fulfilling its role of coordination and control? What are the intended and unintended consequences of using performance measurement for regulation? For example, are we noticing greater compliance, but less use of information for decision-making?

Extended Call for Papers

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WORKSHOP 3: Performance in multi-sector/organization collaborations

American co-chair: Maria Aristigueta, University of Delaware, School of Urban Affairs and Public Policy, USA
European co-chair: Wouter van Dooren, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Public Management Institute, Belgium

Policy issues cross through organizational and sectoral boundaries. The public/private divide may also become increasingly vague. What are the strategies for collaboration (partnerships, privatization)? How to ensure and measure the performance of collaboration? How do we measure the performance of governance? Is it different from organizational performance?

Extended Call for Papers

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WORKSHOP 4: Performance, the politician and the citizen

American co-chair: Marc Holzer, State University of New Jersey Rutgers, Graduate Department of Public Administration, USA
European co-chair: Eran Vigoda-Gadot, The University of Haifa, School of Political Sciences, Public Administration Division, Israel

What is the role of the citizen and society in performance measurement (citizen driven performance measurement)? How do public organizations show results? What is the impact of report cards, league tables and rankings? What is the relation between performance and trust? Is there a causal relationship between 'objective' and 'subjective' performance? Does performance lead to trust? Performance and political accountability. What is the role of political executives in a performance management model?

Extended Call for Papers

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WORKSHOP 5: Emerging and other strategies for productivity and performance

American co-chair: George Julnes, Utah State University, U.S.
European co-chair: Werner Jann, University of Potsdam, Department of Political Science, Administration and Organization, Germany

This workshop seeks to be a forum for new and unusual angles on performance, broadly defined. What are the reform strategies for improving performance? Other relevant areas such as information technologies and strategic planning may be included, as well as review studies of performance. A comparative focus on strategies for performance is pursued.

Extended Call for Papers

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