Workshop II: Performance of regulation and regulation of performance

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American co-chair: Donald Moynihan, University of Wisconsin, U.S.
European co-chair: Per Laegreid, University of Bergen, Department of Administration and Organization Theory, Norway

1 JUNE 2006

16.30 – 18.00: MEETING 1: CAN GOVERNMENT REGULATE ITS PERFORMANCE: PRINCIPLES AND LIMITATIONS

Theme: Introduction to the idea of efforts by governments to construct regulatory regimes. The Christensen and Laegreid and Noordegraaf paper present general principles and concepts behind this approach, while the Gregory and Lonti paper point to the limitations of trying to regulate all public activities.

1. Whole-of-government approach to public reform - regulation of performance inside government? (pdf)
Tom CHRISTENSEN, University of Oslo, Norway
Per LAEGREID, University of Bergen, Norway

2. Rules for producing rules. How policy managers deal with performance-based rules for regulatory action (pdf)
Mirko NOORDEGRAAF, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands

3. Chasing shadows? Performance measurement of policy advice in New Zealand Government Departments (pdf)
Bob GREGORY, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Zsuzsanna LONTI, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

Discussant: Edward JENNINGS

2 JUNE 2006

9.30 – 10.45: MEETING 2: REGULATORY RULES FOR PERFORMANCE I: INCENTIVES AND MEASURES

Theme: How do governments construct a system that encourages performance. These papers offer different answers. Wiseman focuses on formal incentives, while Amans examines the nature of controle measures.

1. Performing for prizes: the role of bonuses in ecouraging administrative improvement (pdf)
Michael WISEMAN, The George Washington University - Washington D.C., U.S.

2. Regulation and operational performance measures - the case of French museums and of the French income support scheme (pdf)
Pascale AMANS, Université Paul Sabatier (Toulouse III), France
Sylvie RASCOL-BOUTARD, University Montpollier II, France

Discussant: Richard WALKER

11.15– 12.45: MEETING 3: REGULATORY RULES FOR PERFORMANCE II: NETWORKING AND TRUST

Theme: Greiling examines the potential for trust in fostering performance management, while Thijs and Staes study of the use of quality management as an instrument for bottom-up European Regulation. Meier et al. examine the role of networking in building relationships with key organizational actors and increasing performance.

1. Serpents in the sand: managerial networking and nonlinear influences on organizational performance (pdf)
Kenneth MEIER, Texas A&M university, U.S.
Larry O'TOOLE, University of Georgia, U.S.
Alisa HICKLIN, Texas A&M university, U.S.

2. Quality management as an instrument for bottom-up European regulation (pdf)
Nick THIJS, Public Management Institute, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
Patrick STAES, European Institute of Public Administration, The Netherlands

3. Trust as an enabling factor for performance management? (pdf)
Dorothea GREILING, Evangelische Fachhochschule Darmstadt, Germany

Discussant: Bob GREGORY

14.00 - 15.30: MEETING 4: CONSTRUCTING THE MEANING OF PERFORMANCE

Theme: Provides for non-traditional perspectives that challenge the basis meaning and use of performance information and the implications for efforts to regulate performance.

1. Dialogue Theory: the language of performance regulation (pdf)
Donald MOYNIHAN, University of Wisconsin, U.S.

2. Performance, performativity and the negotiation of autonomy in a regulated system (pdf)
Pauline JAS, University of Birmingham, U.K.
Chris SKELCHER, University of Birmingham, U.K.

3. Social equity and the performance measurement systems of American States (pdf)
Edward JENNINGS, University of Kentucky, U.S.

Discussant: Tom CHRISTENSEN

3 JUNE 2006

8.30– 9.45: MEETING 5: PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE

Theme: Examines the diffusion of performance management practices in CEE countries and the potential for such practices to succeed in raising public performance.

1. Performance management in the Baltic States and Russia, what are the changes of success? (pdf)
Tony VERHEIJEN, World Bank, U.S.

2. Performance and regulation in public administration (pdf)
Olga VIDLAKOVA, Institute for Legal Education and Information, Czech Republic

Discussant: Gene BREWER

10.15– 12.00: MEETING 6: IMPLEMENTING PERFORMANCE REGULATORY REGIMES

Theme: Practical examples of efforts to construct a performance regulatory regime in governments in Norway and the U.K. and a reminder on the importance of red tape limiting the effectiveness of these regulatory regimes.

1. Regulation inside government: modern performance (pdf)
Per LAEGREID, University of Bergen, Norway
Paul G. RONESS, University of Bergen, Norway
Kristin RUBECKSEN, University of Bergen, Norway

2. Performance measurement in the British Central Government (pdf)
Nur Anisah ABDULLAH, University of Strathclyde, Scotland
Valerie BELTON, University of Strathclyde, Scotland

3. The impact of red tape on governmental performance: variation across policy types and service areas (pdf)
Gene BREWER, University of Georgia, U.S.
Richard WALKER, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Discussant: Kenneth MEIER