9. MANAGEMENT CONTROL REFORM IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR: CONTRASTING THE USA AND ITALY

Abstract

This chapter is intended to address efforts to improve management control systems and processes, including budgeting, accounting and reporting, within the context of a responsibility framework in government. The theory of management control is explored and then management control reform in the U.S. federal government is assessed in terms of progress towards meeting the objectives of the theoretical model. Then, the U.S. experience is compared with the efforts to reform management control in Italian local governments.

Citation

Jones, L.R. and Mussari, R. (2004), "9. MANAGEMENT CONTROL REFORM IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR: CONTRASTING THE USA AND ITALY", Jones, L., Schedler, K. and Mussari, R. (Ed.) Strategies for Public Management Reform (Research in Public Policy Analysis and Management, Vol. 13), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 205-226. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0723-1318(04)13009-0