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Measuring performance in policy advice output: Australian developments

Michael Di Francesco (Department of Government and Public Administration, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia)

International Journal of Public Sector Management

ISSN: 0951-3558

Article publication date: 1 September 1999

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Abstract

This paper is based on work undertaken for the Commonwealth Department of Finance and Administration and reports on recent developments within the Australian public sector of performance measurement in policy advice output. It outlines the role of performance information in an accrual‐based outcomes and outputs management framework, examines the merits of a model for developing criteria for “good” performance information and explores how these design principles might be applied to policy advice output. The paper identifies the key attributes of policy advice output from the perspective of both providers and clients and their linkage to proposed performance indicators, and concludes by surveying the political and accountability problems associated with specifying and measuring policy advice in government.

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Di Francesco, M. (1999), "Measuring performance in policy advice output: Australian developments", International Journal of Public Sector Management, Vol. 12 No. 5, pp. 420-431. https://doi.org/10.1108/09513559910300181

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MCB UP Ltd

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