Measuring performance in policy advice output: Australian developments
International Journal of Public Sector Management
ISSN: 0951-3558
Article publication date: 1 September 1999
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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Citation
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
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
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