Publications

Authors:

Suppa, Armando; Webb, N. J.

Title:

Managing performance in the defense sector: cases of the italian army and US navy surface warfare enterprise

Year:

2012

Type of item:

Contributo in atti di convegno

Tipologia ANVUR:

Contributo in Atti di convegno

Language:

Inglese

Format:

Elettronico

Congresso:

Workshop di Organizzazione Aziendale (WOA 2012)

Place:

Verona

Period:

28-29 maggio 2012

ISBN:

9788861298712

Page numbers:

14-27

Keyword:

Results-based management; Performance based management system; Performance measurement; Performance information

Short description of contents:

Over the last twenty years, new public management (NPM) has inspired managerial reforms in public sectors worldwide. The US and Italian governments have embraced one of the main tenets of NPM, managing for results. In this study, we assess the introduction of performance management practice in hierarchical and complex public organizations in both countries, in particular how and to what extent military organizations, the Italian Army (IA) and the US Navy Surface Warfare Enterprise (SWE), implemented performance based management systems (PBMS). We use the first “form” of the framework proposed by Bouckaert and Halligan to compare the two cases with respect to the measurement, integration and use of performance information. We find that both organizations have encountered “benefits”. We contribute to the literature and to the practical use in government organizations by demonstrating some key features or characteristics of hierarchical, complex government organizations that enable or detract from the successful implementation of a PBMS.

Product ID:

75296

Handle IRIS:

11562/485949

Deposited On:

December 11, 2012

Last Modified:

November 4, 2022

Bibliographic citation:

Suppa, Armando; Webb, N. J., Managing performance in the defense sector: cases of the italian army and US navy surface warfare enterprise , Proceedings of "Workshop di Organizzazione Aziendale (WOA 2012)" , Verona , 28-29 maggio 2012 , 2012 , pp. 14-27

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