Toward Next-Generation Performance Budgeting: Lessons from the Experiences of Seven Reforming Countries analyzes the difficulties that national governments have had in linking measurement of performance and results to the annual budget process. The book is based on intensive reviews of four...

<title>Abstract</title> What are the factors that lead to desirable organizational characteristics? This article examines this question by proposing a model to explain the ability of some organizations to create a focus on results and high levels of managerial authority. The new public management literature...

<title>Abstract</title> This article examines major trends and research questions that have emerged in public management scholarship in North America over the last decade. This period offers evidence of improved self-confidence and scholarship in the field, even as it remains independent of any specific...