Factors Influencing the Use of Performance Data to Improve Municipal Services: Evidence from the North Carolina Benchmarking Project

Many local governments measure and report their performance, but the record of these governments in actually using performance measures to improve services is more modest. The authors of this study examine patterns of performance measurement use among a set of North Carolina cities and conclude that...

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Veröffentlicht in:Public administration review 2008-03, Vol.68 (2), p.304-318
Hauptverfasser: Ammons, David N., Rivenbark, William C.
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Many local governments measure and report their performance, but the record of these governments in actually using performance measures to improve services is more modest. The authors of this study examine patterns of performance measurement use among a set of North Carolina cities and conclude that the types of measures on which officials rely, the willingness of officials to embrace comparison, and the degree to which measures are incorporated into key management systems distinguish cities that are more likely to use performance measures for service improvement from those less likely to do so.
ISSN:0033-3352
1540-6210
DOI:10.1111/j.1540-6210.2007.00864.x