TY - JOUR
T1 - Performance management and evaluation meets culture and politics
T2 - Australia’s experience
AU - Bray, J. Rob
AU - Gray, Matthew C.
AU - Stanton, David I.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - An underlying tension exists between the fundamental elements of accountability, government decision-making, performance management, evidence-based policy and the measurement of results. This article considers this through three lenses: evaluation of government policies and programs; program structures and performance indicators; and the challenges of big data. While use of new technologies and big data opens up opportunities for strengthened evidence-based policy, this does not address the tension between a disciplined results-based approach to government decision-making and the inherently political nature of these decisions. There remain also important challenges to the effective development and use of big data in government.
AB - An underlying tension exists between the fundamental elements of accountability, government decision-making, performance management, evidence-based policy and the measurement of results. This article considers this through three lenses: evaluation of government policies and programs; program structures and performance indicators; and the challenges of big data. While use of new technologies and big data opens up opportunities for strengthened evidence-based policy, this does not address the tension between a disciplined results-based approach to government decision-making and the inherently political nature of these decisions. There remain also important challenges to the effective development and use of big data in government.
KW - Public administration
KW - big data
KW - evidence-based policy
KW - performance management
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85100383856&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/23276665.2020.1808491
DO - 10.1080/23276665.2020.1808491
M3 - Article
SN - 2327-6665
VL - 42
SP - 290
EP - 302
JO - Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration
JF - Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration
IS - 4
ER -