TY - JOUR
T1 - Performance management and evaluation meets culture and politics: Australia's experience
AU - Bray, Rob
AU - Gray, Matthew
AU - Stanton, David
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.
U2 - 10.1080/23276665.2020.1808491
DO - 10.1080/23276665.2020.1808491
M3 - Article
JO - Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration
JF - Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration
ER -