Good governance and quality of public administrations are recognisably in the interests of the EU citizens and Member States, to achieve maximum value from the finite public funds and create a public-private interface that raises employment and growth. Worldwide, the evidence is irrefutable:...

In this chapter, we present results from an EU-wide survey on public administration reform. Our analysis shows that the 27 public administrations covered still organize their HR services very differently. Divergent structures, traditions, and paths taken do not seem to give rise to an overall...

Die Dezentralisierung von Verantwortlichkeiten innerhalb von Behörden mit einer damit einhergehenden Zunahme der Führungsautonomie zur Leistungssteigerung sowie zur verbesserten Anpassung des öffentlichen Dienstes an lokale Erford­ernisse waren während der letzten beiden Jahrzehnte in...

This study compares and analyses the different individual and organisational performance assessment systems used by the public administrations of the Member States of the European Union (and Norway). This publication presents an analysis and comparison of the various performance assessment...