TY - CHAP A1 - Hammerschmid, Gerhard A1 - van de Walle, Steven A1 - Oprisor, Anca A1 - Stimac, Vid T1 - Comparative research in public administration and the contribution of the COCOPS Top Executive Survey T2 - Public Administration Reform in Europe Y1 - 2016 PB - Edward Elgar CY - Cheltenham ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Hammerschmid, Gerhard A1 - van de Walle, Steven A1 - Stimac, Vid T1 - Internal and external use of performance information in public organizations: results from an international survey JF - Public Money & Management N2 - This paper analyses how public managers use performance information. A sample of over 3,100 high-level public sector executives from six European countries, provided evidence of significant country variations. Considerable variations were also found in patterns of use in different policy fields; and performance indicators were not used as often in central government as in local and regional government. Implementation of performance management instruments in an organization had a strong effect on the actual use of performance information. KW - Accountability KW - Comparative public administration KW - Executives KW - Performance indicators KW - Performance management Y1 - 2013 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1080/09540962.2013.799803 VL - 33 IS - 4 SP - 261 EP - 268 PB - Taylor & Francis CY - London [u.a.] ER - TY - CHAP A1 - Hammerschmid, Gerhard A1 - Stimac, Vid A1 - Wegrich, Kai ED - Hertie School of Governance, T1 - Management Capacity and Performance in European Public Administrations T2 - Governance Report 2014 N2 - What capacities do states need to deal with the challenges of the contemporary age? How can the capacity of public administration be enhanced to meaningfully contribute to public problem-solving? The Governance Report 2014 develops a framework to explore the administrative capacities of the public sector in OECD countries, analyses how these capacities have been used to develop innovative policy approaches to key governance challenges , and explores governance innovations to enhance governance capacities. In addition, the Report presents a dashboard of indicators that assess administrative capacities from multiple perspectives. The Governance Report 2014 advances the debate on the problem-solving capacity of the modern state in the light of ongoing and future challenges. Y1 - 2014 SN - 9780198706618 N1 - Available as print in your Hertie Library. Als Druckversion in der Hertie Bibliothek verfügbar. PB - Oxford Univ.Press CY - Oxford ET - Edited Version (extended) ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Hammerschmid, Gerhard A1 - van de Walle, Steven A1 - Andrews, Rhys A1 - Bezes, Philippe A1 - Görnitz, Anja A1 - Oprisor, Anja A1 - Stimac, Vid T1 - Public Administration Reform in Europe: Views and Experiences from Senior Executives in 10 Countries : WP3 Cross-national report as part of the COCOPS Research Project T2 - COCOPS Work Package 3: Survey of public managers Y1 - 2013 N1 - Free online Access / Freier online Zugriff: http://www.cocops.eu/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/WP3-Comparative-Report.pdf PB - COCOPS CY - [Rotterdam [u.a.]] ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Hammerschmid, Gerhard A1 - Görnitz, Anja A1 - Oprisor, Anja A1 - Stimac, Vid T1 - Public Sector Reform in Germany: Views and Experiences from Senior Executives : Country Report as part of the COCOPS Research Project T2 - COCOPS Work Package 3: Survey of public managers N2 - This country report summarizes the findings from the COCOPS survey in Germany and aims to systematically map German experiences with administrative reform and performance management from a top executive perspective. It is based on answers from 566 public sector executives and separately describes the results for central government (both federal and Länder) as well as for the employment and health sector and also includes comparisons with the overall COCPS survey with 4814 answers from 10 European countries. The results of this executive survey confirm both an ongoing relevance of the legalistic Weberian tradition and a more incrementalist approach to public administration in Germany , but also bring a more nuanced image of the administrative reform introduced and implemented in Germany. The results show interesting differences at policy sector level and in particular a significantly higher adoption and institutionalization of performance management as well as a stronger reform intensity in the employment sector along with a significantly more positive assessment of these reforms. The data also indicate that a higher adoption of management instruments goes a long with a more positive assessment of administrative performance and – contrary to the common assumption – does not have a negative impact on factors such as work satisfaction, social capital and organizational commitment. From an international comparative perspective administrative we find evidence for a rather similar reform agenda with most other European countries but also a more hesitant adoption – especially of performance management – in Germany. Y1 - 2013 SN - 2211 - 2006 N1 - Free online Access / Freier online Zugriff: http://www.cocops.eu/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Germany_WP3-Country-Report.pdf PB - COCOPS CY - [Rotterdam [u.a.]] ER - TY - RPRT A1 - Hammerschmid, Gerhard A1 - Oprisor, Anca A1 - Stimac, Vid T1 - COCOPS Executive Survey on Public Sector Reform in Europe : Research Report T2 - COCOPS Work Package 3: Survey of public managers Y1 - 2013 SN - 2211 - 2006 N1 - Free online Access / Freier online Zugriff: http://www.cocops.eu/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/COCOPS-WP3-Research-Report.pdf PB - COCOPS CY - [Rotterdam [u.a.]] ER -