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- Title
Performance, Accountability, and the Debate over Rules.
- Authors
Kassel, David S.
- Abstract
Does compliance with rules ensure better program performance and accountability? Since the 1980s, many scholars have answered no to this question, arguing that as managers attempt to comply with a growing thicket of rules, they often lose sight of the performance of their agencies and programs. Even the defenders of a rules-based approach have tended to view it as a necessary, though inconvenient, means of ensuring that democratic values and public rights are protected in the functioning of government. But does compliance with rules inevitably result in a loss of efficiency and effectiveness in the performance of public projects? This essay presents a case study of a public works project and three additional case summaries to demonstrate a theoretical proposition that compliance with rules for contracting and competitive selection of contractors can be an essential element of both a project’s success and its accountability.
- Subjects
PUBLIC works; GOVERNMENT productivity; GOVERNMENT agency rules &; practices; MANAGEMENT of public contracts; LEGAL status of government contractors; DELEGATED legislation policy; MANAGEMENT
- Publication
Public Administration Review, 2008, Vol 68, Issue 2, p241
- ISSN
0033-3352
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1540-6210.2007.00859.x