Harnessing the evolutionary advantage of emergent performance management regimes: Strengthening accountability for challenges of modern public administration and governance.

Abstract

Performance management remains a maturing and everevolving field of research and practice. The dynamic complexity shaping organizations and society requires that the “lenses” needed for framing performance today may significantly differ from those which were successfully adopted two decades ago. This phenomenon is leading to the adoption of new performance management regimes in public administration and governance. The performance mindset is characterized by consistency on one hand, and flexibility and adaptability to meet evolving goals and standards on the other.