ISSN:0033-3298    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9299.1982.tb00489.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1982

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This paper adopts a comparative perspective towards the analysis of performance evaluation in the National Health Service. The NHS, it is argued, is best seen as an organization which is not unique but which ranks high on a number of dimensions: uncertainty about the relationship between inputs and outputs; heterogeneity of activities and aims; the ambiguity of the available information. These factors help to explain why performance evaluation in the NHS is both conceptually and organizationally problematic, and fragmented and professionalized in practice. By looking at the same factors in other organizations, it may be possible to start constructing a framework for examining the problems of performance evaluation in different settings.

ISSN:0033-3298    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9299.1982.tb00490.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1982

数据来源: WILEY

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For over thirty years, there have been no arrangements for the systematic audit of the efficiency and effectiveness of British nationalized industries. In November 1981, the Government announced their intention to introduce such audits on a regular, programmed basis and assigned the responsibility to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission. Using two of the Commission's reports, this essay contests the opinion that efficiency audits, as distinct from effectiveness audits, require pre‐determined performance criteria. But whilst recognizing both the advance in Whitehall thinking represented by the new arrangements and the quality of the audits so far completed by the Commission, the essay questions the decision to assign this function to the Commission, rather than the Comptroller and Auditor General, and expresses doubts about the extent to which the new arrangements will contribute to proper parliamentary control and accountability in the case of public enterprise

ISSN:0033-3298    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9299.1982.tb00491.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1982

数据来源: WILEY

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Programme Analysis and Review (PAR) was an approach to policy analysis introduced in 1970 by Edward Heaths administration as part of a systematic attempt to develop ‘rational’ government. In the early years some substantial reviews were completed, but from 1973 the exercise faded as less political commitment was devoted to it and institutional compromise and disillusion spread. This paper charts the life of PAR until its official demise in 1979 and analyses its experience, Above all, it suggests that PAR was unable to satisfy the technical, organizational and political preconditions for effective analy

ISSN:0033-3298    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9299.1982.tb00492.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1982

数据来源: WILEY

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New policies had to be developed as Britain emerged a major producer of North Sea gas in the 1960′s and oil in the 1970s. In the first phase, from 1964 to 1972, policy was directed at establishing the legal framework, an offshore licensing regime and a fast build‐up of production. Policies in the second phase, from 1972 onwards, ensured a high share of the profits for the Exchequer, regulated development more strictly, exercised some control of oil supplies, and encouraged the offshore supplies industry in Britain. The Labour Government set up the British National Oil Corporation (BNOC) in 1976 with a majority share in new licences and an interest in existing licences secured through the participation negotiations. The Conservative Government of 1979 maintained these policies, apart from reducing the role of, and planning to introduce private capital into, B

ISSN:0033-3298    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9299.1982.tb00493.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1982

数据来源: WILEY

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DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9299.1982.tb00494.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1982

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0033-3298    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9299.1982.tb00495.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1982

数据来源: WILEY

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Book reviewed in this article:REGIONAL GOVERNMENT IN ENGLAND Brian W. Hogwood and Michael Keating (eds.)LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN BRITAIN SINCE REORGANISATION Alan AlexanderLOCAL GOVERNMENT: POLITICIANS, PROFESSIONALS AND THE PUBLIC IN LOCAL AUTHORITIES Howard Elcock (with a chapter by Michael Wheaton)THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF INDUSTRIAL POLICY Wyn GrantACCOUNTING FOR BRITISH STEEL: A FINANCIAL ANALYSIS OF THE FAILURE OF THE BRITISH STEEL CORPORATION 1967–80, AND WHO WAS TO BLAME R.A. Bryer, T.J. Brignall and A.R. MaundersNATIONAL OIL COMPANIES L. E. GraysonTHE OTHER PRICE OF BRITAIN'S OIL: SAFETY AND CONTROL IN THE NORTH SEA W. G. CarsonMETROPOLITAN LONDON: POLITICS AND URBAN CHANGE 1837–1981 Ken Young and Patricia L. GarsidePUBLIC SECRETS: A STUDY IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF GOVERNMENT SECRECY K. C. RobertsonQUANGOS IN BRITAIN: GOVERNMENT AND THE NETWORKS OF PUBLIC POLICY‐MAKING Anthony Barker (ed.)RUNNING IN THE RED: THE POLITICAL DYNAMICS OF URBAN FISCAL STRESS Irene S. RubinWHO'S MASTER, WHO'S SERVANT?: REFORMING BUREAUCRACY Geoffrey HawkerTHE USES OF SOCIAL RESEARCH: SOCIAL INVESTIGATION IN PUBLIC POLICY‐MAKING Marti

ISSN:0033-3298    

DOI:10.1111/j.1467-9299.1982.tb00496.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1982

数据来源: WILEY