Sustainability performance evaluation system in government a balanced scorecard approach towards sustainable development /
Progressing towards sustainable development raises important challenges to conducting peformance evaluations in governments because there are neither generally accepted methods nor specific standards to be met at present. "Sustainability Performance Evaluation System in Government" makes a...
| Main Author: | Chai, Nan. |
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| Other Authors: | SpringerLink (Online service) |
| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht :
Springer,
©2009.
Dordrecht : [2009] |
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1 online resource. |
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Progressing towards sustainable development raises important challenges to conducting peformance evaluations in governments because there are neither generally accepted methods nor specific standards to be met at present. "Sustainability Performance Evaluation System in Government" makes a conceptual contribution to public sustainability performance evaluation and develops a set of framework indicators with the help of the strategic and comprehensive approach "Sustainability Balanced Scorecard". As a conceptual basis for the further research and application, this volume wil. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. Progressing towards sustainable development raises important challenges to conducting peformance evaluations in governments because there are neither generally accepted methods nor specific standards to be met at present. "Sustainability Performance Evaluation System in Government" makes a conceptual contribution to public sustainability performance evaluation and develops a set of framework indicators with the help of the strategic and comprehensive approach "Sustainability Balanced Scorecard". As a conceptual basis for the further research and application, this volume wil. Foreword; Acknowledgments; Contents; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 1.1 Research Background; 1.2 Problem Setting; 1.3 Research Objectives; 1.4 Research Methods; 1.5 Structure of This Book; References; 2 Literature Review; 2.1 Environmental Performance Evaluation (EPE); 2.1.1 Sustainable Development and EPE; 2.1.2 ISO 14031; 2.1.2.1 Concept of ISO 14031; 2.1.2.2 Continual Improvement Process of ISO 14031; 2.1.2.3 Innovation in the Indicator System of ISO 14031; 2.1.2.4 Weaknesses of ISO 14031; 2.1.3 Some Models of Improving EPE; 2.1.3.1 Third-Generational EPE. 2.1.3.2 Sustainability Performance Evaluation2.2 Strategic Performance Evaluation; 2.2.1 Review of Strategic Performance Evaluation Framework; 2.2.2 Balanced Scorecard (BSC); 2.2.2.1 Basic Concept of BSC; 2.2.2.2 Application of BSC in the Public Sector; 2.2.2.3 Three Attributes and Weaknesses of BSC; 2.2.3 Sustainability Balanced Scorecard; 2.3 New Public Management (NPM); 2.3.1 Review of NPM Movement in the Past Two Decades; 2.3.2 Principles and Values of NPM; 2.3.3 Critiques and Reflections of NPM; References; 3 Fundamentals of Sustainability Performance Evaluation System in Government. 3.1 Conceptual Framework of Sustainability Performance Evaluation in Government3.1.1 Performance Evaluation and Strategic Management in Government; 3.1.1.1 A Brief History of Evaluation in the Administration Field; 3.1.1.2 Trends of Performance Evaluation as Strategic Management Tool; 3.1.1.3 ''Strategic Gap 1'' of Performance Evaluation in Government; 3.1.2 Performance Evaluation and National Sustainable Development Strategies; 3.1.2.1 Challenge of Sustainable Development as National Strategy; 3.1.2.2 Actual Performance Evaluation Regarding Sustainable Development. 3.1.2.3 ''Strategic Gap 2'' of Performance Evaluation in Government3.1.3 Two-Dimensional Conceptual Framework and ''Strategic Gap 3''; 3.1.3.1 Two-Dimensional Conceptual Framework; 3.1.3.2 ''Strategic Gap 3'' of Performance Evaluation in Government; 3.1.4 Three-Dimensional Conceptual Framework; 3.2 Definition of Sustainability Performance Evaluation System (SPES); 3.2.1 Working Definition of SPES; 3.2.2 Comparisons with Other Models; 3.2.2.1 Monitoring and Evaluation (M & E); 3.2.2.2 Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA); 3.2.2.3 Environmental Performance Evaluation (EPE) 3.3 Objective of SPES in Government3.3.1 Dual Objectives: Public Accountability and Performance Improvement; 3.3.2 Public Accountability, Sustainability and Citizen Satisfaction; 3.3.2.1 Short Review of Public Accountability; 3.3.2.2 Public Accountability and Citizen Satisfaction; 3.3.2.3 Sustainability and Citizen Satisfaction; 3.4 Three-Dimensional Extensions of Evaluation Scope; 3.4.1 Vertical Extension: From Results to Determinants; 3.4.2 Horizontal Extension: From Eco-Efficiency to Integrated Sustainability; 3.4.3 Deep Extension: From Managerial Performance to Citizen Participation. |
| Physical Description: |
1 online resource. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9789048130122 9048130123 9048130115 9789048130115 |