Performance measurement and performance management
Annotation: Performance measurement and performance management are typical New Public
Management instruments, used in the public sector also today. Their current use is connected with
certain benefits, but also critical implementation problems. The task would be to select concrete public
sector/ public administration subsystem and to analyze the use of performance measurement and
management, to determine main factors and barriers related to their use.
Goal: Evaluation of the functioning of the concrete performance measurement/ management system,
defining main factors and barriers determining the performance of such system.
Contracting/ outsourcing in the public sector
Annotation: Contracting/ outsourcing are typical New Public Management instruments, used in the
public sector also today. Their current use is connected with certain benefits, but also critical
implementation problems. The task would be to determine the scope of contracting/ outsourcing and
its success in the selected public sector area.
Goal: Evaluation of the functioning of the concrete contracting/ outsourcing scheme, defining main
factors and barriers determining the performance of such system.