PurposeThe concept of collaboration has received increased attention from scholars in public management, as it has been seen as a viable solution to address “wicked” problems. Solving such problems may require a horizontal collaboration within the same governmental jurisdiction or, vertically, between different levels of government. Despite broad interest from the field of public management, the dynamics of public interinstitutional collaboration have received little attention within the literature. This paper aims to provide a systematic overview of the most significant academic contributions on the topic, highlighting the features of this collaborative context and identifying determinants those can foster its performance.Design/methodology/approachIn total, two main literature streams have occasionally dealt with public interinstitutional collaboration and related performance management: the “collaborative governance” stream and “public network performance”. Through a systematic literature review (SLR), this paper answers the following research question: what has been done and what is missing in order to assess performance in the context of public interinstitutional collaboration?FindingsThe findings of this study suggest that the most relevant papers are those dealing with public interagency collaboration, as this form of collaboration presents several similarities with public interinstitutional circumstances. Furthermore, the authors provide an analysis of the main determinants of public interinstitutional performance, which highlight the effects of trust, power sharing, leadership style, management strategies and formalization on the achievement of efficient and effective collaboration between public entities.Originality/valueBy drawing on two autonomous literature streams, this paper describes the main features of public interinstitutional collaboration. It contributes to the field by offering a systematic overview of how specific performance determinants, which are widely recognized as relevant for collaboration in general, work in the specificity of public–public contexts.
The impact of financial austerity in many countries and the need to set the direction for governments have radically changed several aspects of Public sector management (Rubin and Willoughby 2014; Anessi-Pessina et al. 2016). A central component of this effort to transform public management involves using strategic planning and performance measures for budgeting decisions (Joyce 1997). Over the last decade, there has been an increase in the use of performance budgeting at the national as well as at subnational and local level, with varying approaches and results across countries (Bleyen et al. 2017; OECD 2017). This article analyzes the dynamics of strategic planning and performance management practices in relation to the budgeting processes in the context of the Italian central government, with the aim of evaluating whether a predominant integration model is apparent in relation to those used in different countries at the OECD level. Starting in 2009, reforms concerning the implementation of performance management tools in the Italian public sector have been promoted and revised, although the need to fully integrate the performance and budgeting processes looks urgent. Based on data from Italian Ministries, this article analyzes the type of relationship and the degree of coherence between adopted strategic plans and budgets. The results show the persistence of a prevalent misalignment between planning and budgeting. Data that were collected from the analysis of strategic plans and budgets from ten Ministries depict a patchy situation, in which some ministries integrate the processes defining a consistent and comparable model, while some others do not. In the conclusions, areas for improvement of the process are identified, while providing policy implications.
I quattro ideal-tipi di performance management (Bouckaert e Halligan, 2008) rappresentano altrettante fasi di un'evoluzione da un approccio non organico e prevalentemente focalizzato sulla rilevazione degli input (performance administration), a uno in cui il ciclo di gestione della performance e completamente integrato nei processi gestionali dell'organizzazione e interagisce con l'ambiente esterno (performance governance). Questi modelli hanno esercitato una decisa influenza sulla letteratura successiva in materia di performance management in ambito pubblico, ma sono stati solo sporadicamente indagati a livello empirico nel contesto sanitario (Halligan et al., 2012; Tenbensel e Burau, 2017). Il presente articolo fornisce un'analisi empirica dei piani della performance 2020-2022 pubblicati dalle ASL italiane, fornendo una risposta alla seguente domanda di ricerca: dopo oltre un decennio dall'adozione del D.Lgs. n. 150 del 2009, verso quale ideal-tipo di performance management sono orientate le Aziende Sanitarie Locali in Italia? Per rispondere a questa domanda, e stato definito un modello di valutazione qualitativa che consente di posizionare ogni ASL sul continuum descritto da Bouckaert e Halligan rispetto a sei ambiti di interesse specifici, frutto dell'incrocio tra quanto definito in letteratura e la normativa vigente sulla gestione del ciclo della performance, al fine di verificare se esiste una traiettoria di avanzamento delle ASL verso il modello performance governance.
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