Performance auditing and the modernisation of government  

 - Paris :  OECD,  1996. 
 - 285 p. :  il. 
<br/><br/> - Part A: overview papers.  - Chapter 1: performance auditing and the new public management: changing roles and strategies of central audit institutions - Michael Barzelay.  - Chapter 2: performance auditing in the public sector: approaches and issues in OECD member countries - David Shand and Paul Anand.  - Part B: the role of auditing in the new public management.  - Chapter 3: performance auditing, new public management and performance improvement: questions and challenges - Dr. Frans Leeuw.  - Chapter 4: New public management, performance auditing and how auditors can contribute to performance improvement - Jorgen Holmquist and Ulrika Barklund-Larsson.  - Chapter 5: performance auditing and performance improvement in government: public sector management reform, changing accountabilities and the role of performance audit - John J. Glynn.  - Part C: the objectives and performance of performance auditing.  - Chapter 6: the objectives and performance measurement of performance audit - Nick Sloan.  - The objectives and performance of performance auditing: the perspective of a United States inspector-general - Stephen A. Trodden.  - Chapter 8: auditing as an instrument for transforming public services: the example of the Agence Nationale pour l'Emploi(ANPE) - Michael Danon.  - Part D: case studies in performance auditing.  - Chapter 9: case study in performance auditing: the audit commission(England and Wales) - Patricia Longdon.  - Chapter 10: the role of auditing in performance improvement in Sweden - Bo Sandberg and Kjell Larsson.  - Part E: legislatures and performance auditing.  - Chapter 11: legislatures and performance auditing: the german experience - Dr. Heinz Gunter Zavelberg.  - Chapter 12: legislatures and performance auditing: the australian experience - Les Scott, MP.  - Chapter 13: performance auditing and legislative oversight in the context of public management reform: the US experience - Dr. Annmarie H. Walsh.  - Chapter 14: legislatures and performance auditing: the finnish experience - Markus Aaltonen, MP.  - Part F: performance improvement and accountability: towards a synthesis.  - Chapter 15: finding the balance: achieving a synthesis between improved performance and enhanced accountability - David Roth.  - Chapter 16: performance audit - future directions? - Noel P. Hepworth.  - Chapter 17: accountability and performance improvement: the french experience - Serge Vallemont. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9264153462 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Auditorias de Desempenho<br/> Reforma Administrativa<br/>Agente de Mudança<br/> Setor Público<br/>Accountability<br/>Modernização Administrativa