Public sector performance measurement practice in Malaysia

Performance measurement is becoming more relevant as the government is pressuring for more efficient and effective service delivery. A series of in-depth exploratory face-to-face interviews were conducted with public managers of 19 agencies and public bodies across the country asking them to share...

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Main Author: Abdullah, Nur Anisah
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
English
Published: 2013
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spelling iium-353832014-02-06T03:22:17Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/35383/ Public sector performance measurement practice in Malaysia Abdullah, Nur Anisah H96 Public policy (General), Policy sciences HF5001 Business. Business Administration Performance measurement is becoming more relevant as the government is pressuring for more efficient and effective service delivery. A series of in-depth exploratory face-to-face interviews were conducted with public managers of 19 agencies and public bodies across the country asking them to share their experience with what works with performance measurement. Verbatim transcripts of the interviews were thematically coded and analysed. Findings reveal that in addition to the statutory requirement of external reporting, agencies measure performance for improvement. They demonstrate a level of interest in working towards improving how they measure performance, design measure and are progressing towards more effective use of performance information. Agencies were seen to be actively using KPIs to steer employee performance behaviour. There were signs of fatigue due to the laborious task of data collection and the lack of resources specifically allocated for performance measurement. Overall, performance measurement is pervasive across agencies and public bodies. 2013-08-23 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/35383/8/aamc_programme_schedule_1.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/35383/2/AAMC2013_Public_Sector_PM.pdf Abdullah, Nur Anisah (2013) Public sector performance measurement practice in Malaysia. In: 10th Asian Academy of Management Conference 2013, 23-25 August 2013, Batu Feringgi, Pulau Pinang. (Unpublished) http://aamc.usm.my/
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topic H96 Public policy (General), Policy sciences
HF5001 Business. Business Administration
spellingShingle H96 Public policy (General), Policy sciences
HF5001 Business. Business Administration
Abdullah, Nur Anisah
Public sector performance measurement practice in Malaysia
description Performance measurement is becoming more relevant as the government is pressuring for more efficient and effective service delivery. A series of in-depth exploratory face-to-face interviews were conducted with public managers of 19 agencies and public bodies across the country asking them to share their experience with what works with performance measurement. Verbatim transcripts of the interviews were thematically coded and analysed. Findings reveal that in addition to the statutory requirement of external reporting, agencies measure performance for improvement. They demonstrate a level of interest in working towards improving how they measure performance, design measure and are progressing towards more effective use of performance information. Agencies were seen to be actively using KPIs to steer employee performance behaviour. There were signs of fatigue due to the laborious task of data collection and the lack of resources specifically allocated for performance measurement. Overall, performance measurement is pervasive across agencies and public bodies.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Abdullah, Nur Anisah
author_facet Abdullah, Nur Anisah
author_sort Abdullah, Nur Anisah
title Public sector performance measurement practice in Malaysia
title_short Public sector performance measurement practice in Malaysia
title_full Public sector performance measurement practice in Malaysia
title_fullStr Public sector performance measurement practice in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Public sector performance measurement practice in Malaysia
title_sort public sector performance measurement practice in malaysia
publishDate 2013
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/35383/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/35383/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/35383/8/aamc_programme_schedule_1.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/35383/2/AAMC2013_Public_Sector_PM.pdf
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