Performance Management in International Organizations

This book provides a multilevel system analysis of performance in the production of global public goods, as well as a tailored analysis of the specific features of performance management systems in international organizations. The book compares performance management systems across a number of international organizations, including the European Union and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).

Promotes a better understanding of the functioning and performance of International Organizations Identifies the features of multilevel performance management systems in the International Organizations Applies the multilevel performance management framework to relevant case studies

Autorentext

Marco Amici is Research Fellow in Public Management and Governance at the Department of Management and Law at the University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy. His fields of research interest include management reforms in the public and international organizations, performance systems, and project management.
Denita Cepiku is Associate Professor in Public Management at the University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy, where she coordinates the PhD program track in Public Management & Governance. She was previously a visiting professor at the European Union Centre of Excellence, York University, Toronto, Canada.

Inhalt

1. Introduction.- 2. Roles, types, and definitions of international organizations.- 3. Aims and methods of the study.- 4. Legitimacy and other reform drivers.- 5. Management reforms and international organizations.- 6. Performance management: a theoretical framework.- 7. Analysis and comparison of the case studies: the European Union.- 8. Analysis and comparison of the case studies: the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development.