Synonyms
Performance appraisal; Performance assessment; Performance management; Performance measurement
According to Hatry (2002, p. 352) “performance management is defined as the use of performance information to affect programs, policies, or any other organization actions aimed at maximizing the benefits of public services.”
Similar to other countries, performance management was introduced in the Brazil’s public administration agenda as a result of the 1980’s managerialism wave. After elected in the 1994 Presidential Elections, President Fernando Henrique Cardoso put to force a series of reforms in order to make public administration more efficient and for ensuring fiscal equilibrium. The agenda put forward that time was based on the idea of minimum State, management by results, treating citizens as costumers, reducing costs, and improving the quality of public services.
These series of administrative reforms came about in the scope of the “Plano Diretor de Reforma do Aparelho do...
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Gomes, R. (2019). Performance Management: Brazil. In: Farazmand, A. (eds) Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_3768-1
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