Agreement on objectives

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Agreement on objectives

• Ricarda Kroll, 2nd September 2008

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Contents of the presentation

• New Public Management
• Neues Steuerungsmodell
• Agreement on objectives
• Agreement on objectives- advantages
• Agreement on objectives- disadvantages
• Discussion

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New Public Management (NPM)?

• Administrational reform strategy
• Started in the 1980s
• Four salient content points
• Privatization and deregulation
• Outsourcing and self- dependence from the
  administration unit
• Introduction of the market elements
• Adoption of management methods from the private
  sector

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New Public Management (NPM)?

• No concluding package of measures
• Two dimensions
• Regulatory political
• Internal-structural
• Example Tilburger plan

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Neues Steuerungsmodell (NSM)?

• Ideas of the NPM in Germany transacted in the NSM
• Main emphasis From public administration to
  company providing services
• The biggest drawbacks before introduction
• Policy breaches
• Management breaches
• Loss of attractiveness
• Loss of legitimacy

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Neues Steuerungsmodell (NSM)?

• Reform was triggered by different controlling
  bodies in the public administration
• Similar to the NPM with adoptions for the local
  government level

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Agreement on objectives

• Objectives are aware intentions of a person, that
  support and aspire future actions and
  achievements
• Set the priorities for ones actions
• SMART
• Specific
• Measurable
• Achievable
• Relevant
• Timely

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Agreement on objectives-advantages

• One knows their targets and what to achieve
• Individual responsibility
• Competition
• Identification
• Employee participation
• Future oriented

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Agreement on objectives-disadvantages

• Single sided appraisal interview
• Influences of the objectives
• Constant ascending pressure to perform
• Competition between employees

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End

• Thank you for your attention!
• Questions?

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Discussion

• What do you think of agreement on objectives?
• Are they helpful?
• Do you use them?