Designing governance structures for performance and accountability : developments in Australia and Greater China / edited by Andrew Podger, Tsai-tsu Su, John Wanna, Hon S. Chan, Meili Niu.

Designing Governance Structures for Performance and Accountability discusses how formal and informal governance structures in Australia, the People's Republic of China (PRC) and Taiwan may be designed to promote performance and to ensure accountability. The book presents a selection of papers dev...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:ANZSOG (Series)
Corporate Author: Australian National University Press
Other Authors: Podger, A. S. (Andrew S.) (Editor)
Su, Tsai-Tsu (Editor)
Wanna, John (Editor)
Chan, Hon S., 1958- (Editor)
Niu, Meili (Editor)
Language:English
Published: Canberra, Australia : Australian National University Press, [2020]
Series:ANZSOG (Series)
Subjects:
Administrative agencies > Australia > Management > Congresses.
Administrative agencies > China > Management > Congresses.
Administrative agencies > Taiwan > Management > Congresses.
Public administration > Australia > Congresses.
Public administration > China > Congresses.
Public administration > Taiwan > Congresses.
Political planning > Australia > Congresses.
Political planning > China > Congresses.
Political planning > Taiwan > Congresses.
Public administration > Evaluation > Congresses.
Administration publique > Australie > Gestion > Congrès.
Administration publique > Chine > Gestion > Congrès.
Administration publique > Taiwan > Gestion > Congrès.
Administration publique (Science) > Australie > Congrès.
Administration publique (Science) > Chine > Congrès.
Administration publique (Science) > Taiwan > Congrès.
Politique publique > Australie > Congrès.
Politique publique > Chine > Congrès.
Politique publique > Taiwan > Congrès.
Administration publique (Science) > Évaluation > Congrès.
Administrative agencies > Management.
Political planning.
Public administration.
Public administration > Evaluation.
Australia.
China.
Taiwan.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Genre:
Congresses.
Congrès.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Physical Description:xviii, 262 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Format: Electronic Book
Contents:
  • 1. Designing governance structures for performance and accountability: developments in Australia and greater China / Andrew Podger, Hon S Chan and John Wanna
  • 2. Theorising public bureaucracies: comparing organisational purpose, function and form, while counter-posing political control versus bureaucratic autonomy / John Wanna
  • 3. How independent should administration be from politics? Theory and practice in public sector institutional design in Australia / Andrew Podger
  • 4. Governance structure, organisational reform and administrative efficiency: lessons from Taiwan / Yi-Huah Jiang
  • 5. Practical action, theoretical impacts: aged care and disability services reform in Australia / Mike Woods and David Gilchrist
  • 6. All the best intentions: a review of a sub-national attempt at reshaping the not-for-profit/public sector nexus / David Gilchrist
  • 7. Governance for integrity agencies in Australia: an examination of three models of influence / Annwyn Godwin
  • 8. The roles of community-based non-profits in the context of collaborative governance in Hong Kong and Taiwan / José Chiu-C Chen and Helen K Liu
  • 9. Assessing the vertical management reform of China's environmental system: progress, conditions and prospects / Fanrong Meng, Zitao Chen and Pichamon Yeophantong
  • 10. Meetings matter: an exploratory case study on informal accountability and policy implementation in mainland China / Bo Yan and Jiannan Wu
  • 11. The performance regime of public governance in Taiwan: From enhancing implementation to improving bureaucratic responsiveness / Bennis Wai Yip So
  • Conclusion: Lessons and continuing challenges for greater China and Australia / Andrew Podger.