Management by objectives in the Czech public administration

Abstract

Various forms of New Public Management (only NPM hereafter) have been implemented in the Czech public administration so far. Not surprisingly, a number of authors, such as Ochrana, Nemec, Potucek, Rektorik, Siroky, Rumpel, Pucek, Spacek and others, described the methods and case studies related to NPM. The paper describes approach to the performance management in terms of NPM. There are many factors which contribute to the implementation process of the performance management related to NPM. These factors include, among others, (1) the Law on Financial Control, (2) the Regulation no. 415/2008 on Goal Oriented Budgeting, (3) the Strategy on Smart Administration Implementation, and (4) the government order has enabled to implement the principles of competence management since 2011. The paper deals especially with two methods related to the NPM approach (a) the Balanced Scorecard method and (b) management by objectives. Methodologically, a case study approach is followed. In this regard, three different institutions of Czech public administration are surveyed - Ministry, Municipality and Region-funded institution.