The Dialectics of Accountability for Performance in Public Management Reform

By P. Aucoin, Ralph Heintzman. 2000

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Subfields: Management Information Systems, Management Science and Operations Research, Public Administration

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• Accounting infrastructure and accountability in the management of public expenditure in developing countries: A focus on Nigeria (2010, background): “Consequently, Aucoin and Heintzman (2000) see the importance 2 Of the 27,000 professional accountants, 22,000 are from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria while the balance 5000 are of the Association of National Accountants of Nigeria.”
• Accountability in the Shadow of Hierarchy: The Horizontal Accountability of Agencies (2008, background): “Additional accountability arrangements contribute to learning if they: & Information phase: richness of information & Debating phase: critical reflection & Consequences: ‘lessons’ that lead to policy changes (Bovens et al 2008; Aucoin and Heintzman 2000: 52–54).”
• Lost in diffusion? How collaborative arrangements lead to an accountability paradox (2011, background): “Aucoin and Heintzman (2000) point to three purposes of accountability: (1) control of the abuse and misuse of public authority, (2) provide assurance in respect of the use of public resources and adherence to public law and values, (3) promote learning in pursuit of continuous improvement in public…”