Performance and Innovation in the Public Sector

Managing for results is increasingly important for the success of public organizations. Performance and Innovation in the Public Sector is a comprehensive textbook that examines a broad range of performance strategies.

Today’s public managers require a broad toolkit and a deep, current understanding of the following: performance management, digital government, collaboration, strategic planning, innovation, lean government, and managing people for performance. This book provides a thorough overview of broad paradigms and their emergence, practical strategies along with examples and up-to-date applications, and an appreciation for the diverse contexts of public organizations resulting in varied and tailored improvements. Each chapter assists students in applying each tool at work. Performance and Innovation in the Public Sector provides a balance of scholarship and practice, offers flexibility for instructors, and is written in an accessible style that students and professionals appreciate.

This revised, much-anticipated third edition includes an increased emphasis on improving governance and innovation, as well as up-to-date examples that demonstrate best practices for performance in diverse public sector settings.

Winner of the American Society for Public Administration Outstanding Book Award 2024.

Evan Berman is a leading award-winning scholar in public administration with research areas in public performance and management, leadership, comparative public management, and HRM. He is past Chair of the Section on Public Performance and Management of the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA). He is the author of fifteen books, and he has received major awards such as the Fred Riggs Award for Lifetime Career Achievement in International and Comparative Public Administration, the Distinguished Research Award, jointly awarded by ASPA and the Network of Public Schools for Politics, Affairs and Administration (NASPAA) and the H. George Award Fredrickson Award (ASPA). He is senior editor of Public Performance & Management Review, a Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA), and Professor of Public Management at Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FGV-EAESP), Brazil’s leading private university. Evan has frequently published in the leading journals of the field (e.g., Public Administration Review). He is also a visiting professor at Fudan University (Shanghai) and the University of Indonesia (Jakarta). He has also been a professor at Louisiana State University and the University of Central Florida. Evan has worked and consulted for national and local governments in the U.S., Asia and New Zealand.

Imane Hijal-Moghrabi is Associate Professor of Public Administration at the University of Texas Permian Basin (UTPB). Her research interests include change management and innovation, performance management and budgeting, government ethics, and HR-related topics. Her work appears in Public Performance & Management Review, Review of Public Personnel Administration, Public Integrity, Administration & Society, Public Organization Review, Public Administration Quarterly, and International Journal of Public Sector Management. She received her Ph.D. from UT-Dallas and has served for about seven years as a Financial Controller/Chief of Bureau at the Lebanese Ministry of Finance.