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Best Value – angielska metoda doskonalenia usług publicznych
Best Value – the English framework for public services improvement

Author(s): Angelika Wodecka-Hyjek, Marek Ćwiklicki
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny w Krakowie we współpracy z Wydawnictwem Naukowym Scholar
Keywords: Best Value; public service; local administration; effectiveness; improvement; performance management

Summary/Abstract: In the article, the English Best Value system is described as one of the more eff ective frameworks for public services improvement. Th e authors present the system in the following way: they describe its genesis and its place in the New Public Management concept, discuss the assumptions regarding its application, including the definition of value, the strategies of its increase, and methodological aspects of its implementation. Th ey also compile opinions on the effects of the Best Value regime, and conclude with a statement on the limitations of their research, a discussion of future directions of analysis, and an attempt to evaluate its usability in the Polish context.

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: 23
  • Page Range: 50-61
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish