ABSTRACT. The mainstay of the paper is formed by an analysis of performance measurement in the public sphere, the character of performance management within the public sector, challenges confronting performance management in public services, and ingredients of change and cohesion in performance management. The results of the current study converge with prior research on the link between performance management systems and organizational effectiveness, ordinatily employed instruments in public services performance management, the effect of performance management systems on performance in public entities, and the values of performance systems. pp. 190–196

Keywords: performance management; public sector organization; measurement

How to cite: Popescu Ljungholm, Doina (2015), “The Practice of Performance Management in Public Sector Organizations,” Geopolitics, History, and International Relations 7(2): 190–196.

Received 12 November 2014 • Received in revised form 14 September 2015
Accepted 14 September 2015 • Available online 1 October 2015