TY - BOOK ID - 376722 TI - Inter and intra government arrangements for productivity : an agency approach AU - Halachmi, Arie AU - Boorsma, Peter B. PY - 1998 SN - 0792380029 144195015X 1475728646 PB - Boston, Mass. Kluwer Academic Publishers DB - UniCat KW - Public administration KW - Organization theory KW - Government productivity KW - Intergovernmental cooperation KW - Administrative agencies KW - Joint ventures KW - Administration publique KW - Coopération intergouvernementale KW - Sociétés en participation KW - Evaluation KW - Productivité KW - -Intergovernmental cooperation KW - #SBIB:35H300 KW - #SBIB:35H202 KW - #SBIB:001.IO KW - Adventures, Joint KW - Joint adventures KW - Joint undertakings KW - Ventures, Joint KW - Partnership KW - International business enterprises KW - Cooperative government arrangements KW - Cooperation KW - Interagency coordination KW - Productivity, Government KW - Capital productivity KW - Production (Economic theory) KW - Agencies, Administrative KW - Executive agencies KW - Government agencies KW - Regulatory agencies KW - Administrative law KW - Organisatieleer: algemene werken KW - Overheidsmanagement: prestatiemanagement KW - Law and legislation KW - Coopération intergouvernementale KW - Sociétés en participation KW - Productivité KW - Public finance. KW - Management. KW - Public Economics. KW - Administration KW - Industrial relations KW - Organization KW - Cameralistics KW - Public finance KW - Public finances KW - Currency question KW - Intergovernmental cooperation. KW - Administrative agencies. KW - Evaluatioe paper. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:376722 AB - Inter and Intra Governmental Arrangements for Productivity - An Agency Approach focuses on public productivity. It addresses long standing and current questions on government productivity. Its scope and coverage range from theory to very specific applications. First of all it demonstrates the applicability of a theoretical framework to concrete issues in the public sector: the Principal Agent (PA) theory or the Agency theory. Secondly, it demonstrates the different perspectives of this theoretical framework as seen by researchers and practitioners from various countries. The volume is based upon the revised seminar papers from a conference that was held at the University of Twente. Two trends obvious in this world are its increasing global character and the need for increasingly efficient and effective organizations. Inter and intra governmental organizations need to learn to effectively and efficiently work together in complex web like relationships. This study forms a major step in that direction. It consolidates several current economic concepts that are highly visible and specifically applies them to various levels and functions of government. It emphasizes that PA theory is a powerful conceptual framework because of the economic focus on transactions between principals and agents. The issues of information asymmetry, across government constituents, political/diplomatic considerations, and the narrow focus of PA problems will be described. Attention is also given to the issues of citizen demands, internal markets, franchising, competitive procurement and `contracting in'. The study concentrates on academic thinking about the applicability of PA concepts to administrative theory building. As such it makes a current, valid contribution to the knowledge and practice of public administration world-wide. ER -