Abstracts
Résumé
La gestion des administrations publiques fondée sur les résultats et la transparence est employée fréquemment par les politiciens et les fonctionnaires comme une façon de promouvoir l’efficacité et les idéaux de réforme destinés à transformer les organisations du secteur public (Hood, 1995, 1990). Le présent essai porte un regard critique sur l’explosion des pratiques de vérification au sein des organisations du secteur public afin de mieux comprendre comment ces changements ont été introduits dans les organisations publiques, de s’interroger sur leurs possibles effets involontaires et de souligner les risques d’une illusion de contrôle.
Abstract
Politicians and public servants have turned to managing by results and increased transparency, rather than policy options, as a way to promote efficiency and ideals of reformability – and ultimately to transform public sector organizations, as has been articulated by Hood (1995, 1990). This essay is therefore concerned with the explosion of audits in public sector organizations with a view to better understanding how change has been introduced within the public sector, questioning its possible unintended effects and highlighting the risks of an illusion of control.
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