Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy



Public Money & Management

Volume 27, Number 2

April 2007

Contents

DEBATES

Editorial: Public Management by Numbers
Andrew Gray and Christopher Hood

The Civil Service-The Way Forward
Sir Gus O'Donnell

A Conspiracy of Good Intentions
Peter Vass

Health Care Workers' Well-Being and the Therapeutic Relationship
Donald R. Coid and Huw T. O. Davies

THEME: PUBLIC MANAGEMENT BY NUMBERS

Public Service Management by Numbers: Why Does it Vary? Where Has it Come From? What Are the Gaps and the Puzzles?
Christopher Hood

How Do Performance Indicators Add Up? An Examination of Composite Indicators in Public Services
Rowena Jacobs and Maria Goddard

The Perils and Pitfalls of Performance Measurement:
The CPA Regime for Local Authorities in England
Iain McLean, Dirk Haubrich and Roxana Gutiérrez-Romero

Performance, Strategy and Accounting in Local Government and Higher Education
Martin Broad, Andrew Goddard and Larissa Von Alberti

OTHER ARTICLES

An Examination of the UK Treasury's Evidence Base for Cost and Time
Overrun Data in UK Value-for-Money Policy and Appraisal
Allyson M. Pollock, David Price and Stewart Player

Twenty-Five Years of National Information Systems in the NHS
Stuart Maguire

Transport Strategy in Scotland Since Devolution
Iain Docherty, Jon Shaw and David Gray

Has Devolution Improved Public Services?
Rhys Andrews and Steve Martin

Voluntary Organizations in the Democratic Polity
Eleanor Burt

Information-intensive Government and the Layering and Sorting of Citizenship
John Taylor, Miriam Lips and Joe Organ