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Ideology, Effectiveness, and Public Sector Productivity: With Illustrations From the Field of Higher Education
Author(s) -
Kelly Rita Mae
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
journal of social issues
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.618
H-Index - 122
eISSN - 1540-4560
pISSN - 0022-4537
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-4560.1980.tb02638.x
Subject(s) - productivity , ideology , public sector , perspective (graphical) , field (mathematics) , politics , value (mathematics) , quality (philosophy) , public economics , economics , public relations , political science , economic growth , economy , computer science , law , epistemology , philosophy , mathematics , artificial intelligence , machine learning , pure mathematics
This paper reviews the value trade‐offs made when one chooses among productivity models. It articulates how one's ideology, and one's perspective on the role of politics in implementation, affects one's view of productivity in the public sector. Two alternative approaches to examining productivity in the public sector are presented: a Quality Productivity Ratio and a Service Productivity Rating, with emphasis being placed upon the latter. Illustrations of the issues discussed are provided from the field of higher education.