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Vol. 33 No. 4 (2008): Africa Development: Special Issue Public Sector Reforms in Africa

Issue Published : February 10, 2010

4 - Experiences in New Public Management in Africa: The Case of Performance Management Systems in Botswana

https://doi.org/10.4314/ad.v33i4.57339
Lewis B. Dzimbiri

Corresponding Author(s) : Lewis B. Dzimbiri

lbdzimbiri@chanco.unima.mw

Africa Development, Vol. 33 No. 4 (2008): Africa Development: Special Issue Public Sector Reforms in Africa
Article Published : October 4, 2021

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In his 18-page paper entitled ‘The Challenges of Governance, Public Sector Reform and Public Administration in Africa: Some Research Issues’, Guy Mhone made central to public sector reforms the need to promote procedural rationality in the operation of the public sector and instrumental rationality in terms of economic, social and political outcomes. The present paper contributes to the debate on procedural rationality by focusing attention on performance manage- ment systems (PMS), which has emerged with the advent of New Public Man- agement (NPM). It starts by providing the context of the changing role of the state since the 1980s as a background to public sector reforms in Africa. The paper further clarifies NPM and PMS as applied to the public sector before going on to discuss the experience of Botswana in public sector reforms, with particular emphasis on its performance management system. How PMS emerged, its implementation, its monitoring and evaluation are examined in this paper, along with an analysis of challenges and lessons learnt.


 

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Dzimbiri, L.B. 2021. 4 - Experiences in New Public Management in Africa: The Case of Performance Management Systems in Botswana. Africa Development. 33, 4 (Oct. 2021). DOI:https://doi.org/10.4314/ad.v33i4.57339.
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  1. Armstrong, M., 2003, A Handbook of Human Resource Management Practice, 9th edn, London: Kogan Page.
  2. Armstrong, M. and Barron, A., 2002, Strategic Human Resource Management, London: Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.
  3. Ayeni, V. ed., 2002, Public Sector Reform in Developing Countries: A Handbook of Commonwealth Experience, London: Commonwealth Secretariat.
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  12. Government of Botswana, 2004, PMS Evaluation Report, Gaborone: Government Printer.
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  19. Turner, M, and Hulme, D., 1997, Governance, Administration and Development: Making the State Work, Basingstoke: Macmillan Press.
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Armstrong, M., 2003, A Handbook of Human Resource Management Practice, 9th edn, London: Kogan Page.

Armstrong, M. and Barron, A., 2002, Strategic Human Resource Management, London: Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.

Ayeni, V. ed., 2002, Public Sector Reform in Developing Countries: A Handbook of Commonwealth Experience, London: Commonwealth Secretariat.

Balogun, M. J., 2003, Performance Management and Agency Governance for African Development: The Search for Common Cause of Excellence in the Public Service, DPMN Bulletin 10(3): 19–43.

Commonwealth Association of Public Administration and Management (CAPAM), 1996, Current Good Practices and New Developments in Public Service Management, London: Commonwealth Secretariat.

Commonwealth Secretariat, 2002, Current Good Practices and New Developments in Public Service Management, London: Commonwealth Secretariat.

Directorate of Public Service Management, 1999, The PMS Philosophy, Gaborone: Government Printer.

Directorate of Public Service Management, 2002, Evaluation of Performance Management System, Vol. 1, Gaborone: Government Printer.

Dunn, W., 1994, Public Policy Analysis: An Introduction, Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.

Dye, T.R., 2005, Understanding Public Policy, Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.

ECA, 2003, Public Sector Management Reforms in Africa: Lesson Learned, Addis Ababa: Economic Commission for Africa.

Government of Botswana, 2004, PMS Evaluation Report, Gaborone: Government Printer.

Hanekom, S.X., Rowland, R.W. and Bain, E.G., 1987, Key Aspects of Public Administration, Pretoria: Southern Book Publishers.

Hughes, O., 2003, Public Management and Administration, 3rd edn, London: Palgrave Macmillan

Khan, M., 1981, Administrative Reform and Theoretical Perspective, Dacca: Centre for Administrative Studies.

Mhone, G., 2003, The Challenges of Governance, Public Sector Reforms and Public Administration in Africa: Some Research Issues, IDMN Bulletin X: 1–18.

Ministry of Finance, 2003, National Development Plan 9, Gaborone: Government Printer.

Sharma, K., 2006, Public Sector Management Reforms in Botswana, University of Botswana (unpublished book proposal).

Turner, M, and Hulme, D., 1997, Governance, Administration and Development: Making the State Work, Basingstoke: Macmillan Press.

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Lewis B. Dzimbiri

Department of Political and Administrative Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana

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