#Soapbox: The sorry tale of ‘Outcome-Based Performance Management’

Dr. Toby Lowe is a Senior Research Associate at the University of Newcastle. Here he lays out in detail some of the flaws in a branded system ostensibly constructed to ensure delivery of government policy which the current NI Executive parties have agreed to implement at Stormont.  The Northern Ireland Executive has just published its Draft Programme for Government Framework. Many people will no doubt want to comment on the priorities it contains. But there is actually a more fundamental problem …

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