Evaluation and Performance Management in Government

This article discusses the link between evaluation and performance management, drawing the audience’s attention to how they are different and how they are complementary (e.g. where evaluation provides the framework to develop ‘good’ indicators, where performance data can be used for evaluation and an interdependent relationship). Having looked at some of the problems and pitfalls, the article concludes by focusing on this complementarity and argues that evaluators can and should contribute to debates about improving performance within organizations.