A research of effectiveness of performance management system in Japanese agency organizations

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25380600
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Accounting
• Research Institution: Kobe University
• Principal Investigator: MATSUO Takami 神戸大学, 社会科学系教育研究府, 教授 (80316017)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 業績管理 / 独立行政法人

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research explores the implementation and effect of Performance Management System in Japanese agencies. In Japan, design of the agency system included New Public Management elements, such as independence and delegation of powers, but also traditional ones, with a strong system of controls. The performance improvement attained by agencies depends on their agency characteristics, organizational culture, perceived need for change and organizational dependance, with a remarkable influence of the organizational culture.
It is important for the improvement of performance to consider of organizational culture factors such as the leadership, the improvement of middle management skill and the inter-organizational communication.

Free Research Field

管理会計