01191pab a2200145 454500 180718b2003 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Baehler, Karen `Managing for outcomes': accountability and thrust 2003 p.23-34. Central agencies in New Zealand are now defining public management performance to include both the quality of a manager's `account' of output-outcome links and the manager's record of delivering efficient outputs. This article: (1) argues that the hard edge of accountability for deliverables must be dulled somewhat in order to pursue outcomes more vigorously; (2) shows how managers can use evaluation tools known as theories-in-action or logic models to give accounts of policy and management thrust; (3) proposes preliminary performance criteria for outcomes-focused management; and (4) attempts to sketch a new `managing for outcomes' accountability bargain. The conclusions apply broadly to any jurisdiction interested in holding managers accountable for outcomes-focused management. - Reproduced. Public administration Australian Journal of Public Administration 59203 59203 59203 0 0 0 0 IIPA IIPA 2018-07-19 Volume no: 62, Issue no: 4 AR59648 2018-07-19 2018-07-19 AR