It is now impossible to control efficiency and cost-effectiveness without considering the decisions made by the public administration.
The division between the powers that direct and control the administration, and the function of managing, according to the different goals, all the human, technical, and financial resources, is now a reality for all the local institutions. The management control's goal is to optimize the relationship between costs and results by checking (and possibly by adopting corrective measures) the effectiveness, the efficiency and costs of the administration's projects.
The guidelines for a new system of measurement and evaluation (both of the costs and of the results), the adoption of new and different procedures in order to implement the larger, complete plan for a reform of the administration demand, therefore, specialized, professional skills and thus it is inevitable for the administration's officials to require the cooperation of outside consultants and experts. Their experience and the specialized know-how of financial management and assets management represents an essential resource for the Public Institution. |
