Managing programs and projects as instruments for the realization of public goals
Journal Title: International Journal of Contemporary Management - Year 2013, Vol 12, Issue 1
Abstract
The increasing complexity of processes in the area of public management, and especially the implementation of EU projects by public organizations has created new challenges for management. The article, therefore, covers the current issue of the management of programs and projects in public organizations, with the example of the activities of the municipal social aid center. The purpose of this study is to understand the specific course of this process, and to diagnose conditions associated with efficient implementation of public goals using tools such as programs and projects. According to the author, this will focus on the key issues, thereby improving the decision-making process. In this context, it becomes essential to identify the problem and indicate the conditions which are supposed to be accomplished in order to provide or at least significantly increase the probability of the effectiveness of the actions. The article poses the thesis that the management of programs and projects is an effective tool for achieving public goals and that the relevant conditions during the programming and the implementation of those instruments are met.In the first two parts of the article, based on the literature of the subject, characteristics of programs and projects from the perspective of public management instruments are presented as well as the theoretical aspects of the management of such instruments. The rest of the article is based on empirical research. Using analytical methods in the form of interviews and desk research it was possible to present the results of the research carried out in the Municipal Social Aid Centre in Nowy Targ. From this it was possible to recognize information relating to the conditions for the preparation of programs and projects and the ways of their implementation could be observed, thus giving the reasons for the choice of methodology.
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Tomasz Jabłoński
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