TY - JOUR
T1 - Goal achievement in municipal strategic planning
T2 - The role of executives' background and political context
AU - Bello-Gomez, Ricardo A.
AU - Avellaneda, Claudia N.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 American Society for Public Administration.
PY - 2023/9/1
Y1 - 2023/9/1
N2 - Strategic planning has been increasingly used by local governments worldwide to boost performance. While this can be seen as a technical and political process, the relationship between managerial qualifications, political context and achievement of strategic goals in local governments has been scarcely studied. This study explores these relationships using data from 137 Colombian municipalities at the middle and end of the 2016–2019 mayoral term. Findings suggest that midterm strategic goal achievement is associated with mayoral experience, particularly in the national government where the tradition of strategic planning is better established, and this relationship increases with higher levels of municipal council support. Certain traits of the chief planning officer, appointed by the mayor, also correlate positively with midterm goal achievement. End-term goal achievement is mainly associated with midterm paths. This research contributes to the performance management literature by highlighting the political-managerial interplay in strategic goal achievement.
AB - Strategic planning has been increasingly used by local governments worldwide to boost performance. While this can be seen as a technical and political process, the relationship between managerial qualifications, political context and achievement of strategic goals in local governments has been scarcely studied. This study explores these relationships using data from 137 Colombian municipalities at the middle and end of the 2016–2019 mayoral term. Findings suggest that midterm strategic goal achievement is associated with mayoral experience, particularly in the national government where the tradition of strategic planning is better established, and this relationship increases with higher levels of municipal council support. Certain traits of the chief planning officer, appointed by the mayor, also correlate positively with midterm goal achievement. End-term goal achievement is mainly associated with midterm paths. This research contributes to the performance management literature by highlighting the political-managerial interplay in strategic goal achievement.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85158080674&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/puar.13630
DO - 10.1111/puar.13630
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85158080674
SN - 0033-3352
VL - 83
SP - 1088
EP - 1107
JO - Public Administration Review
JF - Public Administration Review
IS - 5
ER -