Moving away from hierarchy: do horizontality, partnerships and distributed governance really signify the end of accountability?

摘要: Improving accountability arrangements does not necessarily improve performance, but the proposition that there can be improved performance in absence of accountability. is a cannot sustained. (Aucoin and Heintzman 2000) Canadian scholars public administration are still recovering from feast debate, proposals, counter-proposals for government surrounded Gomery Inquiry into sponsorship program. In recent years, we have over-indulged specific approach to concentrates on increased controls oversight. To sure, an important issue management at all levels Canada, although how think about apply approaches appropriate complexities contemporary governance needs change. During interlude, inherently complex, horizontal issues involving multi-level collaboration across sectors were pushed aside, they fallen off table entirely. As .the federal refocuses some these issues, challenge returns make work as well vertical direction. The web rules, accounting parliamentary officers, pro­curement products Gomery-era solutions designed through reinforce dimensions hierarchy bureaucracy; will solve horizontal, distributed initiatives.