A major criticism of excessive performance indicators in public administration is that:
Type: MCQ • Marks: 1
A major criticism of excessive performance indicators in public administration is that:
Options
A. Measurement is always impossible
B. They make accountability impossible
C. Indicators automatically eliminate corruption
D. Officials may optimise measured indicators while neglecting broader, difficult-to-measure objectives
Explanation
This is related to Goodhart's Law: when a measure becomes a target, it may cease to be a good measure because actors adapt their behaviour to the metric.
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