Comments on: Public sector productivity – a tricky concept http://www.touchstoneblog.org.uk/2009/06/public-sector-productivity-a-tricky-concept/ Policy news and comment from the Trades Union Congress (TUC) Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:18:46 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Public and private-sector productivity « Bloggers4Labour http://www.touchstoneblog.org.uk/2009/06/public-sector-productivity-a-tricky-concept/comment-page-1/#comment-2593 Public and private-sector productivity « Bloggers4Labour Sun, 14 Jun 2009 21:38:55 +0000 http://www.touchstoneblog.org.uk/?p=2926#comment-2593 [...] is in response to – or rather, following on from – this from Nigel Stanley at the TUC’s Touchstone blog, itself a response to the highly partisan [...] [...] is in response to – or rather, following on from – this from Nigel Stanley at the TUC’s Touchstone blog, itself a response to the highly partisan [...]

]]> By: Charlie Marks http://www.touchstoneblog.org.uk/2009/06/public-sector-productivity-a-tricky-concept/comment-page-1/#comment-2592 Charlie Marks Sun, 14 Jun 2009 21:36:54 +0000 http://www.touchstoneblog.org.uk/?p=2926#comment-2592 This always confuses me. We want the police to be on the streets and more neighbourhood policing, but measured by typical economic indicators, this appears terribly inefficient and prompt question: how do hours spent building up contacts in the community help fight crime? We know the answer - if the police have no links with the people, it's more like a force than a service. But it's very hard to measure efficency... On measuring inputs and outputs, it's been pointed out that outcomes must also be considered. This always confuses me.

We want the police to be on the streets and more neighbourhood policing, but measured by typical economic indicators, this appears terribly inefficient and prompt question: how do hours spent building up contacts in the community help fight crime? We know the answer – if the police have no links with the people, it’s more like a force than a service. But it’s very hard to measure efficency…

On measuring inputs and outputs, it’s been pointed out that outcomes must also be considered.

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