Shah Studies (Shah, 1998)
The model he proposed for the public sector includes a framework for the analysis of factors influencing
budgeting reforms and implementation of costs on the basis o
f government performance
-
based budgeting.
This framework includes the following three factors:
ability,
legitimacy
and accepta
nce
. The
aforementioned three factors are currently known as the major requisites for the establishment
performance
-
based budgetin
g and the costing method which is based on the activities of the public sector.
Therefore, governments in search of implementing the performance
-
based budgeting system and
scientific costing methods shall first identify and modify their weaknesses in each
of the following three
ar
eas: ability,
legitimacy
and acceptance
(Andrews, 2004).
Research Background
Jordan and
Hach
bart
(1999) carried out a research titled “Objectives and Success of Performance
-
Based
Budgeting”. Their findings revealed that accountability is more important than the objective of budget
allocation in the success of the performance
-
based budgeting system.