Another challenge to implementation of performance management reforms is the burden of paperwork involved. According to O’Brien and Down (2002) teachers expressed concern that their work was increasingly consumed by paperwork which involved a diverse range of documentation arising from “management meetings, performance management and other forms of accountability associated with the culture on new managerialism” (p. 123). Similarly, Radin (1998) referred to the burden of paperwork which adversely affected individuals’efforts to implement performance reform initiatives. Radin quotes former United States President Clinton when he was commenting about the implementation of ‘The Government Performance Results Act’. The President called for “the need to conquer a mountain of paperwork that is crushing our people and wasting a lot of time
and resources” (p. 312).