This study aims at evaluating the usefulness and exploring the problems/challenges and potential improvements of the application of benchmarking in German public sectors. It is a conceptual paper or literature review that discusses how benchmarking is adopted in Germany. The data is mainly collected from secondary sources i.e. articles, scientific research, non-governmental studies. The study uncovered that benchmarking application in a federal country has a peculiar challenges and problem that hindered an optimal utilization and benefit of the benchmarking adoption. Thus, lessons learned can be obtained for other countries in developing benchmarking in their administration.
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